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There’s A Special Place In Hell For Kurt Vonnegut, In Larry Niven And Jerry Pournelle’s Travelogue

Kurt Vonnegut was still alive when Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle consigned him to the sixth circle of Hell, in their 1976 novel Dante-inspired novel Inferno, which just had a follow-up, Escape From Hell. Blogger Robert R. Chase points our attention to the Vonnegut cameo in Inferno, which takes place during science-fiction author Allen Carpenter’s…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders

Microsoft Job Posting Tongue Slip Sorta Confirms Courier Is Real

Six months ago, we revealed Courier, and Microsoft has been atypically stoic regarding its existence. Until a post on its JobsBlog mentioned “the upcoming Courier digital journal.” Oops. https://gizmodo.com/courier-first-details-of-microsofts-secret-tablet-5365299 Here’s the full blurb: Do you already know everything about Project Natal and the Cloud? Is Blaise Aguera y Arcas’ jaw-dropping TED talk on augmented-reality Bing…

Tech News Matt Buchanan

GameCrush Lets You Pay To Play Xbox With Hot Chicks

GameCrush, the first “social site for adult gamers,” launches in mere hours, pairing undersexed dudes and enterprising girl gamers for awkward videochat/videogame encounters. Kotaku has the full NSFW-ish scoop on how your Xbox will soon become a virtual bordello. [Kotaku] http://kotaku.com/5499552/would-you-pay-women-to-play-xbox-games-with-you/gallery

Tech News Kyle VanHemert

Sprint’s HTC Evo, the First Ever 4G Phone: Meet the New Terrific

It’s official: Sprint’s first WiMax/4G phone is everything we hoped it would be. The HTC Evo combines the “perfect specimen” hardware of the Touch HD2, the Sense-on-Android smoothness of the Legend, and unprecedented download speeds. It’s a beast. UPDATED: Hands on! The Evo (rumored as the Supersonic) has the much-loved 4.3-inch screen (480×800 TFT LCD),…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Guess Olivia Munn’s “New” Iron Man 2 Character

Olivia Munn’s original Iron Man 2 cameo is now on the cutting room floor. But instead of losing her entirely director Jon Favreau decided to recast and reshoot her as an entirely new character. Who’s she playing now? Vote below. In an interview with Complex Magazine, Munn spilled the beans: You’re in two gigantic movies…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Mythbusters’ Adam Savage Doesn’t Trust Robots

Mythbusters’ Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman recently sat down for a chat with Wired’s Kevin Kelly, and they discussed just how much trust you can place in machines. It’s tough to disagree if you’ve seen the evidence. [FORA.tv]

Tech News Adam Frucci

Why Onions Have Been Making Us Cry For 500 Million Years

There’s an evolutionary reason why people cry when they cut onions – it’s the body’s way of keeping us away from dangerous chemicals. And it’s such a useful adaptation that every living animal on Earth possesses it. The mechanics of why we cry when we cut onions have been understood for a while. Onions contain…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins

Verizon FiOS Is Going 3D Too

You’d think 3D was the new color, or something. The latest promise to go 3D is from Verizon, who says they’ll have 3D for FiOS in time for Christmas, to go with all of the 3DTVs that the industry’s selling you. Even if there’s nothing but crap to watch on them. [Verizon] https://gizmodo.com/the-movie-studios-big-3d-scam-5493832

Television Matt Buchanan

I Demand Better Vampires

The newest trend among vampires seems to be removing any downside at all from actually being a vampire. We watched the first two episodes of Being Human last night—a British vampire/werewolf series. And while I’m grateful that these vampires and werewolves aren’t high schoolers and make a stab at something other than stalking young girls…

io9 Catherynne M. Valente

T-Mobile’s Crazy Fast HSPA+ 3G Network To Reach Over 100 Metro Areas This Year

T-Mobile has announced that they’re rolling out their super speedy HSPA+ network to over 100 metro areas covering 185 million people in 2010. More than half of that will be complete by the middle of the year. That’s aggressive. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-hspa-speed-test-3g-gets-pumped-up-to-21mbps-5493830 HSPA+ is an easier roll out than 4G, because it’s overlaid over T-Mobile’s existing 3G…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Best Buy Responds to 3D Glasses Setup Service

Best Buy is known for charging a lot of money to do very little with its setup services, but its “3D glasses syncing” seemed to bring things to a whole new level. They’ve responded. https://gizmodo.com/best-buys-mac-optimization-makes-its-normal-optimizatio-5440510 The offer was for a free setup of your TV, BD player and syncing your 3D glasses with them both,…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Pigs Fly (And Shoot Guns) In Rare Hayao Miyazaki Manga

