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Palm Pre Gets $50 Price Drop to $150

In addition to the Palm Pixi news, the Pre is getting a $50 price cut down to $150, which is what you’ll be paying after a $150 instant and $100 mail-in rebate. Ignore that other rebate deal you saw earlier. https://gizmodo.com/sprint-retracts-100-palm-pre-deal-after-only-six-hours-5354969

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 9 '09

Palm Pixi Hands On: The Smaller Pre With A Better Keyboard and No Wi-Fi

The Palm Pixi is just what you’d get when you ask your engineers to take the Pre, keep as much stuff as possible, but make it smaller. It’s a keyboarded candybar (with webOS), but it loses some vitals like Wi-Fi. The Details The important bits: It still runs webOS, still has a keyboard, still only…

Tech News Jason Chen Sep 9 '09

Forget Silicon, This Teenager’s Solar Panel Uses Human Hair as a Conductor

If eighteen-year-old Milan Karki doesn’t turn out to be the next Tesla or Edison, then I’ll chop off my locks. This kid invented a solar panel which uses human hair as a conductor and could solve an energy crisis. As a teenager in a rural village in Nepal, Milan Karki knows just how desperately developing…

Tech News Rosa Golijan Sep 8 '09

Ellen Page Teams Up With Ghost Cat For Great Justice

You’re statutorily required to love Ghost Cat, the Animal Planet TV movie starring Ellen “Juno” Page. The evil Boyd is trying to asphyxiate all the barn animals so Brenda will have to sell her farm. Ghost cat to the rescue! Ghost Cat is just one of those movies that’s too bizarrely cute not to love.…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Sep 8 '09

WebOS 1.2 Release Note From Sprint Says Update Coming Today

Sprint’s support site has the release notes for the WebOS 1.2 update that already leaked and it’s branded with a September 8th release date. After extensive and exhaustive research, I can officially confirm that today is September 8th. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-1-2-webos-accidentally-leaked-showed-possibly-5353067 The date might still be an error—Pres don’t seem to be showing an update available. But…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz Sep 8 '09

Archos 9 Hands On: The Windows 7 Netbook That Lost Its Keyboard

We’re probably not going to see an Apple tablet tomorrow, but the Archos 9 could hold us over. The “netblet” (yea, my portmanteau of the words netbook and tablet) runs Windows 7, but I’m not sure I’d shell out $500. https://gizmodo.com/apple-event-liveblog-its-only-rock-and-roll-5354882 The 0.63-inch thin Archos 9 feels pretty sturdy, but one major complaint is that…

Tech News Joanna Stern Sep 8 '09

We’ve Seen The Darkest Stargate Ever: A Spoiler Free Take On SGU

Last weekend, we finally screened the first three episodes of Stargate Universe. The darkest installment of the franchise certainly had an impact on this Gater. Here’s our completely spoiler-free pre-review. Without ruining any of the twists and turns awaiting us all on October 2nd, I’d like to talk a little about my gut reaction after…

Television Meredith Woerner Sep 8 '09

Nothing Says Let’s Spend Our Life Together Like an AT-AT Costume for Couples

“Look honey, I won’t marry you, but I love you, and I want to parade on this AT-AT couple costume together—every Halloween, for the next decade or so.” *silence* *door slams* *car leaves* This was spotted last week at Dragon-Con, which doesn’t surprise me at all. Too bad they didn’t have a boombox to match.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 8 '09

Internet Distractions, In Order of Importance

The phone’s ringing, but you’ve got a direct message from a hottie on Twitter. Oh, a Facebook message while you’re watching kittens on video. What takes priority? Don’t panic. This chart will guide you through the hierarchy of Internet distractions. Click on the picture for a closer look. The higher up in the hierarchy a…

Social Media Rosa Golijan Sep 8 '09

Thriller Action Figure Allows Kids to Legally Play with Michael Jackson

Oh, Michael, the world misses you. And as Billie Jean plays for the 152,345,160,433rd f*cking time—yes, I’ve counted them all—what other better way to remember you than to play with this morphing Thriller action figure. This licensed Michael Jackson Thriller 1/6th scale doll has over 32 points of articulation, and stands at 11.8 inches. It…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 8 '09

Tadpole-Shaped Theremin Sings the Star-Spangled Banner

Novmichi Tosa, of the kooky art collective Maywa Denki, demos his theremin-like instrument, the Otamatone. The instrument is meant to resemble a tadpole, but it looks more like a smiling sperm with a Muppet-like mouth when it sings. [via Tokyomango]

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 8 '09

Beatles Remastered: A Reminder of Why It Will Probably Rock

So tomorrow there won’t be Beatles in the iTunes, but you will be able to get them carefully remastered in CD form. If you are a music fan, this is why you should care—especially about the mono version. https://gizmodo.com/extra-confirmed-emi-says-no-beatles-on-itunes-tomorrow-5354915 Back in April, I got great vinyl rips of the major original mono albums, as mixed…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 8 '09

