The Daily Dose

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Poll: Will You Miss Megan Fox in Transformers 3?

It’s Megan vs. Rosie.

DC Confirms Shift To $3.99 Price Point

DC Comics has confirmed reports that it is moving to a $3.99 price point for some of its 32-page DC Universe and Vertigo imprint series effective July, following a week of speculation sparked by the release of the publisher’s August solicitations.

LOST Explained With Post-Its

Video blogger and musician Alex Day is able to explain the main story arch of LOST in three minutes using Post-It notes. And you know what, it actually works.

How Superman Finally Got The Krypton He Deserves

It’s taken more than 70 years, but Superman finally has the one thing he’s always wanted: a home. Today sees the release of Superman: War of The Supermen #4, the final part of a massive, four-year-long arc running throughout various DC Comics titles that has seen his homeworld of Krypton come back to life – [...]

Finance: Apple Ousts Microsoft

Apple has just become the most valuable technology company in the universe, surpassing Microsoft. Trading isn’t quite over yet but as of around 3:30 Eastern today, Apple’s market cap sat at $224.95 billion compared to Microsoft’s $220.06 billion.

Hey, Wil Wheaton, What’s the Geekiest Thing You’ve Ever Done?

I’ve known Wil since I was a kid. The first time we met was in the summer of ’86. Wil was searching for his brother who had gone missing somewhere in Oregon and I decided to tag along with the rest of the crew. We lost touch for a couple months until the next year [...]

Live Blog: Facebook’s New Privacy Changes

Facebook is all set to roll out its “simpler” privacy changes after this month’s backlash over the amount of user data that is available through the site. I’ll be live blogging the press conference here, set to begin at 10:30 a.m. PST (1:30 p.m. ET). Hit refresh to update.

Cryptids: Orang-Bati/Batsquatch

A possible run-in with flying monkeys presents one of the greatest fears for just about anyone who’s lost outside a mysterious castle. No good comes from flying monkeys and, unlike most other animals, they don’t appear to be more afraid of you than you are of them. But you don’t have to be near a [...]

Sony Develops Flexible Display

Sony is showing off an 80-micrometer thin flexible OLED display. It measures 4.1 inches, does full color, and has a resolution of 423×240 pixels. Sony demonstrated the display by playing video files on it while wrapping it around a 4-millimeter cylinder several times. Who knows, maybe your next phone will be little more than a [...]

Giveaway: Firefly: Still Flying, The Ultimate Fan Book

Titan Books released this new anthology of all-things Firefly ($14, Amazon) yesterday, and I’ve got a fresh copy to give away.