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Acer Joining the Smartphone Wars on February 16th

Acer has confirmed that they will announce ‘smartphones’ at the Mobile World Congress on February 16th. Unfortunately that’s as detailed as they feel like getting right now. [PocketLint]

Tech News John Herrman Jan 28

LoveTrainer Headset Coaches You in the Art of Love, Is Predictably Hilarious

“The foreplay, will now begin!” UPDATE: It’s a hoax. https://gizmodo.com/bizarre-lovetrainer-headset-actually-an-elaborate-sexy-5141739 Made by Sega Toys (oh, how far the mighty have fallen) and resembling company’s Body Trainer exercise aid almost exactly, this odd little gadget measures your heart rate, providing you with helpful messages during the course of whatever undoubtedly depressing sexual episode you’ve decided it…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 28

Nikon D700 Also Hacked to Record Video

Inspired by the success of the Canon Liveview DSLR video hack, Olivier Giroux repeated the trick for his Nikon D700. As was the case with the Canons, it works—sort of. The limitation are essentially identical—necessarily short recordings due to an sensor-preserving liveview shutoff, the need to be tethered to a PC, the limited output quality…

Tech News John Herrman Jan 28

Test of Clearing

First paragraph. Progressively evolve wireless human capital and just in time technology. Conveniently strategize exceptional catalysts for change for integrated materials. Professionally matrix end-to-end methodologies for wireless methods of empowerment. Progressively evolve wireless human capital and just in time technology. nt. => br clear all Enthusiastically parallel task resource sucking leadership after pandemic initiatives. Holisticly…

io9 Greg T Jan 28

T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900 First Impressions

After the BlackBerry Bold’s epically delayed launch on AT&T and the Storm’s epically borked launch everywhere, RIM needs 2009 to be better than 2008. The T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900 is a good way to start. We looked at a close-to-production model Curve 8900 a few months ago (albeit one marked for the Death Star). So…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 28

T-Mobile HTC Shadow II Hands On

T-Mobile’s just launched the Shadow (Shadow II), the successor to the HTC Shadow, which features a customized UI on top of Windows Mobile 6.1. It’s quite similar to the original in just about all respects. https://gizmodo.com/t-mobile-htc-shadow-finally-emerges-looking-damn-good-316068 The scroll wheel’s still there, and the T-Mobile customized UI is still there, the sliding SureType half-QWERTY keyboard is…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 28

Insane UI: High Res Space Shuttle Cockpit Control Photo

Next time you’re about to complain about a gadget UI, think about trying to handle an in flight situation at the controls of the space shuttle. [NASA via BoingBoing Gadgets]

Space & Spaceflight Brian Lam Jan 27

Nuclear Energy Cost This Mutant Berzerker A Special Body Part [NSFW]

Mutant gang-leader Splatter doesn’t like the ladies, but he’s not gay either. So what’s his deal? One mutant groupie, with apalling Purple Rain-era makeup, finds out — in this horrendous/horrifying (NSFW) scene from Future Kill. Goldfarb was right — Future Kill is probably the worst theatrically released movie of all time. (Although, did Nine Deaths…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jan 27

iPhoto’s Facial Recognition Feature Works on Cats

Apple recently showed off their new iPhoto’s facial recognition feature, but said it only can recognize human faces, not animals. MacLife tested it out and proved Apple wrong: iPhoto can tell kitties apart. [MacLife] https://gizmodo.com/apple-revamps-ilife-for-09-79-for-iphoto-facial-recog-5124196

Tech News Andi Wang Jan 27

Win 7 Tip: Xbox 360 Streaming Is Buggy For Now, but it Still Works…Kinda

One advantage Windows 7 has over OS X is that you can stream to your Xbox 360 without the need for third-party software. And though it’s still rough around the edges, it mostly functions. For those unaware, there are two ways you can stream media to your Xbox: through media center or through your windows…

Tech News Adrian Covert Jan 27

Quake Running on Bug Labs’ BUG (About Time)

I guess this is it: Bug Labs’ BUG has graduated from weird modular little thingie with not much use for most to weird modular little thingie with not much use for most but plays Quake. Yeah, it moves, it fires, it can be controlled with a guitar. [Community Bug Las]

