A new company,Frederator Films, was announced today that is focusing on 2-D animated features. First up is Samurai Jack with Genndy Tartakovsky set to write and direct.
They have two other projects in the works as well. One is THE NEVERHOOD, bases on the game - and THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS, which […]

Sony has just announced a new line of colorful computer mice. Their mice have always been known for their odd shapes and sleed looks, and these latest ones aren’t any different. Think of them as a mix between a squared pebble and an Apple Mouse.

They “feature a 800dpi sensor, USB wire, VISTA, XP, 2000 […]

One of Microsoft’s latest mistakes actions to try and make more people use Vista, is to release “exclusive” Vista games, that supposedly can only run on it. If you had any doubts, then don’t have any anymore, this is, of course, a lie, and with just some small file alterations both of the Vista-only titles, […]

If you usually follow the tech news, then you’ll know that today is the “Internet Radio Day of Silence”. This is, of course a form of protest against the new, and ridiculously high royalty rates, that they are asking for Internet Radio Stations.
“Yahoo, as well as Pandora, MTV, Real/Rhapsody” are all honoring this protest. But […]

Although Apple is usually seen as an easy going company they certainly aren’t saints. Or at the very least they’re saints with a sense of humor. In Leopard, when you’re trying to connect to a Windows computer, if you notice carefully you’ll see that the icon is actually a screenshot of the “Blue Screen of […]

Well, the Apple community breathed a collective sigh of relief today, as Apple and AT&T announced the rate plans for the iPhone. Apple Gazette has a price break down, and basically it’s their basic voice service plus unlimited Internet and 200 txt messages for an additional $20 a month. It’s a really good […]

It seems that the homebrew team has struck again, and the PSP is once again “vulnerable” to homebrew software.  If you happen to own a copy of Lumines, you can now use a newly discovered exploit called “Illuminati” by the N00bz team.
Of course it shouldn’t be surprising if you can’t find any copies of the […]

iRiver continues to bet on it’s UMPC-sized portable media devices. This latest one, which doesn’t seem to have any buttons except for perhaps one to power the device, so you probably work with it with a touch-screen, like the upcoming iPhone.

As soon as we hear more about this device you’ll be able to read about […]

Even though you probably can’t get an SSD drive for your laptop right now, unless you sell your kidney or something, you can already buy a nifty converter that will allow you to turn two Compact Flash cards into a virtual SSD, although with rather limited speed. And you can purchase it today from […]

If you were still skeptical about the emergence of these new flash-based disks then worry no longer, because Samsung has just announced that they will be the first company mass-producing 1.8inch SSD disks.

With any luck, these drives should start to become fairly common towards the final quarter, and with any luck, manufacturers will allow you […]

Samsung has just announced another mid-range laptop aimed at users who are looking for a relatively accessible laptop, but powerful enough to be considered a desktop replacement. As usual, it will be available with various different specifications, including:
Core 2 Duo or Celeron, from 512MB to 2GB RAM, SATA HDD from 60 to 120GB, Blu-ray or […]

Pulp. Robots. Tesla. I’m there.
New comic book start-up, Red 5 Comics is launching this October with Atomic Robo, a sci-fi pulp inspired 6 issue mini-series. The series is created by Brian Clevinger of 8-bit Theater fame.
“Robots! Monsters! Explosions!” exclaimed Clevinger. “Evil geniuses and the lightning guns that kill them! […]

What more could I possibly say?

Ahmed over at Tech Soapbox (antoher fine Bloggy Network blog) broke the story early this morning. Wowhead, a popular World of Warcraft site, has been purchased for $1 Million.
Talk about WOW
This has got to be the largest fansite purchase ever (and if I’m wrong about that, I’m sure someone will correct me in the […]

Over on CyberOrg there is notice about the merge of Compiz and Beryl which I have been eagerly awaiting.
They have already been rewriting certain aspects of Compiz to include some nice features.
Zoom plugin has been almost rewritten by David Reveman with cool new features like select and zoom and panning, Cube has got reflection […]

Over on TED Talks there is a video from Microsoft about the future of photo’s and how they can be brought together to make things more interesting.
Using photos of oft-snapped subjects (like Notre Dame) scraped from around the Web, Photosynth (based on Seadragon technology) creates breathtaking multidimensional spaces with zoom and navigation features that […]