1. Kodak Announces 7.6-in OLED Digital Frame, We Pay Attention

    It's almost like the unsolved Riemann problem. How can you ever justify buying a digital picture frame? In the past year alone we've looked at ugly frames, overpriced ones, and another with a crippling virus. And they're not multi-functional (usually),...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  2. Gadget Lab's Suggestions for Apple's App Store Rules

    Apple has been fickle with its iPhone App Store, to say the least. When the App Store first launched, Steve Jobs said the rules were "no porn" and "no malicious software." And given those loose standards, some applications that should...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  3. Obama Campaign Reveals Science Advisors

    Barack Obama has established a small but well-regarded inner circle of science advisors that includes Nobel laureates. Though their influence on the policies of a prospective Obama administration are unknown, they've played a prominent role in establishing his science platform...

    09.17.08 From Wired Science

  4. Scariest Toy Concept Ever: The Epidermits Thing

    Oh, this is much worse that you think. The Epidermits toy is the Karten Design firm's bizarro, conceptual end of several current trends in the toy/gadget industry, like personalization, fuel cell engineering, and animatronics. It is the scariest concept design...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  5. Notorious Crime Forum DarkMarket Goes Dark

    A wave of bittersweet melancholy has descended on the thousands of phishers, hackers and credit card swindlers inhabiting the computer crime supersite DarkMarket.ws. On Tuesday the site's operator, known as Master Splyntr, announced that he was shuttering the forum, which has hummed along for nearly...

    09.17.08 From Threat Level

  6. Hey man, 8bit chiptune blipcore in Austin

    http://www.amoda.org Link: Austin Museum of Digital Art. (((But... will there be frenzied stagediving?)))

    09.17.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  7. Review: Song Remains (Mostly) the Same in Rock Band 2

    Stop me if you've heard this one: Gamemaker releases brilliant work of genius, follows it up next year with the same exact thing. It happens all the time in the videogame biz -- as soon as a publisher has a...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  8. Segway Inventor Crowd Sourcing Mobile Apps to Change the World

    Dean Kamen has teamed up with Forum Nokia to encourage young mobile developers to create the next big application to benefit society. The contest "Calling All Innovators," which they announced today at Web Expo 2.0 in New York, will award...

    09.17.08 From Epicenter

  9. Panocamera Mods Nintendo DS Into DSLR Remote

    A professional photographer with Panocamera.com was tired of toting his laptop around on his shoots, so he thought, "What would MacGyver do?" And he modified a Nintendo DS into a remote control for his Canon DSLR. The process, documented at...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  10. Al-Qaida's Propaganda Sites, Smacked Down

    Al-Qaida's once-robust online propaganda network has taken a hit. The release of a 9/11 anniversary video was delayed by nearly a week. And one of the most popular video-distribution sites is offline. For years, the al-Ekhlaas network of sites has...

    09.17.08 From Danger Room

  1. RIAA Decries Attorney-Blogger as 'Vexatious' Litigator

    The Recording Industry Association of America is declaring attorney-blogger Ray Beckerman a "vexatious" litigator and is seeking unspecified monetary sanctions to punish him in his defense of a New York woman accused of making copyrighted music available on the Kazaa file sharing system. The RIAA...

    09.17.08 From Threat Level

  2. CIA Chief: We 'Tickle' Terrorists, with Missiles (Updated)

    The CIA doesn't just attack terrorists, to take them out. Sometimes, the spy agency strikes, to "tickle" enemies into reacting, CIA chief Michael Hayden told the annual Air Force Association conference earlier today. "Today, we routinely use kinetic force [bombs-and-bullets...

    09.17.08 From Danger Room

  3. Nathan Myrhvold Would Very Much Like to Sue You

    Intellectual Ventures, the investment firm started by Microsoft billionaire Nathan Myhrvold, has amassed a collection of more than 20,000 patents, some of which Myhrvold may use to extort ridiculous amounts of money out of you. And if he hasn't sued...

