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Comic Viewer For iPad Lets You Surf For Comics In-App
When we did our last round-up, the state of reading comics on the iPad was basically “good, not great.” A few shortcomings keep Comic Viewer from achieving that greatness, but goodies like in-app comic downloading make it a worthy contender. Comic Viewer is basically what you’ve come to expect from an iPad comic reader, with … Continued
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Clearwire: We’re Going To Keep Unlimited Data Plans Alive
AT&T may be killing unlimited data plans, but wireless broadband provider Clearwire is going to keep giving us what we want. Here’s an explanation of their thoughts on unlimited data and tiered pricing—complete with a jab at AT&T. While large wireless carriers are moving away from unlimited data plans or signaling a desire to do … Continued
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This Week’s 10 Best iPhone Apps
In this week’s moderately anticipatory app roundup: Long distance charges, eliminated! Text messages, circumvented! Novelty zombie books, adapted! Free music, streamed! Consciousness, conveniently regained! Art, simulated! And much more… If you’d like to view this gallery as a single page, click here Mastercard MoneySend: Basically, an alternative to PayPal, from a brand people generally trust, … Continued
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Steve Jobs 2003 Trashing Steve Jobs 2010
Tablets are great for “a bunch of rich guys who want to have a third computer.” That’s just one of the many pearls coming out of Steve Jobs’ mouth in this 2003 interview. A must watch before the WWDC’10 keynote. Click to view Ah, the simpler times in which the Personal Computer was everything for … Continued
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The Tale of Apple’s Next iPhone
WWDC is coming up and it should bring a new iPhone. Now, we’ve taken a close look at the device and revealed some details a little while ago. Here’s what you should know: How Apple Lost and Got The iPhone Back How Apple lost the next iPhone How Apple missed chances to get the device … Continued
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You Can Now Link Your Gizmodo And Twitter Accounts
Our commenting system has a new feature! You can now link your Gizmodo commenter account with your Twitter account. This will let you easily tweet your comments and amuse your followers.. Here’s how it works. Before we jump into the instructions: Don’t worry! This feature doesn’t auto-tweet all your comments but simply provides you a … Continued
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The geological survey ships of summer
You know it’s summer when the cartographers’ ships arrive, their pilots trying vainly to remap the world that’s shifted so much under the crush of ice. These are just a few images from Nicolas Bouvier, a Seattle-based concept artist who works on Microsoft games and also designs book covers for Pyr Books. His work always … Continued
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Vampires, ghost towns and Futurama: io9’s Summer TV Guide
Stargate is ending, Lost is over and Fringe has already blown our minds with its huge spring finale. So what should you watch this summer? Don’t worry, we’ve got a round up of all this summer’s big TV shows. Neighbors From Hell An interesting adult cartoon about a stereotypical sitcom family, of hell demons. After … Continued
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The iPhone App Store Scams
Banning a Pulitzer-winning cartoonist’s app? OK. Force the change of editorial content of a fashion magazine because it shows some lingerie? Check. Approve stupid applications that are obvious scams? Of course! The latest one is called Less Cigarette! Less Cigarette! is an iPhone app that wants to help you quit smoking. That seems like a … Continued
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Hints of Life Found on Saturn Moon
Two potential signatures of life on Saturn’s moon Titan have been found by the Cassini spacecraft. But scientists are quick to point out that non-biological chemical reactions could also be behind the observations. Titan is much too cold to support liquid water on its surface, but some scientists have suggested that exotic life-forms could live … Continued
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5 real diseases that could make you act just like a zombie
Zombies have dominated science fiction for years. But they don’t actually exist, right? Wrong. There are several real-life diseases that could make you act like a zombie. If we’re going to talk about zombie-like diseases, we first need to decide what the symptoms of being a zombie actually are. Obviously, the big one – you … Continued
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The greatest SF universes that include both magic and science fiction
What happens when you have magic and spaceships? Or gods and mad scientists? Some of the most exciting worlds in science fiction also include fantasy elements — and here are our 12 favorites. It really feels as though the cutting edge of speculative fiction lately is stories where neither magic nor science can fully explain … Continued
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What Is This?
Clearly, this is a map of the Midwest. But what exactly is it showing us? Localized population densities? A hellmouth opening just south of La Crosse? Warning: The real answer might bug you out. It’s a radar image, sure. A radar image of the millions of swarming mayflies taking over Wisconsin: A mayfly hatch along … Continued
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Virtual Furniture Amounting To Thousands Stolen From Habbo Hotel
After 2007’s mega-thousand thievery, more thieves have broken into the virtual Habbo Hotel and done away with thousands of dollars worth of furniture belonging to players. Up to 400 cases are being investigated now by Finnish police, would you believe. Perhaps the founders of Habbo Hotel had better start paying more taxes—because that’s a lot … Continued
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Your Video Could Win You a Camera You Cannot Afford
Sick of taking fuzzy video? Send us the best video you’ve taken with your digital camera, and if the folks at Canon like it, a brand-new Canon EOS 7D could be yours. Your YouTube channel needs some sprucing up, anyway. Camera and contest details below! The Canon EOS 7D captures Full HD video at 30p … Continued
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Logitech Replaces Harmony Remotes with Free Apps for Google TV
Logitech’s Harmony remotes are among the most acclaimed, most popular programmable remotes in the industry. But in a forward-looking move, Logitech is turning Harmony into a free iPhone/iPod/Android app to work with their Google TV companion box. From Logitech’s post on the matter: As I mentioned before, the companion box will also let you use … Continued
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Meet the new breed of giant molecule that’s bigger than a virus!
Rydberg atoms are giant, excited atoms in which an electron travels far away from the nucleus. Scientists now believe these atoms can form molecules so huge that a virus could fit completely inside – and exist in two configurations simultaneously! These hypothetical Rydberg molecules are the product of a fairly convincing thought experiment by Seth … Continued
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Gadget Deals of the Day
It’s day two of my reign and the DVD sales keep getting better. Yesterday, The Wire, today the Bond series—which means we are inexorably building up to one thing: A Shot at Love 2 with Tila Tequila. Top Deals: • HP Pavilion p6580t Core i5 Desktop for $624.99 with free shipping (normally $899.99 – use … Continued