1. Mozilla Wants You to Touch Its Browser in Multiple Ways

    Mozilla's Eddie Lee is cooking up a pretty neat idea for FireFox to take advantage of the new MacBooks' multi-touch trackpads. The notebooks currently understand two- and three-finger gestures to control some Apple applications, and Lee has already produced an...

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  2. iRobot's Revenue Up, Founder Out

    Revenue is way up at one of the military's main robot-makers. But iRobot is still operating at a loss for the year. Its stock price took a beating today (along with eveyone else's). The company's chairman and co-founder has suddenly...

    10.22.08 From Danger Room

  3. Hulu Tops ESPN and CNN in Sept., According to Nielsen Online

    Financial crisis or not, Americans must be entertained, dammit. That could be one reason why the economic downturn has treated Hulu well. The online video site, launched less than a year ago, has made big strides in recent months. In...

    10.22.08 From Epicenter

  4. Composer Sues EA Over UNLV Fight Song

    Gerard Willis, composer of the University of Nevada Las Vegas fight song, is suing Electronic Arts for $1.5 million over the firm's use of the tune in its collegiate sports videogame titles, reports the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The song, "Win...

    10.22.08 From Game | Life

  5. Movies: In Theaters This Week (Oct. 24)

    Opening This Weekend Changeling Synopsis: Angelina Jolie stars in director Clint Eastwood's fact-based drama as Christine Collins, a working single mom in 1920s Los Angeles who returns home one day to find her son missing. Five months pass and the...

    10.22.08 From The Underwire

  6. Muxlim Plans Muslim Virtual World

    Muxlim, the world's premier Muslim social networking site, plans to create a Second Life-style virtual world focusing on the ancient religion. The unnamed virtual world is set to launch in "4 to 6 weeks" and aims to offer Muslim gamers...

    10.22.08 From Game | Life

  7. Video: The WarCraft Retrospective

    Presumably as a tie-in to the November 13 release of the Wrath of the Lich King expansion for World of Warcraft, Gametrailers has released the first part of their video retrospective of Blizzard's classic RTS-turned-MMO. Not only does this clip...

    10.22.08 From Game | Life

  8. TSA Rules Hassle Owners of Small Planes

    The TSA is working on new rules designed to increase the security of general aviation, a category so broad it covers everything other than military flights and scheduled commercial flights. If adopted, the rules would require the operators of small...

    10.22.08 From Autopia

  9. Portal: Still Alive Shatters XBLA Size Limit

    Remember when Microsoft mandated a 350MB size limit for all downloadable games on the Xbox Live Arcade? Apparently that restriction doesn't apply to Valve, who released the 629MB Portal: Still Alive this morning. "We don't want to limit developers from...

    10.22.08 From Game | Life

  10. Obamanauts Work to Turn Florida's Space Coast Blue

    Sen. Barack Obama's support for space exploration has earned him the support of advocates on Florida's "Space Coast" who call themselves Obamanauts. With NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Orlando, space could play a role in the presidential race in a...

    10.22.08 From Wired Science

  1. IT Pros Find Lack of FireWire on MacBooks Disturbing

    Sleek, sexy and silver, Apple's new MacBook may be a consumer's dream machine. But to some information technology professionals, its lack of FireWire makes it look like a nightmare. "I've been fixing Macs for 15 years, and this to me...

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  2. Darpa Wants to See Inside Your House

    The Pentagon wants to be able to peer inside your apartment building -- picking out where all the major rooms, stairways, and dens of evil-doers are. The U.S. military is getting better and better at spotting its enemies, when they're...

    10.22.08 From Danger Room

  3. 'Cultural Sensitivities' Bar Fallout 3 from India

    Fallout 3 will not appear on retail shelves in India, Microsoft has announced, citing "cultural sensitivities" as the impetus. Consumer gaming site GamingIndians.com points out that this a highly unusual move for the territory where more obviously objectionable titles have...

