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Dwayne McDuffie, the comics and animation writer, editor and producer who died this week following complications from surgery, wasn’t a particularly flashy writer: His aesthetic was to get out of the way of the way of the story. But he was a forward-thinking creator, and he quietly wrote a stack of comics and animated TV [...]
Okay, gather ’round. Gather ’round. Here’s the skinny on what we may or may not see out of Apple’s iPad 2 announcement next Wednesday.
Google has added electronic books to its increasingly popular Android Market, further expanding the influence of the web store. As of Thursday, users were able to access and purchase electronic versions of popular titles, reports Engadget. But wait, there’s more.
Everyone’s all abuzz about the NGP, Sony’s touch-tastic, dual-joystick successor to the PSP. No one knows how much it costs yet and the PlayStation powers-that-be will probably be keeping that under wraps until E3 comes up in June. (Sony Unveils the NGP, the Next Evolution of Portable PlayStation Hardware)
It might be the beginning of the end for troubled social network site Myspace. As News Corp. allows potential buyers to look at the company’s books, Myspace Music president Courtney Holt has stepped down from his position after two years on the job.
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This week, the Motion Picture Association of America released its annual Theatrical Market Statistics Report for 2010. The headline? Box office worldwide set an all-time high of $31.8 billion, an increase of 8 percent over 2009. Lest you get too giddy, however, here’s MPAA interim CEO Bob Pisano to rain on your parade. “[T]he continued [...]
Consumer Reports has withheld a recommendation for the Verizon iPhone 4, just as it did with the AT&T version back in July. The publication cites the same “death grip” on the antenna that arises when skin comes in contact with an exposed portion of the metal band surrounding the phone.
It’s Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. Here are some ideas to get you started based on your taxable income bracket.
MTV has announced details of its digital music awards show by proving that it’s “down with the kids” and releasing the details on its own Tumblr site. But, wait, it gets better. Officially titled the O__ Music Awards – MTV is officially saying that “the O preceding the Music Awards in OMAs will be purposely [...]
Apparently, the blokes who classify games Down Under have just been hipped to the fact that fighting to the death often involves blood. In a decision handed down yesterday, the Austrialian government has denied Mortal Kombat classification, effectively banning Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment’s game.
