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Google Chrome OS Benchmarked Against Ubuntu and Moblin, Comes Up Slow

Chrome OS dev code only just went public, but Phoronix has already thrown it on a Samsung NC10 netbook to test its performance and battery-life against Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10, Moblin 2.1, Fedora 12, and openSUSE 11.2. Interesting results ahead. https://gizmodo.com/get-google-chrome-os-now-5408931 Ultimately, Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 did the best, and openSUSE 11.2 also did well.…

Tech News Danny Allen Nov 24 '09

How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road

How do you keep your humanity in the face of death, cannibals and destruction? This 11 minute feature from The Road goes deep with Viggo Mortensen, using clips, interviews and analysis. Plus listen to three tracks from Nick Cave‘s soundtrack. Careful — there are massive spoilers in the video. The Road is out November 25th.

io9 Meredith Woerner Nov 24 '09

This Car Will Run at 1,000mph

Bloodhound is a car being designed to run at a swooshing one thousand miles-per-hour. That’s 1,609 km/h, which is way faster than the speed of sound. As the video shows, it’ll have more thrust than the Eurofighter combat jet: https://gizmodo.com/inside-the-typhoon-eurofighter-cockpit-verdict-oh-boy-323183 Of course, the car has yet to be built, let alone break that record. But…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 24 '09

Will This Clip Change The Way You Feel About Avatar?

Check out this inspirational new clip from Avatar. This is the first time we’re seeing the realism seep in through the CG world, especially when Jake’s Avatar is plunged into the wild rivers in Pandora. But what do you think? IGN’s new clip shows a vicious chase scene from Avatar as Jake flees from a…

Movies Meredith Woerner Nov 24 '09

The Best Smartphones on Every Carrier

For the first time ever, every major carrier in the US actually has smartphones worth buying, meaning you don’t have to break up to get a good phone. Here’s the best phones on each one, along with the best deals. If you hate the gallery format, click here. https://gizmodo.com/the-best-smartphones-on-every-carrier-5411351 All pricing shown is with a…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Nov 24 '09

Read Kirk’s Unseen Appearance in Star Trek For Yourself

Back in May, we told you about William Shatner’s missing scene in JJ Abrams‘ Star Trek, but now actual script pages from the scene itself have appeared online to let us see exactly what we missed. https://gizmodo.com/the-shatner-scene-you-never-saw-in-abrams-star-trek-5249752 As writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci told us earlier this year, Shatner’s appearance wasn’t on the same…

io9 Graeme McMillan Nov 24 '09

Swype vs QWERTY: FIGHT!!!!!

QWERTY is pretty much the king of smartphone text input. But there’s a new challenger on the horizon. It’s called Swype, it works with one-hand input and, yeah, it is pretty fast. Yes, the first thing you may notice is that Swype technically uses a QWERTY layout. But instead of pushing each key individually, you…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 24 '09

Beware Nature’s Fiercest Predator: The Mighty Sky Shark

Just when you thought it was safe to go skydiving, the fearsome sky shark appears, ready to gobble down any tender airborne morsels. Caleb Brown‘s action-packed paintings combine explosions with monstrous predators, who appear where you least expect them. Caleb Brown [My Love for You Is a Stampede of Horses via FFFFOUND!]

io9 Lauren Davis Nov 24 '09

Obama to Robots: I’m Watching You

I don’t know about you, but I like a President who can throw a funny, geeky sci-fi reference once in a while. Clearly, el Comandante en Jefe has watched his Terminators and scary Big Dogs a few times. https://gizmodo.com/new-video-of-bigdog-quadruped-robot-is-so-stunning-its-368651 Obama said those words while presenting his “Educate to Innovate” campaign, which aims to promote the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 24 '09

What if the Declaration of Independence Was Created in Google Wave?

So you’ve scored an invite and watched the videos, but still confused about Google Wave? Google’s latest explanatory tactic: recreate famous documents to showcase Wave’s features. Here’s the declaration of independence, complete with edits from the founding fathers. https://gizmodo.com/try-out-google-wave-with-fellow-readers-5372293 If you’ve got a Wave account, you can check out the reconstruction here. Google Wave team…

Tech News Danny Allen Nov 24 '09

BassJump Brings MacBooks a Bit of Bump

BassJump is, quite simply, a dedicated subwoofer to complement your MacBook—in both aesthetics and sound. Rather than merely plugging in through USB, the BassJump uses proprietary software to remix all audio coming out of your laptop, essentially treating those tinny integrated speakers as tweeters while the BassJump handles the lows. I can’t believe that this…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 24 '09

Thor Gets A New Vixen, Lost Gets Another Radical Costume Change, Doctor Who Gets Terminal

Spoilers: They break your heart with their false promises, but they also build you up. Today, actors offer hints about Thor, Spider-Man 4 and Star Trek 12. There are Doctor Who, Lost and Heroes filming pics. Plus Supernatural and Chuck. Thor: Natalie Portman let slip that her friend Kat Dennings (Nick And Norah’s Infinite Playlist)…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Nov 24 '09

