The Daily Dose
Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010
Today in Techland: Techie Doug offers his thoughts on the upcoming Samsung slate, and what they’ll need to do to prevent a flop. Our fearless leader Peter Ha lets you know just how in Wonderland our Monster Madness bracket is going to work and Evan gives us his log of last week’s GDC: good, bad and the …
Apple Delays Some iPad Accessories Until May
It’s come to the attention of the nerd collective that two of Apple’s iPad accessories will be delayed until May. That’s right, the iPad keyboard and 10W USB power adapter are being pushed back until sometime in May.
I’m wondering why Apple doesn’t delay the iPad, too. The case won’t even ship until the week after. And who …
Zombie of the Week: Randall from Ugly Americans
Welcome to ‘Zombie of the Week,’ folks, where each week we’ll present you with a different brain-eating member of the undead that has captured our fancy. There is no methodology to our Zombie Awesomeness meter, just our own piqued interests. Got a zombie we should see? Comment below. No zombie is too small, too short-lived, or too gross. …
Things I Didn’t Know Existed Until Today: Cardboard TRON
Like any other day, I’ve been cruising the Web looking for neat content to share with you guys. It’s unclear if any of you fine patrons of Nerd World Techland are interested in board sports, so I passed on the Channel Islands (PRODUCT) RED Double Helix M-13 and the Teva Illum sandals, which I find stupid. Oh, and don’t even get me …
GDC 2010: Enjoyed and Annoyed
I’m finally back in the saddle after a week in lovely San Francisco for the Game Developers Conference. GDC’s always a lot to take in but here are the things that made the deepest impressions on me.
Biggest Surprise:
NBA Jam
I’m not much of a sports gamer, but I went to EA Sports’ event last Tuesday to find out just what the …
Mark Millar and Kick-Ass 2: Will Be Very, Very Dark
Last night, we posted our first (spoiler-free) Kick-Ass review – our first glance at one of the darker and more interesting superhero thrillers of recent memory. I don’t think I’ll be ruining much if I tell you it ends on an ambiguous note that leaves wide open the possibility for a sequel.
But that being said, it’s not a …
Toy Story 3: New Toys Gallery
Today, robot Sparks brought the tally up to eight, which means we’re just over the half-way mark of the Toy Story 3 new characters reveal.
The third installment of Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story franchise lands Buzz (Tim Allen), Woody (Tom Hanks) and gang into a donation box delivered to a daycare. Slowly, our heroes realize that the other …
Samsung Prepping Slate PC
Over the next few months, it appears that we’re going to be seeing a distinct divide between tablets and slates. There will probably be some crossover in naming conventions—some slates called tablets, maybe some tablets called slates—but for the sake of argument, let’s refer to tablets as devices that run more mobile-ish …
March Madness: How Does This Work?
So it looks like there is a bit of confusion and anger regarding our March Madness picks. Allow me to clarify so that you might better understand how and why we made the choices that we did.
Let’s start off with the four divisions and why the characters we have are there: Rapture, Oolong Island, Narnia and Phantom Zone.
Rapture …
Google’s Nexus One Comes to AT&T, Rogers
Well that was entirely unexpected. Looks like Google is now offering the Nexus One to AT&T and Rogers customers. Anyone biting?