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Enter Your Robotic Art in the RoboGames’ Annual Art Expo!

Are you an artist or maker who loves to build robots whose sole purpose in life is to be artistic rather than to destroy humans or build ships? Then we’ve got the perfect art expo for you, and you can enter your art robots now! Every year, the RoboGames come to San Francisco in a…

io9 Annalee Newitz Apr 16

My First Album

Who the hell is Richard Marx? Being another baby of Gizmodo, I’m sure I’ve still got a lot to learn about music, especially since I’m one of those kids who’s completely brainwashed by The Mouse. https://gizmodo.com/my-first-album-5213777 For those of you who know me, it shouldn’t come as a surprise to know the very first CD…

Tech News Andi Wang Apr 16

What Present-Day Elements Would Improve Movie Remakes?

With every science fiction movie ever being remade, it’s time to help Hollywood figure out ways to spice them up with 21st.-century technology, in our new poll. Plus, what phrase shoudl replace “raping my childhood?” What 2009-ish touches could we add to remakes of classic movies to make them worth watching? ( surveys) And here’s…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Apr 16

Apple Responds to Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter Ads

If you thought Microsoft’s laptop hunter ads (1, 2, 3) were catty, check out Apple’s response. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-marketing-team-now-exclusively-advised-by-int-5186672 “A PC is no bargain when it doesn’t do what you want,” Apple spokesman Bill Evans says. “The one thing that both Apple and Microsoft can agree on is that everyone thinks the Mac is cool. With its…

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 16

Unboxed Psystar Open(3) Looks Like Any Other Hackintosh

Someone got the first Open(3)—the kind-of-slimline Psystar Mac “clone”—and posted a lot of pics. Like its guts, it just looks like any other Hackintosh. You know, the ones you can make yourself. https://gizmodo.com/psystar-ignores-every-lawyer-in-the-entire-world-debut-5173285 I would rather get my own PC and install Mac OS X myself, thank you very much. [Flickr via Engadget]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 16

New Wolverine Movie Continues With “Cyclops Sucks” Mantra

Good to see Fox isn’t letting up on their perpetual crapping on poor old Cyclops. A clawful of new Wolverine Origins stills shows young Scott Summers in some sort of mutant jail, looking like hell. Poor Cyclops – he never gets a break. While fans were howling for more Wolverine, Fox doesn’t give Scott Summers…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 16

House Of Suns Is A Flawed Far-Future Thrill Ride

Alastair Reynolds‘ House Of Suns, shortlisted for the Clarke Award, is a novel of ideas, with all that implies. The space-opera epic throws a dizzying blizzard of concepts at the reader, sacrificing character-development. Spoilers below. House Of Suns is one of those novels that assumes a shape after you’re done reading it. All of the…

Books & Comics Charlie Jane Anders Apr 16

Cool Album Art and Packaging: Records, Cassettes, CDs Then Nothing

CDs originally came in long boxes with amazing art. Word went around that they’d go away, since hippies—like Sting—were pissed off about killing trees, but I was sad. Music packaging says a lot about music. Album art used to be a serious pursuit, as if it was equally important to catch both the eyes and…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Apr 16

From the Archives: Wired’s Bionic Quest for Boléro

This 2005 Wired feature by Mike Chorost, edited by Jeff O’Brien, is one of the best. It’s about a deaf man’s quest to be able to hear the song Boléro again through robot ears. Read: With one listen, I was hooked. I was a 15-year-old suburban New Jersey nerd, racked with teenage lust but too…

Tech News Brian Lam Apr 16

Unibody Construction Helps MacBook Air Survive Plane Crash

Last February a Turkish Airways jet crashed in Amsterdam killing nine people and injuring 121 others. Passenger Sefer Baris and his MacBook Air survived the crash—but both were a little worse for wear. Sefer’s friend Bullent tells Macenstein: He was sitting on the chair in the front [of the airplane]. Seat number seven. (3-4 chairs…

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 16

Have You Ever Bought An Album More Than Once?

