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Yahoo CEO Wishes More Celebrities Philandered

That’s Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz at the UBS Media Conference, celebrating the revenue generated by another human being’s personal tragedy. Hang in there, Yahoo! You’re just a few thousand celebrity scandals away from relevance. Bartz couldn’t resist a shout out to the beleaguered golfer when speaking to analysts in New York yesterday afternoon. Yahoo’s traffic…

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 9 '09

60th Anniversary McIntosh MXA60 Integrated Audio System Going for a Mere $7,500

Many audiophiles drool over McIntosh gear and probably won’t think too much about spending $7,500 on this vacuum tube preamplifer-powered, CD/SACD/MP3 player-toting MXA60 integrated audio system. I can’t even blame them. It probably sounds as great as it looks. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-what-1-100-000-in-audio-equipment-looks-like-5359433 This is the 60th anniversary edition of McIntosh’s first-ever standalone integrated audio system and it’s…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Dec 9 '09

James Cameron Could Launch the Seven Samurai Into Space

With Avatar in the can, speculation has run rampant on what James Cameron‘s next project will be. Amidst talk of Avatar sequels and Battle Angel Alita, it seems Cameron has yet another project on the table. https://gizmodo.com/will-the-next-superman-film-take-place-in-the-future-p-5371757 https://gizmodo.com/battle-angel-alita-could-be-next-for-the-avatar-treatme-5327554 Production Weekly reports via Twitter that Cameron is developing a science fiction “event” film set in the…

Movies Lauren Davis Dec 9 '09

Shooting Challenge: Christmas Lights

Thanksgiving is well over, so that means mankind starts his all-out electrical blitz in search of holiday cheer. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, we want to see your best shots of Christmas lights. And this week, you can win something! The prize at stake: a Joby SLR-ZOOM Gorillapod plus the Joby Ballhead. (Joby was kind…

Tech News Mark Wilson Dec 9 '09

iClassic App Lets You Revist the Good Old Days of Click Wheel iPods

If the end of the decade has you feeling nostalgic for the click wheel iPod days of yore, iClassic lets you relive that thumb-twirling excitement by bringing it to your iPhone. Do you find yourself resenting your iPhone for its complexity? Do you wish you could do away with pesky text messages and confusing navigation…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 9 '09

Bruce Wayne To Return Next Year… And Throughout Time

Bruce Wayne may be stranded in prehistoric times instead of dead, but if you thought bringing him back would be easy, think again. DC have unveiled The Return Of Bruce Wayne, a time-travel tale hyped as “Batman vs. history itself.” As we all know, Batman’s alleged death in DC’s big Final Crisis series actually just…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Dec 9 '09

This Is Not a Jellyfish. It’s a Rorschach Test.

What do you see in Sydney-based photographer Mark Mawson’s stunning paint-dropped-in-water images? There are no wrong answers, but if you get more than one “two dogs humping,” you may want to seek out professional help. [thisblogrules via Core77]

Tech News Brian Barrett Dec 9 '09

Dress Like A Rapscallion with a Corto Maltese Jacket

Corto Maltese, the influential Italian comic book character, was a seafaring ne’er-do-well , whose iconic black pea coat has been brought to stores by high-end European designers. Corto Maltese was an extremely influential comic of the 60s and 70s, chronicling the laconic sea-captain’s adventures in the early years of the 20th Century. Created by Hugo…

Books & Comics Tim Barribeau Dec 9 '09

Pandora’s Creatures Were Partly Based On Cars

If you thought the creatures on the planet Pandora look sleeker and more like race cars than your standard monsters, then it’s not an accident. It turns out that race cars were part of their early designs, and some of that made it into the final movie. Early on in the process, James Cameron “mentioned…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Dec 9 '09

The Best Windows Laptops, From $400 to $1500

To find out the best Windows laptops of 2009, we checked in with Mark Spoonauer who, as editor-in-chief of Laptop Magazine and Laptopmag.com, oversaw 130+ notebook and netbook reviews this year. If you’re buying, buy one of these. Under $400 Acer Aspire 1410 Starting Price: $399 This 3.2-pound ultraportable is such a sweet deal it…

Tech News Mark Spoonauer Dec 9 '09

The First Official Poster, Screenshot and Synopsis of Tron Legacy

I’m trying hard to be jaded and skeptical about this, but, well, EEEEEEEEEEEEE! And here’s the official synopsis: TRON: LEGACY is a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world that’s unlike anything ever captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (GARRETT HEDLUND), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (JEFF BRIDGES), looks into his…

