For the ultimate in nerdy getaways, the National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers (NAVGTR) has created a cruise just for gamers and their cosplaying friends. C3 at Sea will set sail on October 29 for a five day cruise starting in Baltimore, MD., go to the Bermuda Triangle for a Halloween Cosplay Caucus Cruise (hence the “C3”), …
Paycheck Friday: Purchasing Suggestions for Your Perusal
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 $8,500)
Toy Tazer: $3.40
If you’ve been
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Revamped Netflix iPad App Drops Information, Features
Without any fanfare, Netflix quietly updated its iPad app yesterday, making it easier and more attractive to use – but removing some important information and the ability to update your DVD queue in the process. The update changes the app from what was pretty much an adaptation of the Netflix website to something more closely …
Don’t Look Now: Homeland Security May Be Using Tech to X-Ray You Without Your Knowledge
Here’s something for all of our paranoid readers out there: The Department of Homeland Security may have signed contracts to develop systems that will be able to provide detailed body scans without the subject even being aware of it.
Documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center under a Freedom of Information Act …
QR Codes Placed Building Projects and Other Sites to Keep Citizens Informed
New York City construction sites are being updated with QR codes so citizens can keep tabs on projects around their area. Simply scan the reader over the black and white box on a project, and you’ll be able to find out the status of the building’s construction, how much they’re allowed to build, who owns the property and their approved …
The Comic Book Club: Uncle Scrooge, Takio and Axe Cop
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up discussing what we picked up. This week, Graeme McMillan, Evan Narcisse and Douglas Wolk talk about three all-ages comics: Uncle Scrooge #401, the debut volume of Takio, and Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth #1.
DOUGLAS: I was talking a couple of days ago with a friend …
Courtney Love to Pay $430,000 in Twitter Defamation Settlement
If you’ve been wondering just how much trouble Twitter can get you in, the answer may be “$430,000 worth of trouble.” That’s how much Courtney Love is expected to pay as settlement in her court case with designer Dawn Simorangkir over comments made on the 140-character service.
Simorangkir had claimed that Love ruined her business …
‘Battlefield 3’ Producer: ‘Controversy Is Not a Mature Way to Sell a Game’
EA’s hoping to storm to the top of the modern military FPS heap with Battlefield 3, ending Call of Duty‘s recent reign as the number one shooter franchise. The man leading the charge at the DICE development studio making the game is executive producer Patrick Bach. Bach’s been at DICE for nine years and spoke with me about what DICE …
Apple to Lift One-Time Download Limits for iTunes Songs?
Did you know: If you purchase a song from iTunes, download it to your computer and neglect to transfer it to a compatible device before your hard drive dies in a spectacular symphony of clicking and grinding sounds, that song is gone forever.
Per Apple’s terms and conditions for the iTunes store:
“Products may be downloaded only once
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Friday Time Sink: Ask Jeopardy! Champ Ken Jennings Anything
Social news site, Reddit, features an interesting section called Ask Me Anything (AMA) wherein people in certain fields or areas of expertise can open themselves up to questions from the rest of the Reddit community.
Well guess who recently showed up to field questions? None other than 74-time Jeopardy! champ Ken Jennings. He’s …
How Apple and Google Became the Two Most Admired Companies in the World
Early in my reporting for Fortune’s annual survey of the World’s Most Admired Companies, it became apparent that Apple and Google would again rank near or at the top of the list. As it happened, they ended up as number 1 and 2 respectively. (Technology companies landed four spots in the top 10, with Amazon.com at number 7, and …
Emanata: How to Survive Comics Convention Season
Comic book convention season officially opens today, with the beginning of Emerald City ComiCon in Seattle. Between now and the middle of October, a whle lot of people in the American comics industry will be crisscrossing the country on a regular basis, digging through their pockets to come up with big announcements for every show, and …