It’s hard to think of a TV series that matured as dramatically, or successfully, as Warehouse 13. When it debuted last July 7th, it had the mystical artifact thing going for it, as well as the governmental conspiracy thread. But then it took The X-Files and mixed in a whole lot of Moonlighting and Bones. The wacky-heavy-detectivy mix …
iPhone 4 Reception Issues Aren’t What You Think
According to Apple, the root of the well-documented iPhone 4 reception issue has been identified and “it is both simple and surprising.” The formula with which Apple calculates how many bars should be displayed is “totally wrong.” So, when your iPhone 4 says you have 4 bars of reception, you might actually only have one or two. …
Emanata: Cheer On the Bad Guys
“The awful thing about life is this,” as Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game put it: “everyone has their reasons.” That’s the premise behind two excellent superhero comics published this week, neither of which actually have any superheroes in them. Action Comics #890, Paul Cornell and Pete Woods’ first issue of their run, and Matt …
Microsoft Revolutionizes Battery Installation with ‘InstaLoad’
You know how you have to load batteries into products a certain way? Get ready to have your minds collectively blown. Microsoft has developed what it’s calling InstaLoad battery installation technology, “which allows users to easily install a battery without regard to positive and negative polarity.”
Finally, a lifetime of being …
Meet Your New, Talented Spider-Man: Andrew Garfield, Future Heart-Throb
After all the rumors and night terrors, suppositions and double-questioning, Sony has finally saddled up for a new Spider-Man: Andrew Garfield.
Not sure who the dude is? He’s a 26-year-old (27 next month) thespian that’s actually done a few impressive things. Unlike all the pretty-boy rumors, here’s a boy who can hold his own on …
The Daily Dose
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Up Front:
8-Bit Twilight Game Shut Down, Makers Slam Summit Entertainment [via NewsFeed] – UPDATE: It’s been saved!
Gadgets:
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Over iPhone 4 Antenna [via CNET]
Apple Is Hiring iPhone Antenna Engineers. I Wonder Why. [via …
PS3 Finally Making a Profit for Sony
Over at IGN, Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, let it be known that Playstation’s parent company’s finally making money on every PS3 it sells. The quote from IGN:
“This year is the first time that we are able to cover the cost of the PlayStation 3,” Yoshida said. “We aren’t making huge money from hardware, but
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Programmable Matter Shows Early Signs of Transformer Apocalypse
The end is near, my friends. A handful of geniuses at Harvard and MIT have developed programmable matter based on origami principles.
According to the press release:
“Called programmable matter by folding, the team demonstrated how a single thin sheet composed of interconnected triangular sections could transform itself into a boat-
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Converse Gets Seuss’ed
Iconic shoemaker Converse has just rolled out its new line of Dr. Seuss-themed kicks, just in time for the summer’s most sweltering heat. They’ve got Seuss-style high-tops and low-tops for kids (starting at $35) and adults (starting at $55). Influenced by Seuss’ classics such as The Cat In The Hat, The Lorax and One Fish, Two Fish, I …
The Comic Book Club: “Batwoman: Elegy” and “Werewolves of Montpellier”
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: we end up talking about what we picked up. This week, Douglas Wolk, Evan Narcisse, Mike Williams and Graeme McMillan discuss Greg Rucka and J.H. Williams III’s Batwoman: Elegy (see our interview with Williams) and Jason’s Werewolves of Montpellier (previewed here …
Goodbye Sidekick, I Loved You
Less than 24 hours after it was announced that Microsoft was scrapping KIN, Microsoft’s other carrier partner T-Mobile has stated that it will halt all sales of the Sidekick line starting tomorrow.
As T-Mobile looks to further innovate and raise the bar for the next iteration of the T-Mobile Sidekick, as of July 2, the Sidekick LX
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Dr. Demento Bows Out from Radioland for the Web
It’s taken four decades of weird sounding radio for him to get it, but Dr. Demento is taking the sounds of garbled fish, dogs being chased down by lawn equipment and penchance to introduce characters like ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic to a web-only format.
The coast-to-coast syndicated show, based out of Southern California has been a mainstay …