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6 Gadgets For Bitter Guys That Couldn’t Care Less About the Super Bowl

Am I angry that my team didn’t make it to the Super Bowl? You bet I am. This list is for bitter fans—or guys that didn’t give a damn in the first place. And remember, even if the Super Bowl doesn’t excite you this year, the gadget deals surely will. https://gizmodo.com/super-bowl-hdtv-and-gadget-deals-5140613 [Original Image via Flickr]

Gadgets Sean Fallon Jan 30 '09

Watchmen’s Axis Of Evil Has A Dangerous “Package”

New stills from Zack Snyder‘s Watchmen are popping up all over, and the movie’s minor bad guys are looking pretty crazy, nothing says evil like a giant swastika. Plus check out Nite Owl‘s snow gear. Thanks to Total Film, we can now get an better look at the villains from Zack Snyder’s Watchmen movie that…

Movies Meredith Woerner Jan 30 '09

Jack Potty, Because Potty Training Wasn’t Disgusting Enough

My kid is almost the age where I need to consider potty training incentives. Walmart suggests the $15 Jack Potty toilet/slot machine (get it?) with sensors that “detect a deposit and trigger lights and sounds.” For $15, I can’t imagine exactly how good those sensors are—my experience with Jack Potty‘s brand, Safety 1st, has not…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Jan 30 '09

Hyperion To Stand Still For New Director

The movie version of Dan Simmons‘ Hyperion has found its director: Scott Derrickson, the man who helped Keanu Reeves make the Earth Stand Still in last year’s remake. Should we be afraid? According to Variety, Derrickson will direct Hyperion Cantos, which combines the first two novels in the Hyperion series. The script will be written…

Movies Graeme McMillan Jan 30 '09

Microsoft Says Former Employee Spied On Them For His Startup Company

The guys at SeattlePi have uncovered a bit of espionage going on in Redmond. According to Microsoft, a former employee took a position with the company in order to spy on them for his startup. In a lawsuit filed in King Couny Superior Court in Seattle, Microsoft alleges former employee Miki Mullor, founder of Ancora…

Tech News Sean Fallon Jan 30 '09

Web Design Sketchbook Beckons Web 3.0: Back to Nature Edition

While most web design takes place on computers, innovators are using a watershed material to imagine websites—paper. The Web Design Notebook adds that one thing even the most accomplished of artists can’t seem to conceptualize in their mind’s eye, the influence of the browser window, to the canvas. This notebook is filled with 45 templates…

Books & Comics Mark Wilson Jan 30 '09

Wachowskis Involved In Bringing Era-Spanning Novel To The Screen?

A movie version of Cloud Atlas, David Mitchell‘s ambitious literary novel, is in the works. Director Tom Tykwer (The International) revealed that he’s working with the Wachowskis on a script for an adaptation. Given that Cloud Atlas involves six interlocking (and incomplete) narratives — two of which take place in the future — a movie…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jan 30 '09

The Speak-er Brings Speech Bubbles Into the 21st Century

The nice thing about concepts is that sometimes they actually get made, as is the case with the Speak-er. https://gizmodo.com/speak-er-speaker-cute-little-speech-bubble-of-sound-5013354 Pretty much just a computer speaker cleverly shaped as a word bubble, it’s the most tactile way we’ve found yet to make it seem like John Mayer was really singing just to us (although, we…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 30 '09

Yahoophone Canned On Advice Of New CEO’s College Daughter

Valleywag just discovered that Yahoo (with Motorola and AT&T) was working on a Yahoo Phone with Yahoo apps, but canned it partially because new CEO’s college-aged daughter preferred another phone instead. [Valleywag] http://valleywag.gawker.com/5142924/carol-bartz-turns-to-her-daughter-for-yahoo-phone-research

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 30 '09

Fetish: 50 Mirror Self Portraits with Cameras In Sight

Whoa, what camera is that? One of my favorite photograph sub-genres is the mirror self portrait, with camera in sight. I suppose I have a fetish for these shots. These are the best I could find. I saw one like this on an aggregation site popurls.com. And followed the link to Flickr. Then I found…

Tech News Brian Lam Jan 30 '09

What if Hellboy 3 Isn’t The Next Hellboy Movie?

If you loved Hellboy: The Golden Army, cherish your memories. Guillermo del Toro says that there won’t be a third Hellboy for years… but that’s not to say there won’t be a Hellboy sequel earlier. Talking to MTV, the incredibly busy del Toro said that it’ll be some time before we see a third Hellboy…

Movies Graeme McMillan Jan 30 '09

Dealzmodo: Refurbed 4GB Dell Inspiron Mini 9 $177

Feel like sub-$200 is the magical price for a netbook? With a coupon code, you can pick up a refurbished Dell Inspiron Mini 9 (with the same one-year warranty as new goods) for $177. UPDATED. Update: It might look like they’re out already of the absolute cheapest models, but just keep refreshing, they’re adding more…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 30 '09

K9’s Spinoff Series Is Filming!

