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Kristen Wiig Describes Simon Pegg’s Tribute To Star Wars’ Cantina Scene

We’re dying for more information about Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s alien-encounter comedy Paul, especially now that it’s been delayed. Luckily, we cornered co-star Kristen Wiig, and mind-probed her to learn more about the film’s science-fictional in-jokes. During a roundtable discussion for her next film MacGruber at SXSW, Kristen Wiig shared a tiny Paul moment,…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 16

Why We Love Lost: Let Us Count The Ways

We’re in our last couple months of the active phase of our love affair with Lost. We’ll be watching the island-castaway show forever, but right now we’re still experiencing the thrill of discovery. So here’s why we love Lost. We’ve criticized some aspects of Lost lately — especially those “flash-sideways,” where the plane landed safely…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 16

Lifechanger: My Big Fat Music Collection

According to iTunes, I have 22,880 items in my music collection. That adds up to 70.9 days worth of music, taking up 145.26 GB of hard drive space. And thank God for it. When I was 12 or 13 years old, we had a family computer that everyone shared. It had a 1GB hard drive.…

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 16

Android Marketplace Hits 30,000 Apps, Still Has Serious Catching Up to Do

We can finally put an official number on the apps in the Android Marketplace: 30,000. That’s more than double what was available in December, a crazy fast rate of growth. And they’re going to need to keep it up. The numbers come from straight from Google via MobileCrunch, while the Apple App Store had 150,000…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 16

One Shrimp Opens Door to Extraterrestrial Life In the Solar System

One three-inch shrimp—happily swimming under 600 feet of ice, 12.5 miles from open water—has shattered all scientists’ theories on life-harboring environments. An impossible discovery that opens the possibility of complex extraterrestrial life in our Solar System: We were operating on the presumption that nothing’s there. It was a shrimp you’d enjoy having on your plate.…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Mar 16

Uh oh? Apple Changes Ship Date for iPad Docks to May

We’re not certain why, but apparently Apple’s delaying the shipment of several iPad accessories including the keyboard dock and 10W USB power adapter until May. Oh, and you’ll wait until late April for a soft case. [Apple Insider via CNN]

Tech News Rosa Golijan Mar 16

Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives

With stories abounding of identity theft aided by information lifted from discarded storage devices, you want devices you no longer plan to use to have no usable information when they head out the door. Here’s how to wipe them clean. Why Erasing Files Is Not Enough Sure, you could erase the contents of the drive,…

Tech News MaximumPC Mar 16

Meet Lightsaber Batman Vs. Shark Artist Andrew Zubko

Two days ago, Andrew Zubko’s illustration of Jedi Batman battling a shark blew up the internet. Here are more aesthetic oddities from the Portland artist. Andrew, thank you for realizing the most nerdgasmic dream of a million fanboys and fangirls. https://gizmodo.com/the-most-self-explanatory-painting-in-human-history-5492977 Andrew was nice enough to answer some questions about his work. Here’s the scoop:…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Mar 16

Navigon MyRegion App Offering Up Localized Maps For $25

Navigon is one of our favorite navigation apps. Which is why we’re pretty excited at the prospect of being able to buy it piecemeal: starting today, instead of buying maps for all of North America for $80, you can buy a MyRegion map of the East, Central, or Western US for $25. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-iphone-navigation-app-telenav-vs-navigon-vs-5343981 It’s for…

Tech News Brian Barrett Mar 16

Internet Explorer 9 Won’t Run on Windows XP

If this morning’s news of Internet Explorer 9’s support for HTML5 and video acceleration got you excited, and you happen to run Windows XP, prepare to get unexcited: You won’t be able to install it on your OS. Sorry! [IE9] https://gizmodo.com/internet-explorer-9-a-fresh-start-with-html5-5494574

Tech News John Herrman Mar 16

Is There an iPad Cinema In Your Future?

Apple seems to have a projector fetish lately. They have been filing projector-related patents left, right and center. The latest one describes ways to incorporate micro-projectors in many Apple products, from iPhone to MacBook to an Airport Express wireless router. https://gizmodo.com/apple-files-patent-for-crazy-3d-projector-setup-for-som-370426 The new patent also explains how to use a peripheral device—like the iPhone—to control…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 16

25 Things You Can Remote Control With Your iPhone

One of the more interesting things you can do with the iPhone is use it as a remote control for other devices. Since the iPhone App Store launched almost two years ago, developers have created hundreds of remote control applications. Some of them are for entertainment — designed to control A/V equipment in your living…

Tech News Gizmodo Deals Mar 16

Ryan Phillippe Confirms He’s Up For Captain America, While Channing Tatum Joins The Race

Looks like the rumors are true — Ryan Phillippe could be our new Steve Rogers. But before we can even chew on the idea of a Cruel Intentions Cap, another actor has stepped up to the plate: G.I. Joe’s Duke. While fielding questions at the SXSW MacGruber panel, Ryan Phillippe was approached about his rumored…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 16

Chuck Vs. Don’t Take The Blue-And-White Pill!

