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HTC Touch HD Gets Fondled in French Video (Oh La La)

Let the drooling continue: The guys at "Generation Phone House" have run through HTC’s Touch HD (or the "ash tee say touch essh day" for the non-Francophone among us) in video, and just as we said in our first-hand impressions, it’s looking mighty nice here stacked up against an iPhone 3G and a Samsung Omnia.…

Tech News John Mahoney Sep 18

Not Even Naked Cast Members Can Save Knight Rider From Itself

Click to viewThe brand new NBC reboot of Knight Rider aired on Hulu yesterday (it will air on broadcast TV Sept. 24), and not even undressing most of the cast could create an hour of watchable television. I can forgive the fact that it looks cheap and the plot line is tired. But overall the…

Television Meredith Woerner Sep 18

Scientists Race to Develop Political Bullshit Detector, All Dials Pegged at 11

New Scientist today is summarzing the world of political spin detection software-behavioral scientist Paul Ekman claims he can analyze a speech’s text for words that indicate untruths and deception. Others look to analyze the tenor of the voice, and facial recognition to spot lies is becoming more of a reality. But unfortunately, much of the…

Tech News John Mahoney Sep 18

Microsoft Ads Featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld Not Canceled

From a trusted Crispin Porter + Bogusky source, we’ve learned that some sites have jumped the gun and that the Microsoft Gates/Seinfeld ads have not been axed. It’s true, Microsoft apparently asked the agency to focus on the new “I’m a PC” spots. And it’s true, the agency has gotten plenty of “I don’t know…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 18

Longlived, Cancer-Free Rodents Offer Possible Cures for Human Aging

If you want to live forever, one of the main things stopping you is cancer. Many of the mechanisms that prevent cells from aging also make those cells prone to carcinogenic mutations. But now a research team at the University of Rochester has discovered that small rodents like chinchillas (pictured) manage to live decades without…

io9 Annalee Newitz Sep 18

Mobile Star City Is China’s Plan to Take Over the World

We love MAD architects-creators of crazy buildings and giant killer wasps skyscrapers-because they are truly mad, like their latest concept. Presented as a gigantic model at the 11th Venice Biennale, the Super Star City is a “mobile China Town” that can be deployed all over the planet to “inject the energy of China to the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 18

Toshiba Releases Their Obligatory Netbook

Say it with me everyone: 8.9″ screen, 1.6GHz Atom processor, up to 1GB of RAM, 120GB HD and…you get the picture. Toshiba’s offering is definitely style-aggressive, packs Ubuntu and promises a (6 cell?) battery life of 4 hours, but it’s pretty much the exact $500ish system we’ve seen cloned and crapped out by every laptop…

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 18

Meet Frankenstein’s Baby Monster

While Fringe tries its best to make comic book science mainstream, comic books are busy reclaiming mainstream science fiction – or, at least, that’s the message that we get from the cover of Warren Ellis’ upcoming “graphic novella,” Frankenstein’s Womb. Details about the book are still being kept under wraps, but what we do know…

io9 Graeme McMillan Sep 18

Memorex MVBD-2510 Blu-ray Limbos Under $300

The Memorex MVBD-2510 fills that getting-the-job-done-for-cheap niche, but Gizmodo readers should know we don’t actually recommend it for purchase. It costs only $270, but sacrifices Profile 2.0 and the ethernet that accompanies it. So it’s a pass, but a positive trend for the industry all the same. [prnewswire]

Tech News Mark Wilson Sep 18

Google and GE Team Up to Revitalize Our Ancient Power Grid

We might still have to wait a while for the Google washing machine-but GE as we know is also a huge player in energy infrastructures, which makes notable their announcement of a partnership with those incessant innovators at Google to modernize our stone-age grid. If (if) we somehow do find ourselves with an administration in…

Tech News John Mahoney Sep 18

G.I. Joe’s Wanton Destruction, Plus Crazy Twists From Doctor Who, Dollhouse And BSG

It’s a spoiler bonanza this morning. For one thing, a producer gave some hints about the sheer number of new robots you’ll see in Transformers 2. There’s also an early report on G.I. Joe that includes some pretty heavy-duty destruction. A leaked Battlestar Galactica call-sheet includes a couple of scenes between Admiral Adama and characters…

Television Charlie Jane Anders Sep 18

Asus Helps Your Pirating Including Software Cracker for Free

Asus-makers of inexpensive Eeeverything-is now shipping illegal cracking software to make your computing life even cheaper. According to UK publication PC Pro, not only they have accidentally included a piracy tool with their recovery DVD, but they have also put several confidential documents and source code inside. So nice of them. A PC Pro reader…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 18

