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Tech NewsThey’ve Hidden A Free Role-Playing Game In Every Nintendo 3DS
Among the many surprises pre-loaded into the 3DS, Nintendo’s next big handheld device, the biggest is that the thing is packed with a hidden role-playing game. It’s no Final Fantasy or Dragon Age. It’s something simpler and, arguably, more important. It appears to be a gateway game, something that might transform a Brain Age gamer … Continued
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io9Limitless asks: What if yuppies really did have superpowers?
In Limitless, opening today, Bradley Cooper is a poor schmuck, until he takes a brain-enhancing drug that gives him a four-digit I.Q. So what does he do with amazing mental powers? He goes into finance. Limitless is the thriller we’ve been waiting for about yuppie apotheosis. It’s the movie that does what Oliver Stone probably … Continued
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First Wonder Woman costume photo will make your eyes bleed
Here it is your first look at Adrianne Palicki in full costume, for David E. Kelley’s Wonder Woman TV series. Looks like Diana Prince has a brand new pair of shiny blue pleather pants. Oh dear. Full version below. You can click the full image to enlarge, or right-click and select “open link in new … Continued
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PopCap’s iOS Games On Sale For Japan
Like other publishing houses, PopCap has discounted their will discount their iOS games this weekend in order to raise money for Japan Earthquake relief. Here are the titles: Bejeweled Bookworm Chuzzle Peggle Plants vs. Zombies Escape Rosecliff Island That last one, Escape Rosecliff Island, might not be on sale. The deals start Saturday. [Kotaku]
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AT&T Tells Jailbroken iPhone Tetherers To Pay Up
You think you’re a real smooth criminal, don’t you, using the Cydia app MyWi to tether your jailbroken iPhone free of charge? Well, it looks like your joy ride might be over. AT&T has apparently been sending MyFi users texts telling them to pay up or fall back: AT&T Free Msg: Did you know tethering … Continued
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io9Watch 20 thousand bouncy balls dropped from a helicopter in Utah
Why? We aren’t sure. Perhaps to study crowd behavior? To measure bounciness? To see if helicopter pilots can count to 20,000? To celebrate Friday? The point is: Who cares? It’s 20 thousand bouncy balls streaming from a helicopter into your face. That is, not to put too fine a point on it, awesome. via The … Continued
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Store iPhone Photos In the Dropbox Cloud With the QuickShot App
Snap a pic; upload it to Dropbox. All the usual camera settings and functions are included in the app, but as it uploads to your Dropbox account, you won’t clog up your valuable memory. Multiple photos can be queued up for uploading in the background, so you can get on with other things. While QuickShot … Continued
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io9MoviesGruesome Super clip shows how God probes Rainn Wilson’s brain
This brand new clip from James Gunn’s Super finally showcases the tentacled madness we’ve come to expect from the director of Slither. Watch as Rainn Wilson receives inspiration from above in the form of a mystical lobotomy. Warning: Clips are slightly spoilery. Click to view Tentacle clips. And here are a couple more clips: Super … Continued
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The experimental drone that could help stop Japan’s nuclear disaster
As Japan struggles to control the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, radiation has made the work dangerous to workers for even brief periods. Imagine if a drone helicopter could precisely drop water or chemicals on the reactors. One can. [Jalopnik]
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Could You Live in This Ultra Minimalist Home?
I like minimalism. But Aires Mateus’s House In Leiria goes a few notches beyond being merely clutter-free—the Portuguese abode doesn’t just have stark interiors but a strikingly featureless white exterior, too. And I’m pretty sure it would drive me crazy. Aside from the serious white paint costs that must come with keeping this racquetball-court-of-a-home pristine … Continued
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io9’s March Movie Madness: First Round Part 2. Polls Closed.
It’s time to decide the remaining 32 movies that make up the first round of our March Movie Madness, pitting classic scifi movies against each other in a single-elimination tournament. Polls are open until 11 PM PST, so vote now! We’ve got some seriously tough match-ups for you to decide, all of which you can … Continued
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Instagallery For iPad Puts Your Instagrams In a Virtual Museum
If Instagram photos are the closest we get to instant iPhone art, then they deserve an equally beautified place to hang. That’s the idea behind Instagallery, an iPad app that lets you view, like, and comment on photos (both your own and your friends’), view them in a slideshow, or automatically sort a set by … Continued
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io9This Brazilian swords and sorcery music video is probably better than the new Conan movie
Stefhany Cross, the Brazilian pop singer who’s built a phenomenal online following, released this fantastic swords-and-sorcery-themed music video today. Apart from some of the clunky dance routines, this is the epic fantasy movie we want. As near as I can tell, a group of warrior women come out of the ocean waving swords and bows, … Continued
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Visitors Will Almost Ignore the Fact You Have an iPod Plugged Into This Dock
It’s a beauty, isn’t it? From the loins of Korean architect Shi-hyung Jeon, the Horn iPod dock has been inspired by traditional Korean dress. If you squint, it almost looks like two sleeves enveloping the central dock. The curved design also supposedly boosts the audio quality, with manufacturer LG Hausys touting these specs on its … Continued
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Android Gets That Flash 10.2 Goodness
As of today, Android users can now take advantage of Flash 10.2 beta on their Froyo, Gingerbread, and Honeycomb devices. Honeycomb users are getting a beta release, though, so full hardware acceleration is turned off until more development is done. But for all of you who went out and got the Xoom, you can watch … Continued
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Will Attack the Block’s British accents get subtitles in the U.S.? Director Joe Cornish answers!
There’s been a lot of controversy surrounding Joe Cornish’s UK-based alien adventure film Attack The Block lately. Specifically, will his grime culture British characters need subtitles for American audiences? We asked the director directly. Attack the Block wouldn’t be the first British movie to be considered for subtitles — distributors considered adding subtitles to Trainspotting … Continued
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ReviewsLuma Loop V2
There’s lots of alternatives to the strap that comes with your camera, like straps with thicker padding. But I’m pretty into sling-style straps, especially for torturous events like CES. Luma’s 2.0 Loop is a radically simple, elegant implementation of a sling strap. The biggest change from the original Loop is the way it connects to … Continued
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10 Animals That Made Significant Contributions to Research
When it comes to animals and research, it’s best to stay away from the subject since most of the time it’s incredibly depressing. However, animal research has given us some fantastic breakthroughs and cool stories. Let’s take the time to honor ten of our furry, feathery, and slimy lab assistants. 10. Pigeons For a long … Continued
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Why Fukushima Daiichi Won’t Be Another Chernobyl
Six days after the earthquake that rocked Japan and left thousands dead, the nation is now struggling to avert disaster at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Events have moved fast and risks are hard to assess. The worst nuclear accident in history was the Chernobyl explosion of 1986 in what is now Ukraine. Nuclear … Continued
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io9MoviesAmericans are an alien species, in Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Paul
On the surface, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Paul looks like a drugs-and-sex-addled reimagining of E.T.. But Paul, opening today, is actually also about how America is an alien planet. Spoilers ahead… In Paul, Pegg and Frost (who co-wrote the script) play two British nerds who visit San Diego Comic Con and then travel across … Continued