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Rolling Stone is Coming to the iPad After All—But Not Before The Beatles

In a rather unexpected about-face, Rolling Stone’s parent company, Wenner Media, has announced that the iconic music magazine will soon be available on the iPad. But first, it’s porting The Beatles: The Ultimate Album-by-Album Guide to Apple’s tablet—like this week. Wenner Media announced that the Beatles guide will be available as a $10 app and…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Watch Phantom Cocktails Slowly Explode to Beastie Boys Beats

Is it just me or does 5000 fps really make everything more awesome? This video is actually an amalgamation of deleted footage. Created by Ty Migota on a Phantom High-Speed Camcorder, these scenes—each between 5,000 and 89000 fps—were intended to become part of the opening credits for Nik Perleros’ movie “How To Get Laid” but…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Mossberg Just-In-Case Kit Is Your All-In-One SNAFU Solution

Zombie-pocalypse? Psh, f*cking bring it. This Mossberg Just-In-Case kit includes a 12-gauge Mossberg 500 Pump-Action, resealable storage bag, waterproof carrying tube, as well as a “Survival Kit in a Can,” multi-tool and serrated knife. Don’t forget to bring your own shells—and lots of them—there are seven billion potential brain-suckers out there. [Uncrate] You can keep…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

What is iPad 2,4?

iOS 5.1 beta has just been released to the Apple developer community. Not particularly exciting, no—at least not until 9 to 5 Mac stumbled upon a line of code referencing the “iPad 2,4“. Is this a reference to the highly anticipated iPad 3? Not likely. Does it refer to Sprint’s upcoming iPad service? Hmm, could…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

The Upgraded Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Drive Is Bigger and Faster

Seagate’s newly upgraded Momentus XT drive now sports 750GB of storage and 70 percent faster performance. Seagate says the drive boasts boot-up and application launch speeds comparable to full SSDs despite only having 8GB of solid-state storage—all for only $245. Released last year, the first-generation Momentus drive promised PC users what sounded like a miracle:…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

Daily Desired: A Mil-Spec Backpack for the Terrors of Mass Transit

Maybe it’s not too surprising that sometimes the most hardcore combat-ready gear is also the most unassuming. A flamboyantly accoutred military operative might call attention to himself. Take for example the mil-spec Lexdray Tokyo Pack. The Tokyo Pack might not be bound for the battlefield, but it’s definitely ready for whatever you encounter on the…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

The Crime-Lite System Can Spot a Culprit’s Invisible Fingerprints

“Dusting for prints” has been a mainstay of forensic investigations since the late 1880’s—employing a developer powder to add enough contrast for the fingerprint to show up in photographs. But what about latent prints or those on visually dense, multi-color surfaces? The Crime-lite ASV System can image them—with infrared lasers. A latent fingerprint refers to…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

Photographer Uses Google+ to Reunite a Drowned Camera with Its Owner

The camera you see here just spent a year at the bottom of Deep Bay but is now home thanks to the efforts of a nature photographer and the power of social networks. Here’s how he did it. Photographer Markus Thompson recently came across the Canon EOS 1000D during a dive off the coast of…

Tech News Andrew Tarantola

That Damn Classroom Clock You Always Despised as a Kid? It’s Actually Pretty Great

As a kid, there was nothing good about classroom clocks. They either reminded you that you weren’t escaping anytime soon, that time was running out to finish that chapter test, or it would slow down in the last 10 minutes of the day. But guess what? This IBM clock had a clever little secret. You…

Tech News Adrian Covert

Gumball Pinball Is What Every 8-Year-Old Dreams Of

This bubblegum pinball machine is silly and almost certainly not worth $1000. But there’s just something undeniably awesome about any product which can provide entertainment and rot your teeth in one blow. [Hammacher Schlemmer via Technabob]

Tech News Adrian Covert

About that One Time We Turned a Rapping Windows Phone 7 Fangirl Into a Hated Internet Personality…

The Rapping Windows Phone 7 Fangirls were just a pack of ad women in search of some attention? Not surprising, I suppose. Though hearing the main, um, emcee’s side of the story as the focal point of commenter rage is interesting, to say the least. https://gizmodo.com/white-girls-rapping-about-windows-phone-7-is-worse-than-5860571 In a post for the Hairpin, Emily Teachout, an…

Tech News Adrian Covert

How Steve Jobs Made It Okay To Be an Asshole

There are many, many things to recommend Steve Jobs: his brilliance. His commitment to excellence. His marketing savvy. And apparently, among a whole swath of CEOs, the fact that he could be a colossal jerk. But not so fast! The Atlantic takes a look at Jobs and “asshole logic,” a particular sort of correlation/causation confusion…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Your Posture Affects Your Decision Making