    09.17.08 From Epicenter

  4. At Austin GDC, Precious Pieces of Gaming History

    AUSTIN -- The Austin Game Developers Conference this week played host to a small museum of priceless gaming artifacts. The University of Texas Videogame Archive had a booth in the exhibitors hall at the Austin GDC. Chief among the archive's...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  5. Survey: 20 Million U.S. Homes Only Use Cell Phones

    A study published Wednesday reveals that 20 million U.S. homes have gone wireless with telephony, opting against paying for a landline. The Nielsen Company's report suggests that, at this rate, one in five U.S. households could solely rely on cell...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  6. Global Guerrillas: FINANCIAL MELTDOWN

    (((Whoa, it's field day over at "Global Guerrillas," although actual global guerrillas don't seem to me to have a whole lot to do with today's financial panics. Unless you want to reclassify panicky, self-terrorizing bear speculators as "terrorists," which, now...

    09.17.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  7. Bruce Sterling on the Game Industry in 2043

    AUSTIN -- Science fiction writer Bruce Sterling gave a fascinating lecture at Austin Game Developers Conference Tuesday on the last 35 years of game development, and the next 35 years of game development. The presentation was framed as a piece...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  8. Video: Portal's 'Still Alive', Typographically

    This video brings together two of my favorite things: gaming and motion design. Vimeo user Trickster's visual remix of Portal's ending theme "Still Alive" blends the track's gentle melody with an animated typographic representation of the lyrics. It's a joy...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  9. Soulcalibur IV Patched, But Only in Japan

    Japanese players of Soulcalibur IV are about to get their easy "Soul Crushes" taken away from them, courtesy of a patch from Bandai Namco. Siliconera reports that the Japan-only update rebalances the game, with some of the changes including making...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  10. Blue Dragon Plus Coming to North America, Europe

    Ignition Entertainment has acquired the North American and European publishing rights for Nintendo DS strategy RPG Blue Dragon Plus, and plans to release the game in March 2009. Although developed by AQ Interactive in Japan and not Hironobu Sakaguchi's Mistwalker...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  1. Sony Releases Japan-only PS3 Firmware Update

    Sony has just released a mysterious new PlayStation 3 firmware update, version 2.43, aimed specifically at Japanese consoles. Why mysterious? Sony's official PlayStation.Blog reports that the update is only "required" for the Japan region. The thing is, users in other...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  2. Networking Site Pairs You With Like-Minded Gamers

    MyGameMug is a new game-oriented community site, but one that tries something a bit different: pairing gamers based on gaming personality. When you first start building a profile, you are asked a series of questions. These cover a variety of...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  3. Dreaming of a White Knight Christmas

    When we last checked in on Level 5's White Knight Chronicles, we were told that "the day of awakening [was] coming soon." That day is now known, with Famitsu reporting that the PlayStation 3 RPG is coming out December 25...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  4. Video: Saints Row 2's Voice-over Talent

    I've been pretty skeptical about Saints Row 2 ever since Grand Theft Auto IV reminded everyone why the genre exists, but this single trailer -- a look at the voice-over talent behind the game -- has me excited again. It's...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  5. The Volt Isn't A Prius. It Might Even Be Better

    The Chevrolet Volt and Toyota Prius look a lot alike, but they are fundamentally different cars that blaze separate paths toward the inevitable electrification of the automobile. And while the Prius is the world's most-popular hybrid and the poster child...

    09.17.08 From Autopia

  6. iPhone Hobbled by High Prices in Japan, Lack of 3G in India

    Apple's iPhone may be giving competitors a run for their money in North America but when it comes to three of the biggest telecom markets in Asia — Japan, India and China — the company seems to be coming up...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  7. Danger, C-SPAN!

    I'll be on C-SPAN 2 at 8:35 PM EST tonight, talking about child soldier recruitment in Chad. Check it out. For those of you who miss the broadcast, I'll post the video tomorrow.

    09.17.08 From Danger Room

  8. Audio Engineers: Metallica's Latest Better in Guitar Hero

    If an informal collection of audio engineers is to be believed, those seeking the best listening experience from Metallica's newly released Death Magnetic ought to shelve the compact disc and instead download the album into Guitar Hero III. Ted Jensen,...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  9. The Free Culture Game

    http://www.molleindustria.org/freeculturegame-eng http://www.molleindustria.org/freeculturegame-eng Hello, we've just released a tiny abstract pretentious game called Free Culture Game. It can be considered an experiment of procedural rhetorics, a playable theory or an advergame for a Spanish collective called exgae (http://exgae.net/exgae-multiply-and-share-forth/whats-exgae). The goal is...

