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Priest Infects Church Network By Surfing the Web for Porn (NSFW)

A priest has resigned from his parish after being caught viewing web porn in his computer at work. While I’m sure God doesn’t give a damn about porn-no matter how close it is to heaven-or the weaknesses of this priest, the church’s IT staff and the archbishop weren’t so amused when they discovered that his…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 20

Fujitsu P8020 Ultraportable Comes With Multitouch Trackpad, Higher Price

Now that netbooks have lowered how much we’re willing to pay for laptops with a smaller footprint, it looks like ultra-portables are looking for ways to justify their higher price point. In that vein, Fujitsu’s upcoming P8020 is packing a multitouch trackpad that’ll allow those pinching zoom in, zoom out motions and circular unlimited scrolling…

Tech News Elaine Chow Oct 20

Lala Unveils iPhone App, Unusual 10-Cent Song Sales

When we last checked in with Lala, the music service promised us access to our local collections from anywhere over the web. Using a unique combination of uploading and matching their collection to yours, you can sync your various libraries and listen to them any place where internet is available. Now they are back with…

Tech News Benny Goldman Oct 20

DARPA Documents Reveal Plans For Advanced Video Spying Tech

Real-time videos that detect the most minute movements in enemy battle areas and advanced analytical systems that will efficiently sift through them are all in the works, according to DARPA documents. A $6.7 million contract with software company Kitware revealed a DARPA project focused on rapidly indexing archived aerial surveillance. It also gave a taste…

Tech News Elaine Chow Oct 20

Asus Releases New 16:9 Computer Monitor With Integrated Webcam

In what is an increasingly popular trend, Asus has announced they’ll be releasing new 24-inch, 16:9 monitors for the holiday season. Equipped with a 1920×1080 resolution, 20000:1 contrast ratio, 1.3 MP webcam and HDMI-in, the VK246H will appeal to those who want to use the monitor with both computers and home theater components. Asus also…

Tech News Adrian Covert Oct 20

Why Science Fiction Still Hates Itself

Click to view If geek stuff is so hip, then why are two of the season’s biggest scifi hits, CBS show Eleventh Hour and bestselling Neal Stephenson novel Anathem, adamantly classified as Not Scifi? Because nerd culture will never be pop culture. That’s why Borders slashed its scifi section. And it’s why JJ Abrams, director…

Movies Annalee Newitz Oct 20

Jumping Robot Leaps Tall Rocks and Plants In Single Bound

PopSci is showing off a cute little robot that will use grasshopper principles to get a leg (or two) up during search-and-rescue operations. Dario Floreano and Mirko Kovac of the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems in Lausanne, Switzerland built this 2-inch, 7-gram wonder capable of leaping eight feet in the air while carrying tiny cameras and…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Oct 20

Sirius XM Dual Receiver Still 15 Years Away

Now that Sirius and XM are merged, it makes sense that we’ll get a dual tuner that picks up both flavors of satellite radio, right? WRONG. CEO Mel Karmazin, aka the dude who paid Howard Stern a retarded amount of money, said today that the merger didn’t magically fuse together satellite capabilities. Says Automotive News:…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Oct 20

The Umbrella Academy to Assemble at a Theater Near You

Comics writer/My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way recently let slip that Universal Pictures has optioned his Dark Horse Comics series, Umbrella Academy, for the big screen. The series is about a group of estranged misfit superheroes who reunite after their mentor’s untimely demise and a global menace’s dastardly ascent. Is this the hipper Justice League…

Movies Nisha Gopalan Oct 20

Who’s The Tallest Giant Robot Of Them All?

All giant robots are just not built the same. Some mechas tower over your city, while others just sort of tower over your garage. When the fate of the world depends on giant robots smashing each other — as it so often does — you want a giant robot that’s really giant. Luckily, we’ve got…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 20

Foist Your Opinion: Cooper-Hewitt People’s Design Award

If you read Giz regularly, you’re as much a fan of smart design as you are of raw innovation. The legendary Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in NYC is letting the masses decide on their favorite designs over the past year, whether it’s the obvious (iPhone 3G or Beijing’s Eddie-Van-Halen-guitar-inspired National Stadium) or the more obscure…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Oct 20

