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The Complete Popular Science Archive Now Available

Warning: If you don’t want to waste a lot of time today, tomorrow, and the rest of the year, don’t open the door to 137 years of Popular Science. Those old school mags are addictive. [PopSci]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Mar 8

Strobeshnik: As Close as Hard Drive Clocks Get to Harley-Davidson

This hard drive clock by Russian designer Viacheslav Slavinsky feels like it could fly off its hinge at any moment, impaling onlookers shuriken-style…which is exactly why the video is so entrancing. To craft the device, Slavinsky stripped back the hard drive to just one platter, which was ground down and etched with digits. Combined with…

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 8

Alien Prequel In 3-D? Spider-Man Reboot Delves Into Mythology. And Lost Plays With A White Pebble…

Today’s spoilers include new hints about the Spider-Man reboot and Alien prequel. Splice is getting re-spliced. Doctor Who plays a mean football, and Lost toys with our emotions. Timbaland joins FlashForward. Plus Kick-Ass, Paranormal Activity 2, Caprica, Supernatural and Chuck. Spider-Man: New director Marc Webb explains his fascination with the wall-crawler: I think that there’s…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Mar 8

A Bizarre Story: Newegg, Fake Core i7 Processors and a Cease & Desist Order

I forgive the dude’s annoying narration because he just received a fake Intel Core i7-920 processor from Newegg. A Newegg supplier, D&H Distribution, sent them 300 fake processors in a batch of 2000. And threatened sites who reported it. UPDATED. Several people received demonstrably fake Core i7 processors from Newegg, like the guy in this…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 8

Xbox 360 Data Migration Kit Sold On Its Own, Hello Knockoffs

That annoying, proprietary cord that you need to duplicate/upgrade your Xbox 360 hard drive used to be bundled exclusively with Microsoft’s overpriced drives. Now it’s being sold on its own for $15, making eBay drives attractive. [Blast Magazine via Kotaku] https://kotaku.com/xbox-360-hard-drive-transfer-kit-now-sold-separately-5487221

Tech News Mark Wilson Mar 8

Tekken Will Come to iPhone

A new war will be breaking out on the App Store—Street Fighter IV vs. Tekken. Namco’s confirmed Tekken will be available soon for thumb-twiddling iPhone users, though the details remain as scarce as Ling Xiaoyu’s costume. [Fonehome]

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 8

3DSwitch Will Tell Your TV When You’re Wearing 3D Glasses, and Which Type of Glasses Too

It’s a bit pointless, because surely your TV can recognize if there’s a 3D Blu-ray in the player, or the TV show you’ve selected is being broadcast in 3D, but Italian company Sisvel’s device syncs glasses to the TV. It will detect if active or passive glasses are being used, with Sisvel’s Dario Pennisi explaining…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 8

Pandora, the Survivor

We’ve chronicled how Pandora was nearly wiped out by the dickish NAB SoundExchange, but actually, it’s been a decade-long struggle to survive. Did you know founder Tim Westergren considered a blackjack tour in Vegas to raise money? [NYT] https://gizmodo.com/pandora-and-other-webcasters-saved-by-act-of-congress-5057181

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 8

X-Tube DTS Surround Sound Sensation Laptop Dongle Gets Reviewed With Surprisingly Positive Verdict

Curse the fact (again) I don’t live in Japan! Akihabara News has greased their mitts all over Hanwa’s dongle, which upgrades the audio on your laptop to that of DTS surround sound sensation. https://gizmodo.com/hanwas-usb-valve-dongle-upgrades-your-windows-machine-w-5473566 After admitting they were—understandably—skeptical about what the dongle would do to a laptop’s audio, the Windows-only peripheral comes with DTS headphones,…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 8

PlayStation Arc Motion Controller May Have a Wii-Style Nunchuk Add-On

While PlayStation still hasn’t confirmed whether its motion controller will be called the Arc, the rumor mill has gone one step further this week with a forum-poster claiming it’ll work alongside a Wii-like nunchuk. https://gizmodo.com/thq-ceos-slip-up-suggests-ps3-motion-controller-will-be-5463722 GDC is kicking off over in San Francisco this week, so if ever there was a venue to announce a…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 8

New Tron Legacy Trailer Leaked

You’d be able to conceive and give birth to a baby faster than the Tron Legacy takes to come out (just nine months and nine days left!), but here’s a trailer to sate you for a while longer. https://gizmodo.com/the-first-official-poster-screenshot-and-synopsis-of-t-5422667 You won’t be able to make much out in the leaked video, but hey—there’s audio! Here’s…

Movies Kat Hannaford Mar 8

LG’s Super-Skinny X300 Netbook On Sale This Month

Seen back in January at CES, the 17.5mm thick LG X300 netbook’s formally been announced as going on sale this month to our South American, Asian and Middle Eastern friends. It’s worth considering if you’re wanting a Windows 7 netbook. Cast your mind back a few months, and you’ll recall it caused quite a storm…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Mar 8

