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After Repair Mission, Hubble Delivers New Stunning Desktop Backgrounds Once Again

These are the first deep space photos sent by the Hubble after the long and risky May repair mission. Eat your heart out, Snow Leopard. This is my favorite, but there are more: https://gizmodo.com/hubble-repair-mission-more-risky-than-you-would-ever-im-5046276 The image on the top is NGC 6302, a dying star 3,800 light years from us. The stellar butterfly is formed…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Sep 9 '09

Commie-Lounge 60s Flick Shows the Horror of Gambling, Jewelry, and Western Decadence

This rare 1963 Czech scifi film – variously known as Ikaria XB1 and Voyage to the End of the Universe – gives us a glimpse into where communist scifi filmmakers thought America was headed last century. Into violent, trippy doom! Trekfancvg posted this excerpt on YouTube, explaining it was the then-Czechoslovakia’s first SF movie: The…

Movies Annalee Newitz Sep 9 '09

iTunes LPs Should Be Lossless

The iTunes LP is Apple’s attempt to recreate the “feel” of buying a physical record in an intangible format. Without lossless audio as a part of the package, though, iTunes LPs are much less than an album. If Apple really wants to recreate that “feel” of buying a record, I have to feel like I’m…

Tech News Chris Jacob Sep 9 '09

The Best Space Porn of the Year

Martin Pugh’s striking image of the Horsehead Nebula took home the grand prize in the 2009 Royal Observatory Greenwich’s Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Check out more winners of space porn’s top honors. Judges for the Royal Observatory Greenwich combed through over 500 images of moons, planets, nebula, and Earth’s own night sky, and…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 9 '09

Normal People Can Now Install CableCARD Tuners On Windows 7 PCs

FINALLY. Microsoft and CableLabs are finally opened the door to have regular people add in CableCARD tuners by themselves, after they’ve purchased the PC and set it up. This is good news. What it means to you, theoretically, is that you should be able to go out and buy CableCARD tuners and add them to…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 9 '09

This Clip is Proof That Birds Are Secretly Composers

A normal person sees these birds perched on electrical wires and worries about getting crapped on. Jarbas Agnel looks at them and sees musical notes. Maybe he’s smarter than the rest of us because the melody is utterly oh-so-sweet-that-I-could-doze-off-right-now. Agnel explains that he was simply curious about what sort of tune he could create by…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Sep 9 '09

Pogue: AT&T Drops Inane Paging Option From Voicemail Chatter

David Pogue says AT&T is officially cutting back the robo-banter you hear when leaving voicemail. It’s not fully stripped, but you won’t hear the “page this person” nonsense anymore. Nice one, Dave. We support you in your cause. [NYT] https://gizmodo.com/take-back-the-beep-voicemail-crusade-takes-back-its-f-5336853

Tech News Wilson Rothman Sep 9 '09

Pink Planets and Killer Pumpkins Dominate DC’s Online Comics Competition

A new crop of competitors has arrived for the Zuda Competition, DC’s monthly contest to find new and innovative comics talent. This month’s frontrunners chronicle the exploration of a mysterious planet, and a sentient pumpkin patch out for revenge. Each month, Zuda, the online branch of DC Comics, selects 10 eight-page comic pitches to compete.…

Books & Comics Lauren Davis Sep 9 '09

Is There A Clone of Jesus in Dan Brown’s New Novel?

Dan “DaVinci Code” Brown’s latest Christian-themed thriller, The Lost Symbol, is about to drop next week. And Washington, D.C., is bracing itself: The city is featured heavily in the novel, which one Brown expert says may involve clones of Jesus. An article in the Washington Post today warns city residents to prepare for an onslaught…

Books & Comics Annalee Newitz Sep 9 '09

Steve Jobs Gives His Reasons for Lack of Camera in iPod Touch

There are quite a few reasons for the lack of camera in the iPod touch. Speaking to David Pogue, the Steverino himself picks a couple of them: https://gizmodo.com/why-there-is-no-camera-in-the-ipod-touch-and-why-that-s-5355753 Q. You put a camcorder on the iPod Nano. Why not on the iPod Touch? A. Originally, we weren’t exactly sure how to market the Touch. Was…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 9 '09

At Giz Gallery 09: ChefStack Automatic Pancake Maker

Hey buddy—yeah, you. Like pancakes? What about a machine that can automatically spit out about 200 of ’em in an hour? Well lucky for you, the ChefStack pancake maker is going to be at Giz Gallery ’09. https://gizmodo.com/chefstack-automatic-pancake-machine-celebrates-gluttony-5331231 This is the first of many in-gallery items we plan to reveal in the next couple of…

Tech News Adrian Covert Sep 9 '09

Ne-Yo Joins Battle In “Black Hawk Down” Meets “Aliens” Epic

Song and dance man Ne-Yo joins up with the cast for the alien war Battle: Los Angeles. And military lead Aaron Eckhart tells Sci-Fi Wire it’s “like Black Hawk Down meets Alien….very documentary style.” With an emphasis on the military.

