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Saturday, February 04, 2012

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The flight and current of Chronicle

Chronicle is the first film this year I was genuinely looking forward to seeing in the theater. read more Read more..

Joss Whedon tweets The Avengers

Thanks to Buffy and Serenity, Joss Whedon is geek royalty, and he's a huge superhero fan as well. read more Read more..

John Carter featurette goes live

This week, Disney released a new featurette for its upcoming science fiction adventure film, John Carter, which is based on A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. read more Read more..

Leaving Harry Potter behind


The Harry Potter movies are finally done, but Daniel Radcliffe isn't looking back or resting on his laurels. 

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Lead roles cast, recast for Evil Dead remake

We recently reported that the lead role in the Evil Dead remake had been filled. The protagonist for the new version of the classic film is female, a rather interesting change from the original script. read more Read more..

A Shining obsession

Wherever Stanley Kubrick is right now, considering how much he obsessed over every detail of his movies, you hope he's pleased that his fans are completely obsessing over his work.

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Whiskey charts course from drink to biofuel

When it comes to green, Scotland has more than that famous lush greenery going on. 

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New images released for LEGO Lord of the Rings

LEGO recently released a number of new images for its upcoming line of Lord of the Rings toys. First, an image of the entire fellowship of the ring mini-figure set. read more Read more..

Why Heather Peters took on Honda and won

People all around the country came down hard on both sides of a recent lawsuit which pitched California resident Heather Peters against auto giant Honda. read more Read more..

Van Halen rocks LA warm up gig

I'm certain all Van Halen die-hards have these dates memorized by now, but just in case, their first new album with David Lee Roth since 1984, A Different Kind of Truth, goes live on February 7. read more Read more..

Unplugging: SXSW lineup heats up

Artists and music lovers across the world come together for several days each year in Austin, TX for the famed South by Southwest Festival. read more Read more..

Bendis talks Powers on paper and screen

It’s been nearly a year since we reported that a live-action series was in development based on Powers, a super hero detective comic line. read more Read more..

Snow Piercer picks up momentum



Snow Piercer, a high-profile sci-fi indie project, is picking up serious momentum now that Oscar Frontrunner Octavia Spencer has joined the film’s cast. 

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Could Chronicle be the big winner this weekend?

Usually the beginning of the year is a dead zone for movies, you open your big blockbusters in the summer and the award winners in the winter.

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Anonymous jacks and tags Boston Police Department

Hackers linked to Anonymous and AntiSec have jacked and tagged a site run by the Boston Police Department in retaliation for a recent BPD raid against an OccupyBoston encampment in Dewey Park. read more Read more..

54% of Kindle Fire owners like their tablet

Amazon has had both praise and damnation heaped on its popular Kindle Fire tablet since the device launched in November 2011. read more Read more..

Android Market "Bouncer" prevents malware

After numerous reports of Android apps that are malicious and can destroy a user's phone, Google is finally doing something about it. read more Read more..

Life on Mars? Not on the surface

Mars may have been an arid planet for over 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet's surface. read more Read more..

HTC admits to not disclosing security bug

HTC has come forward to say that it decided to keep quiet about a recently uncovered glitch that exposed user's Wi-Fi data. read more Read more..

Anonymous pwns FBI internal comms

Hackers linked to Anonymous and AntiSec have managed to obtain a "sensitive" conference call between the FBI and the British Scotland Yard - which was held to discuss the collective on January 17th. read more Read more..

JJ Abrams clinches new sci-fi show

It seems like every time I turn around JJ Abrams has a new project set up. 

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Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf sales dip in January

GM and Nissan have published their respective January (2012) sales figures for the green Chevrolet Volt and Nissan Leaf. read more Read more..

Android developers get free Playbooks

The Playbook has been so underwhelming that some have quipped that Research in Motion "couldn't even give them away." read more Read more..

Putting electric motors on a diet

Dionysios Aliprantis has a few problems with the current state of electric motors. 

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News Corp accused of more hacking

News Corp, which ate massive amounts of crow after its tabloid publications were accused of unlawful hacking, is now facing a new allegation. read more Read more..

Mint.com makes its way to Android tablets

There's a new way to keep tabs on your money if you have a Honeycomb device. read more Read more..

Hurricane lets scientists watch evolution in action

Biologists who released lizards on several uninhabited islands in the Bahamas have been able to observe an evolutionary effect in action. read more Read more..

Lawmaker calls for tax on violent games

An Oklahoma lawmaker is proposing a special tax on violent video games, in what he says is an attempt to fight bullying and obesity in children. read more Read more..

Samsung Galaxy S II Plus pic spotted

A picture of what will likely be Samsung's most important phone at this month's Mobile World Congress has been released to the wild. read more Read more..

Silver treats cancer as effectively as chemo

For some time, silver has had something of a folk reputation as a treatment for cancer. read more Read more..