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Sony Drops Three Other Stylish iPhone Docks
Following our sneak peek at one of Sony’s neat new iPod/iPhone docks last week, the company’s now officially released three other sets to tickle our fancy. Pictured above is the boom box model (ZS-S4iP) with Mega Bass sound, for some old school on-the-go music blaring—the dock secures and charges your music player and it comes … Continued
By Elaine Chow - Tech News
Bad News: Cellphones Make Your Sperm Stupid
Bad news, dudes and ladies who hope to someday be impregnated by said dudes! According to some researches from the Cleveland Clinic, cellphones wreck your sperms up, making them too stupid to knock ladies up. Basically, because we keep phones in our pockets within a few inches of our hanging brains, there’s a decent chance … Continued
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Dealzmodo: Amazon Gold Box Wii Deals All Day Long
I’m a big fan of Amazon’s themed Gold Box days (I find them kind of fun, seriously), and today that theme is the Nintendo Wii all day long. They’ve started early, offering Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 for $20 this morning, but keep a lookout as Amazon usually slips at least a bit of hardware into … Continued
By Mark Wilson - io9
Rachel McAdams Makes Out With A Time-Traveling Hottie
Sexy Librarian Rachel McAdams runs towards her time traveling hubby, on the set of The Time Traveler’s Wife based on the novel by Audrey Niffenegger. Click through to see wifeu Clare Abshire get a face-full of her time-lost librarian man, Henry DeTamble (Eric Bana). I’m sorry but if my husband was a time traveling Eric … Continued
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Wii Modchip-Free Piracy Tool Leaked, Mario Faints
Backup, schmbackup. The modchip-free Wii Backup Loader-a tool designed to allow to make a copy of any game and run it without modifying your Nintendo Wii-is now roaming freely through the usual channels in the internet. It requires a legal Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess to install the Homebrew Channel and run the loader, but … Continued
By Jesus Diaz - io9
McCain Acknowledges the “Lights Over Arizona” Were UFOs
In February 2000, John McCain admitted that the famous “lights over Arizona” were in fact UFOs during a press conference broadcast over Fox News. Specifically, he was asked about the lawsuit from Peter Gersten to open UFO records from the military, and replied that it was a matter that concerned him before mentioning the Arizona … Continued
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Sprint’s Xohm WiMax Service Delayed Again, Possibly
We’ve been talking about Sprint’s Xohm Wimax service for ages—tracking its on again, off again status. And now it looks like it’s been slightly delayed again, from September to October 6th. A tipster at DSLreports is saying news on coverage, and the all-important pricing scheme will hit September 26th, on Sprint’s site. But, according to … Continued
By Kit Eaton - Tech NewsGadgets
Majority of US E-Waste Gets ‘Recycled’ in Asia, Where Recycling Is Often Non-Existent
A new report by the US Government Accountability Office is claiming that the majority of US E-Waste recycling services should reconsider dumping our 20 million plus pounds of waste on Asia, where it’s cheaper but also less effective. Many of the major electronics manufacturers (Samsung, Sony, Best Buy, more) have been proudly rolling out recycling … Continued
By John Mahoney - io9
BSG’s Cylons Were Originally Daleks With Legs
What better way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Battlestar Galactica this week than by disillusioning fans? We’ll do that by letting you know just how unoriginal the show’s robotic bad guys really were. It’s not enough that they looked like Darth Vader’s cheaper, silver cousins – now we find out that they were originally … Continued
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‘Secret’ Document ‘Leaks’ Xbox Pure?
