Back in 1983, Alan Moore and Alan Davis created a one-off, six-page story for the British weekly comic book 2000 A.D.: “D.R. & Quinch Have Fun On Earth,” in which a pair of alien juvenile delinquents (who bore a certain resemblance to National Lampoon‘s “O.C. & Stiggs”) wreak havoc with time travel. (You can read that original story at …
OLPC Foundation to Launch $100 Student Tablet
Aiming to hit the magic $100 price point that’s been the goal of the One Laptop Per Child Foundation since the inception of its earliest student-friendly “XO” portable computers, Nicholas Negroponte is planning to take things into the tablet realm over the coming months.
Originally announced last year for a scheduled launch in …
I’m Calling It: Voicemail Is Dead
I got a new iPhone about ten months ago. (My last one got stolen.) I dicked around with the settings. I set up e-mail, threw some apps on there, as one does. I figured I’d set up voicemail when I had a sec.
I’m still waiting for that sec.
If I call myself I still get the “Welcome to your new mailbox!” I really meant to set it up, …
Acer Unveils 7-inch Android Tablet, 6-inch E-book Reader, ‘Stream’ Phone
Looks like Acer has jumped into both the e-book reader and Android tablet arenas with the announcement of its 6-inch LumiRead and an unnamed 7-inch Android tablet.
The LumiRead e-book reader has a QWERTY keyboard similar to Amazon’s Kindle, 2GB of onboard storage expandable via microSD cards, both Wi-Fi and 3G, and book downloads …
Season Finale of FlashForward airs on ABC at 8 p.m.
The Daily Dose
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Hi, I’m a Marvel … and I’m a DC: The Musical: Well, hello best thing I’ve seen all day. I can’t believe this is the 100th episode of Hi, I’m a Marvel… The only thing that makes me happier is that it’s a musical, and a damned good one at …
Poll: Will You Miss Megan Fox in Transformers 3?
It’s Megan vs. Rosie.
Today, director Michael Bay named English Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley as Fox 3.0. Whiteley will replace Fox as the babe du jour of the Transformers franchise, and judging by her Google Images queue, I’d say Transformers‘ target audience will be quite happy with the replacement. But we’re …
DC Confirms Shift To $3.99 Price Point
DC Comics has confirmed reports that it is moving to a $3.99 price point for some of its 32-page DC Universe and Vertigo imprint series effective July, following a week of speculation sparked by the release of the publisher’s August solicitations.
Bleeding Cool was the first to break the news that the publisher was not only following …
LOST Explained With Post-Its
Video blogger and musician Alex Day is able to explain the main story arch of LOST in three minutes using Post-It notes. And you know what, it actually works.
(More on Techland: All of LOST in 108 Seconds)
Day’s also got a new video game-themed EP 117% Complete: comedic musical commentary at its finest. My favorite is Pokemon, What …
How Superman Finally Got The Krypton He Deserves
It’s taken more than 70 years, but Superman finally has the one thing he’s always wanted: a home. Today sees the release of Superman: War of The Supermen #4, the final part of a massive, four-year-long arc running throughout various DC Comics titles that has seen his homeworld of Krypton come back to life – and the characters’ creators …
Finance: Apple Ousts Microsoft
Apple has just become the most valuable technology company in the universe, surpassing Microsoft. Trading isn’t quite over yet but as of around 3:30 Eastern today, Apple’s market cap sat at $224.95 billion compared to Microsoft’s $220.06 billion.
According to the New York Times, Exxon is the only American company more valuable …
Hey, Wil Wheaton, What’s the Geekiest Thing You’ve Ever Done?
I’ve known Wil since I was a kid. The first time we met was in the summer of ’86. Wil was searching for his brother who had gone missing somewhere in Oregon and I decided to tag along with the rest of the crew. We lost touch for a couple months until the next year when Wil decided to go into outer space. We argued over whether or not …