    09.17.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  10. Compose Songs Online For Free, No Experience Necessary

    JamStudio joins the growing ranks of the online music creation tools, but it takes a different approach. This free online music app lets anyone compose music without knowing much about music. Assign each track an instrument, choose arrangements and specify...

    09.17.08 From Listening Post

  1. DTV Switch Reveals Hitch; Viewers Lose Local Stations

    The FCC learned a couple valuable lessons from the digital television switch in Wilmington, N.C. a couple weeks ago. First: Public awareness was not a problem. Second: Access to local affiliate stations' transmission was. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin (right), testifying...

    09.17.08 From Epicenter

  2. Joy of Tech: How Apple Decides Which Apps Make It Into the App Store

    This Joy of Tech comic pokes fun at Apple's App Store approval process, in light of recent rejections of some apps submitted by developers. It's funny because, well, it's pretty much true. In particular, Apple's rejection of the Podcaster app...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  3. Air France Can't Beat 'Em, So it Joins 'Em

    Say you're a contestant on The Amazing Race and you need to get from Paris to Lyon, France. You could spend two hours dealing with a flight and all the headaches that go with it, or you could hop a...

    09.17.08 From Autopia

  4. The Premiere Dame -- "one of us, a musician"

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7620189.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7620189.stm (((The First Lady of France laying down a choon at the BBC. Boy that interview is weird. There is something downright unearthly about La Bruni... she's truly an extraordinary public figure.)))

    09.17.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  5. Critics Kill Buzz for Cronenberg's Fly Opera

    The creators of Fringe adore David Cronenberg. They openly credit Cronenberg as an inspiration, and the Canadian filmmaker's influence was evident in Tuesday night's episode, which merrily milked Dead Ringers' sadistic surgical instruments motif. But opera critics aren't feeling the...

    09.17.08 From The Underwire

  6. French Troops Snatch Pirate Hostages

    Thirty French commandos rescued two kidnapped piracy victims in a 10-minute raid off of Somalia on Monday, the BBC reports. Two recreational sailors had been nabbed near the Somali coast earlier this month. French President Nicolas Sarkozy authorized the raid...

    09.17.08 From Danger Room

  7. Showtime Streams Dexter, Californication Two Weeks Before Premieres

    Showtime is hoping to knock audiences dead with its upcoming season. The cable network is streaming the first episodes of two of its hit shows free online: slasher drama Dexter and Californication, a dark comedy starring X-Files alum David Duchovny...

    09.17.08 From The Underwire

  8. Controversial Metallica Death Magnetic Editor Speaks

    Metallica's Swedish label representative Per Sundin was infuriated by a music writer's link to a fan-shortened version of its new Death Magnetic album earlier this week -- not only because the writer linked to a torrent tracker from which the...

    09.17.08 From Listening Post

  9. Grand Theft Auto IV DLC Confirmed for Fall

    Microsoft has finally confirmed that the first downloadable additions to Grand Theft Auto IV will hit the Xbox 360 this fall, reports Joystiq. Still no word on what the DLC might add to the game or what price point it...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  10. 8Tracks: All Tomorrow's Parties Preview

    One of the most promising ways to upload a mix of MP3s now that Muxtape is offline is 8tracks, which lets users program and share mixes of eight songs or more. The company pays royalties to SoundExchange under its small...

    09.17.08 From Listening Post

  1. Atari Classics of 2008 AD

    (((If you're dropping by the blog from the Austin Game Developers Conference, feast your eyes on these babies.))) (((Via Boingboing Gadgets.))) http://the-minusworld.com/2008/09/16/atari-modern-classics/ Link: Atari Modern Classics : : The -Minus World : Your Distinguished Source For Video Game Comedy. Before...

    09.17.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  2. Attack of the Super-Strength Cyborg Penguins

    Military researchers are building mechanical suits that provide superstrength and inhuman endurance. Next up: an undersea exoskeleton that turns the wearer into a giant, cyborg penguin. A recent Pentagon report on the threat of technological surprise highlighted "devices that have...

