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Your Guide to Watching Videos on the iPad

The iPad is a solid video-playing machine. But you have a whole slew of choices when it comes to finding and watching videos on the new tablet. Which is right for you? Let’s explore your options. Load Videos From iTunes This is the way Apple would prefer you do things, as it would presumably involve…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Large Hadron Collider for Dummies

Feeling clueless about this Large Hadron Collider thing? Don’t panic—NY Times has you covered. Their LHC primer boils down the basics of the giant particle smasher in layman’s terms, saving you from a weekend spent deciphering jargon. [NY Times]

Physics & Chemistry Adrian Covert

Christopher Nolan Pulls Back The Curtain On New Movie “Inception”

At WonderCon today we got an exclusive look at footage from Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan’s mysterious new film Inception. It was basically James Bond in cyberspace, where heists involve stealing people’s dreams – literally. We saw an extended teaser trailer for the film, which introduced us to Leonardo DiCaprio’s character, an “extractor,” or dream…

io9 Annalee Newitz

Dekker Says Sarah Connor Chronicles DVD Still Might Be Happening

We caught up with Thomas “John Connor” Dekker, doing press for Nightmare On Elm Street, and we had to ask if a direct-to-DVD Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles continuation might still happen. His answer: Yes. But it’s a secret!

Television Charlie Jane Anders

Nic Cage Explains His Philosophy Of Acting

Nicolas Cage came to Wondercon and told us how a chance encounter with Miles Davis transformed his acting style into jazz. And he explained how The Sorcerer’s Apprentice was his idea. At today’s Sorcerer’s Apprentice press conference, someone asked Cage how he chooses whether to go way over the top (like in Bad Lieutenant: Port…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

iPad Test Notes: Your Video

So you’ve got an iPad with an “HD” 1,024 by 768 pixel screen and a boatload of video files on your computer. You’re ready to get some serious video watching done. I can make that happen. Should I Transcode My Videos? If they’re over 720p, you’ll have to. The iPad can’t play back anything with…

Tech News Joel Johnson

HTC Incredible Confirmed by Verizon on Twitter

After weeks of speculation over when the HTC Incredible would officially surface, Gearlog spotted Verizon’s VZWOffers Twitter account referencing the “superphone” in a tweet yesterday. Verizon hasn’t revealed any official specs or plans for a release date (nor do they plan to for the time being), but here’s what they did say: “@studentbuddha It’s a…

Tech News Adrian Covert

The Scene at Apple’s 5th Avenue NY Store

Gizmodo Loves You. That’s why we gave away around 50 bags full of glorious freebies to iPad linesitters today, at Apple’s flagship 5th avenue cube store. Anyway, about that: It was a scene. It was fun, sure, but man. The video describes what everyone saw better than I can, but a few words come to…

Tech News John Herrman

iPad’s Batteries Are Equivalent to 5 iPhones In Power, 2 in Volume

Here’s a great factoid from iFixit’s teardown: the iPad power source is made up of two batteries that are each roughly the same size as that found in the iPhone. The kicker? Each has 2.5x the capacity. UPDATE Overall, the iPad has 5x the power capacity of the iPhone. Why is this interesting, beyond being…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Review: Command & Conquer: Red Alert for iPad

Decent iPad RTS games were somewhere between numbers one and four for on the Giz staff’s various wishlists, and Command & Conquer: Red Alert is one of the all time greats of the genre. It’s tough to imagine a better type of device for playing RTSes than a flat slab of multitouch glass. Scrolling across…

Tech News John Herrman

Rumor: New iPad, iPhone and iPod touch Referenced in iPad Filesystem?