Only the best albums are worth buying more than once. Maybe you lost it, maybe you bought it in different formats—whatever the reason, let us know which albums are worth the investment. Have You Ever Bought An Album More Than Once? ( polls)

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 16

Secrets Of Hustler’s Star Trek XXX Movie

What exactly is Khan Noonien Singh doing in Hustler’s new Star Trek porn movie? And what role does Sasha Grey play? We talked to screenwriter Roger Krypton. Plus an exclusive work-safe clip and pics. It sounds as though This Ain’t Star Trek XXX will follow the storyline of “Space Seed,” the classic episode which introduced…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Apr 16

iPhone 3.0 Beta 3 Gets Jailbreak With Quickpwn

iPhone 3.0 Beta 3 users can now jailbreak your iPhone again with QuickPWN, but will probably make your phone unable to be unlocked by the iPhone Dev Team’s unlock util. Be careful. [QuickPWN via Into Mobile]

Tech News Jason Chen Apr 16

Outrage Prompts Time Warner To Drop Tiered Pricing Until We Can Be Educated

Score one for the consumer—Time Warner Cable has decided to temporarily shelve their tiered pricing plan in response to “unprecedented customer protests. In a statement released by TWC, Chief Executive Officer Glenn Britt explained the situation: “It is clear from the public response over the last two weeks that there is a great deal of…

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 16

My First Album

Besides some Spanish groups most of you won’t know—Radio Futura—David Bowie’s Hunky Dory was the first album I ever remember getting. I’ve been listening to music through my telescopic nipple antennas since then. https://gizmodo.com/the-philips-livingcolors-lamp-video-review-verdict-mi-337181 I was 17. About to finish high school, drop the girlfriend who later became my first wife—yeah, first: There are more—and…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Apr 16

Talking Tron 2 With Tron Guy

Now that Tron 2 is filming in Vancouver, all sorts of fun pictures and rumors are leaking out. We went straight to the expert to analyze what we’ve seen and wax on about disc fighting. What did you think of the picture of the new suits that just leaked last week? https://gizmodo.com/300-million-and-this-is-the-new-tron-suit-5209463 If you think…

Movies Meredith Woerner Apr 16

Cassette To Digital USB Gadget Preserves Milli Vanilli For Eternity

If, for some strange reason, you still have tons of cassettes lying around, this USB gadget from Japanese company Novac will help you convert them to MP3, WMA or WAV files. The MV-CM001U can store MP3 and WMA files in 32/64/128/192/320kbps sizes, it features a 1.5W speaker and it has a surprisingly attractive wooden design.…

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 16

I’m Officially a Fan of ‘Light Art Performance Photography’

At first, I misread the phenomenon as LARPing , the pastime for aspiring night elf mohawks. Now I’ve realized the acronym reads “LAPP.” These photographs were captured through what at least one group of awesome Germans are calling Light Art Performance Photography. Practically, all that means is long exposure photography capable of transforming a dot…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 16

Hurley Can See for Miles and Miles

The dynamic duo of Hurley and Miles teamed up again on last night’s Lost for some soul searching — literally and figuratively. Spoilers and a confession after the jump. First, the confession: I have never seen The Empire Strikes Back. No particular reason—I liked Star Wars and saw it a couple of times in the…

Television Lynn Peril Apr 16

My First Album

Unlike Jason, I have a reason to be proud of my first album purchase. It was Nine Inch Nails’ Pretty Hate Machine on cassette. https://gizmodo.com/my-first-album-5213281 As I recall, I saw the Head Like a Hole video on MTV and liked the direction they were going in. At this point hair band music was wearing itself…

Tech News Sean Fallon Apr 16

Enter Your Robotic Art in the RoboGames’ Annual Art Expo!

My First Album

What Present-Day Elements Would Improve Movie Remakes?

Apple Responds to Microsoft’s Laptop Hunter Ads

Unboxed Psystar Open(3) Looks Like Any Other Hackintosh

New Wolverine Movie Continues With “Cyclops Sucks” Mantra

House Of Suns Is A Flawed Far-Future Thrill Ride

Cool Album Art and Packaging: Records, Cassettes, CDs Then Nothing

From the Archives: Wired’s Bionic Quest for Boléro

Unibody Construction Helps MacBook Air Survive Plane Crash

Have You Ever Bought An Album More Than Once?

Secrets Of Hustler’s Star Trek XXX Movie

iPhone 3.0 Beta 3 Gets Jailbreak With Quickpwn

Outrage Prompts Time Warner To Drop Tiered Pricing Until We Can Be Educated

My First Album

Talking Tron 2 With Tron Guy

Cassette To Digital USB Gadget Preserves Milli Vanilli For Eternity

I’m Officially a Fan of ‘Light Art Performance Photography’

Hurley Can See for Miles and Miles

My First Album

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