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9:00AM Chris Jacob | id’s classic shooter has finally been (officially) ported to the iPhone. And with oversight from John Carmack himself, there are a number of improvements that make it worth a purchase even for Jailbreakers. More »
The iPhone Now Officially Runs Doom
9:00AM Chris Jacob | id’s classic shooter has finally been (officially) ported to the iPhone. And with oversight from John Carmack himself, there are a number of improvements that make it worth a purchase even for Jailbreakers. More » 
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6:30PM John Herrman | Doom Resurrection, the first properly new title in the Doom franchise since Doom III, has finally landed in the App Store, and it’s not cheap. But is it sufficiently Doom-y? Dark? Graphically lush? Good? More »
Doom Resurrection For IPhone Hits App Store, Costs $10
6:30PM John Herrman | Doom Resurrection, the first properly new title in the Doom franchise since Doom III, has finally landed in the App Store, and it’s not cheap. But is it sufficiently Doom-y? Dark? Graphically lush? Good? More »
Games
Doom Resurrection For IPhone Due Next Week; Here’s The Trailer
9:28PM John Herrman | Doom Resurrection, the first full title in the series since Doom III, will be coming to the App Store next week, and iD has cut a trailer. (Spoiler: It looks great.) More »
Online
Follow the Swine Flu Pandemic in Real Time With Google Maps
10:40PM Jesus Diaz | The current H1N1 Swine Flu pandemic headlines read like those flashing through the intro sequence of a post-apocalyptical movie. Now you can see the cases spreading in real time—as the WHO declares them—in Google Maps. More »
Gadgets
How Long Will Our World Last? (Yes, We Are Screwed)
12:00AM Jesus Diaz | Most people get worried about how much energy reserves we have left, but as this graphic shows, that’s the least of our problems. The real problem is the materials we use to make things. More »
Games
iPhone Used as Controller to Play Doom on External Display
12:00AM Jesus Diaz | iPhone developer Steven Troughton-Smith has created a very special port of Doom, one that uses the iPhone as touch controller but an external monitor for display. And not any display, but an Apple II’s. More »
Games
Doom 2 and Wolfenstein RPGs May Be Heading to the iPhone
10:30AM Sean Fallon | I don’t think John Carmack had a version of the Doom 2 and Wolfenstein RPGs in mind when he recently said that id Software was bringing something “very special” to the iPhone, but CEO Todd Hollenshead has revealed that he would like to bring both of these games to the device, which he claims is more powerful than a DS and PSP combined. The software is already being worked on for other platforms, but Hollenshead admits that it is too early to tell whether the games will be ported to the iPhone. More »
Science
Large Hadron Collider Might Annihilate Humanity, But it Sure is Pretty
4:30AM Adam Frucci | Looking for some new desktop pictures? What better to have as a desktop than the contraption that’s going to create a black hole in a mere week, killing us all? The Big Picture has a great collection of high-res Large Hadron Collider images, and they’re stunning. If we’re going to die, we might as well be killed by the biggest, most beautiful piece of technology ever assembled by man. More »
Science
Monitor Large Hadron Collider’s Magnet Temperatures With Real Time Status Website
11:30PM John Mahoney | Yeah, yeah, the Large Hadron Collider is in no real danger of accidentally opening up a black hole that swallows the world when it’s finally fired up on August 7. We know. But still, we sometimes like to pretend it is, and this is where Cern’s LHC cooldown status website comes in. Using it you can track the current temperatures of its 1600+ superconducting magnets in real time. But what should you be looking for? More »
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