    10.22.08 From Game | Life

  4. Ruf's Electric Porsche Hits the Road. Slowly.

    Looks like the all-electric Porsche that German tuning haus Ruf is building is the real deal, and the early indication from someone who's spent some time behind the wheel is the E-Ruf will reach frightening velocity, but takes its sweet...

    10.22.08 From Autopia

  5. Comcast Starts Offering Freaking Fast 50 Mbps Internet Service

    Comcast is stepping up its internet service. The service provider that many users love to hate is rolling out 50 Mbps connections in 10 major markets across the country and will double the speeds for many existing subscribers. With the...

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  6. House Members Vote for iPhone Adoption

    Members of the U.S. House of Representatives want their political lives in their pockets. That's right: They're demanding iPhones. The Chief Administrative Office, which oversees communications for the House, is testing a few iPhones to determine whether the handset suits...

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  7. E3 2009 Officially Announced

    The E3 Expo (previously known as the E3 Media and Business Summit and before that the Electronic Entertainment Expo) will return to the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 2, 2009. Unlike this year's invite-only iteration, E3 2009 will "welcome...

    10.22.08 From Game | Life

  8. The Wired.Com Tech Layoff Tracker

    The news from the tech industry is pretty grim these days and chances are it will get even grimmer. We don't want to dance on anybody's grave here, but we do hope to create a bit of a water cooler....

    10.22.08 From Epicenter

  9. Will the Economy Kill 'Free' on the Internet?

    Web businesses that rely on free labor and crowdsourcing to survive are in for a rude awakening, says Andrew Keen, journalist, author and self-proclaimed hater of all things free. “Is $0.00 really the future of labor in an age of...

    10.22.08 From Epicenter

  10. Five Things to Celebrate as the Stock Market Craters

    Doomsday schmoomsday. The tech industry is faring pretty well in this ultra-grim economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gets battered, and tech gets bruised. Case in point: General Electric shares fell roughly 7 percent on Wednesday while Apple shares climbed...

    10.22.08 From Epicenter

  1. Rage Wireless Guitars Recalled Due to Chemical Burns

    Play with this guitar and you might get burned. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission on Wednesday announced a recall for Rage Wireless Guitars -- a controller for the Nintendo Wii version of the popular music game Guitar Hero. The...

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  2. Free Bird: The Inside Story of Zippo's iPhone App

    Cellphones are the new lighters, with tens, hundreds or thousands of them being waved at concerts around the world as if they were lighters waved aloft by the crowds at '70s stadium concerts of yore. Don't believe me? Go to...

    10.22.08 From Listening Post

  3. Teen Girl Faced Child Porn Charges for E-Mailing Nude Pictures of Herself to Friends

    A 15-year-old Ohio girl was arrested earlier this month for sending nude photos of herself to other minors and was facing felony criminal charges for illegally using a minor in nudity-oriented material and for possession of criminal tools. If convicted, the teen could have been...

    10.22.08 From Threat Level

  4. Bill Gates Starts Cryptic New Company

    Microsoft chair Bill Gates is starting up a new company called bgC3 LLC, reports TechFlash, a Seattle-based tech blog that launched today. Not many details are known thus far, but it is described as a “think tank” in public documents,...

    10.22.08 From Epicenter

  5. Gadget Lab Videoblog: 'Best of Test' Round Up Finds a Nokia Phone at the Top

    Is the Nokia E71 phone too complicated for people used to the iPhone's simplicity, or is the rich feature-set a custom-happy techie's dream come true? In this week's version of the Gadget Lab Videoblog, Dylan Tweney and Joe Brown review...

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  6. Feds to Take Over Airline Watch Lists in 2009

    U.S. airline passengers will soon have to give their date of birth and gender when buying a plane ticket, as the government prepares to take over terrorist watch list screening starting in early 2009, Department of Homeland Security officials announced Wednesday. Under the so-called "Secure...

