I wasn’t going to blog about this, but it just got a lot more interesting. On Tuesday Apple rejected an iPhone app for Google Voice, a free VoIP service...
July 2009
It looks like our long intergalactic nightmare is over. The Toronto Star is reporting a scoop: that the entire voice cast of Futurama has just signed a new...
ABC’s got a new series debuting Sunday: Defying Gravity is about four men and four women on a deep-space mission and the hilarity that ensues. The series...
There are four words you don’t see together very often. Syfy, the new identity of the former Sci Fi Channel, is claiming impressive gains both among...
Gamers eager to Dungeon & Dragons Online for free will have to wait a little bit longer. The transition to the no-fee DDO Unlimited, which had been...
Talk about an ability to kindle up controversy. A high school student has filed a lawsuit against Amazon.com for deleting an e-book he bought for the e...
The latest Doctor Who special, “Planet of the Dead,” has aired on BBC America and is therefore available on iTunes for $1.99 — meaning that...
In Spaihts, no one can hear you scream … The Alien franchise is still clinging to life like a newborn face-hugger. Variety reports that Ridley Scott, the...
Fresh off their highest profile convention ever, Comic-Con’s future in San Diego may be in doubt. There’s no secret that the convention is too...
VIZ Media has launched a Web site for theier online manga magazine IKKI where you can check out the opening chapters of Japanese graphic novels for free in...
A judge today refused to delay the October release of the Jack Black video game Brutal Legend, but he did delay arguments and a formal ruling in the lawsuit...
The bigger they are, the harder they fall. That’s what Nintendo’s learning right now, as the Japanese game company faces a quarterly profit plunge...
A new Web site lets video gamers place wagers on their skills, with real money at stake — but it’s not considered online gambling, and it’s...
Coming to PCs and Macs this fall: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. The console and handheld tale of Darth Vader’s “secret apprentice,” set...
The studio releasing the movies based on the bestselling Twilight novels has tried to pull a fast one on the saga’s famously fanatical followers. Summit...
It’s no Hogwarts, but it did stand in for the fictional magic academy’s Chamber of Secrets in the movies. And it has that new-hag smell. The...
The East Valley will host one of the first two Microsoft stores when the computing giant enters the retailing world this fall. The Associated Press reported...
News out of this past weekend San Diego Comic-Con failed to bring us the rumored word of a big-screen Doctor Who movie with outgoing TV series star David...
Well, another Comic-Con is in the books. The weekend only elevated the already rampant insanity that is inherant when you gather 125,000-plus fanboys/girls and...
Japanese professor creates baseball-playing robots | AP If Zelda Was First-Person And In 3D… | Kotaku Webcomics: An Annotated Guide for the...
We’ve already reported that at least one e-tailer has proved it has both the ability and the guts to snatch back content you thought you wanted (Amazon...
The Disney Blog (not an official Disney blog, but a darn good one) talks a bit about the LEGO Toy Story Mini Figures that debuted this week at San Diego Comic...
The comic con is in full swing. Friday was a hectic day with the convention floor more packed than ever. The lull that seemed to run for most of Thursday is...
Whew. The first day is over and much excitement was had. Crowds seemed to be down after the insanity that was Wednesday’s preview night. However, some...
Gamers eager to explore the universe in an online roleplaying game based on the Stargate series have been getting that sinking feeling for some time now. Now a...
San Diego Comic-Con may be all the rage right now, but the Valley is known for its robust convention schedule as well. Here are some highlights of upcoming...
Star Wars’ iconic soundtrack is preparing to go on tour. As reported by The Associated Press: “Star Wars in Concert” will feature a symphony...
BBC News is reporting that a family in Saudi Arabia is suing a genie, accusing it of threats, stonings and mobile phone theft. They say the troublesome spirit...
Even Google is in the spirit for San Diego Comic-Con 2009, as seen in its homepage illustration:
See also: And I thought I was the only one who celebrated…
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind director Michel Gondry has replaced Hong Kong comedian Stephen Chow as director of the Columbia Pictures adaptation of...
“They should’ve sent a poet. So beautiful. So beautiful.” Ahhh, preview night of the San Diego Comic Con, is there anything better in the...
