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Pentax Optio E75 Is Waterproof and Sorta Cheap

You might default to a brand like Canon when it comes to point and shoots, but our own Brian Lam swears by Pentax’s reputation for building pocketable, waterproof cameras. https://gizmodo.com/the-ultimate-250-camera-shoot-out-5101649 Their new Optio E75, not quite announced for US release, promises 10.2MP stills, 3x optical zoom, 1600 ISO and face detection on top of its…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 15

Six Countries Unite to Make Live-Action, English Bubblegum Crisis Movie

Bubblegum Crisis is an anime series about women who are lingerie entrepreneurs by day, a rock band by night, and mega-armor-wearing hunters of evil Boomers by late night. Now it’s going to be a movie. And a very special movie it is. It will take the cult series from animation to live action, Japanese to…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 15

Samsung Micro-Shutter Means Better Phone Cameras, Someday

Minuscule sensors and crappy fixed lenses are only partly responsible for cellphone cameras taking such terrible photos; that they tend not to have proper shutters is a huge factor. Samsung wants to fix this. Most phone cameras don’t have shutters for the simple reason that there isn’t any room. Instead of relying on a traditional…

Gadgets John Herrman May 15

Is Sci-Fi TV Too Scary For British Kids?

Is Doctor Who too scary for kids? That’s the claim that one survey seems to be making, pointing out that British parents feel that the show should be broadcast later to avoid giving kids nightmares. The survey of 3000 UK parents, carried out by website TheBabyWebsite.com, happily blamed television for children’s bad dreams: All children…

io9 Graeme McMillan May 15

Terminator Salvation Review, Iron Man 2 Set Report And Bizarre Doctor Who Rumors!

Today’s spoilers include Sam Worthington talking Terminator 5, plus a hint about Sam Rockwell’s role in Iron Man 2. Plus, ultra-demented Doctor Who villain rumors! Juliet’s fate on Lost! Stargate Universe video! Green Lantern pics! Terminator Salvation: In the post-apocalyptic future, John Connor is viewed as both a prophet and a nuisance by the Resistance…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 15

Canon Recalls 1D, 1Ds Mk III Cameras Due To Lube Leakage

Canon has issued a partial recall for its top-line 1D and 1Ds Mk III cameras. Apparently, Canon slopped a little too much oil into the cameras’ mirror boxes, which can result in photo-ruining lubricant splatters on their low-pass filters. SEND’EM BACK. [Canon via Gadget Lab]

Tech News John Herrman May 15

Asus Expands Seashell Line Prior to Seashell’s Release

The Asus 1008HA “Seashell” (their newest, hottest Eee) isn’t even out yet, but the company has already announced two new models based up on the similar tapered formfactor, the 1005HA-M and 1005HA-H. https://gizmodo.com/asuss-super-skinny-eee-pc-1008ha-seashell-is-429-stil-5253728 This handy chart will distinguish all of the precise discrepancies between the models, but the biggest shift looks to be that while…

Tech News Mark Wilson May 15

Publisher Blocking Kindle Text-to-Speech

The Kindle 2‘s text-to-speech option is controversial, but publishers can opt out of the function if they’d like. Now, Random House, a major publisher of writers like Stephen King, has flipped the kill switch on 40 of its ebooks on Amazon. Remember when Stephen King was pretty much the face of the Kindle? It’s like…

Commerce Mark Wilson May 15

Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun

It’s difficult to imagine a more epic scene, but this photo has modest origins: amateur Astronomer Thierry Legault shot it with nothing but his own telescope, a solar prism and a Canon 5D Mk II. Shot just after launch, the image shows the faraway scene as viewed through a Takahashi TOA-130 refractor telescope (focal length…

Space & Spaceflight John Herrman May 15

Wolfram Alpha Launches Tonight at 7pm CST

Wolfram Alpha will launch tonight with a special video webcast, three days earlier than originally expected. Everyone get your esoteric computational data queries ready, quick! Until then, check out this in-depth demo. [Wolfram Alpha] https://gizmodo.com/wolfram-alpha-opens-for-searching-on-may-18th-5248781

Tech News John Herrman May 15

Digitimes: Nokia Orders Capacitive (Read: Good) Screens for Upcoming Phone

Continuing their near-monopoly on the reportage of Asian display component rumors, Digitimes is now saying that Nokia has ordered capacitive touchscreens—the type that actually work well—from Wintek for an as-of-yet unannounced handset. This is significant for two reasons: first, capacitive touchscreens are much, much more finger-friendly than their resistive counterparts, and could help improve the…

