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7 Things You Can Do To Avoid Telemarketers

It looks like Verizon customers will have less telemarketing calls to deal with, but there are still plenty of other ways to protect yourself from unwanted calls. https://gizmodo.com/verizon-blocks-warranty-telemarketers-receives-50-000-5231291 1. Ditch the landline: Landline telephone numbers are usually easy to find. I mean, if you are in the phone book you are just asking for it.…

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 28

3D Chessboard Is Like Q*bert for Smart People

I don’t know why, but I look at this 3D Chessboard by Ji Lee—with all those ups and downs—and it makes me feel so le tired. [Gearfuse] For the younger ones, this is Q*bert.

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 28

Palm Pre Shipping from China to US for June 7th Release?

Until Palm gives us a release date for the Pre, we plan on obsessively combing every rumor we can find…and combine them into ridiculously speculated headlines. Rumor of the Day #1 Palm has already started shipping Pres from China to the US. This in itself doesn’t point to a specific release date, but the handsets…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 28

Caption This Picture And Win a Zune Packed With Battlestar Episodes!

What’s happening in this scene from Caprica, the prequel spinoff to the Battlestar Galactica series? Give us a caption explaining this tender moment between mad inventor Daniel Graystone and his beta cylon. We’ve got one super special Zune to give out, lasered up with this Caprica logo (pictured) and packed with the entire fourth season…

Television Annalee Newitz Apr 28

Rovio Modded To Fight Blazing Candles

The Rovio is the most promising webcam-wielding robot out there that, sadly, we don’t exploit because of conscience. But one modder has tweaked the otherwise pervy spybot to become a brave and loyal firefighter. Beyond the urban camo paint job, the Rovio was loaded with a remote control fire extinguisher and equipped with some software…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 28

Spinning Vinyl Turns iPod Touch Into a Virtual Turntable

This is Spinning Vinyl, an application that changes the speed of an MP3 song as you twist an iPod touch. It works like a turntable, changing the speed depending on the revolutions-per-minute. However, it will only work right in the iPod touch. According to its Theo Watson—its creator—only the curvature of the iPod touch second…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 28

The Romance That Will Change Star Trek Forever

J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek takes your familiar crewmembers places they’ve never been before – including one love story that will forever alter the crew’s dynamic. We asked writers Orci and Kurtzman about it. Beware spoilers! If you’ve been following the movie’s press lately, you’ll already be aware that the film’s big love story is between…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 28

Top 10 Greatest Mentally Ill Superheroes

You don’t have to be crazy to put on a shiny costume and battle evil – but it doesn’t hurt. Here’s our list of the ten most awesomely insane superheroes. Ever. 10. Creeper. By day, he’s Jack Ryder, a loudmouthed TV pundit, sort of like Bill O’Reilly with better hair. And then by night, he…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Apr 28

The LAN Warrior Is Easily the Dorkiest PC We’ve Seen This Week

You’re a dork, a huge dork. And you should never be out-dorked by anyone, even your closest friends, even at a LAN party. So iBuyPower is offering the LAN Warrior, which is either a LAN-party-ready computer or just a mega tower PC with a piddly nylon strap attached, depending on your personal level of enthusiasm.…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 28

Moxi HD Review: Beats Cable, But It Ain’t TiVo

When I hooked Digeo’s Moxi HD DVR up, I told my wife it’s like TiVo, and she said, “Then why don’t we just use TiVo?” After several weeks testing it, I have no good answer. If you’ve never heard of Moxi or Digeo, you are forgiven. Although the company has been making set-top boxes for…

Reviews Wilson Rothman Apr 28

Covers That Rock: The Truth Revealed!

Yesterday, we took a journey into the unknown, with fantastic images that could have been science-fiction book covers or rock album covers. Today, the unbelievable truth is revealed! https://gizmodo.com/classic-rock-album-cover-or-book-cover-you-decide-5228885 I was not surprised that our many io9 rock gods recognized most of the covers, and I was chagrined that I accidentally included two Queensryche covers.…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Apr 28

Is Giving A Child a Cellphone a Bad Idea?