Next Generation Stealth Bombers Jump Out of Hyperspace

The next-generation stealth bomber from Boeing/Lockheed Martin is out. Developed by Phantom Works, the large diamond-shaped body, with long wings and razor-sharp nose, resembles a long-range B-2 Spirit bomber that has been retrofitted at Darth Vader’s garage: from the front, it looks kind of evil and menacing. Unlike Northrop Grumman’s proposal, which is like the…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Sep 18

Scientists Say Virtual Imaging Colonoscopy As Good As Real Thing, With Less Probing

According to the results of a new study, a virtual-reality 3D-graphic colonoscopy is about as good as the real thing for screening for colon cancer. The virtual procedure is made by image processing the results of an abdominal CT scan, then a doctor views the results in a sort of first-person-shooter “fly through” of the…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Sep 18

Asus Launches AiGuru SV1, World’s First Skype-Certified Videophone

Update: Asus tells us that the product wasn’t supposed to be announced just yet. They’re still tweaking the unit, so the specs listed below aren’t the final specs. What we do know is that this device is coming and it is going to be something similar to this, but minor details will probably be changed.…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Sep 18

Asus’ N10 Non-Eee UMPC Gets Some Hands-On Action, More Specs

While information has been arriving in fits and starts on Asus’ new N10 non-Eee ultra-portable, over at Laptopmag they got a teeny hands-on view of the PC. The 10-inch machine (which Asus was keen to stress as a notebook not a netbook) is due to come in N10E and N10J versions, with the main differences…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Sep 18

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Doesn’t Shoot HD Video

Ah, shucks—it looks like Panasonic’s funky new non-DSLR DMC-G1 camera actually doesn’t shoot HD video after all. Those photos are of a mock-up of a future version of the cam, possibly due next year sometime. We know this ’cause DPReview got their mitts on a pre-production G1—it only shoots video in non-HD formats as per…

Gadgets Kit Eaton Sep 18

PS3 News Service, Life With Playstation, Now Up For Download

Speaking of Sony, PS3 users can now try out its new Life With Playstation service, which gives you instant access to real-time news and information in a format that’s much more graphically intense than anything you’ll get on Wii News. The program is works in conjunction with Folding@home, so you’ll be helping Stanford researchers while…

Tech News Elaine Chow Sep 18

Sony Japan Releases SDK For Bravia TV Apps

Sony became the latest to jump on the app trend bandwagon, but not with a product you’d automatically equate with downloading itty bitty widgets. The company has released an App development kit for its line of Bravia television sets. It expects people to create things like small multiplayer online games, weather and news data aggregators…

Television Elaine Chow Sep 18

First Screenshot of the New Microsoft Ads, I’m a PC and I Shark Dive!

And here you have it! A couple hours later, we have our first screen from the new Microsoft ad campaign. Now THIS represents me as a PC-user… I hang with SHARKS, man! [Does anyone from Crispin who works on this campaign know if Seinfeld being pulled was a part of the plan or not? I’ve…

Tech News Elaine Chow Sep 18

HTC Touch HD Gets Fondled in French Video (Oh La La)

Not Even Naked Cast Members Can Save Knight Rider From Itself

Scientists Race to Develop Political Bullshit Detector, All Dials Pegged at 11

Microsoft Ads Featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld Not Canceled

Longlived, Cancer-Free Rodents Offer Possible Cures for Human Aging

Mobile Star City Is China’s Plan to Take Over the World

Toshiba Releases Their Obligatory Netbook

Meet Frankenstein’s Baby Monster

Memorex MVBD-2510 Blu-ray Limbos Under $300

Google and GE Team Up to Revitalize Our Ancient Power Grid

G.I. Joe’s Wanton Destruction, Plus Crazy Twists From Doctor Who, Dollhouse And BSG

Asus Helps Your Pirating Including Software Cracker for Free

Next Generation Stealth Bombers Jump Out of Hyperspace

Scientists Say Virtual Imaging Colonoscopy As Good As Real Thing, With Less Probing

Asus Launches AiGuru SV1, World’s First Skype-Certified Videophone

Asus’ N10 Non-Eee UMPC Gets Some Hands-On Action, More Specs

Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Doesn’t Shoot HD Video

PS3 News Service, Life With Playstation, Now Up For Download

Sony Japan Releases SDK For Bravia TV Apps

First Screenshot of the New Microsoft Ads, I’m a PC and I Shark Dive!

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