Yeah, we’re a bit heavy on Marvel this week. I try to spread the love around a little better than this. There was a big death, a new armor reveal, and Balder finally found his Norn Stones if you follow. All this and more in this edition of Panel of the Week.
Thor #609
Talk about promoting weak middle management. When Thor’s brother …
The makers of the mega-popular Halo series have just announced an exclusive, long-term relationship with the publisher of the best-selling Call of Duty franchise. Development studio Bungie will be releasing a new intellectual property exclusively through Activision.
Quick thoughts on what this announcement may mean:
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Sony’s going the Chumby route (remember Chumby?) with its Dash Personal Internet Viewer. At $200 it’s a tad on the expensive side, but you get a big 7-inch 800×480 touch screen and over 1,000 apps to choose from. Oh and speaking of those apps, they’re actually Chumby apps. UPDATE: While the device uses Chumby apps, it’s also got …
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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Sound the alarm. Raise the roof. Do a jig. And have a seat for some exciting Kindle news.
Sometime towards the latter half of May, Kindle owners will receive a notification to update software to v2.5. A handful of folks around the Web were quick to jump on the social networking integration, which is nice and all but the other …
Maybe our return trip to Middle Earth isn’t as far away as we all had initially thought.
There was a whole bunch of confusion today, when Warner Bros. announced that it had made a three-year, 20-film deal with IMAX, to put their titles on the biggest screens in the land. This would include works like Harry Potter and Legends of the …
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the Web:
IMAX & Warner Bros. sign up for a 20-picture deal: Today, Warner Bros. announced that it will release 20 films into IMAX theaters over the next three year. The list of planned releases so far is below, but note something interesting: We won’t see …
Greeting card giant Hallmark will release a Darth Vader-themed video card, just in time for Father’s Day. The minute-long video is a montage made up of humorous “fatherly” moments between Vader and Luke, and features art from A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. Keep your eyes peeled for the card to go on sale in May, and grab yours …