    10.22.08 From Threat Level

  7. Google Analytics Gets Some Shiny New Features

    The fight for ad dollars online may get brutal as economic woes make brands increasingly picky about where they're spending their money. To that end, Google is adamant to prove the effectiveness of its products, and today announced some new...

    10.22.08 From Epicenter

  8. Mashup Maps Craigslist's Sex Fiends

    A new Google Maps mashup plots the exact locations of people looking for quick sexual encounters. The adults-only site, called hookupmaps, provides a new way to skim the steamy solicitations in Craigslist's infamous "Casual Encounters" section, a virtual red-light district...

    10.22.08 From The Underwire

  9. McCain Wins Online Jihadists' Endorsement, Sorta (Updated)

    Back in April, the McCain campaign and its online allies pounced on the news that Hamas had briefly "endorsed" Barack Obama for President. So I guess it's no suprise that Obama's backers in blogosphere are jumping all over this Washington...

    10.22.08 From Danger Room

  10. Video: The Scotch-Tape X-Ray Machine

    Sometimes, the journal Nature shines a light on a strange, dust-mitey corner of science, and you find yourself staring at an unimaginably weird creature/experiment. In today's issue, they dedicate several pages to the odd story of a couple of guys...

    10.22.08 From Wired Science

  1. PopTech: 20-Somethings Take On $50 Billion Counterfeit-Drug Biz

    If you get malaria, you take medicine, and you get better. At least, that's how the process should work, but a flood of counterfeit medications is threatening the doctors' ability to treat sick people in the developing world. A 2006...

    10.22.08 From Wired Science

  2. McCain Campaign Rejects Jihadist's Web Endorsement

    John McCain appears with campaign adviser and former CIA director Jim Woolsey. Photo: LM Otero/Associated Press Senior advisers to John McCain on Wednesday lashed out at the news that a prominent al-Qaida sympathizer is rooting for their candidate. "This individual knows that an endorsement by...

    10.22.08 From Threat Level

  3. Star Trek Spat: Shatner Calls Takei's Wedding Snub 'Sad'

    Actor William Shatner theorizes that former Star Trek bridge mate George Takei is suffering from some kind of psychosis, as evidenced by a recent high-profile snub. Takei, who played Sulu in the original Trek series four decades ago, famously did...

    10.22.08 From The Underwire

  4. Arphid Watch: RFIDs in American passports inserted by foreign contractors

    (((I'm no big fan of the Moonie Times, but these allegations sound distinctly weird. A passport factory in Thailand? Can such things be?))) http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/mar/26/outsourced-passports-netting-govt-profit-56284974/ Link: Washington Times - Outsourced passports netting govt. profits, risking national security . (...) "Each new...

    10.22.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  5. PopTech: What Facebook and Steroid Use Have in Common

    In the eyes of Valdis Krebs, the bulging bodies of baseball's steroid era reveal a problem exacerbated by a powerful social network. Krebs believes everything is quantifiable as a social network, from steroid use to linked websites to a strand...

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  6. Cable Could Suffer Customer Exodus, Thanks to Shoddy Service: Study

    Cable television service providers could face a sharp rise in service cancellations if they don't get their customer service in order soon. That's the finding of a new customer satisfaction study from market researcher Parks Associates. The study found that...

    10.22.08 From Epicenter

  7. McCain Camp Steps Up for Tech-Policy Debate

    Yesterday, it seemed impossible to find anyone from the McCain campaign to represent the candidate in a tech policy debate. Wired's efforts, in collaboration with the New America Foundation, to sponsor a conversation on the issues that matter to our...

    10.22.08 From Epicenter

  8. Video: Halloween Musical Recreates Mac VS. PC Ad

    Whether you're a Mac fan or a Microsoft lover, you'll probably hate this video. It's a Halloween musical depicting the Mac VS. PC battle brought to you by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and director Kirby Ferguson. Skip ahead to the 1:54...

