The newly-available 3G iPad is nearly identical to the standard iPad except for a $130 price premium and the ability to connect to AT&T’s cellular data network. Monthly plans range from $15 for 250 megabytes of data to $30 for unlimited data with no long-term contract. So is the 3G iPad worth the extra $130 and, if so, which data plan …
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What Is Bobby Kotick Doing To Master Chief?
This is so not safe for work. It’s also really disturbing. You’ve been warned.
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Ellen Makes Fun of Apple, Gets Put In The Corner
I don’t watch Ellen since, you know, I have a job that requires me to work during the day instead of watching TV, so I missed this the other day. It’s actually pretty funny, but Apple didn’t think so.
Exclusive: Who Schooled Microsoft In The Making Of KIN
Microsoft is making bold strides to change their image and listen to customer’s needs and wants. And you can tell by their marketing and advertising campaigns from the last couple of years. (I loved the Seinfeld and Gates spots, BTW.) The concept is nothing new, of course. But I have to believe that for a project like KIN, they had to …
Comic Book Guy None Too Pleased About Possible Comic-Con Move
From last night’s episode.
Jonah Hex Trailer is Full of Western Gadgets
I haven’t had a chance to catch up on Jonah Hex since Douglas has yet to publish his comics guide for this comic-based movie, so I’m not sure how well this has been adapted but I’m not really feeling it. Something about it just seems off. Is anyone else thinking about the Wild Wild West? I wish I had a horse with hand-crank gatling guns!
Two Minute Video: Best Mother’s Day Gadgets
Forget the flowers this year and buy your mom something she’ll actually enjoy. Here are a few gift ideas based on her level of comfort with technology products. Oh, and get her flowers too. And a card.
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The Techland Show: Han Shot First Edition
Not that it matters to most of you, but we have no idea where Lev Grossman is. If you’ve seen him, please tell him to come home. We miss him. And so does Church.
What better way to spend your Fridays than watching a bunch of yayhoos talking about tech, comics, movies and the like? It’s not like you’re doing all that much at work …
YouTube Friday: 99-Year-Old Oregon Woman Gets Her First Computer
Once in a while you need a swift kick to the derrière to put things back into perspective. It seems like fanboys, tech pundits and tech journos have been bickering back and forth about the iPad for months. Can it do this? Can it do that? Why doesn’t it have this? You get the picture.
Now watch this video of Virginia Campbell. …
Behind the Hack: How 4Chan Gamed the Time 100
Marblecake, also the game.
Yeah, last year’s Time 100 poll was an interesting venture here in the office, most notably because we discovered we were had. Followers of 4Chan founder Moot, aka Christopher Poole, manipulated the votes using a special coding and then continued to deliver a message using the first letters of the names in …
Two Minute Video: Did We Just Get a Glimpse of the iPhone 4?
Tech news big enough to get “regular” people interested broke earlier this week when it was revealed that gadget blog Gizmodo.com paid $5,000 for a next-generation iPhone prototype left sitting on a barstool by an Apple developer. Here’s a quick two-minute recounting of the events. Pass it on.
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Video: Green Day’s Thoughts On The iPad Will Make You LOL
We’re constrained to embargoes and NDAs, so I won’t say too much about our interview with Green Day. But I did ask them what they thought of the iPad.
Keep an eye out for Allie’s segment sometime down the road.