It’s Friday! Maybe you just got paid. You could use that money for boring stuff like bills, rent, and food, or you could act like a wonderfully impulsive consumer and spend it on any number of products. Here are some ideas to get you started based on your taxable income bracket.
10% ($0 to $8,375)
You get an iPad yet? Oh, …
Oh, the horror. ABC has renewed alien series V.
Because of its rating boost in recent weeks, the show has been picked up for a 13-episode second season full of non-aliens and non-plots. (Sigh.) I guess an undressed alien princess really will get you results.
(More on Techland: V EP 11: Alien Princess in Her Underwear Ought to Do …
Five years ago, if you’d tried to tell me that a series other than Tony Hawk Pro Skater would be ruling the roost in the skateboard video game category, I would’ve laughed at you and gone back pulling off …
VentureBeat is reporting that “Acer will launch Chrome OS devices at the Computex Taipei show, which will be held from June 1 to June 5.” That’s according to “multiple sources,” though it’s not to say that the “launch” will mean that the devices will be available for purchase in June. I have a feeling Acer won’t be the …
Thanks to a scheduling pile-up, all three parts of Brian Michael Bendis’s conclusion to his part of the Siege crossover–Siege #4, Dark Avengers #16 and The New Avengers Finale–came out this week. (Spoilers for all of them follow.) Bendis is a fascinating and occasionally frustrating writer to follow: he’s incredibly prolific, he tends …
Thursday, May 12, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Vamps in 3D: Dario Argento is set to start filming his upcoming film, Dracula, in 3D. The film aims to be a faithful translation of Bram Stoker’s classic novel. Shooting will begin in January and take place in Italy.
[via Slash Film]
Who needs a …
Because I’m a Trekkie now, this matters to me.
As part of its new site redesign, Wikipedia unveiled a new, altered logo. Turns out they’ve swapped out the Vulcan character for puny “actual language” Amharic. (New logo is on the left.) The audacity…
[via urlesque]
More on Techland:
What to do when you find your fledgling alien series in a could-be-canceled fix? Strip down a character or two.
Tuesday’s episode of V featured the staged attack of V leader Anna’s daughter Lisa, the stunning blond playing footsie with Tyler, that whiny human kid with all the mommy and daddy issues. The plot seemed to bring things …
Skype’s on the verge of releasing a new version of its popular VOIP/instant messaging/video calling software to include support for group video calling with up to five people. You can take the beta version for a spin provided you and your fellow chatters have grabbed the same update.
According to the Skype blog post:
“With …
This is what happens when Techland goes to the comic book store: Douglas Wolk, Evan Narcisse, Mike Williams, Peter Ha and Lev Grossman end up talking about what we picked up. This week, we discuss the first issue of Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne.
DOUGLAS: I enjoyed this, but I was surprised by how straightforward a story it …
We’ve done a few reports on Red Dead Redemption here at the ‘Land and it’s safe to say that we’re excited for Rockstar’s upcoming open-world Western. If you haven’t yet been similarly moved, then this trailer should do ya. Giddy-up.
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