A reliable contributor to the Cheap Ass Gamer forums (someone who supplied early leaks of the Xbox 360 Elite) revealed this document mentioning “Xbox Pure” as a proposed final product name needing approval. There’s also some allusion to metal plating. Since I’m about 90% certain that Microsoft purposefully leaked the Elite early to build publicity … Continued
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Spacecrafts to Unravel Earth’s Mysteries or Destroy It
This is the Gravity field and steady-state Ocean Circulation Explorer. Or GOCE for short. Or the most amazingly good looking spaceship orbiting around planet Earth. Or Darth Vader’s racing shuttle. Call it whatever you want but when it’s launched next month on a Russian Rockot, this vessel will be the first of the five Earth … Continued
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Trism Makes $250,000 Since Release
Trism, a popular Bejeweled replacement available in the iPhone’s App Store, has reportedly made the developer $250,000 in the two month since its release. While that’s not crazy-mad profit for a team of programmers to make on even a casual game, one must remember that Trism was coded by just one guy. Sales will probably … Continued
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Revealing New Set Pics From Transformers 2 And Heroes
Greetings and spoiler felicitations! A huge batch of Life On Mars pics show way more of the gritty new look of the British time-travel show’s American remake. Plus some new set pics show Josh Duhamel in action in Transformers 2 and hint at a secret villain in Heroes. Someone has posted iron-clad proof of the … Continued
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Nokia E72 and E75 Leak Out, QWERTY Goodness in Slider and Candybar Shape
Over at Symbianfreaks there’re a bunch of photos and this video which seem to be leaked data on two upcoming Nokia cellphones: the E72 and E75. Both have QWERTY keypads, with the E72 seeming to combine the S60 platform with a side-sliding keypad and the E75 looking pretty business-like in a BlackBerry-esque with its large … Continued
By Kit Eaton - Tech News
Retromodo: Old Microsoft Ads Were Just As Weird As New Ones
Do a quick trawl through Microsoft advertising history and you find something interesting: as weird as the Gates/Seinfeld comedy duo Microsoft ads are—weird enough to get them set aside for the “I’m a PC” campaign—they’re just following in the footsteps of earlier ads. Check out this one, dubbed “Soar,” for Windows XP: what does it … Continued
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Ion Audio’s Slides2PC Digitizes Your Old Negatives Simply, For $100
Devices to digitize your old photo collections aren’t new, but Ion Audio’s new Slides2PC makes it about as simple and cheap as you might imagine. It takes a sled full of 35mm film negatives or slides, and turns them into 5-megapixel image files at the push of a button, with auto exposure control and color … Continued
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Samsung’s NC10 Leaps Aboard the 10-inch Netbook Bandwagon, Is Bacteria-Phobic
Samsung is the latest to join the UMPC/netbook party with the NC10, though it’s wrapping its tiny notebook with PR spin that it’s “a stylish alternative to existing products in the space.” There’s a 10.2-inch/1024 x 600-pixel screen, Atom processor, 8-hour battery life, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, memory card reader, and 80GB or 160GB HDD. Its “normal” … Continued
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Thanko Magnetic Earring-Clip Earphones Can Make You Look like a Pirate
Thanko’s Sounds Live magnetic earphones aren’t quite in-the ear, and they don’t have a head-strap: instead these odd gizmos clip onto your earlobe and have a speaker that points roughly into your ear canal. I guess it’s kinda like the the bone-conducting type headphones in that you can hear your surroundings, and if you’re listening … Continued
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Private-I App Protects Your iPhone from the Dumbest Degenerates
If the chances of having your iPhone stolen by incredibly stupid thieves are pretty high, we recommend you download Private-I. The $1 application shows up as an icon screaming “PRIVATE” in big red letters, which will allegedly lure your phone burglar into launching it. The app then loads up a fake screen that says “Accessing … Continued
By Elaine Chow - Tech News
Control Cellphones With Your Brain Using the NeuroSky Sensor
In case you’ve ever wanted to dabble in telepathy, NeuroSky Inc. has prototyped a new sensor that lets you control your cellphone with brainwaves. Based on similar medical technology, the system can roughly measure brain relaxation and concentration to pass on appropriate commands to a cellphone. Though the system is made up of several parts … Continued
By Elaine Chow