Best Buy will begin selling Barnes & Noble’s NOOK eBook reader starting this Sunday, April 18th. Aside from merely selling the $260 device, Best Buy will also be preloading Barnes & Noble’s free “BN eReader” software on “select PCs (laptops and desktops), netbooks, tablets and smartphones,” according to a recent press …
Microsoft’s Project Pink Unveiled As Kin, Coming To Verizon This May
Microsoft’s acquisition of Danger in February of 2008 renewed interest in the languishing mobile operating system formerly known as Windows Mobile. Many enthusiasts (aka fanboys) and pundits alike speculated and pontificated about Microsoft’s plans for the tiny Bay Area company behind the successful Hiptop OS/device aka Sidekick. But …
Thief of All Ways: Mass Effect 2 Kasumi DLC Review
According to Bioware exec and Project Lead Director for Mass Effect 2 Casey Hudson, there’s a lot of downloadable content coming for Mass Effect 2. That brings up a question: how do you evaluate DLC for a game like it? I’m not talking about whether it’s objectively good or bad. When I reviewed the free Firewalker pack, I found it …
Buyer’s Remorse: Apple iPad
It’s been nine days since Apple launched the iPad. Anyone out there who purchased one on launch day have buyer’s remorse? Or are you still enamored with it?
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Don’t F.E.A.R. The Threequel: Horror FPS Gets New Installment
FPS fanatics should get ready to get freaked out all over again when another dose of F.E.A.R. hits consoles and PCs later this year. Warner Bros. Games announced the threequel to the scare-centric first-person shooting franchise with the trailer on the game’s official site. The F.E.A.R. series originated with the Monolith development …
Google Working In ‘Stealth Mode’ On Android Tablet?
Funny how we didn’t hear much out of Google when the Apple iPad launched. If there’s one company that could legitimately compete by bringing a tablet with similar specs to market, it’d be Google and its Android operating system. While various Android tablets are available with 5- to 7-inch screens and 800×480 resolutions, it seems …
New Comics for 4/14/10
And we’re back! Because you demanded it our Monday list of new comics for the week has returned. Pruned, powdered, and pared down to just the essentials. No toys, no posters, no alternate covers. Just “The List” of what to expect on this coming Wednesday. Of course, tomorrow we will still pick out a handful of titles that we are excited …
Modern Warfare Drama Continues As Former Heads at Infinity Ward Respawn at EA
The bitter rivalry between Activision and EA–which has seen developers move from one publishing giant to the other and has had Activision try to block the release Brutal Legend, a game that they rejected–has just kicked up a notch.
According to various sites, Jason West and Vince Zampella, formerly of Infinity Ward, announced the …
Exclusive Preview: Peter Bagge’s “Other Lives”
Peter Bagge is one of American comics’ most cutting satirists–the cruel mastermind behind Hate, Neat Stuff, Apocalypse Nerd and Everybody Is Stupid Except For Me, among others. His first full-on original graphic novel, Other Lives, comes out from Vertigo this Wednesday; it’s a typically black comedy about the way people reinvent their …
Palm Up For Sale, HTC Sniffing Around
It’s been hinted at for months and now it appears to be true – Palm is up for sale. According to Bloomberg, Palm has tapped Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners to help them find a buyer. HTC and Lenovo are said to be the frontrunners but all parties have declined to comment. Palm’s market value is ~$870.8 million with shares …
Monday Morning Tech Deals
Happy Monday, everyone. Is there such a thing? I guess we’ll find out. Here are some handpicked deals to get your week started on a positive note.
There’s a pretty insane deal on a Samsung wireless color laser printer from Office Depot. It’s just $125. Remember when color laser printers used to cost more than your first car? And …
Freeze Frame: Sunshine’s Solar Tidal Wave (With Music Fit For Kick-Ass)
We’ll be writing a whole lot about Kick-Ass this week, in the lead up to Friday night’s opening (check out our spoiler-free first look here), but one thing that I’ve already started hearing from just about everyone who’s seen the movie early is this: The music seals the deal.
Here’s a thriller that knows a thing or two about both …