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PS Home Hacked, But the Door Was Wide Open

It’s technically an “Open Beta,” but PlayStation Home features major security vulnerabilities that hackers have already exploited. The first, seen here in blurry video, allows you to play, say, Pineapple Express on Home screens. https://gizmodo.com/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-playstation-home-5107634 Using Apache and DNS redirection (simple stuff), you can point your own version of PS Home to display movies, text…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Google Wants to Install Servers at ISPs, Not So Sure About That ‘Net Neutrality’ Thing After All

The Wall Street Journal reports that Google has has approached ISPs with a plan to install servers within their networks, providing a “fast lane” for the famous supporters of net neutrality Updated 1:30p EST On the issue of net neutrality, the project, tellingly called “OpenEdge”, seems to indicate an about-face on Google’s part. According to…

Tech News John Herrman

Dubai Hotelier Hasn’t Heard of Flip-Flops, Plans to Refrigerate Entire Beach

There’s nothing like a good bit of Dubai excess, but this just isn’t impressive enough to justify the profligacy: the Palazzo Versace hotel is building a beach with refrigerated sand. The small beach will protect guests’ precious feet by piping cold air through a series of tubes underneath the sand, which will suck enough heat…

Tech News John Herrman

The History of Apple, As Seen Through the Glazed Eyes of the Patent Office

Technologizer has meticulously reconstructed Apple’s history in the form of sweet, formerly tantalizing patent filings. Many patents submitted under seductive names like “Microcomputer for Use With Video Display” and “Media Player” went on to become commercial successes and household names, though even in this curated, selective list, for every recognizable sketch there is a promising…

Tech News John Herrman

MSI Encourages Hackintosh, Leaks OS X Wi-Fi Drivers for the Wind

Seeing that the need for a warranty-voiding Wi-Fi module switch was the only thing keeping users from easily making convincing mini-MacBooks, MSI has semi-released OS X wireless drivers for the Wind. https://gizmodo.com/macbook-nano-looks-like-it-came-from-cupertino-5082004 After pelting MSI with unlikely requests for OS X driver support, a number of users on the MSIWind.net forums have received responses from…

Tech News John Herrman

New “Nova” Palm OS Confirmed for CES 2009

A scheduled Businessweek feature broke at midnight about Palm OS, and the subhed confirms that it will be shown at CES. The facts are thin, but they’re below. • “the goal is to create products that bridge the gap between Research In Motion’s (RIMM) BlackBerry devices, oriented to work and e-mail, and Apple’s iPhone, oriented…

Tech News Brian Lam

Sony’s SR1 High Definition Cameras Can’t Hack It In Microgravity

Matt, the guy who literally jigged his way around the world, discovered the hard way that space tourists will be unable to lug Sony SR1 HD cameras into orbit because microgravity won’t let them. https://gizmodo.com/sony-hdr-sr1-hottest-hd-cam-on-the-market-210492 Poor Matt found out the hard way. After plunking down $3,500 for a ticket on a Zero G vomit comet…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Foolproof Black & Decker LI4000 SmartDriver Screws Perfectly Every Time

Using a screw guide to keep fasteners on track, the Black & Decker Ll4000 SmartDriver might help that special poseur carpenter in your life who’s nothing but thumbs. Because in addition to the typical magnetic drill bits that save sanity and screws from falling between the cracks of your current project, the 3.6-volt, Lithium-Ion battery…

Tech News Jack Loftus

Milwaukee Finally Gets Decontaminated, UFO Apartments And A Baby With Wings

This week, we’ve got a clever little ARG for you to solve, a look into a world that moved forward after UFOs crash-landed on Earth and a flying baby. Don’t forget your flare gun. This Is My Milwaukee: A new ARG has been released, about the re-population of Milwaukee now that it’s been decontaminated and…

Movies Meredith Woerner

Christian Bale Vs. Will Smith! To The Death! Almost!

When we unveiled our 2008 Power List on Friday, you may have wondered what kind of consideration went into such a list. Today, as a special treat, we give you a glimpse into the process. https://gizmodo.com/the-power-list-20-movers-and-shakers-in-science-fictio-5108038 The following is just one of the in-depth discussions over the list this past week (this one between your…

io9 Graeme McMillan

NanoBrewMaster Home Brew Station Will Be the End of Me

I think I’m in love: The NanoBrewMaster Home Brew Station is an infinitely configurable, 15-gallon beer-making gift from the gods. Newbie brewers like myself just set it up, forget it, and it makes beer. Seriously, if the guys at NanoBrewMaster are to be believed, all you have to do is dump in the liveblood of…