Doctor Who‘s most faithful traveling companion is still out there in space, fighting monsters and stuff. K9, the robot dog and the BBC’s answer to R2D2, is starring in a spin-off series, already filming. Producer Paul Tams, told the Doctor Who News Page that the show’s eighth episode is set to complete filming at the…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Jan 30 '09

Elvis Has Left the Planet

Hip-shaking, pill-popping rocker Elvis Presley officially died in 1977, but he keeps popping up, at least in science fiction. Think Elvis lives? We list scifi’s explanations for what really became of the King. He Was Abducted by Aliens Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams: Arthur Dent, one of the token Earthlings traveling through the stars, discovers…

io9 Lauren Davis Jan 30 '09

Dissecting Apple’s “Multitouch” Patent: Can It Stop Palm?

The iPhone’s multitouch patents are the equivalent of a cold war nuclear arsenal-dormant for now, but Palm’s Pre is looking for a fight. Here’s why we think Apple’s multitouch monopoly won’t last. To help guide us through, machete in hand, what is one of the more confusing jungles of U.S. law, we talked to R.…

Tech News John Mahoney Jan 30 '09

Huge Security Flaw in Windows 7 User Account Control

User Account Control annoyed a lot of people in Vista, so Microsoft turned down the volume in Windows 7. But they’ve also opened up a massive security hole that leaves PCs exposed to nastywares.UPDATED. Update: Microsoft has decided to patch the hole after all. https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-admits-defeat-will-patch-windows-7-security-5147989 By default now, UAC no longer bugs you when you…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Jan 30 '09

Solve the Financial Crisis Using Technology

We’re in a mess. But no problem is too large for technology to solve, right? Right?! Let’s see what we can do to fix this economy. For this week’s Photoshop Contest, I want you to come up with some creative ways to solve the financial crisis using technology as your solution. Be it robots, machines,…

Tech News Adam Frucci Jan 30 '09

Max Headroom’s Blipverts Infiltrate The Superbowl

Forget the 3D commercials — this Superbowl Sunday, our eyes will be peeled for the one-second Miller High Life commercials. That’s right Miller only bought 4 seconds of airtime this Sunday, but the beermaker believes that it’s just enough time to make the right mental impact on the audience. Finally, Max Headroom‘s high-speed advertising nightmare…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jan 30 '09

PlayStation Cases, The Tools of International Espionage

Harold Nicholson was a CIA operative convicted of espionage for selling CIA identities to Russia. Since 1997, he’s been in jail. But allegedly, his son Nathan has carried on the family business… According to prosecutors, Nathan’s father taught him the ways of spydom from jail over his cellphone UPDATE: from his cell (duh), coaching Nathan…

Tech News Mark Wilson Jan 30 '09

iPhone 2.2.1 Pwnage Jailbreak Is Here

The Dev Team just released the Pwnage app, which jailbreaks 2.2.1 iPhones on Macs. If you’re ever going to SIM unlock your phone in the future (use it on another network), use this, not QuickPwn. For people with 10.5.6, you’re going to have to re-enable DFU mode in order to run Jailbreak. The Dev Team…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 30 '09

6 Gadgets For Bitter Guys That Couldn’t Care Less About the Super Bowl

Watchmen’s Axis Of Evil Has A Dangerous “Package”

Jack Potty, Because Potty Training Wasn’t Disgusting Enough

Hyperion To Stand Still For New Director

Microsoft Says Former Employee Spied On Them For His Startup Company

Web Design Sketchbook Beckons Web 3.0: Back to Nature Edition

Wachowskis Involved In Bringing Era-Spanning Novel To The Screen?

The Speak-er Brings Speech Bubbles Into the 21st Century

Yahoophone Canned On Advice Of New CEO’s College Daughter

Fetish: 50 Mirror Self Portraits with Cameras In Sight

What if Hellboy 3 Isn’t The Next Hellboy Movie?

Dealzmodo: Refurbed 4GB Dell Inspiron Mini 9 $177

K9’s Spinoff Series Is Filming!

Elvis Has Left the Planet

Dissecting Apple’s “Multitouch” Patent: Can It Stop Palm?

Huge Security Flaw in Windows 7 User Account Control

Solve the Financial Crisis Using Technology

Max Headroom’s Blipverts Infiltrate The Superbowl

PlayStation Cases, The Tools of International Espionage

iPhone 2.2.1 Pwnage Jailbreak Is Here

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