New episode of V airs on ABC at 10 p.m.
The Lovely Bones & Merlin: The First Season out on DVD
The Daily Dose
Monday, April 19, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the Web:
We like those odds: A “lost” survey of 5,000 librarians says that 1 in 5 have had sex in the stacks. Conducted in 1992 by now-defunct Wilson Library Bulletin the survey also produced these interesting facts about your friendly neighborhood …
Swag of the Day: Mystery Box of Video Games
Case of the Mondays? Well, we’ve got some free stuff to give away to cheer you up. We don’t have any particular swag lying around but we do have oodles and oodles of video games around the office. I’ll pull together a handsome collection of three Xbox 360, Wii or PS3 games depending on your console of choice. All you need to do is watch …
Video: Green Day’s Thoughts On The iPad Will Make You LOL
We’re constrained to embargoes and NDAs, so I won’t say too much about our interview with Green Day. But I did ask them what they thought of the iPad.
Keep an eye out for Allie’s segment sometime down the road.
Words to Chew On: Mythbusters’ Adam Savage Delievers Speech For Morality
This weekend the Harvard Secular Society dealt lifetime achievement awards to MythBusters‘ Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. In acceptance, Adam delivered a speech that’s as moving as it is thought provoking. Your thoughts on deities aside, you should take the time to read his argument for empathy, with God or without.
(More on Techland: …
Garmin’s Super Thin Nuvi 3700 GPS Series Does Multitouch
Garmin recently announced its Nuvi 3790T GPS system at a price of $450. You’d be forgiven for mistaking it for a smartphone, though, as the 3700 series measures in at just nine millimeters (0.35 inches) thick, about the same as a #2 pencil. Add to that a 4.3-inch 800×480-resolution multitouch display, advanced navigation features, and
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4th Gen iPhone Found In Redwood City Bar, Supposedly
While we wait for Apple to throw down a cease and desist on Gizmodo, we may as well indulge in the scant details of the 4th generation iPhone that was found over the weekend in a Redwood City bar. I’m surprised this hasn’t already happened or is Gizmodo pulling one over on us?
It’s different than every other iteration of the iPhone …
Top Ten Monday Tech Deals
It’s Monday. Let’s ease into it like Brett Favre into a warm bath with some handpicked deals. I’ve taken the liberty of arranging them in a top ten list from good to great in the hopes of highlighting the day’s best deals without much extraneous fluff.
10. Philips Refurbished GoGear 4GB MP3 Player: $19.99 (Geeks.com)
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Star Wars Heads to Blu-ray, But Which Jabba Will We See?
Here we go: At this weekend’s Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo (C2E2), Steve Sansweet, Lucasfilm Director of Fan Relations, told IGN that a Star Wars box set on Blu-ray isn’t far off.
“We have been at work for a couple of years working on-I won’t call it the Ultimate Set because we keep finding stuff-but, a very full set of …