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LG BD300 Netflix/Blu-ray Player Available for $350 Preorder

First we thought the Netflix-streaming, Blu-ray-playing LG BD300 would be “under $500.” Then we were happy to hear when that cryptic price was actually $400. But now, LG has dropped the BD300 to a competitive $350. Preorder it now at Circuit City or Amazon. Or don’t. We’re not losing sleep either way. (OK, that’s a…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 3

Adapting Saramago’s “Blindness” Was A Journey From Horror To Poetry, Meirelles Tells io9

Fernando Meirelles garnered award nominations for City Of God and The Constant Gardener. So he was probably the perfect choice to direct the film version of Blindness, Jose Saramago’s terrifying novel about an epidemic of inexplicable blindness. The paralyzes an entire country and reduces civilized city-dwellers to near-animal status. But Meirelles struggled to find the…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 3

LED Sports Fan Sign Proves That You Are the Biggest Fan Ever

Attention, sports fans! Are you looking to show your extreme dedication to your favorite team without submitting your body to the discomfort of painting up and going shirtless to a December game in Green Bay? Are you looking for a sign of your fandom that will never, ever make it through airport security and may…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Oct 3

The Non-Digital Photo Frame, Because We Have a Planet to Save

Everybody has a digital photo frame these days. Even at 32 inches, they impress no one. So keep your eyes out for the next trend, which we humbly suggest could be non-digital photo frames. Making a brief appearance around the turn of the century, these frames accepted one analog picture but were able to run…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 3

Intelligent Slime and Stripper Estrous Dominate the Ig Nobel Prizes

Last night, the Annals of Improbable Research held its 18th annual Ig Nobel Prizes. The prizes are awarded for scientific and social achievements “that first make people laugh, then make people think.” And this year’s winners include studies on puzzle-solving slime molds, the spermicidal capabilities of Coca-Cola, and the economics of ovulating strippers.The prizes were…

io9 Lauren Davis Oct 3

Nokia Teases Swiveling Touchscreen Phone, Leaves It Shrouded in Mystery

During an otherwise uneventful podcast on the S60, Nokia revealed this shot of an unnamed concept device. It features a big touchscreen interface like the HTC Touch or the iPhone, but a QWERTY keypad can fold out while the touchscreen swivels, transforming the candy bar device into a premium clamshell. We’ll have to wait and…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 3

Delta to Block Porn On In-Flight Wi-Fi So Flight Attendants Don’t Have To

Where the open internet goes, porn follows; howerver, this golden rule is being re-evaluated for the friendly skies by Delta, who plans to filter web sites used on their implementation of Aircell’s Gogo in-flight Wi-Fi service. While most of the early adopters of in-flight Wi-Fi have said they will only filter certain types of traffic…

Tech News John Mahoney Oct 3

No Excuse To Miss Clone Wars

The new Clone Wars series begins tonight on Cartoon Network at 9pm — but if you have a social life, there’s more than just TiVo waiting to help you get your latest dose of Jedi juice. (Including Master Plo Koon and some clones under siege, as seen in this newly released promo image.) In fact,…

io9 Graeme McMillan Oct 3

Ten New Teams Join NASA Astrobiology Institute

NASA’s Astrobiology Program, which has been exploring the future of life in the universe since 1959, just got bigger. In attempt to further its continuing studies, NASA has awarded grants totaling $70 million for university research over the next five years. Their focus is on detecting signs of extraterrestrial life, on determining and creating the…

io9 Nivair H. Gabriel Oct 3

XCM Rapid Fire Gear Lite: Xbox Controllers Go Fully Automatic

With the upcoming XCM Rapid Fire Gear Lite kit, Xbox 360 gamers will be able to add machine-gun style turbo buttons to their controllers. Working across multiple games and easily toggled with a top-mounted switch, the kit will also nearly double the controller’s D-pad range of motion to 6 degrees in each direction. It will…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 3

Virgin Galactic Turns Down $1 Million Offer to Make First Porn in Space

I’ve got some good news for those of you who hold the seriousness of space exploration dear, and bad news for those of you who like to watch videos of two people doin’ it: someone wanted to make a porn in space, and Virgin Galactic said no. Apparently, a company offered VG a cool million…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Frucci Oct 3

Smallville + Young Dick Grayson = Crap Sandwich

There was just one upside to the stories about the CW ordering a pilot of The Graysons, a show about Dick “D.J.” Grayson before his acrobat parents died and he became Robin, Batman’s sidekick: at least it seemed like that show would replace Smallville, and put that eight-year baby-Superman angst fest out of its misery.…