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  9. China's Airport Binge is Bad Environmental News

    As China grows so does its aviation sector, and its insatiable need for airports. The country will by one estimate invest as much as $64 billion during the next 12 years expanding existing airports and building 97 more. That may...

    10.22.08 From Autopia

  10. X-Files' Anderson Gives Son Anagram Name

    Gillian Anderson, the actress best known for portraying FBI agent Dana Scully on The X Files, has named her new son Felix -- an anagram for "X file." Felix was born Oct. 15 in a London hospital, and weighed 6...

    10.22.08 From The Underwire

  1. News Corp. Fights for Indecency

    Peter Chernin, News Corp. COO, firmly believes that Nicole Richie has a right to curse on live TV -- and for that reason, he's our new hero. Chernin railed against the FCC for holding Fox accountable for curse words uttered...

    10.22.08 From Epicenter

  2. ACLU Assails 100-Mile Border Zone as 'Constitution-Free'

    Government agents should not have the right to stop and question Americans anywhere without suspicion within 100 miles of the border, the American Civil Liberties Union said Wednesday, pointing attention to the little known power of the federal government to set up immigration checkpoints far...

    10.22.08 From Threat Level

  3. Fancy Feathers Predated Flight in Dinosaur-Bird Hybrid

    Form can precede function, at least when it comes to mate-attracting feathers. A part-bird, part-dinosaur described in the journal Nature this week didn't have feathers for flying, but did possess ostentatious ornamental plumage, including four tailfeathers three times longer than...

    10.22.08 From Wired Science

  4. Game Review: Samba de Amigo Will Shake Your Maracas

    I've always had a weak spot for "rhythm action" games. From strutting my Dance Dance Revolution moves or tapping through Elite Beat Agents on my DS to getting down with some Rock Band and Guitar Hero songs, there is something...

    10.22.08 From Geekdad

  5. Stream Guns N' Roses' 'Chinese Democracy' Then Vote

    Guns N' Roses released the eponymous single from "Chinese Democracy" to radio today and posted the song to its Imeem page, meaning that we can embed it here. Take a listen and then vote on the degree of its rockingness...

    10.22.08 From Listening Post

  6. BlackBerry Bold Comes to AT&T; — Finally — on Nov. 4

    After months of waiting, Research In Motion's latest phone, the BlackBerry Bold, has a ship date in the United States. The phone will be available on Nov. 4 in AT&T; stores nationwide. But the Bold comes with a bold price...

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  7. Awesomely Bad Defense Trinkets

    Tech journalists get to play with the latest gizmos. Music critics get free CDs, and tickets to shows. Us defense reporters – our perks are pretty limited. We get the occasional tchotchke from a defense contractor. And those guys aren't...

    10.22.08 From Danger Room

  8. Despite Precautions, U.S. Airstrikes Kill Afghan Allies

    An American airstrike mistakenly killed nine Afghan Army soldiers overnight. It's the latest in a long series of unfortunate incidents, in which U.S jets inadvertently kill Afghan civilians or allies. And it's all happening while the Air Force takes more...

    10.22.08 From Danger Room

  9. High-Tech 'Bat-Ship' Still Needs Work: Report

    The military is pretty psyched about their new, ultra-fast, high-tech, Batman-esque ship that scared off drug dealers in Colombia -- and chased down suspected drug runners in the Florida Straits. But there are atill some problems with 80-foot, 60-ton, $6...

    10.22.08 From Danger Room

  10. Maker Faire Austin 2008

    Now that I have recovered from the whirlwind weekend that was Maker Faire Austin I'll take a few moments to talk about the event and the four shows we saw. On Saturday I was accompanied by a friend and his...

