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April 2009

Stealth Bike Celebrates 20th Anniversary of B-2 Stealth Bomber's First Flight [Airplanes]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:47 P GMT-06

This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the B-2 Stealth Bomber's first flight. To celebrate, Northrop Grumman's has unveiled the B-2 Stealth Bike, which unfortunately doesn't fly and it's not invisible. It looks... hmmm, stealthy? [Flight Global]

Reason #1 To Get Epicurious iPhone App: Entire Contents of Big Yellow Cookbook [IPhone Apps]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:47 P GMT-06

The big yellow Gourmet cookbook is one of my go-tos for weekend dinner planning. Now the entire contents of Ruth Reichl's culinary bible are on a free iPhone app—one that makes shopping lists for you. It's great—you either search for reci

Aquawalls For Creating an Imaginary Undersea Abode [Water]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:47 P GMT-06

I fantasize about replacing all my windows with flat aquariums, filling them with coral and reef life (rays, lobster, clownfish), lighting them with full-spectrum bulbs and calling myself Namor. [Aquawall via BornRich] The tanks are roughly 6 inches

GoDaddy Tells Us Not to Buy .TV Domains Because Tuvalu Is Sinking? [Internet]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:47 P GMT-06

According to GoDaddy, you should maybe stop buying .tv domains because Tuvalu, who owns all such domain names, is currently sinking underwater. Once Tuvalu no longer exists as a nation, the domains will also disappear. Sure, the island nation is slow

Today, The Gadgets Will Know My Fury [Designmodo]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:47 P GMT-06

Today was a bad day. Unrelated, gadgets were misbehaving. Someone had to pay for it. I was rushing off to meet with Owen from Valleywag, and I was late. I forgot that a surfboard on my roof was not tied down on my roof rack and as I stopped for a sto

120 New Designs for Dell's Laptop Art Studio [Customization]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 10:47 P GMT-06

Attempting to erase the line between art and technology—and also make the laptop less "cold and impersonal"—Dell has added 120 new designs to their Laptop Art Studio. The new skins bring the total to over 200 different designs from a coll

Conficker Worm Hits U.S. Hospitals, Infecting Computers and Equipment [Viruses]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 6:47 P GMT-06

Cnet says that hundreds of critical hospital devices across the U.S. have been infected by the Conficker worm. The number of hospitals affected wasn't disclosed, but the problem isn't thought to be widespread. Cybersecurity expert Marcus Sachs broke

Pirated Copies of Windows 7 Will Still Get Windows Updates [Pirate Windows 7]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 6:47 P GMT-06

Conficker spread via PCs that weren't updated with security patches, and not wanting to be at fault for worldwide infections, Microsoft is going to supply security updates to pirated copies of Windows 7. [Maximum PC] Original Entry

Did You Switch From Windows to a Mac or Back? Any Regrets? [Question Of The Day]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 6:47 P GMT-06

Most people seem to take a hard line when it comes to their OS, but Adam's Windows to Mac adventure has got me wondering—how many converts are out there? Any regrets? Why? Original Entry

Get a Free Palm Pre Plus a Six Month Data Plan If You Pass the Test [Palm]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 6:47 P GMT-06

Would you like to get a free Palm Pre or any future Web OS phone plus a six month data plan? Then apply for the "Real Reviewer" program, as Palm's John Zilber tells you: Are your Facebook updates all about your experience with your phone? Do you kno

LOST Vs. Star Trek in Action Figures [Video]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 6:47 P GMT-06

If you're a fan of both Lost and Star Trek (like we are), you'll find this action figure mashup to be both well done and entertaining. What really sold us is that the creators knew the guy who played Locke (Terry O'Quinn) also played Admiral Pressma

Scientists Use Laser Beams and Engineered Algae Viruses to Control Your Mind [Look Into My Eyes]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 6:47 P GMT-06

That's right: Scientists will achieve mind control. By shining laser beams. Directly at cells in your brain. Which have been intentionally infected. By a blue-light sensitive virus. That they made in a lab. From algae. According to Wired, you can rea

