You’re probably broke from taking advantage of all those great deals this past weekend. While you’re probably eagerly awaiting your next paycheck, I bet you’re more excited for those packages that are about to arrive with all your goodies. You can’t be expected to wait by the door all day, so here’s some way to check in on your shipments …
Apps & Web
Is Comcast Extorting Netflix Instant Streaming?
It sounds like a badly stereotyped case of extortion, but if Level 3 Communications is to be believed, Comcast may be quietly blackmailing Netflix in order to ensure that its customers get their Netflix Instant videos without any… shall we say… problems. Level 3, which announced a multiyear partnership with Netflix to assist on …
Joint Venture 101: “The Venture Bros.” from the Very Beginning
Here at Techland, only one television program manages to tie into so many of our geeky obsessions all at once. Superheroes, mythical creatures, action figures and barely believeable sci-fi all flop onto each other on the glorious cavalcade that is The Venture Bros. Cartoon Network’s just started airing the spoof action series from the …
App of the Week: TiVo for iPad
TiVo owners will soon have another excuse to keep their iPads close at hand while watching TV. Due out in the very near future, TiVo’s free iPad app lets you view air times for upcoming shows and set recordings remotely. You can also manage your current recording settings, change channels, and post witty musings to Facebook and Twitter. …
Microsoft Looking to Undercut Cable Companies with Xbox TV?
Well here’s a new one. Microsoft is apparently in negotiations “with TV networks to create a new subscription-based TV service on its Xbox gaming console,” according to Reuters. This information comes from sources who “asked not to be identified,” so take it all with a grain of salt.
From what it sounds like, this offering would be …
Reading ROM Backwards: Jason Leivian on the Bill Mantlo Benefit
In 1992, Marvel Comics writer Bill Mantlo was severely injured in a hit-and-run accident, and he’s required full-time care ever since. Three years ago, the Portland, Oregon comic book store Floating World Comics raised money to improve Mantlo’s quality of life by putting together a show of mainstream and indie cartoonists’s drawings of …
Spider-Man Musical Gets Hung Up On Opening Troubles
Given all of the problems its had to deal with so far, what were the odds that Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark‘s opening preview night went off without a hitch? Let’s ask the New York Post’s Michael Riedel, who was there:
At various points, overhead stage wires dropped on the audience, scenery appeared on stage missing pieces — and
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Michael Bay: No “Transformer 3” 3D Problems, Just “Morons” Spreading Rumors
Whether you think he’s the world’s greatest director or not, there is a legion of fanboys out there who love to hate on Michael Bay. On one hand, he’s made millions and can pretty much guarantee a summer blockbuster. Still, many die-hard fans of the original source material pick apart his movies for their illogical plot holes, poor …
“Angry Birds” to Get Free Festive Update
Are you one of the 37 million people who has downloaded the handset game, Angry Birds? Do you think it needs a Christmas revamp? For free? Got your attention now, haven’t we?
(Take a look at the Guide for Christmas Shopping 2010 on TIME.com.)
You read that correct. Angry Birds‘ developer, Rovio, announced via Twitter that they will …
Empire Strikes Back Director Irvin Kershner Dies At 87
Irvin Kershner, director of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back has died, Agence France-Presse reported. Kershner, an American director best known for his work on Empire, as well as Never Say Never Again and RoboCop II, was suffering from “a long illness” according to his family and died in Los Angeles.
(More on Techland: Is …
Ultimate Cyber Monday Deals
It’s like Black Friday but without the early-morning sprinting and the deals are haphazardly scattered all over the web. It’s Cyber Monday! Here’s a list of some of the better tech deals out there today. Happy shopping.
Amazon (link)
– Roku XD for $68, AT&T BlackBerry phones for $0.01, more…
Apple (link)
– Select …
Emanata: Bad Alchemy
How can you tell that a graphic novel is going to be terrible? One very clear sign: if the name of the person who drew it does not appear on its front cover. In the case of the new comics adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s novel The Alchemist, the artist’s name also does not appear on its spine, or its back cover, or the inside front cover …