Movies Adam Frucci Dec 9 '09

Mysterious Light Spiral Appears Over Norway

Is it an alien signal? An interdimensional portal? A supervillainous hypnosis ray? This mysterious spiral burst into the night sky over Northern Norway, leaving witnesses wondering just what caused it. Witnesses throughout Northern Norway reported seeing a bright object spinning through the sky this morning, forming a brilliant spiral. According to air traffic reports, the…

io9 Lauren Davis Dec 9 '09

Gadget Deals of the Day

You asked for more Blu-ray deals, you got ’em (and a nice Panasonic Blu-ray player to watch them on). Also, check out the deals for Walmart’s upcoming Bring Hi-Def Home for the Holidays Sale. Burr! Top Deals: • 15.6″ Lenovo IdeaPad Y550 LED Laptop for $548.25 plus free shipping (normally $1,043 – use coupon code…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Dec 9 '09

Your First Look Inside Tron Legacy Reveals A Sexy Upgrade

Check out the first ever image to come out of Tron Legacy — it’s full of passionate unitard stare downs, punk wigs and disc weapons. Plus Flynn Jr. takes the wheel, in the new light-cycle poster. Wow, Disney is riding that cyberpunk idea fast and hard. Just look at Olivia Wilde on the left. Interesting…

Movies Meredith Woerner Dec 9 '09

Thermaltake’s BMW-Designed Level 10 Supercase Now Available Pre-Constructed For $2499

Thermaltake didn’t take our advice on their Level 10 case, but the BMW-design is still one of the most unique you can buy. Speaking of that, you can score the OEM-ed system now exclusively from iBUYPOWER starting at $2499. https://gizmodo.com/this-is-what-the-thermaltake-level-10-case-actually-loo-5369394 iBUYPOWER Thermaltake System Features Intel Core i7 920 Processor, 6 GB DDR3 Memory and 128GB…

Tech News Sean Fallon Dec 9 '09

The Internet: Now Available at the Bottom of the Ocean

No, Google is not trying to corner the market on undersea searches. Actually, the “Neptune” internet network is designed to make it easier for researchers to communicate with robots and submarines. https://gizmodo.com/are-you-comfortable-with-googles-level-of-control-over-5419155 Many attribute the technical difficulties involved with communicating under large bodies of water as being one of the major reasons why our knowledge…

Tech News Sean Fallon Dec 9 '09

Paranormal Activity Continues On Your iPhone

Want to know what happened to Paranormal Activity‘s sweet couple after a terrible entity infested their house? Now you can. Apple is continuing the story in a comic-book iPhone application. And we’ve got the first set of stills. Spoilers ahead… The comic is called Paranormal Activity: The Search For Katie, A Case Study by Dr.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Dec 9 '09

Watch the Looper Trailer For Your Action-Packed Sci-Fi Fix

The futuristic mafia movie Looper stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, and Emily Blunt. Set thirty years in the future, Gordon-Levitt plays a mafia hit man who realizes that one of his targets is actually himself from another thirty years in the future. Watch this trailer and get a taste of the time-traveling sci-fi action with…

Tech News Gawkercreative Dec 9 '09

How to Build a Pencil Crossbow

Take your spitball firepower to the next level with this guide for constructing a No. 2 Pencil Crossbow, one of many undersized armaments found in John Austin’s must-read new book Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction. For those familiar with the classic Bic pen’s true function—not as a lackluster writing implement but as the ideal barrel…

Books & Comics Kyle VanHemert Dec 9 '09

We Know Where To Find Bigfoot Bones, Says Expert

One of the big questions about Bigfoot has always been: Well if this creature exists, why haven’t we found any of its bones? Now monster expert Loren Coleman from Cryptomundo answers this question, and suggests where to start digging. Coleman explains that most bones in forests are, of course, picked clean by predators. So that…

io9 Annalee Newitz Dec 9 '09

Yahoo CEO Wishes More Celebrities Philandered

60th Anniversary McIntosh MXA60 Integrated Audio System Going for a Mere $7,500

James Cameron Could Launch the Seven Samurai Into Space

Shooting Challenge: Christmas Lights

iClassic App Lets You Revist the Good Old Days of Click Wheel iPods

Bruce Wayne To Return Next Year… And Throughout Time

This Is Not a Jellyfish. It’s a Rorschach Test.

Dress Like A Rapscallion with a Corto Maltese Jacket

Pandora’s Creatures Were Partly Based On Cars

The Best Windows Laptops, From $400 to $1500

The First Official Poster, Screenshot and Synopsis of Tron Legacy

Mysterious Light Spiral Appears Over Norway

Gadget Deals of the Day

Your First Look Inside Tron Legacy Reveals A Sexy Upgrade

Thermaltake’s BMW-Designed Level 10 Supercase Now Available Pre-Constructed For $2499

The Internet: Now Available at the Bottom of the Ocean

Paranormal Activity Continues On Your iPhone

Watch the Looper Trailer For Your Action-Packed Sci-Fi Fix

How to Build a Pencil Crossbow

We Know Where To Find Bigfoot Bones, Says Expert

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