Where’s my Drudge siren?!
The rumors about Steve Jobs’ mysterious appearance at various publishers in NYC are true. He apparently dropped by the TIME & LIFE building for breakfast today. I clearly was not invited.
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The Techland Show: I’m Too Busy Playing BioShock 2 Edition
Yes, it’s true, the prodigal son has returned.
This week, Steve and I get down to business with Technotise, Frozen, the Kindle and BioShock 2! I’m normally pretty ADD, but it was really hard to shoot the show this week. All I wanted to do was kick some ass as a Big Daddy.
Okay, I have to get back to playing BioShock 2.
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See How The Nexus One Was Made
Consider this YouTube Fridays.
The Daily Dose
Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010
Today in Techland: We watched Snoop Dog and Darth Vader invade Times Square on behalf of Adidas, Steve talked with Shawn Ashmore (Iceman from X-Men!) about his role in upcoming film Frozen, and Peter sat down with Marvel Comic scribe Matt Fraction, the man behind Iron Man. Peter’s also entering Wired‘s challenge …
Motorola Devour: Baby Droid With MotoBlur on Verizon
Remember when Verizon offered the worst phones imaginable? It wasn’t that long ago, but in the last year or so they really turned things around. It’s doubtful that anyone would argue if I said they had the best overall selection of devices.
Add the Motorola Devour to the ever-growing list of badass devices available on Verizon. …
The Daily Dose
Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010
Today in Techland: Steve chats with the amazing Ethan Hawke about the unwavering awesomeness of Gattaca, Gary brought us the new trailer from BioShock 2, and Peter and I ranted and raved about last night’s season premiere of LOST. Missed it? Watch it here on ABC.com and catch up.
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Multi-touch Wars: Amazon Scoops Up Touchco
It was inevitable, really. Apple is poised to take a good chunk of business away from Amazon and the Kindle when the iBook Store launches next month. But this has nothing to do with content deals or e-book pricing squabbles.
Amazon is preparing to beef up its Kindle hardware with news that it has acquired New York-based Touchco. Both …
Episode 12: Ethan Hawke, Matt Fraction & Nexus One Upgrades
Techland’s Steven James Snyder gives behind-the-scenes info on his Q&A with Ethan Hawke as part of his underrated sci-fi movie masterpieces series, while Peter Ha previews his interview with comic writer Matt Fraction and explains new upgrades to the Nexus One.
All that and more in today’s edition of the daily Nerdcast with …
The Daily Dose
Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010
Today in Techland: Award nominations made us take a look at the past year in sci-fi: the good, the bad and the Megan Fox. Peter brought us tidings of tech joy with word of the upcoming Google tablet, and we discovered that Calvin and Hobbes creator Bill Watterson granted his first interview in 20 years.
For …
Google Updates Nexus One, Unlocks “Pinch-To-Zoom”
Holy crap! Google is pushing out an update to all Nexus One owners this week that unlocks a bevy of features including pinch-to-zoom in Maps, Gallery and Browser. Google Goggles will magically appear as an embedded app, too. Google is also addressing 3G issues. Maps is also being updated with the following features/fixes:
• Starred …
Google Chrome OS Tablet Cometh
Google can deny it all they want, but they are getting into the hardware business. It started with the Nexus One earlier this year and will continue with the Google Chrome OS netbook(s) that are slated to launch in Q4. And now we have the Google Chrome OS tablet.
Google’s Senior Software Engineer Glen Murphy posted a handful of …
The Daily Dose
Monday, Feb. 1, 2010
Today in Techland: Mike talked with 45 creator Andi Ewington, Peter tells us what he really thinks of the Palm Pre Plus and Steve pushed pause on his favorite scene from Avatar. Check it out.
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Happy Palindrome Day! Yeah, the date is exactly the same read …