    10.22.08 From Geekdad

  1. SanDisk, Someday Your Prince Will Come

    Oh, poor SanDisk. First, reviewers made fun of your new slotMusic program, which sells physical music on microSD cards, and now Samsung has withdrawn its offer to buy your company for $5.9 billion. It's like getting dumped the day before...

    10.22.08 From Listening Post

  2. Gmail’s Canned Responses is E-mail for the Lazy

    The makers of Mail Goggles, the popular application for drunk people, have announced their next Labs innovation: automated e-mails. “Canned Responses” allows you to harness filters on incoming messages and create a stock pile of automated, cookie cutter responses. And...

    10.22.08 From Epicenter

  3. Jean-Michel Jarre Designs 1980s Style iPod Speakers

    What do you get when you cross a patio heater, a toy light saber and one of those machines that pops out numbered balls in a lottery draw? If you happen to be electronistical artist Jean-Michel Jarre, then you get...

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  4. Review: Silly Short Songs (Plus a Giveaway!)

    Under the guise of Rock Daddy Rock, Chris Bihuniak writes the songs that kids want to hear. On his full-length solo debut silly short songs for silly short people, he stalks the thematic grounds of children's music where others fear...

    10.22.08 From Geekdad

  5. Satellite Collapse Threatens Army 'Future'

    So the Transformational Satellite (TSAT) program -- which is supposed to provide secure, high-bandwidth satellite communications for the future military -- is in major trouble. At this point, it looks like the Pentagon has put off a decision to go...

    10.22.08 From Danger Room

  6. Lightroom and Aperture Updated

    Another software tip for our camera-toting readers. Both Apple and Adobe have released updates for their pro photo editing and organizing software. Aperture hits version 2.1.2, and Lightroom 2.1 update goes official after a brief beta period. What do you...

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  7. Blogger Creates 'Risk'-like World Map of Social Networks

    There are many more players than you might think in the game of world social network domination. A tech blogger in the U.K. has mapped out the most popular social networks based on data from Alexa. While it is by...

    10.22.08 From Epicenter

  8. Five for Fighting 10/22/08

    * U.K. deploys nuke, bio scientists - but won't say why * Boeing loses $371 M in sat lawsuit * Robo-choppers' super-noses * India's Moon shot * Pentagon spending outpaces auditors (High five: AT, Hambling)

    10.22.08 From Danger Room

  9. BitGravity Strikes Deal With SpaceX to Stream the Stars

    The video content delivery network BitGravity has landed a deal with Silicon Valley, space transportation venture SpaceX to livestream upcoming launches of its rockets from a camera attached to the outside of the vehicles. While the tech community struggles with...

    10.22.08 From Epicenter

  10. Watch The World Series With A Score Card

    With the World Series beginning tonight, now's as good of a time as any to track a ball game with a score card. And while it's not BaseWars, it's still a pretty geeky way to appreciate sports: stats, mapping, cryptic...

    10.22.08 From Geekdad

  1. FujiFilm Launches Unlimited Photo Sharing Service with Easy Printing

    Fuji has launched SeeHere, an online photo sharing site set to rival the likes of Flickr and Photobucket. Other ex-film companies have tried this, but Fuji's offering looks to be a nice alternative to the current big names. Why do...

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  2. GeekDad Contest #4: Pumpkin Carving

    It's been a while since GeekDad held a contest, and with all the creativity flowing as people are thinking about Halloween costumes and pumpkin carving, we figured this was a great time to have a quick competition. This one is...

    10.22.08 From Geekdad

  3. Apple Blows Past 10 Million iPhone Target

    The combination of new features and, more importantly, a market stretching to fifty countries instead if just a handful, meant that sales took off, and – according to Apple's fourth quarter financial results – the total is now at 13 million. ... If those numbers continue as we head into the holiday season (and they should -- the holiday quarter is traditionally Apple's strongest on portable devices) then it looks certain that Apple wil sell more than 10 million iPhone 3Gs this year.

