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The Stargate Universe Team Assembles

Want to know who’s going to be leading you into (and quickly out of) alien danger each week in the brand new series Stargate Universe? The fine folks over at Gateworld have the scoop on the brand spankin’ new characters we’ll be seeing this year. Unfortunately they all seem to be brand new, which means…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 18

MSI Talks About Future of Wind, HSDPA on Way

In an interview with Impress, MSI’s Neo Lin (Notebook Product Manager) leaked some details of upcoming Wind mini-notebook revisions. The big news is that HSDPA will be coming to the new U91 (8.9″) and U120 (10″) systems. But the (translated) interview has some other interesting info other than just the specs on new models. Lin…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 18

Exploded Toner Cartridge Makes for Pretty Pictures

This is what happens when a toner cartridge explodes. Beautiful! I just wish all explosions ended with such pretty pictures. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go stick some fireworks inside my printer. [Flickr via Kottke]

Gadgets Adam Frucci Sep 18

It’s Good To Establish Your Credentials Before Breakfast

Did you know the Bulwer-Lytton Contest (for intentionally bad writing) had a science fiction category? Here’s 2008’s winner, from Cartersville, GA’s Joe Schulman: “Timothy Hanson, Commander of the 43rd Space Regiment in the 52nd Battalion on board the USAOPAC (United Space Alliance Of Planets Attack Carrier) and second in command to Admiral L. R. Morris…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Sep 18

See the Submerged Ruins of Cleopatra’s Palace in Egypt’s Underwater Museum

In a few years, you may be able to see Alexandria the way it once was — deep beneath the sea. The areas of classical Alexandria that contained the ancient world’s biggest library along with Cleopatra’s palace have sunk beneath the waves, but now it looks as if the United Nations may step in and…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 18

Apple iPhone 3G Hides Secret QR Code

While one Apple zealot was video taping their iPhone 3G under Paris Hiltonesque NightShot (innocently we’re sure), they spotted a matrix code on the left side of the phone. We assume it’s just serial/IMEI data that’s often shoved in a phone’s battery compartment (which isn’t exactly an option for the iPhone 3G), but we’re happy…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 18

AT&T Document Reveals Several Launch Dates: BlackBerry Bold Pushed to November

According to an AT&T product sheet obtained by BGR, the Blackberry Bold has been pushed back to November despite several bits of evidence stating that it would be released in October. That issue right there may or may not put the validity of the rest of this information in question, but if you are curious…

Tech News Sean Fallon Sep 18

Woot Dealzmodo: Cobra NAV One 5000 For $205, Shipped

A handy deal on this Cobra portable GPS with a 5″ screen, Bluetooth and text-to-speech recognition-saves you around $90 compared to Amazon, where it’s $282 sans shipping. [Woot]

Tech News John Mahoney Sep 18

Vodka Smugglers Prepare For Apocalypse

A group of Estonians built a 2 kilometer underground tunnel in order to smuggle 6,200 liters of vodka out of Russia. They claim it was done to save money on taxes, but I think it’s just a good-sense measure if you’re prepping for the apocalypse. Which they clearly are, since this is the third tunnel…

io9 Meredith Woerner Sep 18

Microsoft Zune 3.0 Software Review

Though Microsoft left their new Zune hardware relatively untouched, the firmware and corresponding software got a few nice upgrades that add a bit of functionality. In the firmware, Marketplace is now available over Wi-Fi, while FM Tagging lets you mark songs you hear on the FM Tuner, and have them added to your Marketplace cart…

Reviews Adrian Covert Sep 18

Will I Evolve Into a Being of Pure Energy?

Welcome back to Ask a Biogeek, a column where biology researcher Terry Johnson answers questions about biology — no matter how weird. Back when I discussed our unlikeliest futures as a species, one commenter added to the list of improbabilities our eventual transcendence into a non-corporeal form. That’s hardly the only evolutionary myth propagated by…

io9 Terry Johnson Sep 18

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

This week at Uncrate: We hit the slopes centerfold-style on Burton Love Snowboards, add a touch of class to our drinking with a Silver Plated Beverage Holder, and learn to fly in the Eclipse 400. We also track our steps with the Fitbit, take our ‘tending skills on the road with the Evolution Mobile Bar,…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 18