For those about to rock — we sue you! (Image: Electronic Arts) Last month Activision filed a lawsuit against a San Francisco company to stop the release...
“Would you like a jelly baby?” The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine reports that Tom Baker, the man most people still picture when think of...
The director’s cut of the Stargate SG-1 premiere episode “Children of the Gods” is now available on DVD, and to celebrate the removal of...
Spider-Man writer-director Sam Raimi has signed on to direct the movie adaptation of World of Warcraft, according to Variety. The film is being bankrolled and...
Children in Britain got the shepherd’s pie scared out of them earlier this month when educators, with the cooperation of local police, staged an alien...
So, the U.S. military’s “corpse-eating robots” I blogged about in passing on Sunday (Weekend Reading) have turned out to be more like...
The headline on The Associated Press article reads: Yahoo jazzes up home page with major makeover. Here it is, folks: I guess that’s what they call a...
Wizards of the Coast has released its Free RPG Day offering as a free download. The 2nd-level Eberron setting adventure, Khyber’s Harvest, was created...
After the massive hit of “The Dark Knight,” DC Comics has been silent on the big screen, but that’s set to change soon. The Hollywood...
According to the Tampa Tribune (AP story here), a Florida man is being sued by DC Comics for copyright and trademark infringement because he was selling...
Filming began today on the new season of Doctor Who, with Matt Smith as the latest incarnation of the Time Lord and Karen Gillan as his companion, whose full...
Syfy has announced the premiere dates for its upcoming slate of new and returning original series, including Stargate Universe, Destination Truth, Sanctuary...
If comic book fans had a Mecca, it would be San Diego, specifically, this Wednesday to Sunday. This is the week that the stars (literally and figuratively) in...
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Star Trek will beam down for DVD and Blu-ray Nov. 17. Fans can choose from a three-disc Blu-ray with digital copy, two-disc DVD with digital copy or a single...
Time for an update on the latest Kindle controversy, mentioned earlier today in this blog by Chris: Imagine this: You go into your favorite bookstore and...
As we’ve learned from Pet Sematary and countless zombie movies, coming back from beyond the grave is never without a price. Apparently, the resurrection...
Tyrese Gibson, aka Sgt. Epps in Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, will sign autographs and promote his new comic-book creation Mayhem! 5:30...
[Updated here.] Imagine this: You go into your favorite bookstore and purchase a book. You take it home and begin reading it. That night the bookstore sneaks...
Do you remember those plastic tabs on videotapes that you broke off if you wanted to prevent yourself from accidentally taping over something important? If you...
If you want to celebrate the 40th anniversary of mankind’s giant leap to the moon, you don’t have to travel the more than 230,000 miles the Apollo...
The overall snub of science fiction and fantasy genre shows at the Emmys continues. True Blood, HBO’s hilarious and sexy story of vampires coming out of...
Jim Parsons, who plays neurotic theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory on CBS, was nominated Thursday for the Emmy award for best lead...
There and Back Again? More like, Here We Go Again. While pre-production forges ahead on the Guillermo Del Toro-directed adaptation of The Hobbit, the estate of...
The PC version of Capcom’s Resident Evil 5 will release on Sept. 15. The port features stereoscoping 3D effects that require NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision...
No longer will Palm’s Pre smart phone be able to masquerade as an iPhone like a Decepticon. Apple on Wednesday pushed out an update to iTunes that cuts...
One hundred and fifty people submitted footwear designs in the Dungeons & Dragons “Sell Your Sole” contest, and now it’s time to cast...
CNNMoney.com and Yahoo! Finance chime in on the “8 Dumbest iPhone Apps.” I can’t believe “iFart” isn’t among them. See...
Tall ships and tall kings Three times three, What brought they from the foundered land Over the flowing sea? Seven stars and seven stones And one white tree...
Star Trek: The Next Generation and Roots star and Reading Rainbow host LeVar Burton is recovering from minor injuries he received in a car crash on July 13...
Have you noticed all the strange happenings surrounding graveyards recently? First, you’ve got the one in Illinois where workers are accused of digging...
The producer of Baretta and Babes in Toyland has filed a lawsuit claiming that ABC and Touchstone Television took a pilot he wrote in 1977 and turned it into...