Lucas/Spielberg-Nostalgia Flick 77 Should Be Series

More than five years has passed since principal photography on 77, an indie comedy about Steven Spielberg and George Lucas’ influence on future Dragonheart scribe Patrick Read Johnson. A post-production version of the film premiered at the Hamptons FIlm Festival this weekend, and the only question was “How much of a disaster is ’77?” The…

io9 Alex Carnevale Oct 20

Metal Bar to Serve Space Cocktails at Home, Travel to the Future

How much do I like this home metal bar, this beautiful sculpture/unidentified drinking object created by architect Zaha Hadid for London’s Home House? Let me count the ways: 1. Manhattan: 2 oz blended whiskey 1/2 oz sweet vermouth 1/2 oz dry vermouth 1 dash bitters Stir with ice, strain, add cherry. 2. Margarita: 3 oz…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 20

Robotic Legs Keep Your Plants Strutting Towards the Sunlight

We all know that plants tend to grow towards the sunlight—but plants fixed with a set of these robotic legs would actually be able to walk around and find the light as it moves around the room. So, despite your best efforts to kill them, robo-plants will be stayin’ alive (too bad there is no…

Tech News Sean Fallon Oct 20

Terminator Toys Help Prepare Tomorrow’s Soldiers Today

What better way to start training your children to fight in the upcoming war against the machines than with a line of action figures based on the upcoming Terminator: Salvation movie? Playmates Toys have announced a line of action figures and accessories based on the film to be targeted to – in their words –…

io9 Graeme McMillan Oct 20

Electromagnetic Scanners Can Detect What You’re Typing Right Now

It’s obvious to assume that your henpecking on a wireless keyboard could be intercepted by a RF-snooping ne’er-do-well, but what about your wired or laptop keyboard—that should be safe, right? Nope. Researchers at Lausanne, Switzerland’s Security and Cryptography Laboratory (part of the EPFL school) have demonstrated here that 12 different keyboards, bought from 2001 until…

Privacy & Security John Mahoney Oct 20

Blow Some Vamp Lines On This Week’s True Blood

It was only a matter of time before those kids started snorting vampire juice over at the synthetic blood soap opera True Blood. But the big surprise is that it came from hippie Lizzy Caplan (Cloverfield), the show’st free spirit and connoisseur of finely chopped blood rails. This week’s True Blood was crammed with shiny…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 20

Blackberry OS 4.5 Firmware Now Available for T-Mo BB Curve

Blackberry Curve owners on the T-Mobile network will be happy to know that the new Blackberry OS 4.5 firmware update is available for download. The new software adds video recording, a better browser, office doc editing, and an improved email experience. The upgrade can be yours by clicking the T-Mobile link here. [Boy Genius]

Tech News Adrian Covert Oct 20

Pentagon Retrofits Minuteman III ICBM Silos with B-Plug Kits

If you thought the good old days of living under the threat of global thermonuclear war were over, think again, because the US military keeps shining those Inter-Continental Ballistic Missiles just in case the new and coming Chinese aircraft carrier battle groups get funny over the Pacific Ocean. But fear not, because that doesn’t mean…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 20

Should SF Writers Boycott Borders?

For any author, getting a book sold at a major chain is an important way to attract new readers and move copies. But it’s especially important to scifi writers, who often get little exposure in book review sections. Now Borders, one of the two major bookstore chains in the U.S., has stopped stocking many new…

Books & Comics Alex Carnevale Oct 20

Priest Infects Church Network By Surfing the Web for Porn (NSFW)

Fujitsu P8020 Ultraportable Comes With Multitouch Trackpad, Higher Price

Lala Unveils iPhone App, Unusual 10-Cent Song Sales

DARPA Documents Reveal Plans For Advanced Video Spying Tech

Asus Releases New 16:9 Computer Monitor With Integrated Webcam

Why Science Fiction Still Hates Itself

Jumping Robot Leaps Tall Rocks and Plants In Single Bound

Sirius XM Dual Receiver Still 15 Years Away

The Umbrella Academy to Assemble at a Theater Near You

Who’s The Tallest Giant Robot Of Them All?

Foist Your Opinion: Cooper-Hewitt People’s Design Award

Lucas/Spielberg-Nostalgia Flick 77 Should Be Series

Metal Bar to Serve Space Cocktails at Home, Travel to the Future

Robotic Legs Keep Your Plants Strutting Towards the Sunlight

Terminator Toys Help Prepare Tomorrow’s Soldiers Today

Electromagnetic Scanners Can Detect What You’re Typing Right Now

Blow Some Vamp Lines On This Week’s True Blood

Blackberry OS 4.5 Firmware Now Available for T-Mo BB Curve

Pentagon Retrofits Minuteman III ICBM Silos with B-Plug Kits

Should SF Writers Boycott Borders?

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