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The Pirate Bay’s Ipredator Provides Safe, Anonymous Protection From the Law for $6

The Pirate Bay’s new IP-masking anonymity service for paranoid pirates—Ipredator, whose name also plays off Sweden’s new IPRED anti-piracy law—already has over 100,000 sign-ups. Ipredator is a virtual private network that people connect to which hides their actual IP address, using a different one provided by Ipredator as their public internet face, making it harder…

ABC’s Summer Officially Filled With Daisies And Eli Stone

It’s now been confirmed: Pushing Daisies‘ final episodes will definitely air on ABC Saturday nights at 10pm from May 30th through June 13th, before the timeslot is taken over by the final four episodes of Eli Stone. Between this news and Kings relocation to Saturdays, it’s as if Saturday is the new Friday. Or something.…

British Airways’ Last Concorde May Become Dubai Novelty

It’s like those sci-fi rich guys who collect everything including somebody’s frozen head, only it’s real: Dubai collectors—possibly the same ones turning the QE2 ocean liner into a hotel—are trying to buy BA’s last Concorde. The plane, dubbed Alpha Bravo, was slated to be shown off at Heathrow but now, according to British papers, it…

Medieval Ghosts in Google Maps – Again?

What is it with ghosts and Google maps? First it was a nineteenth century ghost in Wales. Now we’re seeing the ghosts of fifteenth century knights in Pittsburgh, where so many crucial battles between great kingdoms took place. via Clandestine Industries https://gizmodo.com/google-street-view-captures-victorian-ghost-walking-in-5187696

Slap Widgets Bring Physical Controls To Multitouch

Everyone knows that the future is in multitouch devices, but some may find it difficult to go cold turkey with their physical peripherals. Researchers believe that Slap Widgets might be a solution. A team from RWTH Aachen University in Germany and UC San Diego have been working together to develop Silicone Illuminated Active Peripherals, or…

How To Start A Novel So It’ll Grow Into A Compelling Series

Fantasy author Gwenda Bond points us to a fascinating discussion among novelists: How much planning do you put in before you start a novel? And raises a related question: what makes a great book series? The discussion, over at Livejournal’s Fangs, Fur & Fey community (for published urban fantasy authors), proves that there’s no perfect…

Apple Privately Admits White MacBook’s Notorious Crack Problem

And lo, the winged horse of the Apocalypse bounded through the sky: Apple is acknowledging the white MacBook‘s legendary hairline cracks along the bottom enclosure, and will actually fix it, regardless of your warranty. An internal bulletin reportedly circulated last month to service providers points out four specific areas of the case that are especially…

Fisheye iPhone Lens Balances Its Ridiculousness with Equal Parts Charm

This fisheye lens from Japanese company Digital King is absurdly bulky and not at all practical. So we sort of love it. Attaching to the iPhone through a magnetic metal mount system (you’ll need to mod your iPhone with a metal sticker, it seems), this $100 “extremely high quality lens” stretches your iPhone’s field of…

Twilight Fans Stab, Choke, And Beat Haters Into Submission

This is what happens when you create a book/movie about teens sexually suppressing themselves whilst whimpering and dry-humping their brains out. All that pent-up emotion has turned fans into violent, horny Twihards. A message board called Twilight Sucks has been cataloging recent Twihard attacks against Antis (as they are called in the Twiverse). So what…

XCM Rumble Joystick Gives PS3 the Quakes

XCM is building the world’s first rumbling joystick. You know, like a Street Fighter IV Tournament Stick, but with the shakes. https://gizmodo.com/mad-catz-street-fighter-iv-fightsticks-review-5161299 Other that the vibration functions, it’s a pretty typical arcade stick, featuring turbo modes and four memory buttons that can be programmed with complicated stick/button maneuvers reaching up to 20 steps apiece. (That’s…

Toto Neorest Toilets Now Clean Up After Your Chili and Cheese Nightmare

Toto toilets are word-renowned for their high-techitude, but a new upgrade takes things a step further. Their Neorest toilets are now self-cleaning. Did you just participate in a chili dog eating contest? Worry not, because the Neorest now whips up a tornado flush that can tackle anything that might stick to the inside of the…

Now That Arnold’s Back For Terminator, Can He Ride Atop The Shoulders Of This Giant?

Get up close and personal, with a high-res look at Terminator Salvation’s meat puppet kidnapping machine, the Harvester. Plus rejoice in the confirmation that the original Terminator will be back for more. This Harvester Revision from Industrial Light And Magic is quite a sight, with four arms and a Predator-like gun on its shoulder. You…

Ctrl-Alt-Del Cushions Reboot Your Living Room Style

Mac fans have their OSX pillows and now Windows dorks have their own Ctrl-Alt-Del version. https://gizmodo.com/os-x-throw-pillows-available-now-to-dork-up-the-place-5131394 Picking up the set will cost you $60, but I feel that it is time to take a stand against the throw pillow scourge. Whenever I see a mount of pillows on a piece of furniture I want to…

2009 Eisner Award Nominees Announced

The nominations for this year’s Eisner Awards – comics’ version of the Oscars – were released yesterday, and we’re excited to see io9 favorites like Omega The Unknown, Air and Finder getting a nod. Check out the complete list of nominees, and then keep your fingers crossed until July’s San Diego Comic Con, when the…

What is the Best Amusement Park Ride You Have Ever Been On?

The Spring weather I am experiencing has really put me in a summer mindset. The other day it was grilling and today it’s all about amusement parks. So, my question to you is: what is the best amusement park ride you have ever been on and why?

Barnes and Noble May Jump Into e-Reader Market

If we have learned anything from Blockbuster it’s that you need to embrace technology while you can. So, it makes sense that Barnes and Noble may be plotting their own e-Reader device. https://gizmodo.com/blockbuster-is-on-its-deathbed-5201935 Rumor has it that the bookseller is partnering with a manufacturer and a cellular carrier to develop the device, with Sprint (like…

I sort of have an erm… “man crush” on Frucci so I think I’ll follow him.

Hitomebo GPS Cellphone App Allows You To Record Where You Spot Hot People

A Japanese cellphone application called Hitomebo uses GPS to help you record where you spotted good looking men or women. It also helps facilitate hook-ups. So, if one guy spots a hot girl sitting on the subway he records it. If the girl spots him and records that she thinks he’s hot then, by God,…

A Tiny GPS Tracking Device That You Can Swallow

Want to track your boyfriend’s every movement? Just slip this GPS tracker into his breakfast, and it will stay in his system for 72 hours – while you track him online. And there’s more. I recently got an email from a company called “Voss & Mauser” promoting their cool new implantable GPS devices, little chips…

Scosche’s Recoil iPod Car Charger Keeps Low Profile With Retractable Cable

Between Cellphones and iPods and whatever else, a fair amount of wires are admittedly invading our cars. Enter Scosche’s Recoil, an iPhone/iPod charger with a retractable, mess free wire. Neat freaks will rejoice at this retractability, because god forbid they stick their chargers in the glove box or something. The Recoil uses a magnetic docking…