MSI, you know you can’t name something a “slatebook,” right? It’s either a slate or a notebook! Aw, what the hell. Do whatever you want. Crazy kids.
DigiTimes is reporting that MSI “will showcase a tablet PC, the MSI Slatebook, based on Intel’s mobile internet device (MID) platform at Computex 2010,” the collective
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The game’s about to change for fans of the popular EA Sports titles. Starting in June with the release of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11, EA will be rolling out Online Pass, a newly-announced system for accessing networked features of their top-selling athletic simulations.
Here’s how it’ll work: If you want to play online against …
Blogger and sci-fi author Cory Doctorow’s For The Win hit bookstores today and to celebrate, he’s giving away free copies via download on the book’s web site, like he’s done in the past. (Seriously, if you like For The Win, download Makers from 2009. Yeah, it’s free.) Or, if you’re a print person but aren’t into that whole “driving to …
News quickly spread yesterday morning that Frank Frazetta had passed away at the ripe old age of 82. As Douglas pointed out, Frazetta basically established an entire genre of art and for that we thank him. It’s okay if you’re not too familiar with his work. That’s why we’re here. Below is a gallery of 10 iconic Frank Frazetta …
There’s been a lot of hubbub about tablet computing, in general, with most of the criticism for Windows-based tablets stemming from the fact that Windows on a tablet results in an underpowered computing experience with short battery life. So on the flipside of that coin, we’ve got mobile-centric operating systems like Android and …
Lenovo has unveiled its summer lineup of consumer computers. There’s plenty to choose from, so let’s cut the jibber jabber and get down to it.
IdeaPad Z Series
The Z Series laptops start at $649 and are available in 13.3- and 15.6-inch models. The company is positioning these machines as bringing “mobile multimedia to the …
Monday, May 10, 2010
Here’s what else is going on in nerd news around the web:
Updating David Lynch’s Dune: Uber-fan Sasha Burrow is working on an updating the FX of 1984 classic Dune, and now, he’s asking for help.
“Although I am currently working on this by Myself, it’s a large undertaking and if there is anyone interested in helping
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Frank Frazetta, who passed away May 10 at the age of 82, wasn’t the most prolific comic book artist–his interior comics pages in the last four decades of his life, especially, were scarce to nonexistent. But his impact on American comics was enormous: the entire modern sword-and-sorcery genre is arguably directly descended from his …
The story goes something like this. Back in 2007, USA Today published an article that said, “AT&T has exclusive U.S. distribution rights for five years” concerning the iPhone. That information proved to be difficult to officially verify and since the first iPhone hit the market, it seems that we’ve been hearing rumor after rumor …
This could be a huge blow to Skype users if it turns out to be true. Speaking to the UK’s Telegraph, Skype CEO Josh Silverman says the ads would be “done in a tasteful way.”
Can anyone point out a company that has implemented ads in a tasteful way?
You’d think the recently rolled out subscription rates would entice even …
Sprint announced in March that it would follow suit and make available the Nexus One in the near future. Seven days later the HTC EVO 4G was announced. In late April Google announced via the Nexus One blog that Verizon customers were better off ordering the HTC Incredible, a “cousin of the Nexus One that is similarly feature-packed.” …
