Officially unveiled back in June, Toshiba’s limited-edition “next-gen ultra-mobile concept PC” is now available for preorder at $1,099.99.
You’ll recall that the Libretto W100 features dual 7-inch 1024×600 multitouch screens, no physical keyboard, Windows 7 Home Premium, a 1.2GHz Intel CPU, 2GB of RAM, 64GB solid-state drive …
Maybe I’m expecting too much of Ray Bradbury; he is, after all, about to turn 90 on August 22nd, and therefore can be allowed to be slightly uncertain about the way that the world today has turned out. But there’s really something dispiriting about the curmudgeonly portrait of the Farenheit 451 author from the LA Times, which includes …
Here is the list of new comics coming out this Wednesday. Please don’t take this as some type of ultimatum. It’s just a list. Do with it what you like. Now the featured Pull List that comes out tomorrow, that’s a different story. Those are words to be heeded. Today, however, peruse.
(A ♠ marks my projected pull list.)
Marvel
Age …
Having been to things like E3 and GDC, I’ve poked and prodded Nintendo and Sony about Apple’s move into the mobile gaming space. Neither party has provided a worthwhile quote on the subject. But Sony has directly targeted the mobile platform in its latest PSP ad. According to Marcus, the iPhone wasn’t built for “big boy …
BioWare’s slowly, steadily making the year-long wait for The Old Republic MMO more and more unbearable. Today, they’ve detailed what all the leveling up will get you if you play as a Jedi. The two new advanced classes seem to offer skills that will entice players who want to play as part of a group or lone-wolf users who might like a …
Perhaps you, like me, did not know that there were champions of these things. Well you knew wrong. Dead wrong.
Over the weekend the Professional/Amateur Pinball Association held its world championship in Scott Township, Pennyslvania. 406 players entered. They played Cheetah, Johnny Mnemonic (‘better than the movie!’ <tm>), Creature …
SECAUCUS, NJ (August 16, 2010) – Panasonic, a worldwide leader in Full HD 3D1 technology, announced today the expansion of its award-winning line of Full HD 3D VIERA® Plasma TVs with the launch of the Panasonic VIERA GT25 Series of Full HD 3D Plasma TVs2. The series will feature Panasonic’s first 42-inch class (41.6” measured …
Mat Johnson and Simon Gane’s graphic novel Dark Rain: A New Orleans Story is a bank-heist thriller with a surprising setting: New Orleans in the middle of the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe. It comes out in comics stores this Wednesday and in bookstores next week, just before the fifth anniversary of Katrina. Here’s an exclusive preview …
Id Software’s been blowing people’s minds every time they show off Rage, their retina-sizzling FPS/racing hybrid. It’s running off of idEngine 5–the latest software iteration from the House of Doom–which features incredibly expressive lighting and animation technology.
(More on Techland: E310: Simply the Best, or What Thrilled …
Samsung’s much-rumored Android-powered Galaxy Tab could end up being a total wash. A firmware update that was released over the weekend supposedly reveals a few key specs.
The Super AMOLED screen on the 7-inch Galaxy Tab could end up with a sub-par 480 x 800 resolution or 1024 x 600. The rear camera isn’t much better with 2048 …
I was in San Francisco this past weekend, covering the Singularity Summit.
You probably know what the Singularity is. If I was 100% sure that you knew, I wouldn’t try to explain what it is. But a sliver of doubt remains, so here goes.
Every once in a while human civilization reaches a moment when the rate of social and …
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s upcoming Batman: The Brave and the Bold is going cross-platform on the Nintendo Wii and DS.
The game launches September 7 for both the DS and Wii, and if someone happens to be playing on the DS alongside someone playing on the Wii, the DSer can jump into the Wii version by controlling …