Last week’s Chuck may have brought a long-awaited (and long-overdue) revelation, but last night’s episode went one further with a couple of moments that no-one could’ve seen coming… including the characters themselves. Go Team Status Quo Change! Spoilers ahead. If Chuck keeps messing with its formula as much as it has in the last couple…

Television Graeme McMillan Mar 16

Microsoft’s HD-5000, HD-6000 Webcams Promise Brighter Colors For Cheap

Microsoft’s two new HD LifeCams shoot 720p video on the cheap, for $50 and $60 respectively. What sets them apart is their TrueColor technology, supposedly delivering more vivid colors in any situation. How do they fare? You be the judge. Webcams come a dime a dozen, and even cheap, HD devices aren’t really enough to…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Mar 16

Could a Traumatized Baby Become Batman?

A 7-month-old baby witnessed her parents’ murder in Brazil Mexico. Can a baby remember a horrific event like a 10-year-old who might recall the horrific sight and sound, in graphic detail? Yes and no, Slate explains. You can’t create conscious memories until you’re about 2 years old, but babies do respond to to traumatic events—deafening…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 16

Gadget Deals of the Day

There are some real cheap goods today. Have yourself a Dell desktop and monitor for nearly half, the Xbox bundle comes at an even lower price, and enjoy even more savings by taking all that hobomodo has to offer. Top Deals: • Optiplex 380 MT Desktop PC with 2.93 GHz Core 2 Duo, 22″ LCD…

Tech News Kevin Lee Mar 16

Carbon. Fiber. Chopsticks.

Carbon Fiber, because it’s so strong, allows products that are very sturdy for its size. Chopsticks are for eating. You’d think that never the twain shall meet, but you don’t own a store that sells crap made of carbon fiber. So this, my friends, this is a $150 pair of carbon fiber chopsticks with corresponding…

Tech News Jason Chen Mar 16

Join the The Intel® Atom™ Developer Challenge

The quest for groundbreaking netbook applications continues! The Intel® Atom™ Developer Challenge is back for 2010 with larger rewards and more prize categories, like Best-of-Category, People’s Choice, Most Innovative Application, and Most Elegant Application Design. Have you got what it takes to win? Seize the opportunity to showcase your development skills and creativity, get recognized,…

Tech News Gawkercreative Mar 16

Hearst Planning to Flood the iPhone App Store With Crappy, Weaselly Aggregators

Rather than provide quality content to the App Store, humungus publisher Hearst is taking a page from the now-banned Perfect Acumen playbook: charge people for other people’s content. https://gizmodo.com/third-largest-app-store-developer-gets-banned-for-suck-5329756 Perfect Acumen used to be the third largest publisher at the App Store before getting banned. They had over 900 apps published, most of which were…

Tech News Adam Frucci Mar 16

Kristen Wiig Describes Simon Pegg’s Tribute To Star Wars’ Cantina Scene

Why We Love Lost: Let Us Count The Ways

Lifechanger: My Big Fat Music Collection

Android Marketplace Hits 30,000 Apps, Still Has Serious Catching Up to Do

One Shrimp Opens Door to Extraterrestrial Life In the Solar System

Uh oh? Apple Changes Ship Date for iPad Docks to May

Leave No Trace: How to Completely Erase Your Hard Drives, SSDs and Thumb Drives

Meet Lightsaber Batman Vs. Shark Artist Andrew Zubko

Navigon MyRegion App Offering Up Localized Maps For $25

Internet Explorer 9 Won’t Run on Windows XP

Is There an iPad Cinema In Your Future?

25 Things You Can Remote Control With Your iPhone

Ryan Phillippe Confirms He’s Up For Captain America, While Channing Tatum Joins The Race

Chuck Vs. Don’t Take The Blue-And-White Pill!

Microsoft’s HD-5000, HD-6000 Webcams Promise Brighter Colors For Cheap

Could a Traumatized Baby Become Batman?

Gadget Deals of the Day

Carbon. Fiber. Chopsticks.

Join the The Intel® Atom™ Developer Challenge

Hearst Planning to Flood the iPhone App Store With Crappy, Weaselly Aggregators

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