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A zombie book from the author of Let The Right One In

If you loved Let The Right One In’s melancholic, funny and twisted view of vampires, then you should keep your eye open for Handling The Undead, a zombie novel by the same author, John Ajvide Lindqvist, coming in September. Handling The Undead sounds like it’s not your traditional zombie story, any more than Let The…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 18

LifeLock CEO’s Identity Has Been Stolen 13 Times

If Todd Davis’s face looks familiar, it’s because it’s plastered all over subway stops and billboards—right next to his social security number—on ads for the personal security company LifeLock. His lifelock? It’s been picked 13 times. According to a report by the Phoenix New Times, Todd Davis’s bold invitation to identity thieves has been accepted…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert May 18

A Star 90 Times the Size of Our Sun is Flying Across Space at 250,000MPH

How’s this for a crazy astral event: an absolutely gigantic star about 90 times the size of our sun has been shot out of its birthplace and is currently rocketing across space at 250,000 miles per hour. Hot damn! First, the size: stars can reach about 100 times the size of our sun before collapsing…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci May 18

“The Human Centipede” is the best cult film of 2010

The premise is simple enough. A mad doctor has kidnapped three people for his evil plans to create one person out of three, by surgically attaching them ass-to-mouth. With cult movies, execution is everything. And The Human Centipede delivers. One of the many gems in this bizarro flick directed by Tom Six is its psychotic…

Movies Annalee Newitz May 18

Lost: The 14 Casting Tapes That Started It All

Before the second to last Lost starts tonight, see how far your favorite castaways have come. Check out our collection of Lost casting tapes — including Matthew Fox and Jorge Garcia auditioning for the role of Sawyer. Josh Holloway Auditioning For Sawyer Matthew Fox Auditioning For Sawyer Dominic Monaghan Auditioning For Sawyer Jorge Garcia Auditioning…

io9 Meredith Woerner May 18

Wii Rowing Machine: Like a Regular Rowing Machine, but More Gimmicky

The Rowing Machine for Wii is a cheap-looking rowing machine that has a spot for a Wiimote in the handlebars. It should make playing Super Mario Galaxy 2 next to impossible. Apparently, it’ll work with a couple of the mini games from Wii Fit and Wii Sports Resort. But I’m gonna go ahead and guess…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 18

Obviously, HP’s CEO Wants to Put WebOS In Printers

HP’s Mark Hurd, during a conference call. We were foolish to have ever thought Palm’s OS could escape this undignified fate. Thankfully though, a webOS tablet is still very much in the cards. [HP] https://gizmodo.com/why-hp-buying-palm-is-good-for-you-5526620

Tech News John Herrman May 18

Colorado psychic arrested for telling clients their money was possessed by evil spirits

Nancy Marks, a psychic from Lafayette, Colorado, was arrested for fraud after telling clients their “money [was] evil” and that she’d take their cursed cash so “the money would suffer” instead. Marks made at least $290,000 using this scam. Marks – who runs a psychic reading business creatively named Psychic Readings – warned victims that…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 18

Video: Chevy Volt’s Android App Gets Google Maps Magic

For those keeping track at home, here’s how we’re doing on that whole future thing. Tablets: Check! Recreational mind control: Check! Cars that interface with your phone for jaw-droppingly awesome feats of navigation: Almost! https://gizmodo.com/the-tablets-of-our-dreams-5454430 When our blood brothers at Jalopnik saw the Chevy Volt’s remote-control apps in January—which will allow drivers to set their…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert May 18

Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat: the io9 interview

Doctor Who’s alien time traveler can go anywhere, and any time, in the universe, but he needs Steven Moffat to steer his course. We talked to Moffat about taking over as Doctor Who’s showrunner, and secrets of the Time Lords. We actually did this phone interview a while ago, but we held off on posting…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 18

Display Myths Shattered: How Monitor Companies Cook Their Specs

Take everything you think you know about displays and throw it out the window. It’s time for a clinic on what display specs really mean-brace yourself for the alarming truth Vision is our most amazing and complex sense, so it’s no surprise that display technology is so amazing and complicated. It’s also no surprise that…

Tech News Dr. Raymond Soneira - MaximumPC May 18

New MacBooks Support Both Audio and Video Output via Mini DisplayPort

Here’s some good news: the newly-updated MacBooks can now send both video and audio out via Mini DisplayPort, which is good news for people who hook their laptops up to a TV via HDMI. This is something that the current crop of MacBook Pros and iMacs can already do, so it’s all about bringing the…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 18

