In one of the weirdest announcements of the year so far (and there have been plenty), high on the list is this: a Spider-Man Broadway musical, entitled “Turn Off the Dark”.
In case this couldn’t get any more exciting, the lyrics are being written by Bono and The Edge. I wonder how on earth they are [...]
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Not only has Microsoft claimed that the full version of Windows 7 runs smoothly on low-power netbooks, but there have been people who backed up the claims by installing the beta on the Dell Inspiron Mini 12.
But Microsoft isn’t satisfied yet. They are going to be slimming down the OS even more for a special [...]
At the Toy Fair this year, Klutz had a very interesting books for those interested in making simple robots, entitled “Invasion of Bristlebots”.
Invasion of the Bristlebots comes with two mini-robots — basically motorized toothbrush heads. These guys zoom around like caffeinated cockroaches, spinning, skittering, and bouncing off walls. Resistance is futile. The book bristles with [...]
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Finally, the revolution that we’ve been waiting for – 17 cell phone manufacturers have agreed on a standard plug for all of your cellphones. THANK. GOODNESS.
The initiative (led by the European mobile communications organization GSMA) will apparently result in a reduction of standby energy consumption of up to 50%. Best of all, it will get [...]
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Were you looking forward to chopping away at some minifigs later this year when the LEGO MMO launches? You’re going to have to wait just a little bit longer. It’s been delayed until at least 2010. The reason why? Fill us in, Mark Hansen, the director of business development for the LEGO Group.
The reason is, [...]
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A few months ago, a PSN user named Dimmujed proposed to his girlfriend in a fairly non-traditional way – using LittleBigPlanet. The answer was yes (it would have been embarrassing otherwise, since the video was put online), and now Dimmujed has returned with even more exciting news: they are going to be married inside LittleBigPlanet!
Wait, [...]
My favorite evolution pic from Gizmodo:
Recently it came to my knowledge that the D&D Insider no longer has “Coming Soon” pages for two of the tools that were going to be offered – the Map Builder and the Virtual Game Table. These had been visible for months, since 4th Edition launched, and I am not sure how recently they were [...]
Last month while I was at CES, I got the incredible opportunity to speak with none other than Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft. Scholastic News Online recently put up a portion of my interview with him.
Scholastic News Online: The keynote that you gave last night—it’s kind of been a trademark of Bill Gates for [...]
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The New York Times just broke the story that the highly anticipated “Cupcake” system update for the Android OS is not actually an operating system. Instead, it is the repository of code where developers can submit new features for future updates of Android.
That being said, there is a system update coming up, given the much [...]
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