If you’re anything like me, your wastebasket is overflowing with paperwads that probably didn’t need to be printed out to begin with. Well, we have some good news, green-challenged techies. The World Wildlife Fund unveiled a new type of document format that lets users cut down their waste and easily help out the environment. How? By not …
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Gorillaz’ Xmas Gift To You: The World’s 1st iPad Album
When Apple create its next iPad ad, there’s another word it might want to add another word: Gorillaz. Damon Albarn has recorded the next album for his all-inclusive superband entirely on his Apple tablet, and he’s about to let everyone hear it for free.
Albarn first revealed that he’d created an album’s worth of material on his iPad …
1000Memories: Dealing with Death in the Digital Age
What happens to your digital presence when you die? Companies like Facebook and Twitter have struggled to find good solutions to handling profiles of members who have passed away, but 1000memories.com has found a way to use the web to fill a void. 1000memories.com uses technology to help people come together when someone dies by letting …
Emanata: Ten Comics We’re Still Waiting For
We’ve been making note of some of the major comics projects due out in 2011–keep an eye out for a preview of what’s coming up next year on Techland in a couple of weeks. But there are also a handful of projects we’re dying to see that have been in the works for months or years, and aren’t officially scheduled yet. Here are a few …
Twitter On Possible #WikiLeaks Block: It Isn’t What You Think
Twitter has responded to accusations of the possible censoring of WikiLeaks hashtags that have hit the blogs this week.
(More on Techland: Who Are The WikiLeaks Hackivists?)
In the wake of big web blocks from Amazon and Paypal, Twitter says it won’t block WikiLeaks-related conversations from trending. In a blog post, Twitter …
Hulu Faces Calls To Evolve Or Die
What’s the point of Hulu? That’s the question being asked by some in the wake of the news that Disney – one of the three co-owners in the online VoD service – has licensed hit shows like Lost, Ugly Betty and Grey’s Anatomy to competitor Netflix Instant (which itself came two months after NBC Universal, another Hulu parent, licensed 35 …
Two Minute Video: Quick and Simple TV Buying Tips
Let’s buy a new TV this holiday season—you and me. I need a new one desperately. But there are so many options: How big of a screen do you need? 720p or 1080p? Plasma, LCD, or LED?
Here are a few simple tricks for sorting everything out.
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Studio Exec Wants End To DVD Screeners To Fight Pirates
If Hollywood is serious about fighting piracy, it may need to give up privilege, according to one studio executive. Kaye Cooper Mead, the EVP of worldwide distribution services at Summit Entertainment – the studio behind the massive Twilight franchise – is calling on studios to stop using screener DVDs in the run-up to award season to …
The Comic Book Club: “Fables” and “Thor: The Mighty Avenger”
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up discussing what we picked up. This week, Graeme McMillan, Douglas Wolk and Evan Narcisse talk about Fables #100 and the first paperback collection of Thor: The Mighty Avenger.
GRAEME: I know it’s $9.99, but Fables #100 is how anniversary issues should be done, …
Netflix Adds More ABC, Disney Shows For Instant Streaming
While other broadcasters consider the benefits of online streaming, ABC and Disney have licensed even more of its material to Netflix for instant streaming. As part of a new agreement between Disney/ABC and Netflix, every episode of Lost and Ugly Betty will be added to Netflix Instant, as well as additional episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, …
Apple Drops Refurbished iPad Price to $429
Getting closer. Clossserrrr.
Apple’s dropped the base-level price for a refurbished 16GB iPad from $449 down to $429. The refurbished 32GB version is down to $499, which is a full $100 lower than the price of a new one. The refurbished 64GB version is also $100 off—$599 instead of $699 for a new one.
These prices are for the …
HBO To De-Bundle, Go Online?
HBO is reported to be considering stepping outside of existing cable packages and offering itself as a stand-alone service in order to raise its current subscriber base – and if that doesn’t work, it just might abandon television altogether. The surprise news came from Time Warner CEO Jeff Bewkes, who told an audience at the UBS Global …