Tech News Jack Loftus

The Evil Santas of Science Fiction

When most of us think of Santa, we envision Coca-Cola’s jolly old elf. But some Santas are more naughty than nice. We list some of the most evil scifi Clauses to stalk the Christmas skies. Santron (The Avengers “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santron”): Virginia Hanlon was one of those kids who never got over…

io9 Lauren Davis

Gokukawa Leather Keyboard Provides Buttery Soft Typing Experience

It was just last month that our mouths were agape at the sight of a leather-wrapped Asus Eee PC. Now, dammit, they’re agape again after viewing the buttery soft Gokukawa leather keyboard. https://gizmodo.com/cow-dies-needlessly-to-coat-eee-pc-in-horrid-leather-mo-5075867 The $548 asking price is kind of a kick in the teeth, especially since there are no labels on those smooth, silky…

Tech News Jack Loftus

X-Files (and Everyone Else), Embrace Your SF Cred

In a bid to avoid being pigeonholed as a nerd icon, David Duchovny claimed he never thought The X-Files was science fiction — then blamed The Dark Knight for The X-Files 2’s lackluster gross. Maybe that pigeonhole is bigger than we thought. Duchovny commented in a recent interview with Sci Fi Wire: I never thought…

io9 Nivair H. Gabriel

Ninja Blowgun and Knife Combo is a Pocket-Sized Assassination Kit

Nothing says “I’m here to cause harm to you in several ways” quite like a blowgun that doubles as a 3.5-inch knife. It’s yours, along with an inevitable visit to jail, for a mere $20. Closed this weapon is 5 inches, and the blade is stainless steel. The kit comes complete with three darts and…

Tech News Jack Loftus

How Sandman’s Delight Became Delirium, and Other Things You Don’t Want to Know

Of all the powers given us, none has done more for humanity than science. Because knowledge is the ichor that flows in science’s veins, it may surprise when I say: Let’s hear it for ignorance! (It may also surprise you, especially if you are Neil Gaiman, when I say that the absolutely true story—told here…

io9 Josh Wimmer

Female Avatars Are Not Safe in PlayStation Home

Here’s some uplifting video from the trainwreck PlayStation Home. In it, we see two female avatars being surrounded by male avatars doing little dances. Apparently this is happening all over the service. A lot. https://gizmodo.com/10-things-you-need-to-know-about-playstation-home-5107634 This next video, however, is hilarious. Called a “Quincy,” the act lures in desperate males, and then pulls te ol’…

Tech News Jack Loftus

10 Graphic Novels That Make Thrilling Gifts

Say you want to get your loved ones some “comic books” for the holidays – Which ones would make their yuletides merry? We’ve chosen ten of our favorite recent SF graphic novels to help out. Sky Doll: This French story about a sexbot who stows away with space truckers to find her true destiny reads…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan

Apple T-Shirt Quilt Also Benefiting From Apple Tax

Times are tough, money is tight and the economy stinks, and yet this quilt made entirely of free Apple t-shirts is going to sell for hundreds of dollars. Premium pricing aside, this 66″ X 56″ checkerboard quilt is a cool mish-mash of Apple marketing schwag—some of it from as far back as the early 90’s.…

Tech News Jack Loftus

The Mightiest Transformer Of All

Coming too late for last week’s toy guide is this awesome pop-cultural mash-up of mythology, Marvel Comics and robots in disguise: The Thor Transformer. Click through to see the God That Thinks He’s A ‘Bot. Capturing the classic essence of Jack Kirby’s 1960s interpretation of the Norse God, the toy – part of Hasbro’s arguably-misguided…

io9 Graeme McMillan

PS Home Hacked, But the Door Was Wide Open

Google Wants to Install Servers at ISPs, Not So Sure About That ‘Net Neutrality’ Thing After All

Dubai Hotelier Hasn’t Heard of Flip-Flops, Plans to Refrigerate Entire Beach

The History of Apple, As Seen Through the Glazed Eyes of the Patent Office

MSI Encourages Hackintosh, Leaks OS X Wi-Fi Drivers for the Wind

New “Nova” Palm OS Confirmed for CES 2009

Sony’s SR1 High Definition Cameras Can’t Hack It In Microgravity

Foolproof Black & Decker LI4000 SmartDriver Screws Perfectly Every Time

Milwaukee Finally Gets Decontaminated, UFO Apartments And A Baby With Wings

Christian Bale Vs. Will Smith! To The Death! Almost!

NanoBrewMaster Home Brew Station Will Be the End of Me

The Evil Santas of Science Fiction

Gokukawa Leather Keyboard Provides Buttery Soft Typing Experience

X-Files (and Everyone Else), Embrace Your SF Cred

Ninja Blowgun and Knife Combo is a Pocket-Sized Assassination Kit

How Sandman’s Delight Became Delirium, and Other Things You Don’t Want to Know

Female Avatars Are Not Safe in PlayStation Home

10 Graphic Novels That Make Thrilling Gifts

Apple T-Shirt Quilt Also Benefiting From Apple Tax

The Mightiest Transformer Of All

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