According to a recent survey, 90% of 15 year olds have a cellphone. That got me thinking—is giving a child a cellphone a bad idea? https://gizmodo.com/survey-90-of-15-year-olds-have-cellphone-are-much-co-5228513 Is Giving a Child a Cellphone a Bad Idea?(answers) What Is a Good Age To Give a Child a Cellphone?(answers) [Image via Flickr]

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 28

Moon Only Rises Over 2 Cities — Time To Start Petitioning

I’m sorry to inform everyone in the middle states, there will be no Duncan Jones‘ Moon for you. The “limited opening” we’ve been posting about for weeks now will only be in L.A. and NYC. On June 12th, only two cities will be getting one of the most exciting and innovative new indie scifi dramas…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 28

How Holographic Storage Works (Spoiler: It’s a 3D CD)

GE just announced that they’re fitting 500GB of data on discs the size of DVDs through “holographic storage” technologies. It’s OK to be a bit lost. This clip explains the idea in more tactile terms. https://gizmodo.com/ge-makes-holographic-storage-breakthrough-for-cheap-er-5229492 While CDs are read in 2D space (one layer), and DVDs are read in much the same way (but…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 28

BlackBerry Tour 9630 Hits Verizon in July, Probably

Boy Genius says the BlackBerry Tour 9630 (née Niagara, aka the real BlackBerry Verizon peoples have been dying for) will finally arrive on the big red V in July, probably the back half. [BeeJeeArr] https://gizmodo.com/verizon-and-sprint-users-this-is-the-blackberry-youve-5164796

Tech News Matt Buchanan Apr 28

GV Mobile iPhone App Hands On

Google Voice, the very cool invite-only calling wrapper that used to be called Grand Central, can now be controlled directly from the iPhone with the GV Mobile app. It’s pretty fantastic. https://gizmodo.com/grandcentral-sputters-back-to-life-as-google-voice-add-5168592 The app costs $3 and is just designed to interface with Google Voice. You can dial directly out from your GV number (either…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 28

Video Games Are The Forefront Of Futuristic City Design

Shanghai in the year 2027 glimmers with life, setting the Huangpu river ablaze with reflections, in this image from Eidos’ long-awaited game Deus Ex 3. Are video games the cutting edge of imagining future cities? Deus Ex 3 is a prequel to the other two Deus Ex games. In it, you’re Adam Jensen, a private…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 28

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Antimatter

Discovery Channel compiled a mind-frakking list of 10 things you didn’t know about antimatter—the stuff that, when mixed with matter, powers the warp engines of Star Trek. And this excerpt made my brain dizzy: Each type of particle has its antiparticle, leading to some inevitable cosmic quandaries. First, we’re surrounded by matter; where did all…

Space & Spaceflight Mark Wilson Apr 28

Naked Avatars Hug It Out In The First Surrogates Poster

Perfectly formed cybernetic “Avatars” of our ideal selves need love too. Check out the first viral poster for Bruce Willis’ robot future murder mystery, Surrogates. The futuristic flick follows Bruce Willis, as a detective trying to uncover the culprit behind a mass of Avatar murders. If you haven’t yet, check out the Virtual Self ARG…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 28

What The Hell Is Sylar’s Deal, Anyway?

Heroes’ season finale slunk over the airwaves last night, bringing with it mindless platitudes from Suresh, the defeat of one enemy, and Sylar-related plotholes so gigantic they could fight Godzilla and win. Spoilers ahead! Last night’s epidose, “An Invisible Thread,” was aptly named. There was indeed an invisible thread bringing together all the plot lines…

Television Annalee Newitz Apr 28

7 Things You Can Do To Avoid Telemarketers

3D Chessboard Is Like Q*bert for Smart People

Palm Pre Shipping from China to US for June 7th Release?

Caption This Picture And Win a Zune Packed With Battlestar Episodes!

Rovio Modded To Fight Blazing Candles

Spinning Vinyl Turns iPod Touch Into a Virtual Turntable

The Romance That Will Change Star Trek Forever

Top 10 Greatest Mentally Ill Superheroes

The LAN Warrior Is Easily the Dorkiest PC We’ve Seen This Week

Moxi HD Review: Beats Cable, But It Ain’t TiVo

Covers That Rock: The Truth Revealed!

Is Giving A Child a Cellphone a Bad Idea?

Moon Only Rises Over 2 Cities — Time To Start Petitioning

How Holographic Storage Works (Spoiler: It’s a 3D CD)

BlackBerry Tour 9630 Hits Verizon in July, Probably

GV Mobile iPhone App Hands On

Video Games Are The Forefront Of Futuristic City Design

10 Things You Didn’t Know About Antimatter

Naked Avatars Hug It Out In The First Surrogates Poster

What The Hell Is Sylar’s Deal, Anyway?

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