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  4. The GeekDads Episode 30: Phillips-head Entry Wound

    The GeekDads apologize, win a prize, and sell-out. Enjoy! GeekDad.com is the parenting blog at Wired.com, edited by Ken Denmead and Chris Anderson. It is a community of like-minded geeky parents writing about our experiences raising our kids in the...

    10.22.08 From Geekdad

  5. Steampunk Pr0n: Titanium Photochromatic Variable-Aperture Spectacles

    It's entirely possible that Mike Brown overdosed on ADD meds: These brass goggles scream "attention to detail". And they're frickin' awesome. Some numbers: The leather is actually bolted to the eyepieces, using 48 tiny bolts plus another four for the...

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  6. Gadget watch: oops, I just stepped in a puddle of wifi

    http://www.mstrpln.com/asrd/ (((No, they don't really exist. I'm a science fiction writer, so I actively PREFER gadgets when they don't exist.))) Link: MSTRPLN x UBIQ - ASRD™ A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. About the ASRD™ Project "The idea of footwear...

    10.22.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  7. Arphid Watch: Hyperlabel infrared interactive paper code

    (((Is the Number of the Beast still "beastly" if it's printed entirely in infrared ink and invisible to the naked human eye? Hey, that would make a great premise for a Christian Fantasy novel.))) http://www.hyperlabel.com/index.php?content=InteractiveApps Hyperlabel tags use technologies sourced...

    10.22.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  8. Indian flag heading for the surface of the Moon

    (((Jaya he.))) http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?id=1478242 Link: ISRO to map lunar surface. Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh): The Indian space agency will map the entire surface of the moon in two years, a top official said here on Wednesday, hours after the launch of the...

    10.22.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  9. BMW Squeezes Wallet into Car Keys

    Despite the wealth of gadgets that are "credit card sized", there's no reason an actual credit card has to have the same form factor, especially if you don't need to swipe it through a machine to read it. BMW has...

    10.22.08 From Gadget Lab

  10. Your Buyer's Guide to KORG DS-10

    Anyone looking forward to picking up retail copies of the upcoming Nintendo DS music synthesizer KORG DS-10 is going to have to look hard. 1UP reported last week that many retailers were refusing to carry the music creation tool, especially...

    10.22.08 From Game | Life

  1. The Autopia WTF? Art Car Photo Caption Contest

    We spend a lot of time surfing Flickr looking for photos to illustrate our posts, and once in awhile we find something that makes us say, "WTF?" Something like this, for example. This art car looks like an explosion in...

    10.22.08 From Autopia

  2. Point, Click, and Dance in Mata Hari

    Upcoming point-and-click PC adventure game Mata Hari will not only bring classic gameplay to the world of the exotic-dancer-turned-spy, it'll also let you shake her bootie. The title will include a "Seduction" mode in which you'll make Mata Hari dance...

    10.22.08 From Game | Life

  3. PSP-3000 Sells Big in Japan

    TOKYO -- Sony's new PSP-3000 model is certainly off to a good start in Japan, with first-week sales of 141,270 units. The figure was released by Enterbrain, and even more impressive is that the number only covers four days of...

    10.22.08 From Game | Life

  4. Celebrate Metal Gear Online Expansion With Shirts

    Reason #328 to be jealous of Japan: To mark the release of the upcoming "Meme Expansion" for Metal Gear Online, Konami is releasing a series of themed T-shirts through its Konamistyle online store. But these aren't any old t-shirts we're...

    10.22.08 From Game | Life

  5. Shooting Love Comes to the 360 in Japan

    It's official: the Xbox 360 has become the console of choice in Japan for traditional shoot-em-ups. I have decided this after learning that Triangle Service will be releasing Shooting Love 200X in Japan sometime next year. The compilation will include...