The First Rag Dolls To Walk Our Ruined Earth, And The Last Chance To Take Them Home

This is the last chance to win your own 9 concept art book, featuring scads of amazing images from the making of the film. Give these stuffed warriors of the wasteland a good home! There were only 999 copies of the art book made, and this is the last chance you will get from io9…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 8 '09

Now Available

You can be the first kid on your block to own the world’s first web-connected printer today. Dell also released new thin-and-light laptops amidst all of the Nehalem news. https://gizmodo.com/intel-lynnfield-core-i5-and-i7-processors-nehalem-supe-5354575 • HP announced that they are shipping the Photosmart Premium today, the world’s first web-connected printer. We saw the printer a while ago, and were…

Tech News Chris Jacob Sep 8 '09

“Someone Get This Big Walking Car…dboard Box Out of My Way”

Dragoncon, the one weekend every year nerd wet dreams come true through the magic of paper, paint and fabric. But not deodorant. Definitely not deodorant. See more—including a really incredible Terminator, complete with John Connor—at io9: [io9] https://gizmodo.com/the-mighty-chew-box-a-will-paper-cut-you-down-5354344

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 8 '09

Rodents of Unusual Size Found in Volcanic Lost World

For 200,000 years, life has flourished deep inside the crater of Mount Bosavi in complete isolation. Now a team of scientists has found it teeming with hairy caterpillars, fanged frogs, and the largest rats ever recorded. A team of researchers from the US, UK, and Papua New Guinea launched an expedition inside Mount Bosavi, a…

io9 Lauren Davis Sep 8 '09

Maywa Denki’s Otamatone: One Part Theremin, One Part Synth, One Part Insanity

The Otomatone is the new instrument created by Novmichi Tosa, and it’s maybe the most Japanese instrument ever. Also, it’s awesome. You see, you play this note/tadpole-shaped instrument by tapping or sliding your finger up and down the neck. But you can also adjust the pitch by squeezing the face at the bottom to open…

Tech News Adam Frucci Sep 8 '09

Rumor: Palm’s Cheap and Tiny Eos “Pixie” WebOS Phone Due This Week

TechCrunch hears that Palm’s going to reveal Pixie (aka Eos), its second WebOS phone that’s supposedly gonna be small, skinny and cheap, sometime this week, for Fashion Week. https://gizmodo.com/palms-eos-pixie-webos-phone-might-be-delayed-until-20-5339215 Sorta surprising, since the timing feels weird, not to mention there were rumors it was delayed (granted, how can a phone that doesn’t officially exist really…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Sep 8 '09

Own Your Very Own Piece Of Lost History

Fancy owning Hurley’s winning lottery ticket or finding out exactly what Desmond and Penny’s love letters to each other actually said? Now’s your chance: Props from ABC’s Lost will be sold off after the series finishes next year. The auction itself will be happening next summer, but attendees of Disney’s D23 convention in Anaheim this…

io9 Graeme McMillan Sep 8 '09

Video: Amazing 18-Foot Wide Super-HD Multi-User Multitouch Display

It is probably the highest resolution interactive display outside of the military: Obscura Digital’s newest, longest multitouch wall, revealed this weekend at the Hard Rock in Vegas, uses three projectors to handle 100 hi-res images and videos simultaneously in realtime. This isn’t the first Obscura Digital creation to catch our eye. We’ve seen 3D multitouch…

Tech News Danny Allen Sep 8 '09

Palm Pre Gets $50 Price Drop to $150

Palm Pixi Hands On: The Smaller Pre With A Better Keyboard and No Wi-Fi

Forget Silicon, This Teenager’s Solar Panel Uses Human Hair as a Conductor

Ellen Page Teams Up With Ghost Cat For Great Justice

WebOS 1.2 Release Note From Sprint Says Update Coming Today

Archos 9 Hands On: The Windows 7 Netbook That Lost Its Keyboard

We’ve Seen The Darkest Stargate Ever: A Spoiler Free Take On SGU

Nothing Says Let’s Spend Our Life Together Like an AT-AT Costume for Couples

Internet Distractions, In Order of Importance

Thriller Action Figure Allows Kids to Legally Play with Michael Jackson

Tadpole-Shaped Theremin Sings the Star-Spangled Banner

Beatles Remastered: A Reminder of Why It Will Probably Rock

The First Rag Dolls To Walk Our Ruined Earth, And The Last Chance To Take Them Home

Now Available

“Someone Get This Big Walking Car…dboard Box Out of My Way”

Rodents of Unusual Size Found in Volcanic Lost World

Maywa Denki’s Otamatone: One Part Theremin, One Part Synth, One Part Insanity

Rumor: Palm’s Cheap and Tiny Eos “Pixie” WebOS Phone Due This Week

Own Your Very Own Piece Of Lost History

Video: Amazing 18-Foot Wide Super-HD Multi-User Multitouch Display

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