Here’s a quick rumor for you to take into the weekend. Looks like Toshiba may be working on the world’s lightest 13-inch laptop. It’s reported to weigh just 2.2 pounds, feature Intel’s new Core i3/5/7 processors, and come with something called a “super charged ion battery” that’s capable of recharging to 90% capacity within …
5 Things You Need to Know Before Seeing Iron Man 2
In lieu of a Techland Show we have a special video for you this Friday. It’s a primer on Iron Man 2, where Peter and Steve break down everything you need to know before you go and watch the movie (including a re-cap of the first movie and what to expect from the all-star cast).
Sit back and enjoy.
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Exclusive Interview: Grant Morrison on Batman Times Three
The next few months will see a whole colony of Batman comics written by Grant Morrison. Besides the ongoing Batman and Robin, whose most recent issue ended with one of those classic Morrison twists that are obvious only in retrospect, he’s writing the six-issue miniseries Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne (which launches next week), as …
Tony Stark’s Iron Man 2 Gadgets
Forget Minority Report, Tony Stark has the best gadgets and he proves it in Iron Man 2. Check out this montage from Perception NYC, the studio behind all the wicked cool gadgets in the summer’s biggest blockbuster.
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Review: Iron Man 2, Now With Extra Iron (Can We Call The Next One Tony Stark?)
Grade: B
Has there ever been a more obvious pairing of superhero and actor than that of Tony Stark and Robert Downey Jr.? Here’s a character and a movie star who relish being the center of attention, who meld the poise of an intellect with the antics of a frat boy, who don’t so much walk into a room as strut in as star of their own …
Paycheck Friday: Purchasing Suggestions For Your Perusal
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)
With your income, you …
Bethesda and inExile Entertainment Turn Up the Heat in Hunted: The Demon’s Forge
At Bethesda’s BFG 2010 preview event two weeks ago, the publisher gave another extended look at the upcoming fantasy action title Hunted: The Demon’s Forge. The seesion started with remarks from Brian Fargo of inExile Entertainment, the developer studio working on the game. Fargo’s worked on any beloved game franchises, including …
Disney Loves Star Wars, Throws ‘Last Tour to Endor’ Bash in August
Disney will begin this year’s batch of Star Wars Weekends in just a few weeks, and these ads by Disney’s Yellow Shoes have kicked things off on a high note.
This year’s weekends will be held on May 21 – 23, May 28 – 30, June 4 – 6, and June 11 – 13 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in Orlando. The best part? You can arrive at Disney for …
Stop the Insanity: Bacon Flavored Beverage Syrup
Un. Be. Lievable. The familiar Torani-labeled bottles that you see at your local coffee shop come in a wide variety of flavors. Does bacon have to be one of them? Apparently, yes.
I’d consider myself a bacon lover through and through but I draw the line at Torani’s suggestion that I add this bacon syrup “to cocktails, lattes, …
Entertainment Roundup: Hollywood for Geeks
Yay! Iron Man 2 opens today.
[via EVERYWHERE YOU TURN]
Mission Impossible 4: It’s been confirmed. Brad Bird will direct the fourth film.
[via Slash Film]
Sorry Tropic Thunder fans: But it looks like there are no plans in the works for a sequel. Iron Man says so.
[vodpod …
iPad To Take Over The World On May 28
Maybe not the world, but part of it. Beginning May 10, those of you living in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK can pre-order the “magical” iPad and have it delivered to your doorstep on May 28. That is all.
UK
• 16GB WiFi-only £429
• 32GB WiFi-only £499
• 64GB WiFi-only £599
• 16GB …
id Shows Rage, A First-Person-Shooter That Will Blow Your Mind
id Software knows first-person-shooters. Hell, they practically created every expectation fans have when they see two floating hands holding a gun onscreen. But, it’s been a long time between new concepts for them. Through new iterations of the Wolfenstein, Doom and Quake franchises originated by id have come out in the last five years …