Friday, July 30, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
I Tweet, Therefore I Am [NYT]
Our Worst Nightmare Realized: Subway Stations To Have Cell Service, Wi-Fi [NY Mag]
Steve Jobs’ Secret Porn Experience [Gawker]
Could The EU’s Digital Agenda Force Apple To Put Flash On The iPhone? [The …
Not to be outdone by Sprint and HTC, Verizon Wireless has just announced that the Droid will receive an OTA update for Froyo (Android 2.2) next week. That is all. Enjoy your weekend.
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If you love me, Techland readers, you’ll have checked out this week’s review of Limbo. That dark and twisted game is an Xbox exclusive, so PS3 owners won’t be able to experience Limbo‘s maddening puzzles and morbid vibe on their systems. Unless, of course, someone …
A bit of news in case you missed it on The Force Unleashed II front, you know, aside from Haden Blackman’s unexpected departure from LucasArts.
Everyone’s favorite bounty hunter Boba Fett will be making an appearance in the ongoing Starkiller saga. He’ll be tracking down Juno Eclipse with the help of new troopers dubbed Terror …
There may be a quicker resolution to the question of whether Comic-Con International will leave San Diego than most expected; in a post-con interview with Comic Book Resources, CCI Director of Marketing and Public Relations David Glanzer said that the organization was looking to make a decision about the con’s future home much sooner than …
Pretty girls and science fiction: That’s what artist Ashley Wood specializes in, and it’s worked out pretty well for him; with his work appearing in gallery shows, artbooks, comics, toys and now movies – His Lore has just been optioned for a movie, and his World War Robot ended up in a similar state last year – Wood has managed to become …
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.
10% ($0 to $8,375)
At your income level, you …
Motorcycle racing’s premier class got an upgrade last weekend at Laguna Seca when MotoGP rights holder Dorna Sports rolled out new gyroscopic camera mounts. Valentino Rossi’s Fiat Yamaha M1 was the guinea pig and the results looked fantastic.
I guess this is only cool if you ride motorcycles or are a fan of MotoGP but I wanted to …
At Microsoft’s Financial Analysts Meeting yesterday, CEO Steve Ballmer took the stage to talk about the company’s consumer initiatives. The entire video of the presentation is available here. He spent a portion of the time talking about slates and tablets, saying the following:
“One of the top issues on my mind is, ‘Hey there’s a
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What a month. It’s hard to think back past Comic-Con, but nerd fests aside, we had quite a time. We weighed into Apple’s iPhone 4 Antennagate (Hey, free bumpers!) and munched on pop corn while Inception bent our minds in ways only Christopher Nolan ever could. (Was it all a dream? WELL WAS IT?)
Then there was The Con. A week that …
YouTube announced yesterday that its upload length would increase from 10 to 15 minutes. It’s probably a move to inspire more original content on the site to compete with other video social networking sites like Vimeo or Vox. As it is now, YouTube is great for music videos, amateur home videos with viral potential and the ever-popular …
Haden Blackman, the man behind The Force Unleashed, has resigned from LucasArts reports IGN. I’m rather shocked to hear this news because I met with Haden on Tuesday in the Presidio to talk about The Force Unleashed II and all seemed fine in TFU land. I guess not.
“I’ve had a fantastic time working with the team at Lucasfilm and am …
