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Get Ready For Double The Old School Crimefighting As Justice Society Splits

Fables writers Bill Willingham and Matt Sturges‘s run on Justice Society of America is about to get a whole lot bigger, as the book will be splitting in two to tackle the team’s gargantuan roster. DCU senior executive editor Ian Sattler moderated a panel full of writers and artists from the ever growing world of…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Jul 24

Peter Jackson Spills All About The Hobbit, The Lovely Bones, and World War I Airplanes

Last night I had a chance to attend a small gathering with Peter Jackson, where he discussed new film District 9, which he produced, as well as his upcoming projects – including The Hobbit and Tintin. Here’s the scoop on what’s new with Peter Jackson, who is working on some of the most intriguing movies…

io9 Annalee Newitz Jul 24

iPods Headed for the Grave

This week, Apple announced that iPods are in a nosedive. Meanwhile, we are seeing evidence that the Nano is about to get a camera. My response is “Why?” The old clickwheel iPod isn’t dead yet, but it’s definitely dying. https://gizmodo.com/new-ipod-touch-and-ipod-nano-cameras-uncovered-5321202/ I have a 160GB Classic, as I thought I needed it. But with a 32GB…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jul 24

Why Apple Will Probably Keep Doing Business With Foxconn After iPhone Leak Death

Whatever role iPhone builder Foxconn played in 25-year-old Sun Danyong’s death after a prototype iPhone he was entrusted with went missing, they will likely not pay the highest of prices: Losing Apple’s business. https://gizmodo.com/death-by-iphone-apple-and-chinas-cultural-time-bomb-5321309 Analysts in the components industry tell DigiTimes that Apple won’t switch to a different supplier because “product development involves collaboration on…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 24

Breaking Up With Bella Is Everyone’s Favorite Thing To Do In New Moon

While Twilight fans camped outside and chose sides (either Team Edward or Team Jacob) the mascots of both teams (Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner) told a press conference that dumping Bella was their favorite part of the movie. Lead actors Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Robert Patterson spoke to a few media outlets before yesterday’s…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jul 24

Staples City Is—as You Would Expect—a City Made of Staples

Nothing ever gets lost in Staples City. Until Office Godzilla destroys it. Peter Root, the artist, describes his work: Low-Rise is a precarious assemblage of thousands of free-standing stacks of staples densely tessellated to create a city-like mosaic. Like a city, the staples are subject to the elements, on a micro scale. The slightest breath…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 24

The Meaning Of Gamer’s Raver Porn Revealed

What’s the deal with those candy-haired ravers from Gamer we posted a picture of a while back? Writer/directors Brian Taylor and Mark Neveldine explained their sleazy secret at Comic Con, and it has to do (not surprisingly) with gaming. Spoilers… https://gizmodo.com/a-futuristic-rave-in-gerard-butlers-gamer-5273671 It turns out there’s a second game within this movie, apart from the deadly…

io9 Sarah Hope Williams Jul 24

Greatest Single Phone Call in History Gets Microsoft to Change Laptop Hunter Ads

The “greatest single phone call” Microsoft COO Kevin Turner’s ever received apparently worked. Sort of. After Apple asked Microsoft to stop running the Laptop Hunters ads because they’ve dropped prices, Microsoft’s edited at least one of the spots. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-gloats-apple-begged-them-to-stop-running-la-5315666 The original Lauren 2.0 spot’s been pulled off YouTube, and in the re-cut version, the reference…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 24

Darwin’s Evolutionary Doubt Fills An Hour Of PBS

What happened in the year to Charles Darwin before the publication of “On the Origin of Species”? According to PBS, all manner of bad things, and it’s something they’ve enlisted Lost’s Desmond to help tell you all about it. Darwin’s Darkest Hour is the name of a new television movie created by National Geographic for…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jul 24

Tron Legacy’s New Awesome Lightcycle Escapes Into the Real World

Here’s one of the ultra-sleek I-want-I-want-I-WANT new Tron sequel’s lightcycles, which apparently has escaped the grid to get into the real world. It’s on display at Comic Con 2009, and it gets me as wet as the trailer did. [YouTube] https://gizmodo.com/tron-2-trailer-video-makes-pants-wet-worldwide-5029479

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 24

Apple Finally Acknowledges Blu-Ray Exists

Apple has finally acknowledged that Blu-ray exists. Sadly—or fortunately—not with a brand new iMac 30, but with the “Create Blu-ray” option in the new Final Cut Pro. Oh poop. [Thanks Frank] https://gizmodo.com/new-final-cut-studio-lets-you-collaborate-over-ichat-th-5321297

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jul 24

How Much Is the World Pooping?