PISCES Exoskeletons Turn Every Solider Into Aquaman

Apparently the military has been working with West Florida’s Institute for Human and Machine Cognition (IHMC) for several years trying to develop an underwater exoskeleton that would improve a soldier’s speed and endurance underwater. Much like early pioneers of flight, IHMC has looked to nature to provide answers. So far, the project known as Performance…

Tech News Sean Fallon Sep 18

We Finally Realize Where We’ve Seen Fringe Before

Was the last scene of this week’s Fringe what I think it was? If so, then it explains why Fox’s new freaky science show has seemed so familiar all along – it’s not that it’s an X-Files of the 21st Century, but a live-action Venture Bros. that takes itself seriously. Explanations and Fringe spoilers await,…

io9 Graeme McMillan Sep 18

Sarah Palin’s Email Hackers’ Sloppy Work Could Lead to Their Arrests

By now you’ve probably heard about how the super-duper 1337 h4ck3r5 from anonymous busted into one of Sarah Palin’s private email accounts and posted the contents for the world to see. Well, it looks like those h4ck3r5 aren’t as 1337 as one might think, as they left themselves pretty wide open to get busted for…

Tech News Adam Frucci Sep 18

Nick Cave + The Road = Most Depressingly Beautiful Movie Score Ever

The man with saddest songs in the world is penning the score for the world’s most depressing post-apocalypse flick: The Road. I can’t imagine a musical mind more equipped to deal with the vast emptiness and hollow feeling that one gets from reading Cormac McCarthy’s novel on which the movie is based. In an interview…

Movies Meredith Woerner Sep 18

So Sad: KITT Gets Carjacked

As if you needed proof that the new KITT was way lamer than the old KITT, the remarkable supercar of the future was jacked by a common thug during a Toronto event. It’s been a week since the occurrence that’s slowly leaked into mainstream consciousness and KITT is still being operated by a rogue agent.…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 18

Parachute Fail Victim Receives First Implant of the Eon Mini Pacemaker For Pain

Adam Hammond, a former member of the U.S. Army’s “Golden Knights” Parachute Team, has become the first recipient of the Eon Mini—the world’s smallest spinal cord stimulator. After suffering a broken femur, a shattered pelvis and a severed spine in an epic parachute fail a few years ago, it seemed that Hammond would be condemned…

Health Sean Fallon Sep 18

Watch Out for the Terrorists in Your MMO

A researcher at the National Defense University in the U.S. is convinced that the terrorists could be hatching their next plot in World of Warcraft or Second Life. Danger Room’s Noah Shachtman reports that Dwight Toavs gave a paper last week that argued, among other things, that terrorists could discuss plans to sack Washington right…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 18

Nintendo Patents Now Under the ITC Microscope

The International Trace Commission-which has the power to ban products in the US in case they infringe any patent-has accepted Hillcrest Laboratories’ allegations against Nintendo. The commission will now look into the validity of Hillcrest’s claims, which say the Wii infringes on their patents on motion-detecting technology. Mario wasn’t available for comment, too busy killing…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 18

The Stargate Universe Team Assembles

MSI Talks About Future of Wind, HSDPA on Way

Exploded Toner Cartridge Makes for Pretty Pictures

It’s Good To Establish Your Credentials Before Breakfast

See the Submerged Ruins of Cleopatra’s Palace in Egypt’s Underwater Museum

Apple iPhone 3G Hides Secret QR Code

AT&T Document Reveals Several Launch Dates: BlackBerry Bold Pushed to November

Woot Dealzmodo: Cobra NAV One 5000 For $205, Shipped

Vodka Smugglers Prepare For Apocalypse

Microsoft Zune 3.0 Software Review

Will I Evolve Into a Being of Pure Energy?

Man Stuff – The Best of Uncrate

PISCES Exoskeletons Turn Every Solider Into Aquaman

We Finally Realize Where We’ve Seen Fringe Before

Sarah Palin’s Email Hackers’ Sloppy Work Could Lead to Their Arrests

Nick Cave + The Road = Most Depressingly Beautiful Movie Score Ever

So Sad: KITT Gets Carjacked

Parachute Fail Victim Receives First Implant of the Eon Mini Pacemaker For Pain

Watch Out for the Terrorists in Your MMO

Nintendo Patents Now Under the ITC Microscope

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