A Boy Genius Report tipster found references to these new iPad, iPhone and iPod touch model numbers in the filesystem for the iPad (which totally went on sale today, if you didn’t notice). The following models were listed in the iPad software: * iPhone3,2 * iPhone3,3 * iPod4,1 * iProd2,1 Boy Genius thinks that iProd…

Tech News Adrian Covert

First Resident Evil: Afterlife Trailer Brings Back A Few Familiar Mutated Faces

Milla Jovovich is back and kicking ass as Alice, along with a few old friends like Claire Redfield (Ali Larter), the K-Mart girl, a few Alice clones and the big bad Umbrella Corp villain Albert Wesker. Check out the action. So clearly the new sunglass-sporting baddie is Albert Wesker. Fans of the video game will…

Movies Meredith Woerner

iPad Test Notes: Speed

Playing with an iPad, one of the first things you notice is its speed. Everything zips into place. Our side by side tests comparing it with the iPhone proved that (for the most part) its snappiness isn’t just imagined. Updated. The most telling test was loading Plants vs. Zombies. To keep things consistent, we ran…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

The 10 Most Unfortunate Masters Of The Universe Toys

In the Kingdom of Eternia, there are fates worse than having “He-Man” or “Fisto” on your birth certificate. You could be a moss-yeti or an anthropomorphic pin cushion. If your parents gave you the following toys, they didn’t love you. 10.) Spikor Spikor was one of Skeletor’s minions. His superpower was to be six-feet-tall and…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar

Why You Shouldn’t Bother With the iPad’s iPhone App Upscaling

iPhone app upscaling was a major feature in Steve Job’s iPad keynote, and why not? It guaranteed the tablet 150,000 apps at launch. Here’s the problem: It looks terrible. And it’s not just the pixels. There’s no better way to illustrate this that with screencaps, so I’ve included a few sets, which you should click…

Tech News John Herrman

Apple iPad Not Charging Via USB For Some Users

Various Twitter users, the team at Consumer Reports and our own Giz editors are reporting problems getting their new iPads to charge via USB. So far, it looks like it will only charge when plugged into a Mac. UPDATED Consumer Reports found that PC USB ports, keyboards with USB ports and accessories such as USB…

Tech News Adrian Covert

iPad Test Notes: Wireless

The iPads we bought today don’t have 3G guts, so we really need to know: How good is the Wi-Fi reception? Turns out that it’s pretty decent, but not quite as good as what the iPhone 3GS gets. My first experience with the iPad’s Wi-Fi was right after purchasing it at the International Plaza Apple…

Tech News Rosa Golijan

Review: iDisplay Turns Your iPad into a Second Monitor

A second monitor for your Mac, when you’re on your Grownup Computer: That’s a perfect use for the 1024×768 iPad, and exactly what $5 app iDisplay lets you do. But it needs some work. The concept and execution are equally simple: Your iPad serves as a secondary display for your Mac (and only your Mac),…

Tech News John Herrman

Hands On: Apple iBooks

Truthfully, I wasn’t that interested in the iPad as an eBook reader. Then I used it, and I must say, it’s a mostly wonderful experience that’s only crippled by a disappointing store. What I Like Define Any Word Click and hold a word as if you’d like to copy & paste it. From here, you…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Video: Windows 7 on the iPad

Just imagine, for the next 56 seconds, that you’re living in an parallel universe. In this universe, Apple only makes hardware. And today, they’ve just released the iPad. It runs Windows 7. Welcome to the (other) future present! In our instantiation of space-time, the iPad is simply running a VNC client called Desktop Connect, and…

Tech News John Herrman

Your Guide to Watching Videos on the iPad

Large Hadron Collider for Dummies

Christopher Nolan Pulls Back The Curtain On New Movie “Inception”

Dekker Says Sarah Connor Chronicles DVD Still Might Be Happening

Nic Cage Explains His Philosophy Of Acting

iPad Test Notes: Your Video

HTC Incredible Confirmed by Verizon on Twitter

The Scene at Apple’s 5th Avenue NY Store

iPad’s Batteries Are Equivalent to 5 iPhones In Power, 2 in Volume

Review: Command & Conquer: Red Alert for iPad

Rumor: New iPad, iPhone and iPod touch Referenced in iPad Filesystem?

First Resident Evil: Afterlife Trailer Brings Back A Few Familiar Mutated Faces

iPad Test Notes: Speed

The 10 Most Unfortunate Masters Of The Universe Toys

Why You Shouldn’t Bother With the iPad’s iPhone App Upscaling

Apple iPad Not Charging Via USB For Some Users

iPad Test Notes: Wireless

Review: iDisplay Turns Your iPad into a Second Monitor

Hands On: Apple iBooks

Video: Windows 7 on the iPad

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