Um, a lot. TwttrPoop is everything that Twitter has been building toward: It tracks the whole world pooping in real time on Twitter. Or taking a dump, dropping a deuce or having explosive diarrhea. It even will show you how much more people talk about pooping than your company or world peace or the economy:…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 24

The Book Of Eli’s Pages Are Stuck Together With Awesome Blood, Judging From The Trailer

The Book Of Eli, the Denzel Washington-starring post-apocalyptic movie, looks moody, lonesome and filled with rocket-launchers and samurai sword-fights, in its first official trailer. Denzel’s honeyed voice, over scenes of desolation and mayhem… it’s like I Am Legend done right.

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jul 24

Hello Kitty Stormtrooper Ruins Both Star Wars and Hello Kitty

For every cool sneak peek of an upcoming movie we get from ComicCon, we also get a slice of legitimate horror like this Hello Kitty Stormtrooper here. ComicCon giveth trailers, and ComicCon taketh away dignity. [Kitty Hell via Boing Boing]

Tech News Adam Frucci Jul 24

Transformers’ Movie Tech Gets Nefarious

If you wanted to see more of Revenge Of The Fallen’s new badbot, Soundwave, IDW has your back. New comics series Transformers: Nefarious will give him a spotlight, while also introducing the concept of hijacking Transformer tech for human aims. Written by TF master Simon Furman and drawn by Carlos Magno, Nefarious follows up on…

io9 Graeme McMillan Jul 24

Samsung LED LCD UN46B7000 HDTV Lightning Review: Avoid!

Generally, I love LED LCDs. The UN46B7000 is Samsung’s set with 120Hz refresh and internet widgets. It’s not backlit, like the XBR8, but sidelit, and is as thin as two of your fingers. You should avoid buying this set. The Price: $3000 The Verdict: The problem is that this set dims the sidelights whenever the…

Reviews Brian Lam Jul 24

Palm Tattles on Apple For Bad USB Etiquette (And They Would Know)

Did you hear about that Palm Pre update yesterday? The one that re-enables iTunes syncing? Yes, probably, but Palm would still very much like to emphasize to you, and now the USB Implementers Forum, that it’s fighting the good fight. https://gizmodo.com/palm-pre-fixes-itunes-sync-5321580 Following their endearingly blustery update announcement, a Palm spokesperson explained that the company will…

Tech News John Herrman Jul 24

Robot Baseball Players to Necessitate Man’s Fusion with Rhinoceros

Unless you’re Mark Buehrle, it’s nearly impossible for humans to play a perfect game of baseball. But for robots, feats like batting 1000 are already a reality. Developed by the University of Tokyo, two baseball robots, a pitcher and a batter, play head to head in near perfection. The pitching robot uses an arm from…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jul 24

Zoe Saldana Talks Na’Vi To Us

After Avatar showed off its 3-D bestiary to an awe-struck Comic Con crowd, we cornered the blue Na’vi princess Neytiri, Zoe Saldana herself, and asked her to talk a little native tongue to us. The results were phenomenal. A Saldana says: It’s been a while, so please forgive me if it’s a, there’s this prayer…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 24

SteelSeries Xai Gaming Mouse Is High Definition, Whatever That Means

Did you know it was gaming mouse season? It’s the time of year when they come out of their Cheeto-packed burrows to mate. SteelSeries’ Xai’s mating call is its “high definition” sensor. https://gizmodo.com/razer-orochi-bluetooth-laser-gaming-mouse-with-4000dpi-5321230/ SteelSeries rails against the current gaming industry pseudo-standard of DPI (dots per inch) as a measurement of tracking speed, instead preferring to…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jul 24

Get Ready For Double The Old School Crimefighting As Justice Society Splits

Peter Jackson Spills All About The Hobbit, The Lovely Bones, and World War I Airplanes

iPods Headed for the Grave

Why Apple Will Probably Keep Doing Business With Foxconn After iPhone Leak Death

Breaking Up With Bella Is Everyone’s Favorite Thing To Do In New Moon

Staples City Is—as You Would Expect—a City Made of Staples

The Meaning Of Gamer’s Raver Porn Revealed

Greatest Single Phone Call in History Gets Microsoft to Change Laptop Hunter Ads

Darwin’s Evolutionary Doubt Fills An Hour Of PBS

Tron Legacy’s New Awesome Lightcycle Escapes Into the Real World

Apple Finally Acknowledges Blu-Ray Exists

How Much Is the World Pooping?

The Book Of Eli’s Pages Are Stuck Together With Awesome Blood, Judging From The Trailer

Hello Kitty Stormtrooper Ruins Both Star Wars and Hello Kitty

Transformers’ Movie Tech Gets Nefarious

Samsung LED LCD UN46B7000 HDTV Lightning Review: Avoid!

Palm Tattles on Apple For Bad USB Etiquette (And They Would Know)

Robot Baseball Players to Necessitate Man’s Fusion with Rhinoceros

Zoe Saldana Talks Na’Vi To Us

SteelSeries Xai Gaming Mouse Is High Definition, Whatever That Means

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