Statue built on a glacier spotted drifting through the Arctic ocean

A group of Dutch artists built this gorgeous statue on an iceberg, knowing that the effects of climate change would break its icy pedestal off and send the statue floating through the Arctic. Now they’re following it on its journey. Designed by Dutch artist Ap Verheggen to evoke a dog sled team and its rider,…

io9 Marc Bernardin May 18

Drive the A-Team Around Google Earth

That new A-Team movie looks kind of horrible, right? But hey, that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy some fancy online promotional games! Because driving the A-Team van around Google Earth actually looks pretty sweet. It’s got the two main elements you’re looking for in any A-Team-themed promotion: the van and the theme song. You use…

Tech News Adam Frucci May 18

This Machine May Save Us From the Gulf’s Oil Disaster

Kevin Costner says he has the solution that will save the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s ruinous oil catastrophe. He’s not kidding. Watch him talk about this machine that, according to him, extracts 97% of oil from the water. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-fix-the-bp-halliburton-louisiana-oil-disaster-ki-5531910 Costner has been funding this project for 15 years, which was spearheaded by his brother.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 18

Overly Litigious Company Claims Microsoft Xbox Infringes On Its Patents

A Las Vegas based company called Synchrome Technology has filed a lawsuit against Microsoft and DVD burner maker NEC Corporation for infringing on its patents: The lawsuit says two individuals, Faan-Hoan Liu and Jorge Gustavson, in 1998 and in 2001 obtained U.S. patents for “Method and Apparatus for Allowing Communication Between a Host Computer and…

Tech News Rosa Golijan May 18

25 Frightening Fast Food Futures

For this week’s Photoshop Contest, you conceptualized the technologically appalling fast food industry of the future. And better yet? Frog Design took your ideas somewhat seriously, offering a class of criticism far beyond our pay rate. The winners: https://gizmodo.com/serve-up-some-fast-food-of-the-future-5538358 First Place — Shaun Leitmeyer The McDonald’s ™ artificial heart makes material the converging trajectories of…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 18

Chuck Versus the Idiot Ball

The penultimate episode of the third season brings lots of revelation, awesomeness, evil portent, and Yvonne Strahovski in tanktops. Too bad it came wrapped in a Chuck’s-a-moron shell. Listen, we could go through the plot hurdles of this week’s episode, “Chuck Versus the Living Dead” — Chuck’s dad is back, Ellie is a confused spy…

io9 Marc Bernardin May 18

Bill Gates Told Steve Jobs About the iPad in 2007

May 30, 2007. Watch Señor Bill Gates describing the future of computing, with Apple CEO Steve Jobs next to him: An iPad-like device being used alongside an iPhone-like device. Then watch Jobs saying that, actually, the future was the PC. https://gizmodo.com/ipad-is-the-future-5506692 First, Bill Gates’ idea of the future of computing: I don’t think you’ll have…

Tech News Jesus Diaz May 18

Bat fellatio causes a scandal in academia

Dylan Evans, a psychologist at University College Cork in Ireland, has been saddled with a two-year period of intensive monitoring and counselling after discussing a scientific paper with a colleague. The paper? “Fellatio in fruit bats prolongs copulation time“. Now the university’s school of medicine is coming under international pressure to lift the punishment meted…

io9 Rowan Hooper - New Scientist May 18

A zombie book from the author of Let The Right One In

LifeLock CEO’s Identity Has Been Stolen 13 Times

A Star 90 Times the Size of Our Sun is Flying Across Space at 250,000MPH

“The Human Centipede” is the best cult film of 2010

Lost: The 14 Casting Tapes That Started It All

Wii Rowing Machine: Like a Regular Rowing Machine, but More Gimmicky

Obviously, HP’s CEO Wants to Put WebOS In Printers

Colorado psychic arrested for telling clients their money was possessed by evil spirits

Video: Chevy Volt’s Android App Gets Google Maps Magic

Doctor Who’s Steven Moffat: the io9 interview

Display Myths Shattered: How Monitor Companies Cook Their Specs

New MacBooks Support Both Audio and Video Output via Mini DisplayPort

Statue built on a glacier spotted drifting through the Arctic ocean

Drive the A-Team Around Google Earth

This Machine May Save Us From the Gulf’s Oil Disaster

Overly Litigious Company Claims Microsoft Xbox Infringes On Its Patents

25 Frightening Fast Food Futures

Chuck Versus the Idiot Ball

Bill Gates Told Steve Jobs About the iPad in 2007

Bat fellatio causes a scandal in academia

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