    09.17.08 From Danger Room

  3. God of War Creators Sued for Plagiarism

    Sony Computer Entertainment America and designer David Jaffe are being sued by individuals who claim the wildly successful God of War series is a work of plagiarism, reports GamePolitics. Jonathan Bissoon-Dath and Jennifer Barrette-Herzog claim to have sent a screenplay...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  4. Torchwood's Tosh on Life, Death and Sci-Fi Success

    By John Scott Lewinski Naoko Mori had mixed feelings when she learned the fate awaiting her Torchwood character, Toshiko "Tosh" Sato, in the British sci-fi series' second season. Tosh, a scientist on the Torchwood Institute's extraterrestrial-battling team, has come a...

    09.17.08 From The Underwire

  5. Tanishq -- scare up your own top-end Bollywood jewelry

    (((The Tanishq outfit, widely noted for their Bollywood set-design bijoux, has opened a jewelry store in Chicago.))) Link: Tanishq Jewelry - Revitaliser of Tradition. (((I quite like the "revitalized traditional" gear, but I like it even better when their designers...

    09.17.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  6. Comedy Titans to Honor Carlin With Twain Award

    In a year when too many shining lights have passed on, the loss of George Carlin was particularly hard to take. His trenchant satire is more needed than ever in these times of war and economic implosion. At least his...

    09.17.08 From The Underwire

  7. Hug Your Depression Away With $160 LED Pillow

    Light therapy is hard to understand if you can peep at the sun anytime you want. But some people will take artificial lighting as a sun-substitute for health reasons, which makes the d°light Huggable light-emitting pillow seem like a practical...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  8. Valve: Google Buyout is '100 Percent Rumor'

    Word that Google would be purchasing Half-Life creator Valve Software has been swirling all morning, though if either firm is to be believed, those rumors have no basis in reality. The rumor originated in The Inquirer who cited "well place...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  9. Video: Soulja Boy's Definitive Braid Review

    You know, I've been on the fence about Braid, that Xbox 360 downloadable puzzle-platform game that folks just can't seem to get enough of. Jean wrote a review, sure, but I'm still not convinced. He used so many words! A...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  10. New Voyage, Author for Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Pack your towels. Author Eoin Colfer has been commissioned to pen a sixth installment of the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series. The late Douglas Adams, creator of the legendary Hitchhiker books, wrote the last volume, Mostly Harmless, 16 years...

    09.17.08 From The Underwire

  1. Sony: No Video Sharing in Home Beta

    Remember how you were going to be able to invite other PlayStation 3 owners to your virtual apartment in Home, then watch videos together? That's not happening, at least not in the "open beta." I got a demo of the...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  2. Funcom Co-Founder Quits, 'Dissatisfied' With Conan

    Funcom co-founder and Age of Conan game director Gaute Godager has left the firm after 16 years, saying "I have done my very best making this fabulous game, but I have concluded there are elements which I am dissatisfied with."...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  3. ILike Powers Collaborative Playlists on Google, Flixster and More

    iLike is leveraging its partnership with Rhapsody to allow outside developers to embed playlists on websites and within online applications. Users who encounter the widgets can hear 25 full songs per month; after that, songs embedded in these playlists revert...

    09.17.08 From Listening Post

  4. Review: Peggle Nights Deals New Hit of Same Addictive Gameplay

    Peggle Nights, the sequel to PopCap's pachinko-inspired casual game Peggle, is a hell of a drug -- but no high is ever as good as the first. If you've played the first Peggle, chances are you aren't reading this review...

    09.17.08 From Game | Life

  5. New York Offers Drivers License with RFID Tag

    New York State residents can now choose to carry a drivers license that comes embedded with an RFID chip. The Enhanced Drivers License or photo ID cards, available to U.S. citizens, can be used instead of a passport at border...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  6. Review: Upstart Sony DSLR Pops Nikon and Canon on the Chin

    Sony Alpha A900 DSLR Sony came out swinging for the fences with the introduction of its “flagship” DSLR, the A900. Billed as prosumer digi-snapper, but packed with a panoply of pro-style features, a memory card bursting, 24-megapixel full-frame sensor, crystal...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  7. eBay Plans to Buy Up Classifieds on the Cheap

    The downturn in the economy may be reeking havoc on the stock market, but online auction site eBay is using the lull as to buy up established online classified sites at reduced rates in its continuing pursuit of market share....

    09.17.08 From Epicenter

  8. Large Hadron Collider Renaming Contest

    After a full week of operation, the Large Hadron Collider has yet to swallow the world, leaving humanity free to concentrate on its rather geeky name. Unimportant, you say? Well, people who were excited when physicists flipped the LHC's switch...

