Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
The largest great white shark ever documented was 21 feet long and weighed an estimated 7,330 pounds.
First Video From The Scott Pilgrim Animated Short Produced By Adult Swim [Slash Film]
UAE Blackberry Ban …
For a generation of gamers, American McGee has more than a weird first name going for him. Ten years ago, the renowned game designer delivered American McGee’s Alice, a twisted vision of Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s story that caught up with a emotionally damaged Alice after her adventures in Wonderland. The game found huge …
We’ll keep this one simple. The only reason I’m excited about the Torch is because I’m a longtime BlackBerry user. But I doubt non-BB users feel the same way.
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AT&T and RIM Announce the BlackBerry Torch
BlackBerry OS 6 Coming To a Handful of Existing Devices
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The wait for Froyo is now over, Droid owner. Follow these simple steps to upgrade if you haven’t already received a notification to update OTA.
Step 1. Download this file and rename it “update.zip”
Step 2. Copy the zip file to your Droid’s microSD card.
Step 3. Power down your Droid.
Step 4. While pressing the “x” button, …
The team at Microsoft who’s in charge of mice, keyboards and other peripherals has turned to Twitter to tease out an upcoming product.
We caught a glimpse of said new product on July 27 with a spliced image revealing the corner of a matte black finish peripheral. Yesterday they offered the following hint: “Don’t be so …
Research in Motion (RIM) and AT&T recently announced the new BlackBerry Torch, which will be available Thursday, August 12th for $200 with a two-year contract. Here’s a quick overview of the phone and its capabilities.
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The Nakajima Laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications in Japan has developed a prototype pair of GPS-enabled glasses that use LED lights built into the frame to keep you moving in the right direction.
The glasses house a microcomputer used to input your final destination, which works in tandem with a sensor to facilitate …
Leave Pandora to the Na’vi, Thumbplay is the definitive cloud-based music service for both desktop and mobile devices with unlimited, on-demand access to over nine million tracks. Import your existing iTunes playlists and wirelessly sync between your smartphone (Android, BlackBerry and iPhone) and computer (PC and Mac). Tap into your …
Tomorrow is Wednesday. Plan accordingly. Make time at lunch or after work. Cut class. Make your list. Excuse yourself. New comic books are bearing down on us. Here are five comics that will be coming home with me. Visit us here at Techland for Panel of the Week and Comic Book Club later this week. Everybody is doing it.
Marvel …
Calling all hipsters: Arcade Fire and director Spike Jonze are coming to make science-fiction just for you. In an interview that the band’s Win Butler gave to Pitchfork, he revealed that the Eternal Sunshine of The Spotless Mind and Where The Wild Things Are director has shot a “a science-fiction B-movie companion piece” for the band’s …
This year’s Comic-Con was squirming with female nerds. TIME’s Vanessa Kaneshiro pulled some aside at the convention center in San Diego to find out what piques their interest. See what they had to say in the video above.
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We already talked about how Sony’s favorite mythological warrior will be coming round the mountain again in an all-new game and now we finally know the release date will be November 2. The GoW games have generally been the best offerings on PSP but if you need more than just the game to make you pony up your cash, Sony’s offering a slew …
