GizModo: Top Tech News and Reviews [March ‘11 Diet]

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    Shutting Down | Stephan Tillmans captures the fleeting beauty of CRT Monitors

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Source: This Week's Top Stories [Total Recap]

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    Just because you own an iPad 2, it doesn't mean you have to purchase the Apple-official Smart Cover—but it's likely that you'll still want to take advantage of its (incredibly cool) auto-wake feature. So we've rounded up all the third-party iPad 2 cases with magnetic sensors, just for you.            More »

Source: All The Third-Party iPad 2 Cases That Use The Magnetic Auto-Wake Sensor [Roundup]

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    If you are waiting for iPhone 5, now you have a solid target day: Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference will start on June 6. The iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPhone 4 were all launched at previous WWDCs. In the words of Phil Schiller:            More »

Source: iPhone 5 Most Probable Intro Day: June 6, WWDC2011 [Apple]

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    Most people don't live to be 94. Most people don't receive the National Medal of Technology and Innovation. Most people also don't invent, by accident, an extremely useful and widespread super-substance. Harry Coover, who died Saturday, did all these things.            More »

Source: Accidental Inventor of Super Glue Dead at 94 [Rip]

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                      Plutonium has been discovered for the first time outside Fukushima's reactor buildings. The radioactive material was found in the soil at five points of the nuclear plant.            More »

Source: Plutonium Found Outside Fukushima's Reactors for the First Time [Video]

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                     The NY Times is flipping the switch on its digital paywall right now, and the Grey Lady don't come cheap: $15/month for the website and the phone app, $20/month for the website and the iPad app, or a wallet-singeing $35 for web, phone, and iPad. But there are loopholes! And they are generous. Here's your game plan.            More »

Source: How To Keep Reading the NY Times For Free (Updated) [Video]

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    While we're all focused on the disasters Japan is suffering through, it seems important to remember why we are so fond of that particular country. When the quake hit, we all thought of our friends—people we knew from the States, people who opened up our homes when we were over there. And even though the wacky, weird, geeky stuff we hear about from Japan is just a sliver of their culture, we can't help but think of all the wonderful posts that have appeared on Gizmodo that came from Japan.            More »

Source: Why We Love Japan [Japan]

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    These huge trees are fully covered with thousands of spiderwebs, something never before seen in Sindh, Pakistan, where this photo was taken. Yes, it's a eewrifying image, but it has had a surprisingly positive effect on the population of this heavily punished part of the world. How, you scream?            More »

Source: Why Are Millions of Spiders Invading Thousands of Trees and Why Is It Good News? [Image Cache]

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    Facebook isn't just made for stalking hot chicks, you can keep up with your friends too! But friends make it tough when they start posting cryptic, emo status updates—what do they really mean? Facemood for iPhone reads those updates and gives their updates a happiness and sadness rating.            More »

Source: Facemood for iPhone [App Of The Day]

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    Truck on a Wire | This is how you get to the top of a moutain without actually touching it.

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Source: Top Stories: Monday March 28, 2011 [Total Recap]