Sony is getting ready to sell its “entry-level” VAIO J touchscreen all-in-one. It’s priced somewhat aggressively at $1100 and up for what you get—Intel Core i3 CPU, Blu-ray drive, 21.5-inch multi-touch display with 1920×1080 resolution, 4GB of RAM, 500GB hard drive, and Windows 7 Home Premium.
The press release mentions that …
The thing about the worst movies adapted from video game source material is the insidious way they reinforce the most ignorant criticisms of the medium. “What do you expect?” elitists sniff about dross such as Far Cry. “It was made from a video game.” Yes, it was… by opportunistic producers, hack directors and actors looking …
Tiger may not be playing his best golf lately (it’s almost as though he’s distracted by something!) but that doesn’t mean that we won’t be getting the latest installment of EA Sports’ PGA Tour series this year.
Available today for Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 features a new Ryder Cup mode, some new …
Another classic mash-up from Quirk Books lands in bookstores today. Its latest Frankenbook is Leo Tolstoys’ Anna Karenina, or Android Karenina ($8, Amazon), as written by Ben Winters (Sense & Sensibility & Sea Monsters.) With Android, Winters has given Tolstoy’s beautiful Russian epic a steampunk edge, filling the book with robots, space …
Surprising many, superhero TV series Misfits won the British Academy of Film and Television Arts award for Best Drama this weekend. So why hasn’t it made its way to the US yet?
Misfits isn’t exactly a British version of Heroes; as the official website explains, its superpowered protagonists (who gained their powers after being struck …
In case you missed it, Apple announced the new iPhone 4 yesterday. Here’s our liveblog, here’s video of the announcement, and here’s our hands-on, and here’s the specs sheet. The phone will be out at the end of the month with a starting price of $199 with a two-year AT&T contract. So if you’ve been waiting to get an iPhone, …
Today is World Oceans Day, but given the current catastrophe going on in the Gulf thanks to BP, it’s not easy being so lighthearted about the situation and compiling a list of waves I’ve seen in sci-fi flicks that I’d love to surf. But I’m going to do it anyway.
Surfers have a thing about finding a bigger, faster wave to surf. …
DJ Hero was last year’s biggest surprise success in the music game genre. It had a lot going against it: it was largely a single-player affair, the game offered no vocal component and its controller were new and intimidating. Despite all of that, and a very high price tag, DJ Hero apparently sold enough units to warrant a …
Is the M11x the most powerful 11-inch gaming laptop in the world? Yes. What about the galaxy? Also, yes. What about the universe? Believe it or not, yes, according to Dell’s product page. We’re dealing with aliens here, so the story checks out.
The 11.6-inch, 4.4-pound notebook is available starting at $799 with an Intel Core 2 …
Back in 2007, Vertigo announced that it would be publishing a graphic novel inspired by Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s 2003 environmentalist rock opera (and multimedia wellspring) Greendale. The project has gone through a few changes since then, but the hardcover graphic novel–written by Unknown Soldier‘s Joshua Dysart, and drawn by Green …