Tech News Jesus Diaz Jan 27

Inside Electro-Harmonix, Makers of Fine Big Muffs, Vacuum Tubes and More

Our buddy Joel from BBG took a field trip to Electro-Harmonix’s main lab and test facilities, where they design their legendary music effects pedals and maintain the world’s largest vacuum tube business. Sure there isn’t a whole lot of mainstream demand for vacuum tubes these days, what with those fancy solid state electronics everybody’s been…

Tech News John Mahoney Jan 27

Forget Blending, Shredding a Piano is Where It is At

To be honest, the blending thing is getting tired. In case you haven’t noticed SSI, a manufacturer of industrial strength shredders, has been one-upping the “will it blend” guys for a while now. Here are a few choice moments to satisfy your need to watch big stuff like pianos, bowling balls, refrigerators and office gadgets…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 27

Books Are The New Television Pitches

One of the year’s breakout hits, True Blood, is based on Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse books. And now, suddenly authors like Robert J. Sawyer, M.J. Rose and John Updike are spawning TV pilots. We’ve already written a lot about Robert J. Sawyer’s novel Flash Forward becoming a new ABC show, from producers David S. Goyer…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jan 27

Prism 200 Lets You See Through Walls

The Prism 200 lets you see through walls. You can only see things that are moving, but it’s sensitive enough to pick up breathing, hearts beating, or your girlfriend banging your best friend. prism 200 is a handheld through-wall radar, which has been designed to be used by police, special forces or the emergency services.…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 27

In The Futuristic Samson And Delilah, Will Robots Cut His Hair?

We’re all for futuristic Biblical remakes, but Samson and Delilah? That’s a tall order. But Warners is all set for this to be a possible tentpole flick. WB shelled out a hefty seven-figure sum in a bidding war to acquire the rights to Samson, which is set in the future and retells the tale of…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 27

Obama Tells Citigroup To Abandon Plans For a $50 Million Tricked Out Corporate Jet

If you ever wondered why our banks are failing, the answer, my friends, is greed. Greed that President Obama is trying to put an end to—starting with Citigroup’s plans for a $50 million jet. Apparently, they felt that their $45 billion dollars of bailout money entitled them to a luxurious corporate jet that features “plush…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 27

Gary Oldman’s Blind Sex Prize is A Flashdancer

Jennifer Beals is joining the cast of the post apocalyptic thriller The Book Of Eli. Famous for her roles in Flashdance and as the sex addicted Bette Porter in The L Word, Beals should be able to keep up with heavy hitters Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman on set — at least we’re hoping so,…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 27

Prosthetic Nipples Add That Winter Glow All Year Long

Even with a perfect figure, it can be difficult to draw attention in the era of outpatient cosmetic surgery. Luckily the Nipple Pheromone is here to help. If ditching the bra and dropping the ambient temperature to a brisk 35 degrees hasn’t done the trick, or if nature has simply not provided you with nipples…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 27

Datto’s Box2Box Is Easy But Expensive Peer to Peer Offsite Backup

Offsite backup is the way to go if you want your data to survive a fire, but it usually requires costly monthly subscription fees and bandwidth usage. Datto’s Box2Box does not. Datto’s previous boxes consisted of an on-site (in your home/office) NAS that uploads its contents onto a server for safekeeping. This Box2Box consists of…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 27

Acer Joining the Smartphone Wars on February 16th

LoveTrainer Headset Coaches You in the Art of Love, Is Predictably Hilarious

Nikon D700 Also Hacked to Record Video

Test of Clearing

T-Mobile BlackBerry Curve 8900 First Impressions

T-Mobile HTC Shadow II Hands On

Insane UI: High Res Space Shuttle Cockpit Control Photo

Nuclear Energy Cost This Mutant Berzerker A Special Body Part [NSFW]

iPhoto’s Facial Recognition Feature Works on Cats

Win 7 Tip: Xbox 360 Streaming Is Buggy For Now, but it Still Works…Kinda

Quake Running on Bug Labs’ BUG (About Time)

Inside Electro-Harmonix, Makers of Fine Big Muffs, Vacuum Tubes and More

Forget Blending, Shredding a Piano is Where It is At

Books Are The New Television Pitches

Prism 200 Lets You See Through Walls

In The Futuristic Samson And Delilah, Will Robots Cut His Hair?

Obama Tells Citigroup To Abandon Plans For a $50 Million Tricked Out Corporate Jet

Gary Oldman’s Blind Sex Prize is A Flashdancer

Prosthetic Nipples Add That Winter Glow All Year Long

Datto’s Box2Box Is Easy But Expensive Peer to Peer Offsite Backup

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