Fresh off a huge pay-per-view success over the weekend, Dana White, the president of the leading mixed martial arts league UFC, has declared war on EA Sports...
The Associated Press is reporting that Star Wars prequel trilogy leading lady Natalie Portman will play an updated version of nurse Jane Foster from...
The always excellent Discovery Channel show, Mythbusters, is going to test the accuracy of one of the greatest episodes of Star Trek ever: “Arena”...
The return of the foil cover Atomic Comics On The Outside It Looked Like An Old Fashioned Police Box BBC 100 Essential Skills for Geeks WIRED MechWarrior...
A giant worm that spits and smells like lilies. Back up — I’m still on giant worm. A group of researchers from the University of Idaho are using...
Do you know the difference between a Howler and a Horcrux? Do you know what form your Patronus will take when called to defend you from a flight of Dementors...
Variety is reporting that Ryan Reynolds has been cast in the title role of Warner Bros.’ Green Lantern comic book adaptation. He apparently beat out...
Today marks the 153rd birthday of inventor, engineer and all-around awesome mad scientist Nikola Tesla. A true genius, Tesla came up with dozens of...
While I’m not a big fan of the Wii, I AM a big fan of controlling giant robots. So I have to give this particular Wii project a thumbs up. Add a two...
Recently I was reading Old iPods Have Still Got Game, an interesting post by Paul Govan at Wired’s GeekDad blog. I am still toiling in the dark ages with...
According to a report by Michael Hinman at Airlock Alpha, the family of late Superman creator Jerry Siegel will have to be happy with the royalties...
A staff member of Mesa-based Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, which is developing the online roleplaying game Stargate Worlds, recently posted some answers to...
Acclaimed comics scribe Brian K. Vaughan (Y the Last Man, Ex Machina) has left his writing / producing position on ABC’s ‘Lost.’ BKV has been...
Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman are teaming up with a group of comic book heroes from the world of Islam as part of a collaboration between DC Comics and...
Star Trek and Transformers screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman seem to have a thing for someone called Laurence.
The New York Times is reporting that Google plans to introduce an operating system for PCs based on its Chrome browser. The report, citing unnamed sources...
CBS has posted Monday’s Top Ten List, read by Autobots leader Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), on its YouTube channel.
The 1997 series premiere of Stargate SG-1 is getting a DVD makeover that includes a boob job. “Children of the Gods,” which marked the beginning of...
Today’s the day. The Sci Fi Channel is no more, replaced in a vortex of rebranding and other media industry buzzwords with an alien entity called...
Wizards of the Coast is planning a series of updates to Dungeons & Dragons supplements and adventure modules produced near the end of 3rd Edition’s...
Electronic versions of comics have been in development for years now, but like most print media comic books have dragged their feet. Due to the unique...
You can celebrate Legoland’s 10th birthday this month without loading up the family and driving to Carlsbad, Calif. The Arizona Science Center is hosting...
Twitter has expanded its reach once again, this time into the mythical world of Azeroth. That’s right, the Internet’s latest fixation has been...
Take hold of my cape, young one, and join me on a quick tour of the blogosphere …
Looks like Harry Potter’s pal Ron Weasley is going be paying Madam Pomfrey a visit in the Hogwarts infirmary: Potter star Rupert Grint recovering from...
Yub yub!
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If you missed it on BBC America — or, like me, miss watching it on the lower-tier Sci Fi Channel — the 2008 Doctor Who Christmas special is now...
The Sci Fi Channel has launched a two-minute “brand film” that the cable network says reflects the look and feel of its new identity...
Wired is reporting that cellular biologists from the Max Planck Institute are making headway in their studies of the regenerative abilities of salamanders...
This is comedy gold that’s been out there for a while. And why was I not informed?
Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it)
FiestaCon, a gathering of sci-fi and fantasy fans, starts today at the Tempe Mission Palms and runs through the weekend. Guests include sci-fi author Alan Dean...
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Gamers are furious that Blizzard Entertainment’s upcoming real-time sci-fi strategy game Starcraft II will have no LAN support. They’ve been...
The LA Times notes that Walt Disney was as much a techno-geek as he was an imagineer or businessman: The geeky side of Disney is one of the elements that will...