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 9 '09

Windows Media Center Opens Up DRM Restrictions on Shows, Allows More Copying

If you record a lot of shows using a CableCard in Windows Media Center, know that the upcoming 1.19 update will loosen the reins on these recordings and allow you to copy them to other WMC machines and portable devices. In other words, you record into WMC, you can copy the content wherever you want—save…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 9 '09

Steve’s Ice Cream

The Man is back, and he’s holding a cone: “I feel great. I probably need to gain about 30 pounds, but I feel really good. I’m eating like crazy. A lot of ice cream.” Hmmmm. Ice cream. [NYT] https://gizmodo.com/steve-jobs-is-back-in-the-game-reappears-in-ipod-event-5355422

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 9 '09

USB Mosquito Stick Claims You’ll Be Malaria-Free On a Laptop Safari

Using an ultrasonic force field, this USB stick vows to protect you from mosquitoes during all those times when you find yourself using a laptop in outdoor situations. It probably doesn’t work, like most sound based repellents. This is what OFF spray is for people. [Uxsight via Crunchgear via Everything USB]

Tech News Sean Fallon Sep 9 '09

Warehouse Meltdown Leads to a Deadly Game of Dodgeball

Just how dangerous is it to house thousands of powerful artifacts in a single building? Last night’s episode of Warehouse 13 answers that question with a visit to the Dark Vault, Sylvia Plath’s depression-inducing typewriter, and homicidal, autonomous dodgeballs. The last few episodes have me convinced that Warehouse 13 is really hitting its stride, and…

Television Lauren Davis Sep 9 '09

Scientists Prove Your Brain Still Contains Forgotten Memories

Even if you can’t consciously remember a face you’ve seen once before, your brain remembers it. Scientists interested in this phenomenon have proven that there’s strong evidence that our brains hold far more memories than we’re aware of. New Scientist has the story: [University of California, Davis, neuroscientists] Deborah Hannula and Charan Ranganath first trained…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 9 '09

Are You Disappointed That The iPod Touch Didn’t Get a Camera?

The big news from Apple’s It’s Only Rock and Roll event today was the fact that the camera wound up on the iPod nano and not the touch as everyone expected. You’ve heard our rant—but what do you think? https://gizmodo.com/new-ipod-nano-hands-on-5355725/ Are You Disappointed That The iPod Touch Didn’t Get a Camera?(answers)

Tech News Sean Fallon Sep 9 '09

Video Shot With iPod Nano: Our First Clips

New iPod Nano in hand, we promptly tested the video camera and the crazy video-record filters. They’re fun, but the camera itself is positioned awkwardly. https://gizmodo.com/new-ipod-nano-hands-on-5355725/ We found out that the camera’s unfortunate placement (on the lower left of the back, if you’re holding it normally) is due to there not being enough space to…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Sep 9 '09

I’m Sorry

Hello Giz Readers, I’d like to apologize for the hiccups in our liveblogs today. Some of the errors were user errors. I didn’t know that our image caching system had changed until the event started, which delayed the shots from getting up as quickly as you’ve come to expect from us through the years. The…

Tech News Brian Lam Sep 9 '09

After Repair Mission, Hubble Delivers New Stunning Desktop Backgrounds Once Again

Commie-Lounge 60s Flick Shows the Horror of Gambling, Jewelry, and Western Decadence

iTunes LPs Should Be Lossless

The Best Space Porn of the Year

Normal People Can Now Install CableCARD Tuners On Windows 7 PCs

This Clip is Proof That Birds Are Secretly Composers

Pogue: AT&T Drops Inane Paging Option From Voicemail Chatter

Pink Planets and Killer Pumpkins Dominate DC’s Online Comics Competition

Is There A Clone of Jesus in Dan Brown’s New Novel?

Steve Jobs Gives His Reasons for Lack of Camera in iPod Touch

At Giz Gallery 09: ChefStack Automatic Pancake Maker

Ne-Yo Joins Battle In “Black Hawk Down” Meets “Aliens” Epic

Windows Media Center Opens Up DRM Restrictions on Shows, Allows More Copying

Steve’s Ice Cream

USB Mosquito Stick Claims You’ll Be Malaria-Free On a Laptop Safari

Warehouse Meltdown Leads to a Deadly Game of Dodgeball

Scientists Prove Your Brain Still Contains Forgotten Memories

Are You Disappointed That The iPod Touch Didn’t Get a Camera?

Video Shot With iPod Nano: Our First Clips

I’m Sorry

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