Jerry Seinfeld Upgrades Classic Mac with iMac

Sadly, obsolete gadgets have to be replaced. Happily, change is good. This is what happened to Jerry Seinfeld’s ever-present classic Macintosh which, after all these years, has been replaced by a new iMac. https://gizmodo.com/what-to-do-with-an-original-1984-macintosh-5269088 It happened in the “Seinfeld reunion” episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. The iMac seems to be from the previous generation, not…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Nov 24 '09

Buffalo’s USB 3.0 External Drive Arrives in the U.S

As expected, the DriveStation HD-HXU3 is the first external USB 3.0 drive in the U.S. It promises transfers up to 4.8Gbps (compared to USB 2.0’s 480Mbps) and Buffalo has a two-port USB 3.0 PCI Express card to get you started. https://gizmodo.com/buffalos-hd-hu3-poised-to-be-the-first-usb-3-0-hard-dri-5376409 There’s no price yet on the USB 3.0 PCI Express card (IFC-PCIE2U3), but it’s…

Tech News Danny Allen Nov 24 '09

Elecom ‘Spoon’ Mouse For Bite-Sized Travel

If you’re going to buy a travel mouse, it might as well, in some small way (possibly entirely induced by marketing), resemble a spoon. Right? The Elecom “Like a Spoon!” mouse wraps stainless steel around plastic like a little, electronic amuse-bouche. Of course, given its $90 price and necessity to import (it’s Japan-only), the satisfaction…

Tech News Mark Wilson Nov 24 '09

Palm Pre Gets Video Recording with Precorder HomeBrew Software

That’s right, 480 x 320-pixel video recording at 30fps is now go. The homebrew software is only an alpha (so there’s bugs like not being able to preview what you’re recording), but the app works, and is free to download. When WebOS 1.3.1 skipped updating the camera app, the developers of Precorder decided not to…

Tech News Danny Allen Nov 24 '09

Inside Nintendo’s DSi LL

Yesterday we saw how the DSi LL (or XL, as it will be known in the US) compares to the Sony PSP-3000. Yeah that 4.2-inch screen is freakin’ huge. Now here’s a look under the hood. Controller board porn! https://kotaku.com/dsi-xl-coming-to-america-in-early-2010-5392865 PC Watch are the ones who sacrificed their unit in the name of science, and…

Tech News Danny Allen Nov 24 '09

Obama’s Plan to Help Next Generation Science Geeks

Wow, this is great. The “Educate to Innovate” campaign will aim to improve U.S students’ grounding in science, technology, engineering, and math education through $260 million in public-private partnerships, plus the first “National Lab Day” to update school science labs. The president also said he’s introducing an annual White House Science fair with the winners…

Tech News Danny Allen Nov 24 '09

Help a Fellow Giz Reader Win the Chance to Report from CES and the 2010 Winter Olympics

Giz reader, Jake Kirshner, needs your help. He’s one of the final five semi-finalists in a Microsoft-sponsored competition to find a U.S student blogger/athlete to report from next year’s Consumer Electronics Show (where we’ll be ourselves), in addition to the Vancouver Winter Olympics. Jake’s a Computer Science major at the University of Utah, a competitive…

Tech News Danny Allen Nov 24 '09

HP Reports Q4 Profits, Raises Expectations for 2010

HP reported their quarterly earnings today, and managed to beat expectations across the board, almost half a billion dollars above analyst predictions. Due to the positive news they’ve ramped up expectation for 2010 by $1-2 billion. Suck it, recession! [ZDNet]

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Nov 24 '09

Google Chrome OS Benchmarked Against Ubuntu and Moblin, Comes Up Slow

How Viggo Survived Cannibals, Starvation And Life On The Road

This Car Will Run at 1,000mph

Will This Clip Change The Way You Feel About Avatar?

The Best Smartphones on Every Carrier

Read Kirk’s Unseen Appearance in Star Trek For Yourself

Swype vs QWERTY: FIGHT!!!!!

Beware Nature’s Fiercest Predator: The Mighty Sky Shark

Obama to Robots: I’m Watching You

What if the Declaration of Independence Was Created in Google Wave?

BassJump Brings MacBooks a Bit of Bump

Thor Gets A New Vixen, Lost Gets Another Radical Costume Change, Doctor Who Gets Terminal

Jerry Seinfeld Upgrades Classic Mac with iMac

Buffalo’s USB 3.0 External Drive Arrives in the U.S

Elecom ‘Spoon’ Mouse For Bite-Sized Travel

Palm Pre Gets Video Recording with Precorder HomeBrew Software

Inside Nintendo’s DSi LL

Obama’s Plan to Help Next Generation Science Geeks

Help a Fellow Giz Reader Win the Chance to Report from CES and the 2010 Winter Olympics

HP Reports Q4 Profits, Raises Expectations for 2010

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