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Tech NewsRed Tape, Greed Blocking Widespread U.S. Cell Phone Credit Card Transactions
In Japan, paying for things with a wave of a cell phone is old hat. Clothing, food, movies, loose women—you name it, they’ve bought it using a phone. Americans? Not so much. Here’s why. The short answer is “red tape.” There are simply far too many entities, players, middlemen and suits that each want a … Continued
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Rogue Android App Allegedly Destroying G1 Memory, Installing Adware
There was a disturbance in the Android App Market today as an application called MemoryUp was allegedly erasing contacts and installing adware. The mystery is how it got there in the first place. The app, created by a developer named Peter Liu to optimize the handset’s memory, was also responsible for random memory wipes and … Continued
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Australians Invaded By Aliens In Flying Cars
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird… it’s a plane… it’s a car? Are aliens joyriding in the skies above Australia, and if so, are they really doing it in muscle cars? The UFO was caught on camera by Mark Schmutter, who claims that he saw it fly across the sky with the speed … Continued
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Cheetah Ultra Sports Whip F-117 Snowboard Carves Up Slopes and Wallets For $1,900
Dubbed the “Lamborghini of snowboards” by Cheetah, this $1,900 board is heavy on the hype until we can get resident rider and Editorial Director Brian Lam to test it out (*cough* winter reader meet-up *cough*). If Cheetah is to be believed, the F-117 will do everything short of take off and do an Immelman Turn, … Continued
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Tech NewsiPhone Bluetooth File Transfer Coming Soon (YES!)
Trust the rogue programmers and Cydia-the independent equivalent to the iTunes App Store-to bring you one of the most awaited features ever for the iPhone: Bluetooth file transfer. As you can see in the video, iBluetooth will bring you just that, allowing the iPhone to transfer files to any other device using Bluetooth. In this … Continued
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io9Television
Caprica’s Creators Are Announced
As Battlestar Galactica builds towards its finale, the creative team behind prequel series Caprica is beginning to take shape. In charge of the writers’ room is a familiar and welcome face: Jane Espenson. Although Galactica showrunner and executive producer Ronald D. Moore will be running the writers’ room for the beginning of Caprica’s first season, … Continued
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Limited Edition Pentax K2000 DSLR is $800 For Black, $680 For Black and White
That slick-looking white limited edition Pentax K2000 DSLR we previewed and drooled all over in December got official pricing and availability info this weekend, and it was much less than we anticipated it would be. https://gizmodo.com/pentaxs-entry-level-k2000-dlsr-aka-k-m-now-official-5052950 For reference, the black version of this entry-level camera will set you back about $800. The limited edition, in … Continued
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Palm Treo Pro Delayed, But Does Anyone Care?
Looks like the release date for Palm’s Treo Pro is pushed back from tomorrow all the way to February 15th. But with all the buzz around the Pre, we have to wonder who’ll care. We liked the Treo Pro, on Sprint’s network, just fine; Adrian called it “the best hardware Palm has ever made” and … Continued
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Jonathan Nolan On Dark Knight Snubs And Oscars’ Crappy Cash Bar
Talk about adding insult to injury. Not only will The Dark Knight crew have to grin and bear it through the snubs on Oscar night, but they’ll have to pay for their own drinks. Two days later, and I’m still upset that The Dark Knight was inexcusably excluded from the Best Picture category at the … Continued
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Look Out, Here Comes The Amazing Spider-Bot
Fighting crime by spraying spider-webs at them is no longer exclusively Peter Parker’s property; now there’s a robot that will do exactly the same thing… if the lawbreakers in question are very, very slow. You have to hand it to the inventors of this new four-wheeled security bot; they’re obviously geeks. Not only does it … Continued
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The Biggest Advances in Governmental Tech During the Bush Era
With all this talk about Obama’s BlackBerry and weekly YouTube addresses, we tend to assume there was no governmental tech before him. But there actually were some impressive advances in the last eight years. Among the many online weather and emergency alert services, job listings, and the like, the Bush years also found a few … Continued
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io9Television
Explosions > Peace In This Week’s Clone Wars
This week on George Lucas Wants You To Learn That Fighting Is Awesome, war comes to Space Brigadoon, and Raccoon Ewoks discover that pacifism is for losers. Socially responsible television the way you like it! There’s some weird sense of humor at play in titling this episode “Defenders of Peace,” considering the moral of the … Continued
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Happy 25th Birthday, Mac. Now Isn’t It About Time You Settled Down?
Apple’s Mac line celebrates its 25th birthday today: the original Macintosh was released back on January 24th, 1984. It’s been a bumpy road, but it made it. And we’re glad. The first Macintosh, now usually called the Macintosh 128k, was an inauspicious beginning for one of the most exciting companies in the industry. It was … Continued
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io9Books & Comics
The Publishing Industry Is Building Killer Robots
Finally, a writer with decent priorities: the first thing author Jason Bradbury did when he got a book deal was ask the publisher for money to make a lifesize model of his book’s robot. Bradbury tells BoingBoing that his new children’s trilogy Dot.Robot features an ubergeek named Jackson teaming up with an American hardware genius … Continued
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Galleries Test Post (Headline)
This should be the intro text to the gallery. Progressively evolve wireless human capital and just in time technology. Conveniently strategize exceptional catalysts for change for integrated materials. Professionally matrix end-to-end methodologies for wireless methods of empowerment. Rapidiously streamline standards compliant innovation with corporate schemas. Interactively whiteboard plug-and-play ideas for emerging initiatives. Continually deploy granular … Continued
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SciencePhysics & Chemistry
Major Milestone Reached in the Quest For Star Trek Style Teleportation
I don’t understand quantum mechanics. Physicists don’t even really understand it. But somehow, information was successfully teleported over a full meter, which means we’re that much closer to making Star Trek a dorktastic reality. A team at the University of Maryland was able to successfully teleport a quantum state (like spin or polarization) from one … Continued
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GoStereo Tune In Tune Out Lets You Hoard Your Music or Share on the Fly
Whether you want to keep your music to yourself or share it with the world, this GoStereo headset only makes you lug around one listening device as it doubles as both personal headphones and speakers. Two external speakers are built around the earcups, while the reverse side surrounding your ears are well cushioned, making it … Continued
By Andi Wang