    10.22.08 From Game | Life

  6. Play as (Japanese) Cell Phone Mascot in (American) DS Game

    Japan sure loves its mascots, and games that include Japanese company mascots do occasionally happen. Mobile phone provider Docomo's title featuring its mushroom-shaped Docomodake has one distinction: it's actually getting a North American release.Developed by AQ Interactive, Boing! Docomodake for...

    10.22.08 From Game | Life

  7. Cinematic Titanic Floats Secret Holiday Release

    The original plan for Cinematic Titanic, Joel Hodgson's movie-riffing venture, was to get four DVDs to the market in the show's first year. With last month's release, Legacy of Blood, the good ship returned to port for 2008, mission accomplished....

    10.22.08 From The Underwire

  8. Bond Director Licensed for Online Chat; 007 Forum Online

    James Bond fans eager to access more top secret intelligence on the spy's next adventure can debrief Quantum of Solace director Marc Forster during a live video chat Thursday at 5 p.m. EST. The special online fan event will be...

    10.22.08 From The Underwire

  9. The Google "define" function tackles cyberpunk

    (((Hey, great to see "Christian fantasy" with so much Google juice that they rank #2 in defining "cyberpunk."))) Related phrases: cyberpunk 2020 cyberpunk v.3 beyond cyberpunk cyberpunk 203x list of cyberpunk works cyberpunk fiction Definitions of cyberpunk on the Web:...

    10.22.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  10. 24: Redemption Photo Exhibition Premieres

    After a nearly two-year hiatus, 24 is loudly ticking its way back to TV. The new "24: Redemption," a two-hour television movie, is set to premiere Nov. 23 on Fox and on DVD Nov. 25. The show's Los Angeles-based fans...

    10.22.08 From The Underwire

  1. Weigh In: New Watchmen, Friday the 13th and Twilight Footage From Scream Awards

    Spike TV's 2008 Scream Awards telecast Tuesday delivered more than honors to the best movies in the oft-overlooked genres of fantasy, sci-fi and horror. And we're not talking about George Lucas' green laser light show or Tim Burton's airborne entrance...

    10.22.08 From The Underwire

  2. Rock Band 2's Free Tracks Coming in November

    Those 20 free downloadable tracks promised within the Rock Band 2 manual finally have a release date: November 4, according to IGN. The 20 tracks are predominantly from obscure bands such as Kutless and X Japan, leading me to believe...

    10.22.08 From Game | Life

  3. Apple Has 'Interesting Ideas' for a Netbook, But Isn't Ready

    In a question-and-answer session held during Apple's quarterly earnings call Tuesday, Steve Jobs reminded investors that Apple was not ready to enter the netbook market because it's a "nascent category." However, he hinted that the company is certainly thinking about...

    10.21.08 From Gadget Lab

  4. T-Mobile Store Opens Doors to G1 Phone

    It's official! The HTC T-Mobile G1 phone powered by Google's Android mobile operating system is here. T-Mobile's downtown San Francisco store became the first in the country to sell the G1 phone Tuesday evening. About 150 buyers lined up ahead...

    10.21.08 From Gadget Lab

  5. Hands On: Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir Revives the Party System

    Update: Representatives from Atari emailed me this morning to say that Storm of Zehir will hit shelves on November 18. If there was one flaw shared by all the Neverwinter Nights games, it's that neither ever managed to capture the...

    10.21.08 From Game | Life

  6. Video: Metal Slug 7's Bombastic New Trailer

    The latest trailer for upcoming DS action title Metal Slug 7 has been released, and to say it captures the series' over-the-top, explosive flavor would be an understatement. This piece complements the series perfectly. Equal parts early-90s action film and...

    10.21.08 From Game | Life

  7. Swervedriver's Franklin Steps Outside the Industry

    "It's certainly been a busy old year musically," explains Adam Franklin. No kidding. After releasing a solo disc with his band Bolts of Melody, he reunited with hallowed guitar avengers Swervedriver and hit a tour circuit thick with noise and...

