Within a year, IP (internet protocol) addresses are expected to run out. Each IP address is like a unique phone number assigned to whatever device you’re using to connect to the internet. Without a valid IP address you won’t be able to connect to the outside world, so they’re important. But now that our computers, mobile devices, cars …
Marvel/G4 Combine For Anime Superheroes
G4 has announced that it will be the home for four brand-new anime series from Marvel, animated by respected animation studio Madhouse and masterminded by Warren Ellis, beginning next year. The series – Iron Man, X-Men, Wolverine and Blade – are being described by the channel as featuring “a matrix of interlinked storylines and shared …
Interview: Robert Kirkman on Skybound
Comic-Con was Robert Kirkman’s big week. Besides the building momentum for the forthcoming AMC series based on his comic book The Walking Dead, he announced a new imprint called Skybound that he’s running at Image Comics. He talked to us about the new company, its structure and its business model.
TECHLAND: So what’s the story with …
You May Now Legally Jailbreak Your iPhone and Rip DVDs
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has just announced some big, big wins for consumers. Labeled as “exemptions to the Digital Millenium Copyright Act,” a law enacted in the late ’90s to protect copyright holders against piracy, it’s now within consumers’ legal rights to jailbreak phones, rip DVDs (for certain uses), and a 2006 …
New Comics for 7/28/10
The Con is over. You can shower now. You can let down your guard against potential face stabbers and you can really start to think about what Sucker Punch could possibly be about. Wednesday, being Wednesday, is still just around the corner, however. It’s going to be a big week. Check back tomorrow for the recommended pull list …
Top Ten Monday Tech Deals
Another Monday, another set of handpicked gadget deals to help you stave off the work you may or may not have piling up on your desk. Best Buy has a couple great deals—internet connected GPS for under $100, the very-excellent Logitech MX1100 for $35—along with a couple good camera deals from the likes of Walmart and Amazon. …
The Guy Who Hates Comic-Con: Oh My God Shut Up About Comic-Con
Closing arguments please.
#1. A major test is coming up for Comic-Con. It will happen on August 13. The test is how Scott Pilgrim does at the box office.
This time last year Kick-Ass was riding high. An edgy adaptation of an indie comic that basically won Comic-Con! (I know I was raving about it.) Can’t miss, right? But Kick-Ass …
Interview: Rocker Robert Schwartzman On His Neighbors From Hell Collaboration
Rooney front man Robert Schwartzman is all for demons. Tonight, the musician takes his rock alter-ego, SOLOBOB, to the small screen for the season finale of TBS’ Neighbors From Hell, an animated series (starring Molly Shannon, Will Sasso and Patton Oswalt) about a family straight out of hell – literally. Schwartzman wrote the featured …
Let Me In: Meet The Next Bloody Brilliant Vampire Thriller
Move over Bella and Edward, a whole new vampire franchise is about to take the country by storm. And for those who have been dying for a sneak peek: The red band trailer just launched today via facebook. Check it out here.
I love how we get just a glimpse of this little girl, scaling the tree. A fleeting vision of an image that is …
Season finale of Neighbors From Hell airs on TBS at 10 p.m.
Shadow Play: Limbo Review
Limbo
Publisher: Microsoft
Developer: PlayDead
Systems it’s available on: Xbox 360
ESRB rating: T for Teen
System reviewed on: Xbox 360
The problem with games that try to wow you with gee-whiz mechanics or overblown presentation nowadays is that they can come across as nervous, insecure efforts even when they work. Where a …
MetroPCS Launches $60 Unlimited BlackBerry Curve Deal
MetroPCS is now offering the BlackBerry Curve 8530 smartphone with a $60 no-contract plan that includes unlimited voice minutes, text messages, web access, taxes, and regulatory fees.
You’ll have to purchase the phone outright at $279 and wait for a $50 rebate but even comparing this offer with the free 8530 you’d get with a …