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 3

Dragonflies to Explore Mars, Titan, Spook Out Aliens

A new robot called ExoFly could be exploring the surface of Mars, guiding rovers through the surface of the Red Planet. Developed by scientists at the Technical University Delft, Wageningen University, and TNO in Netherlands, the ExoFly is designed to imitate the flight patterns of dragonflies. Dragonflies from 300 million years ago, because these things…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz Oct 3

Dealzmodo: $50 Off New Xbox 360, Free Shipping

If you’ve been looking to pick up a new Xbox 360 for the price of a Wii, this deal over at Dell is the way to go. Normally $300, put in promo code ‘7V2DJL$PD6NGWZ’ at checkout and score a 60GB Xbox 360 Pro for $250. Put in promo code ‘NP?CKPRH$KTWLL’ and you will score a…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 3

See The Dragonball Clearly At Last

A better quality, and slightly longer, version of the Dragonball trailer has turned up online. Now you can see the Hawaiian-shirted Roshi (Chow Yun-Fat) preparing to bring the smackdown, and the outrageous outfits of Bulma and Chi Chi. And most of all, you can see Justin Chatwin emoting his little heart out as Goku. And…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Oct 3

Large Hadron Collider to Be Shut Down Until Early April

The Large Hadron Collider, which has been delayed due to some problems with a helium link, now has a date for when it’ll go back online: early April. It’s going to be so long not just because of the problem, but because there was already a scheduled maintenance from November 15th through April anyways, as…

Gadgets Adam Frucci Oct 3

Apple Misses iPhone Push Notification September Deadline

So here I’m in Neeeew Yooork. Teeeeerrific! (That’s my Andy Warhol impersonation). One of the first things I did this week was to get a US cellphone contract, and since I was there, what the heck, I replaced my broken-screen iPhone with a brand new iPhone 3G-which required a $500 deposit because I have no…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 3

Tonight’s Sanctuary Premiere Is Green, But Green’s Good

Sanctuary, the new series from Stargate producers Damian Kindler and Martin Wood premieres tonight at 9 p.m. the SciFi Channel. Starring Amanda Tapping, the show concerns itself with all the creatures you were afraid to see in your bedroom when you opened those cute little eyes of yours. We got a sneak peak at the…

Television Alex Carnevale Oct 3

Iron Man Outsells Every Blu-ray in Existence in Just Two Days

According to a casual announcement by John Favreau on the Howard Stern show, as of Thursday, Iron Man Blu-ray has outsold every other Blu-ray release to date. Without firm sales numbers, the accomplishment might not be saying much. Yet it’s still a testament to how a major new release (which is verified awesome on 150…

Tech News Mark Wilson Oct 3

Baby Genius School Gets Beautiful Brainiac

Chuck Russell’s upcoming thriller Prodigy has a new student enrolled at the pill popping private school. Danielle Panabaker plays the brilliant daughter of a senator who begins to question the powers that be at her school, after she shovels downs the mandatory pills to become a super genius. [Hollywood Reporter]

io9 Meredith Woerner Oct 3

LG BD300 Netflix/Blu-ray Player Available for $350 Preorder

Adapting Saramago’s “Blindness” Was A Journey From Horror To Poetry, Meirelles Tells io9

LED Sports Fan Sign Proves That You Are the Biggest Fan Ever

The Non-Digital Photo Frame, Because We Have a Planet to Save

Intelligent Slime and Stripper Estrous Dominate the Ig Nobel Prizes

Nokia Teases Swiveling Touchscreen Phone, Leaves It Shrouded in Mystery

Delta to Block Porn On In-Flight Wi-Fi So Flight Attendants Don’t Have To

No Excuse To Miss Clone Wars

Ten New Teams Join NASA Astrobiology Institute

XCM Rapid Fire Gear Lite: Xbox Controllers Go Fully Automatic

Virgin Galactic Turns Down $1 Million Offer to Make First Porn in Space

Smallville + Young Dick Grayson = Crap Sandwich

Dragonflies to Explore Mars, Titan, Spook Out Aliens

Dealzmodo: $50 Off New Xbox 360, Free Shipping

See The Dragonball Clearly At Last

Large Hadron Collider to Be Shut Down Until Early April

Apple Misses iPhone Push Notification September Deadline

Tonight’s Sanctuary Premiere Is Green, But Green’s Good

Iron Man Outsells Every Blu-ray in Existence in Just Two Days

Baby Genius School Gets Beautiful Brainiac

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