    10.21.08 From Listening Post

  8. China's Mini-Sat: Orbiting Camera, or New Weapon?

    Earlier this month, at the end of their third manned space mission, Chinese taikonauts released a tiny satellite into orbit. Beijing's officials swear that the 16-inch, 90-pound spacecraft was meant to take pictures of the larger orbiter -- and give...

    10.21.08 From Danger Room

  9. Capcom: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Coming 'Very Soon'

    Capcom seems to realize just how patiently we've all been waiting for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, and though their latest communique on the title only says it's coming "very soon," they've offered some new screenshots to dissuade...

    10.21.08 From Game | Life

  10. Ryan Adams' Album Debuts Early on iLike

    Starting at midnight tonight PST, Ryan Adams and the Cardinals' new album Cardinology will be available for free in its entirety on iLike in advance of its official release date. Fans can stream the entire album from the band's page...

    10.21.08 From Listening Post

  1. AdMob Racks Up $15.7 million in Series C Funding

    Online advertisers may be shaking in their boots, but things are looking positively cheery in mobile today. AdMob, the largest mobile advertising marketplace, has won $15.7 million in Series C funding. AdMob was ranked as one of Wired's 10 Startups...

    10.21.08 From Epicenter

  2. NBA 2K9 Ships Sans Serials, Gamers Miffed

    Fans of the PC version of 2K Sports' NBA 2K9 found a rude surprise when they opened their copies of the firm's latest basketball title: 2K forgot to include serial numbers for the game. As PC gamers well know, the...

    10.21.08 From Game | Life

  3. The Viper is Dead. Long Live the Challenger SRT10

    At a time when fuel economy is of the utmost importance and Chrysler is looking for love like an ugly girl at last call, we have to ask if a Tornado Red Dodge Challenger with pimped wheels and a 600-horsepower...

    10.21.08 From Autopia

  4. False Alarm: Mac Mini Isn't Dead

    Before Apple's quarterly earnings call, which took place 2 p.m. PDT Tuesday, some were speculating that the company would kill off its Mac mini. However, Apple made no mention of its long-neglected portable desktop during the call. Gizmodo received the...

    10.21.08 From Gadget Lab

  5. Wrath of the Lich King Manual Included With 3.0

    Hoping to get an early look at the manual for Wrath of the Lich King, the next World of Warcraft expansion? Turns out you already have a copy courtesy of WoW's last patch. An inquisitive World of Warcraft fan found...

    10.21.08 From Game | Life

  6. The 30th Anniversary of the MMO

    Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the creation of MUD (Multi-User Dungeon), a game that gave rise to a thousand different MUD iterations and eventually the vast, hyper-lucrative MMO genre. On October 20, 1978, Roy Trubshaw, a programmer at the...

    10.21.08 From Game | Life

  7. Don't Bomb Iran, Says Iran's Mock Ad

    TV on the Radio's Kyp Malone is in another band whose name has been on everyone's lips these days. It's called Iran. But Iran is none too happy about the way that its name has rolled off the lips of...

    10.21.08 From Listening Post

  8. Sarah Connor Chronicles Scores Salvation for Second Season

    Fans of Fox's futuristic sci-fi thriller Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles can breath a small sigh of relief: The network has handed down an order for an additional nine episodes to complete the season. The lifeline couldn't have come at...

    10.21.08 From The Underwire

  9. LucasArts Reveals Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO

    LucasArts and BioWare are crafting a new Star Wars game, an MMO, dubbed Star Wars: The Old Republic, the company revealed at a press conference early today. The game is a "story-based MMO" according to Kotaku's liveblog of the event....

    10.21.08 From Game | Life

  10. Barren Android App Store Ready To Bloom Again

    Google's Android applications marketplace is ready for prime time again. Two days before the retail launch of the first Android-powered handset, the HTC T-Mobile G1, some users found a stripped out Android store with just about 13 apps. It came...

    10.21.08 From Gadget Lab
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