Brand New Iron Man 2 Trailer Shows Off Tony’s Travel Armor

The latest trailer for Iron Man 2 is out, and it doesn’t disappoint. Watch Tony Stark roll out his new on-the-go armor. Plus new Nick Fury scenes, more War Machine, and Sam Rockwell wining and dining Whiplash. The more mecha machines we see popping up on screen, the more we start thinking that this Iron…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 8

New Iron Man 2 Trailer: Soooo Worth It, Just for the Last 10 Seconds

Click to viewAt first it’s similar to the first one, but then the new Iron Man 2 trailer turns into a mess of new footage, battle suit armies, more Mickey Rourke, and some hot chick firing a palm gun. Wowza! https://gizmodo.com/the-iron-man-2-trailer-is-online-and-my-jaw-is-on-the-f-5428323 You can hit up the Apple link for the trailer in its full HD…

Movies Rosa Golijan Mar 8

io9’s Oscars Round-Up: Blue Cats Get Bombed Out

Despite a rollicking introduction from Dr. Horrible himself, the Oscars seemed a smidge muted tonight. Was this because Avatar got trounced? Or was it because the show was so damn long I had to zahelu with a bottle of Glenlivet? Was the 82nd Academy Awards science fiction’s coming-out party? Perhaps not, but speculative fiction of…

Movies Cyriaque Lamar Mar 8

First Glimpse Of Tron Legacy Trailer Online

The Tron Legacy trailer, packed with glowing discs and family secrets, won’t go online until sometime soon, probably tomorrow. But if you can’t wait that long, people have captured digital images using ocular devices. We’ll post the official version ASAP. Update: Rumor has it the official version won’t be online for a good while —…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Mar 7

When Your Face Is Tied To Another Person’s Mug, The Apocaplypse Can Be Tricky

Being tied to another person at the end of the word has its drawbacks, take it from the gorgeous short Connected. Plus, find out what happens when aliens disguised as humans with no memory find out they’re from the stars. Connected We’ve been ultra excited about Jens Raunkjær Christensen & Jonas Drotner Mouritsen’s short since…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 7

Steve Jobs Trades Turtleneck for Tuxedo at the Academy Awards

CNET thinks they’ve snagged a photo of Apple CEO Steve Jobs schmoozing at the Academy Awards. Does this mean the iPad’s going to make a last-minute appearance in those outlandish $85,000 gift bags? Updated: It’s him. Is it him? Supposedly he’s next to the woman in the white dress. It’d make sense, given the Up/Pixar…

Tech News Jack Loftus Mar 7

Discuss The 2010 Oscars Here – As They Happen!

There’s a lot to love about the Academy Awards: The glamor! The losers’ barely-restrained disappointment! We’ll have a round-up of the winners and losers soon, but until then here’s an open thread for you to discuss (and complain about) everything. Image via Please Look At Me Neill Blomkamp.

io9 Graeme McMillan Mar 7

President Obama to Reveal “Ambitious Plan” for NASA Next Month

The NASA space program? Kind of hamstrung at the moment. But! Coming this April: An “ambitious plan” from the Obama Administration that will officially outline the agency’s future, and the future of U.S. space travel. The “plan” arrives this April 15. [MSNBC]

Space & Spaceflight Jack Loftus Mar 7

The Complete Popular Science Archive Now Available

Strobeshnik: As Close as Hard Drive Clocks Get to Harley-Davidson

Alien Prequel In 3-D? Spider-Man Reboot Delves Into Mythology. And Lost Plays With A White Pebble…

A Bizarre Story: Newegg, Fake Core i7 Processors and a Cease & Desist Order

Xbox 360 Data Migration Kit Sold On Its Own, Hello Knockoffs

Tekken Will Come to iPhone

3DSwitch Will Tell Your TV When You’re Wearing 3D Glasses, and Which Type of Glasses Too

Pandora, the Survivor

X-Tube DTS Surround Sound Sensation Laptop Dongle Gets Reviewed With Surprisingly Positive Verdict

PlayStation Arc Motion Controller May Have a Wii-Style Nunchuk Add-On

New Tron Legacy Trailer Leaked

LG’s Super-Skinny X300 Netbook On Sale This Month

Brand New Iron Man 2 Trailer Shows Off Tony’s Travel Armor

New Iron Man 2 Trailer: Soooo Worth It, Just for the Last 10 Seconds

io9’s Oscars Round-Up: Blue Cats Get Bombed Out

First Glimpse Of Tron Legacy Trailer Online

When Your Face Is Tied To Another Person’s Mug, The Apocaplypse Can Be Tricky

Steve Jobs Trades Turtleneck for Tuxedo at the Academy Awards

Discuss The 2010 Oscars Here – As They Happen!

President Obama to Reveal “Ambitious Plan” for NASA Next Month

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