    09.17.08 From Wired Science

  9. Air Force Tiltrotor Africa-Bound

    Air Force Special Operation Command's version of the troubled V-22 Osprey tiltrotor is slated to deploy next month for the first time, to Africa, to support an exercise. The so-called CV-22 model -- which is fitted with a terrain-following radar...

    09.17.08 From Danger Room

  10. Phorm Targeting Deemed Legal by U.K. Regulators

    A U.K. regulator has ruled that Phorm's ISP targeting practices are "are capable of being operated in a lawful, appropriate and transparent fashion," giving a boost to the web monitoring company's business of tracking consumers online. In a brief statement...

    09.17.08 From Epicenter

  1. Pirates: A Reality Check - 9 Pirate Myths Examined

    It's all Robert Louis Stevenson's fault. Treasure Island's popularity spawned a genre of pirate novels, and those novels were made into pirates movies, which gave rise to comic books and Halloween costumes. Then Disney went and adapted one of their...

    09.17.08 From Geekdad

  2. Rumor: New MacBook Pro Has Landed in Germany?

    Many are scratching their heads over this photo of what appears to be a new MacBook Pro listed at a German T-Mobile online store. What's the deal? The specifications listed match those of the current MacBook Pro. But in the...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  3. Group Posts E-Mail Hacked From Palin Account -- Update

    Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's private Yahoo e-mail account was hacked, and some of its contents posted on the internet Wednesday. The internet griefers known as Anonymous took credit for the intrusion, and screenshots of e-mail messages and photos belonging to the Alaska governor have been...

    09.17.08 From Threat Level

  4. Open Source Intel Rocks -- Sorry, It's Classified

    The head of the CIA doesn't want you to know what he watches on television. So-called "open source" intelligence -- spook-speak for tidbits taken from newspapers, internet postings, and TV shows -- is starting to play a major role in...

    09.17.08 From Danger Room

  5. QuantumSphere Promises Li-Ion Battery With Up to Five Times Higher Capacity

    Imagine battery life on a cellphone or laptop that is about five times the current capacity. That means not charging the cellphone for at least four days or using the laptop battery for more than twelve hours at a stretch....

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  6. Google’s Audio Indexer Keeps Politicians on Point

    Just in time for the presidential debates, Google has released an amped-up version of its audio indexer. GAudi, which is still in beta, is designed to facilitate the next viral 'macaca moment' or Barack Roll. Two months ago they released...

    09.17.08 From Epicenter

  7. Apple Sells Unannounced 4GB iPod Nano Overseas

    When Steve Jobs unveiled the fourth-generation iPod nano about a week ago, he only announced two capacity options -- 8GB and 16GB -- but he failed to mention a third option offering 4GB of storage, which appears to only be...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  8. Google Eying Game Maker Valve Software: Report

    Google may acquire Valve Software, a Bellevue, Wash.-based game maker, according The Inquirer, who reported the rumor from the Austin Game Developers Conference. If Google is chasing Valve, it may not be for the game business -- more than likely,it's...

    09.17.08 From Epicenter

  9. Apple Updates Camera RAW Compatibilty

    Apple isn't as fast as Adobe when it comes to supporting new RAW camera formats, but things are a lot better than they were when we had to wait for an OS update to use our new cameras. The new...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  10. Artemis Fowl Scribe to Pen 6th Hitchhiker's Guide Book

    Image by steveb_ohio via Flickr Without fully traversing the treacherous geography of the ubiquitous spoiler – for the benefit of any regular GeekDad readers who haven't yet completed the series – let me just state that Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide...

    09.17.08 From Geekdad

  1. It Lives! Gadget Lab's Netbook Running OS X Leopard

    Yesterday, we covered the MSI Wind clone from Medion, the Akoya. The little netbook turned out to be a wonder, albeit with a few flaws. The one thing that would make it better? OS X. When I mentioned the plan...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  2. BOLLYWOOD AND CRICKET

    http://bollywoodcricket.blogspot.com/ Link: BOLLYWOOD AND CRICKET. (((Technorati says this blog is the 38th most popular blog in the world. Before this morning, I had never heard of it. BOLLYWOOD AND CRICKET is rather plonkingly and literally about Indian cricket stars and...