In 1989, Hayao Miyazaki penned and illustrated The Age of the Flying Boat, a manga that became the basis for his 1992 movie, Porco Rosso. This English translation from Animerica Magazine displays Miyazaki’s flair for comics as well. The Age of the Flying Boat was originally published in Japan’s Model Grafx Magazine and received an…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar

Video of the Virgin Galactic Enterprise

Check out a video of VSS Enterprise‘s first ever flight. [Twitter] https://gizmodo.com/admire-virgin-galactics-enterprise-airborne-for-the-fir-5499423

Space & Spaceflight Sir Richard Branson

Gadget Deals of the Day

Today’s deals are sure to please anyone’s inner haggler. Dell comes with a discounted Vostro laptop, kill hordes of zombies with a cheaper copy of Left for Dead 2, and it’s free Ben & Jerry’s cones for all. Top Deals: • 15.4″ Dell Vostro 1520 Intel Core 2 Duo P7570 2.26GHz Laptop for $519.00 (normally…

Tech News Kevin Lee

Vote for the Ugliest American from St. Patrick’s Day

The candidates aren’t ugly, per se—they’re more like lovably enthusiastic. But damn are they green. Send the number of your favorite Ugly American to [email protected] (subject: “Ugly Vote”) by noon EST tomorrow. Winner gets a $300 AMEX gift card. [Rules] Gallery below!

Tech News Gawkercreative

Reminder: io9 Book Club Meeting Next Week

Next week, we’ll be meeting here to discuss our March book club pick, Kage Baker’s Sky Coyote. This is a book set in her “Company” universe, featuring immortal, time-traveling cyborg historians. Baker recently passed away; you can read Grey_Area’s post about her life here. And here’s what Baker had to say about Sky Coyote: https://gizmodo.com/missing-kage-baker-1952-2010-5462764…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz

AT&T Wants to Keep Track of Your Dog

AT&T just announced a partnership with Apisphere to sell a dog collar with a SIM card inside so you can wirelessly track your pooch. The collar works by you setting up a “geo-fence” around your home where you want your dog to stay. If it leaves that area, you’ll be notified. It uses GPS and…

Tech News Adam Frucci

Watch the “Yahoo! Minute” For Info On the Power Players Political Series

Watch the “Yahoo! Minute” and find out how you can get the best campaign coverage as the 2012 election approaches. ABC News and Yahoo! News are working to bring you Power Players, a daily political video series with some of the most trusted names in political reporting. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.…

Tech News Gawkercreative

15 NASA Posters Even Crazier Than the Real Thing

Have you seen NASA’s crazy mission posters? Well, these aren’t them. But you know what? They aren’t all that far off. https://gizmodo.com/nasa-mission-posters-are-hilariously-painful-5496405

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci

Nathan Fillion Has Way Too Much Fun With Minority Report’s Shiny Dystopian User Interface

The gestural interface that looked so shiny in Minority Report has turned up everywhere since then, and now it’s cheap enough that it’s in the FBI’s war room, on Castle. Allowing Nathan Fillion to have too much fun bursting windows. Remember when that gestural interface was new and fancy? Based on a concept developed by…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders

There’s A Special Place In Hell For Kurt Vonnegut, In Larry Niven And Jerry Pournelle’s Travelogue

Microsoft Job Posting Tongue Slip Sorta Confirms Courier Is Real

GameCrush Lets You Pay To Play Xbox With Hot Chicks

Sprint’s HTC Evo, the First Ever 4G Phone: Meet the New Terrific

Guess Olivia Munn’s “New” Iron Man 2 Character

Mythbusters’ Adam Savage Doesn’t Trust Robots

Why Onions Have Been Making Us Cry For 500 Million Years

Verizon FiOS Is Going 3D Too

I Demand Better Vampires

T-Mobile’s Crazy Fast HSPA+ 3G Network To Reach Over 100 Metro Areas This Year

Best Buy Responds to 3D Glasses Setup Service

Pigs Fly (And Shoot Guns) In Rare Hayao Miyazaki Manga

Video of the Virgin Galactic Enterprise

Gadget Deals of the Day

Vote for the Ugliest American from St. Patrick’s Day

Reminder: io9 Book Club Meeting Next Week

AT&T Wants to Keep Track of Your Dog

Watch the “Yahoo! Minute” For Info On the Power Players Political Series

15 NASA Posters Even Crazier Than the Real Thing

Nathan Fillion Has Way Too Much Fun With Minority Report’s Shiny Dystopian User Interface

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