Perfect Cocaine Simulator Will Never Make It to the iPhone App Store [IPhone]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 6:47 P GMT-06

This is funny because a) it's ultra-realistic and b) it is precisely one of the main uses of the iPhone in many clubs all around the world. And you gotta love their on-your-face sales pitch: Be the envy of in-crowd. Get ejected from nightclubs. Shock

Spying On Lions with Elephant Poop [Image Cache]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 6:47 P GMT-06

Sometimes, nature's best images are not taken with the best cameras and the largest objectives. Sometimes all it takes is a load of elephant dung. The results are cute, frightening, majestic, and always stunningly beautiful. That's what wildlife pho

Canon Rebel T1i vs Nikon D5000: Entry-Level DSLR Battlemodo [Review]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 6:47 P GMT-06

Nikon and Canon—eternally locked in battle—do each other good by keeping product quality neck and neck. But in the newest entry-level DSLR shootout, if there has to be a winner, it's Canon's Rebel T1i. I'm not trying to be all namby pamby

Lord Help Us All: Gizmondo the Movie? [Gizmondo]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 6:47 P GMT-06

Wired's story on Gizmondo, the gadget company fronted by Swedish con artist Bo Stefan Eriksson, has been optioned to be made into a film. I just want to know, is Eriksson getting paid for his life rights? Because I'd hate to think he's making a dime

Photography and the Green Screen

Thursday, 30 April 2009 3:17 P GMT-06

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Watch My Furniture Truck Get Decapitated By a Bridge [Tragic]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 3:17 P GMT-06

Last week I received a furniture order around 11pm. Yeah, it was late—but the drivers had good reason. Earlier that day they fell victim to the infamous Gregson Street RR bridge in Durham NC. Fortunately, my buffet table and bed frames emerged

Laptop Burglar Caught After Owner Mocks Him Remotely [Thieves]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 3:17 P GMT-06

Newsweek's Joshua Alston got his laptop stolen when he was in the shower. Sounds like the beginning of a porn movie, but it's one about detectives. Cyberdetectives that mock their suspects before sending the police. Alston was showering when he heard

Palm Eos: Palm's Tiny $99 WebOS Phone Is Super Skinny and AT&T-Bound [Rumor]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 3:17 P GMT-06

It looks like that blurry little blob from before is the Palm Eos, the cheap WebOS successor to the Centro. Engadget's got the pic, and better yet, the specs for little stunner: UPDATED It's 10.6mm thin, measuring about 2.1 by 4.3-inches, with a 2.6

Gadget Deals of the Day [Dealzmodo]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 3:17 P GMT-06

Perhaps in anticipation of the Swine Flu outbreak mutating into a complete Zombie takeover, Left4Dead will be free for 24 hours to equip all men, women and children to kick some undead butt. Computing and Peripherals: • Apple MacBook Air 13.3'' Note

Oh God, It's a Whole Chicken in a Can [Food In A Can]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 3:17 P GMT-06

Until this moment, I did not know you could fit a whole chicken in a can. The directions on the back use the word "delicious" three times. Let's see what's inside (warning, NSFL): galleryPost('ohgodchickencan2', 3, ''); Mmmmm. It makes the cheesebu

This Pizza Comes From... THE FUTURE [Pizza]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 3:17 P GMT-06

Witness the magic of US Patent 7,051,919: The Pizza Box that Comes From the Future! It tears, it serves as plates, it folds, it saves the planet! Or something like that. Called the Green Box, the top is perforated so it easily breaks into four plates

Google on How to Change the Internet: You Should Own Your Broadband Pipes [Internet]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 3:17 P GMT-06

Google policy analyst Derek Slater—who's so obviously related to Christian Slater—explains how to reshape broadband in the US. Step one: Own the actual pipes that run to your house. Sounds crazy, but he cites the historical example of rur

Create the Most Horrifying Processed Food Products Ever [Photoshop Contest]

Thursday, 30 April 2009 3:17 P GMT-06

In this age of factory farms and food processing, we've seen some pretty horrifying stuff that people are supposed to eat. But we could see even more horrifying stuff. For this week's Photoshop Contest, I want you to create the most revolting, stomac