Scientists have found that if you lean to the left, you think Michael Jackson had fewer number one hit singles than if you lean to the right or stand up straight. If your posture leans to the right, on the other hand, your estimate increases. If you lean left you also think the Eiffel Tower…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski

Tiny Review: Fun Food Recommendations Without the Fluff

How many times have you turned to Yelp for some simple guidance on a restaurant only to discover a bunch of procedural descriptions of a meal—or worse—dissertations on the state of modern cuisine written by rando clowns. Were the libations good yes or no? The Yelp system lacks the pizzaz of Tiny Review. What’s it…

Tech News Mario Aguilar

With One Click, You Can See Every Google Doodle Ever Made

What’s better than some Google Doodles? How about ALL of the Google Doodles all shiny and in chronological order. It’s simple: 1) Go to Google.com. 2) Hit “I’m Feeling Lucky” without typing anything first. 3) Enjoy. [Big ups to Matt Cherette for the link] You can keep up with Brent Rose, the author of this…

Tech News Brent Rose

This iPhone 4 Spontaneously Caught Fire In a Flight

This iPhone 4 started to glow red and smolder with dense fumes in the middle of a flight to Sydney, Australia. Fortunately, a flight attendant stopped it from exploding violently, something that has happened before with other gadgets. https://gizmodo.com/dell-laptop-explodes-in-flames-182257 The owner of the self-combusting iPhone wasn’t doing anything extraordinary with it. The iPhone’s battery just…

Tech News Jesus Diaz

A Battery Powered Chainsaw For Eco-Minded Psychopaths

Chainsaws have been used to clearcut forests and terrorize teenage summer camps, so Stihl is hoping to put them in a more friendlier light with their new electric model that swaps the cord for a sixty minute rechargeable lithium-ion battery. Not only is it a greener alternative to gas powered models, but the lack of…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

Safely Cross the Street With An App That Watches For Traffic

Realizing that we’ll be perpetually distracted by smartphones, researchers have created an app that uses their built-in camera to automatically check for oncoming traffic, making crossing the road while talking on the phone a less dangerous endeavor. The app, appropriately called WalkSafe, was developed by researchers at Dartmouth College and the University of Bologna in…

Tech News Andrew Liszewski

The Onion’s Masturbation-Guard Robot Beats the Pants Off a Roomba

As a culture, we’ve been slow to allow robots into our home. But it could be that we’ve just waiting for the perfect robo-pal. Like, say, the Onion’s TYSO, which stands guard during your most personal moments. NSFW reenactments ahead! I’m just glad all those people who think every Onion report is real finally have…

Tech News Brian Barrett

Here’s The Next Big Internet TV App Idea

A few weeks ago we asked for ideas on how to make internet-accessible TVs—like the Sony® Internet TV powered by Google TV™—even better, and there were a ton of seriously great entries. But instead of choosing a winner ourselves, we left it up to you guys, our very dear (and very opinionated) readers. Well, the…

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Rolling Stone is Coming to the iPad After All—But Not Before The Beatles

Watch Phantom Cocktails Slowly Explode to Beastie Boys Beats

The Mossberg Just-In-Case Kit Is Your All-In-One SNAFU Solution

What is iPad 2,4?

The Upgraded Seagate Momentus XT Solid State Hybrid Drive Is Bigger and Faster

Daily Desired: A Mil-Spec Backpack for the Terrors of Mass Transit

The Crime-Lite System Can Spot a Culprit’s Invisible Fingerprints

Photographer Uses Google+ to Reunite a Drowned Camera with Its Owner

That Damn Classroom Clock You Always Despised as a Kid? It’s Actually Pretty Great

Gumball Pinball Is What Every 8-Year-Old Dreams Of

About that One Time We Turned a Rapping Windows Phone 7 Fangirl Into a Hated Internet Personality…

How Steve Jobs Made It Okay To Be an Asshole

Your Posture Affects Your Decision Making

Tiny Review: Fun Food Recommendations Without the Fluff

With One Click, You Can See Every Google Doodle Ever Made

This iPhone 4 Spontaneously Caught Fire In a Flight

A Battery Powered Chainsaw For Eco-Minded Psychopaths

Safely Cross the Street With An App That Watches For Traffic

The Onion’s Masturbation-Guard Robot Beats the Pants Off a Roomba

Here’s The Next Big Internet TV App Idea

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