Tech News John Herrman May 15

Palm Pre Spotted in the Wild Back of a Sprint Store

This strapping, pixelated young gentleman—seen here posing with a similarly strapping, less pixelated Palm Pre—says he took these pictures in the back room of a Sprint store. Is the Pre launch imminent? https://gizmodo.com/palm-launch-lunch-memo-hints-at-early-june-pre-releas-5244292 First, some lightweight forensics: With faintly recognizable Sprint logos scattered around the room, the photos do look like they were taken in…

Tech News John Herrman May 15

Retro Olympus Micro Four Thirds Camera Landing in Early July

Olympus’s rangefinder-esque, DSLR-sensored Micro Four Thirds camera still hasn’t been spec’d or priced, but now we now know it’s coming in “early July”. A formal announcement, with numbers’n’stuff, is expected on June 15th. [AVING]

Tech News John Herrman May 15

Woot! Off Lights Are Still Flashing

The Woot! Off continues into Friday. Wootophiles will keep hammering F5 in the hopes of snagging a Bag of Crap, and the uninformed will have no idea what that means. Too bad for them. [Woot!]

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 15

Sigourney Weaver Seduces Aliens, Drops Dope Rhymes In New Galaxy Quest DVD

Just how multitalented is Sigourney Weaver? Here she is, seducing two aliens and then doing a rap tribute to her ICM agent, Sam Cohn. Just two of the features on the new Galaxy Quest DVD. Galaxy Quest gets a much-deserved fancy presentation in this tenth anniversary DVD, which just hit stores. The movie itself has…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders May 15

More Shots of BlackBerry Storm 2 Leak

They appear to be taken by the same person, at the same time, as the last shots we found, though now we’ve got a little peek under the battery lid and a few more angles. https://gizmodo.com/the-blackberry-storm-2-5255143 But we’re still mostly in the dark about the Storm 2; we’re not sure what improvements RIM’s made to…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 15

Google Street View Employs High-Tech Tricycles for Hard-to-Reach Places

Reader Jason Whitney spotted a Google-branded, camera-equipped tricycle in his local San Diego, CA bike shop. But it’s packing a generator and about eight cameras—what kind of muscle-bound man-monster can pedal this thing? The trike features a number-pad in the center of the handlebars, presumably to control the cameras (dangerous while riding!). We’re not really…

Tech News Dan Nosowitz May 15

LG BD390 Wi-Fi Blu-ray Player Review: So Packed You’ll Forget About Blu

Samsung currently ships two Blu-ray players with Wi-Fi dongles, but LG’s $400 BD390 is first with real integrated Wi-Fi. It’s probably the best all-around Blu-ray player there is at the moment, and it’s getting better. Nowadays, a test of a so-called Blu-ray player involves so much beyond just playing a damn Blu-ray movie that the…

Reviews Wilson Rothman May 15

Dyson’s DC28 Animal Looks, Feels, Sounds Powerful

The Dyson DC28 is weighty—weightier than their previous release, the agile Ball vacuums— and continues the Animal line tradition of being super powerful suction devices. What’s new about the DC28 is the “Airmuscle” tech, which does this: • “Powered Cam” – Only lowers and raises the brush bar instead of the whole head for different…

Tech News Jason Chen May 15

Melting Keyboard Wall Graphic

If you want to make sure your baby will turn out to be a super cool geek, just wallpaper the nursery with this keyboard decal. [Zek via Unplggd] https://gizmodo.com/here-is-the-future-of-technology-5255041

Tech News Andi Wang May 14

Pentax Optio E75 Is Waterproof and Sorta Cheap

Six Countries Unite to Make Live-Action, English Bubblegum Crisis Movie

Samsung Micro-Shutter Means Better Phone Cameras, Someday

Is Sci-Fi TV Too Scary For British Kids?

Terminator Salvation Review, Iron Man 2 Set Report And Bizarre Doctor Who Rumors!

Canon Recalls 1D, 1Ds Mk III Cameras Due To Lube Leakage

Asus Expands Seashell Line Prior to Seashell’s Release

Publisher Blocking Kindle Text-to-Speech

Amateur Astronomer Captures Stunning Images of Atlantis, Hubble in the Face of the Sun

Wolfram Alpha Launches Tonight at 7pm CST

Digitimes: Nokia Orders Capacitive (Read: Good) Screens for Upcoming Phone

Palm Pre Spotted in the Wild Back of a Sprint Store

Retro Olympus Micro Four Thirds Camera Landing in Early July

Woot! Off Lights Are Still Flashing

Sigourney Weaver Seduces Aliens, Drops Dope Rhymes In New Galaxy Quest DVD

More Shots of BlackBerry Storm 2 Leak

Google Street View Employs High-Tech Tricycles for Hard-to-Reach Places

LG BD390 Wi-Fi Blu-ray Player Review: So Packed You’ll Forget About Blu

Dyson’s DC28 Animal Looks, Feels, Sounds Powerful

Melting Keyboard Wall Graphic

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