After the refereeing debacle that took place over the weekend in the England vs Germany and Mexico vs Argentina matches, the world soccer governing body FIFA has said they’ll reevaluate goal-line video technology next month during a board meeting.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said refereeing changes won’t be made during this World …
Every week we take some time to select some comics that we can’t wait to pick up. Here are five of those comics right here. Be sure to check back on Thursday for the Panel of the Week and Friday for the Comic Book Club.
Turf #2
I can’t even remember when Turf #1 came out. It’s been a while. In 1920’s New York a pack of vampires are …
Today marks the release of a brand new episode of Red Light Properties, Dan Goldman’s psychedelic horror webcomic serialized on Tor.com. Mixing the supernatural realm with an all-too-familiar world of marriage breakdowns, financial meltdowns and everyday horrors, the strip is more impressive work from the man behind Shooting War and 08: …
A hard drive, really? I know hard drives aren’t the sexiest things in the world to read about, but I swear that this one is. When a press release for 3.5-inch 3TB external drive that costs $250 pops up in your e-mail, you take notice.
Seagate’s FreeAgent GoFlex Desk (WTF is up with that name?) drive is the world’s first 3TB …
Our brethren at Entertainment Weekly have it on good authority that former Doomsday/Crashdown and current Starkiller has signed on to play a blood sucking vampire in Syfy’s US remake of the UK hit Being Human. That’s right, Sam Witwer will play Aidan Turner alongside Meaghan Rath and Sam Huntington in the upcoming …
There’s some pitter-patter on the worldwide web concerning a rumored project simply known as Google Me. It all started with a Twitter update from Digg founder Kevin Rose saying that he’d heard a rumor from a “very credible source” that Google would be launching a “Facebook competitor very soon” called Google Me. That tweet has since been …
Aside from PlayStation Plus subscriptions and enhanced Facebook features, the latest firmware update for the PlayStation 3 adds a nifty video editor as showcased by one Japanese PS3 owner. Said owner uploaded a 24MB full HD trailer of Evangelion to his PS3 in three minutes and then worked his magic to create what you see above. The only …
Do you own the Google-backed Nexus One smartphone? Then you, my friend, will get the Google-backed Android 2.2 software very soon. It’s currently rolling out to Nexus One handsets via an over-the-air update.
Per Google, “In order to access the update, you will receive a message on your phone’s notification bar. Just download the …
Earlier today Sony announced details of an upcoming firmware update for the PS3 and PSP. The PS3 will jump to v3.40 and with it comes PlayStation Plus subscriptions (available starting tomorrow) and a slew of other features including Facebook “enhancements.” The PSP will receive firmware update v6.30 that includes PS Plus and …
June 28, 2010 – Happy Birthday, Felicia Day!
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
When Twilight Fandom Becomes Addiction [via LA Times]
Three Cloud Music Companies To Watch [via NYT]
Obama Endorses Plan To Boost Wireless Broadband [via Reuters]
iSuppli Says iPhone 4 Cost Apple $187.51 [via …
Warner Bros. has just released its first official trailer for Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, which of course, will be split into two parts released on November 19th, 2010 and July 15th, 2011. So far the only thought running through my head is, “Epic.”
I will say that I am surprised that so much footage for the second film was …