    09.17.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  3. Fixing Pentagon Weapons-Buying Mess Ain't Easy

    Pentagon staffing cuts in the 1990s gutted the military's contract-management workforce. When the defense budget doubled post-9/11 -- with numerous complex, ambitious weapons programs -- the atrophied acquisitions force was overwhelmed. So the Pentagon turned to private industry, giving corporate...

    09.17.08 From Danger Room

  4. 'L.A. Times' Refugees Sue for Control of Paper

    It would be hard to argue that Sam Zell really knows his way around the newspaper business. But does his floundering constitute grounds for legal action? A group of former Los Angeles Times staffers say it does. Calling Zell's takeover...

    09.17.08 From Epicenter

  5. U.S. Embassy in Yemen Attacked; 16 Dead

    "A car bomb and rocket attack on the U.S. embassy in Yemen has killed at least 16 people, including civilians and Yemeni security guards," the AP reports. "Yemen has long been viewed as a haven for jihadists," the Times notes....

    09.17.08 From Danger Room

  6. A Card Game That Makes Yu-Gi-Oh Walk the Plank

    My kids never got into Pokémon or other card sets, but a few years back I discovered the Pirate Constructible Strategy Game cards from WizKids and picked up a few sets for them to try. The first thing I liked...

    09.17.08 From Geekdad

  7. eHarmony Starts an Open Relationship With AOL

    Match making website eHarmony may be in the business of creating lifelong partnerships, but “the internet’s most-trusted relationship service provider” isn’t afraid of some healthy online dating competition. EHarmony begins a partnership with AOL today to share its online dating...

    09.17.08 From Epicenter

  8. Steampunk Photoshop Contest

    http://gizmodo.com/5050613/steampunk-gets-officially-murdered-with-horrifying-photoshops Link: Photoshop Contest: Steampunk Gets Officially Murdered with Horrifying Photoshops. For this week's Photoshop Contest, I asked you to lampoon all things steampunk by creating ludicrous steampunk gadgets. We've got entries that run the gamut from the ridiculous to...

    09.17.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  9. Google’s Chief Economist Says Yahoo Partnership Wont Raise Prices 22 Percent

    Google has been pretty quiet in discussing the details of its search deal with Yahoo, but as antitrust scrutiny of the partnership builds, the search giant’s chief economist has taken issue with a study that claims the deal will raise...

    09.17.08 From Epicenter

  10. No Ships From Stealth Destroyer Program?

    The Navy's program to build next-generation stealth destroyers has been taking on water for a while. Now, it may be on the verge of sinking. The DDG-1000 Zumwalt program has been slashed from seven ships to two, and then bumped...

    09.17.08 From Danger Room

  1. Spy Shots Confirm Jaguar Is an Endangered Species

    We've been nervous ever since Jaguar announced it is redesigning the venerable XJ. After all, the XJ is more than a flagship luxury car. It's the automotive equivalent of Buckingham Palace, the remains of the Empire with a boot and...

    09.17.08 From Autopia

  2. GeekDad HipTrax #14

    At the cusp of what we hope will prove a meteorologically mild and musically geek-a-licious autumn, we arrive at GeekDad HipTrax #14. This episode is special because it boasts not one but two listener requests! Please keep 'em coming, as...

    09.17.08 From Geekdad

  3. Official: First Android Phone to Debut on September 23

    T-Mobile has sent out invitations for the official announcement of the first Googlephone, the HTC Dream. The press conference will be held in New York on September 23rd, although the Android-based phone won't hit stores until October (probably October 20th)....

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  4. Apple Updates Remote App: Create and Edit Playlists From Your iPhone

    Apple's excellent little iPhone application, Remote, has been updated. The application turns your iPod Touch or iPhone into a full featured remote control for iTunes and the Apple TV and, because it works over the Wi-Fi network, you can use...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  5. Canon G10: More Pixels, More Processor, More Dials

    Canon has issued an update for the excellent G9 in the form of, yes, the G10. Internally, there are are only a couple of notable changes: the pixel count climbs from 12.1MP to 14.7MP, and the G10 gets Canon's new...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  6. Happy Birthday Kurt Busiek!

    I know, I know, some of you are tired of birthdays. But let's take them for what they are: a flimsy excuse to celebrate the works of people we really like -- in this case love. For those of you...

