Archive for: October, 2011

Marvel Extends Free Downloads of the Avenging Spider-Man Digital Comics

Marvel has announced they will continue the free download of digital copies of Avenging Spider-Man by Zeb Wells and Joe Madureira through the first arc to issue three. And with the first issue topping six figures in orders from comic store retailers. Earlier this month, Marvel announced that the first print issue of the series, […]

Netflix Still Hasn’t Made the Call About Renting Video Games

When Netflix revealed it was dropping its Qwikster label for DVD rentals and folding the service back into its main website, one question left unanswered was what happened to plans to offer video game rentals. It turns out their plans for video games are still up in the air. Talking with investors earlier this week, […]

Arkham City “Nightwing” Trailer – DLC Hits Nov. 1

Next week, fans of Batman: Arkham City can patrol the maximum security prison as Nightwing. The first downloadable content for Rocksteady Games’ adventure launches Nov. 1 for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, featuring the Batman sidekick. Nightwing will be available in the game’s myriad Challenge Rooms, which include both stealth-based missions and massive brawls. […]

Sylvester Stallone Being Sued for Copyright Infringement for The Expendables

Sylvester Stallone is being sued for copyright infringement by a screenwriter who says The Expendables is “strikingly similar” to a script he wrote and submitted to the U.S. Copyright Office in June 2006. Papers filed Tuesday in Manhattan federal court,  contends that Stallone’s 2010 picture shares the same villain, plot about mercenaries, and opening sequence […]

Warner Bros. Pulling Harry Potter DVDs, Blu-rays from Stores

Warner Bros. plans to stop shipping Harry Potter DVDs and Blu-ray Discs to retailers at the end of the year. The move has the goal to boost sales of the biggest box office franchise of all time, will take effect as of Dec. 29. Disney employs a similar strategy with its home video titles, pulling […]

CBS Orders Full Seasons of Person of Interest and Unforgettable

CBS has ordered full seasons  of the two new dramas,Person of Interest and Unforgettable, bringing their respective episode counts up to 22 for the  2011-2012 season. . The two shows rank first and second in terms of overall viewers for new programs, with Unforgettable averaging 14 million per episode and Person of Interest averaging 13.97 […]

Adele’s “21” Back on Top of the Billboard Chart

British singer Adele regained the top spot on the Billboard Top 200 album chart on Wednesday, marking her 13th week at No. 1 with “21” and making it the first album since the “Titanic” film soundtrack to claim as many weeks atop the chart. “21” sold 106,000 copies to pass the 4 million sales mark […]

UN Wants 50% of the Developing World, 60% of Developed World Online by 2015

The UN has set some aggressive goals for bringing the world online. The organization’s Broadband Commission for Digital Development has asked all countries to have broadband strategies in place by 2015. By that time, it has hopes that 50 percent of the populace living in developing countries, and 60 percent of those in developed nations, […]

Nokia Drive Makes Lumias the Only WP7 Phones with Turn-By-Turn GPS

Nokia in kicking off the Lumia Windows Phone mix also brought out its first Windows Phone services, including a few that give it an edge over other WP7 phones and the iPhone. Nokia Drive gives owners a full, turn-by-turn GPS navigation app with voice directions and free maps in a car-ready interface. The launch not […]

Nexus One Too Old and Slow for Android 4.0

Google has revealed that while it will be giving a free upgrade for its Nexus S smartphones to Android 4.0, owners of its predecessor, the Nexus One, will go without. The hardware is too old to run it, Android Product Management lead Hugo Barra said. He made the comment while he was responding to Microsoft […]

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