    09.17.08 From Geekdad

  7. Canon 5D MkII: HD Movies and Higher ISO

    Canon has at last announced the successor to the Canon 5D; the 5D Mk II, and it is a reply to the recent smackdown delivered by the Nikon D90. The most important details are the HD video mode, which captures...

    09.17.08 From Gadget Lab

  8. Five for Fighting 9/17/08

    * Darpa explores levitation "force" * Flying, man-carrying robot * Russian satanists attack * Pakistan = Cambodia, redux? * "Navy brain answers with pictures!" (1951)

    09.17.08 From Danger Room

  9. It's Faster, Cleaner and Cheaper, But Can REGINA Save Swedish Rail?

    Sure, Swedes end up handing half of what they earn over to the government, but look what they get in return: universal health care, sparkling cities and world-class meatballs. Sweden spends big money on services, which makes it odd that...

    09.17.08 From Autopia

  10. New Training Days: Police Force Tries Out Electric Bikes

    We like it when a gadget company puts its innovations on the line. This is what Electrical Motion Systems is doing by putting up their electric E+ Tactical Police bikes in the hands of tough-to-please police departments. In an evaluation...

    09.16.08 From Gadget Lab

  1. Could Stephen Colbert's Christmas Musical Suck?

    Let's hope not. The righteously titled one-hour special "A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" airs on November 21, but it's going to take that long to feel right about yet another Toby Keith appearance on the metafictional comedy....

    09.16.08 From Listening Post

  2. McCain Makes Sharp Right Turn on Stem Cells

    Republican presidential nominee John McCain would criminalize a promising branch of stem cell research, according to a statement issued by the candidate's campaign. Though such legislation would probably not survive Congress, he might extend President Bush's much-criticized limitation of embryonic...

    09.16.08 From Wired Science

  3. YouTube Is Not Cool With P2P

    PPLive, a Shanghai-based video file-sharing software maker, isn't making nice with YouTube. The company, which describes itself as a "P2P televiion [sic] network software that famous all othe [sic] world," reportedly has $21 million in funding from some big names,...

    09.16.08 From Epicenter

  4. Nintendo Teases 'Celestial' Kirby Event

    Nintendo's planning something for Thursday morning involving the East Coast, Kirby and "an extraordinary celestial event." Sadly, the press release issued by the firm contains more questions than answers: Authorities at Nintendo are forecasting an extraordinary celestial event this season....

    09.16.08 From Game | Life

  5. Guitar Hero World Tour Boasts MIDI Sequencer

    Have you been waiting patiently to hear what new instrument would be included with Guitar Hero World Tour? Turns out it's not an instrument at all. Instead, the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game will include the...

    09.16.08 From Game | Life

  6. Pretty as Peach: O.M.G. Super Mario Cosplay Pix

    Super Mario fans will have a hard time keeping their, uh, imaginary raccoon tails in their pants over these pics of a woman dressed up as Princess Peach. Decked out in pink and a cheap-looking gold crown, Jenni Källberg pulls...

    09.16.08 From Gadget Lab

  7. Exclusive: Stephen King's The Stand Comes to Comics

    Marvel Comics is swimming in adaptations these days, and it's not being stingy with the graphics, either. Underwire landed a few panels of eye candy from its latest revision, The Stand: Captain Trips, for your viewing pleasure. The Stand: Captain...

    09.16.08 From The Underwire

  8. Groundlings Unearth Sketch Fest on the Web

    Improv troupe Groundlings join the web TV fray Tuesday with the debut of a new online series. The Los Angeles-based comedy collective, which boasts alumni like Saturday Night Live's Kristen Wiig and Will Ferrell, inked a deal in April to...

    09.16.08 From The Underwire

  9. Stream: Apollo Sunshine Justifies Its Name

    Oh, how nice it is to hear a fresh band that knows its way around their instruments. That's what happens when you attend Berklee School of Music in Boston: you learn music performance and theory really, really well -- or...

    09.16.08 From Listening Post

  10. Sun Microsystems' Data Warehouse in 2009 Guinness Book

    The 2009 Guinness Book edition will have a surprise category. The pages that feature the record for 'Fastest Time To Push An Orange A Mile With One’s Nose' and 'Most Lives Saved By A Parrot, will also include one for...

    09.16.08 From Gadget Lab
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