A television series based on Martin Scorsese’s 2010 feature Shutter Island (in turn based on the 2003 novel by Dennis Lehane) is heading to the small screen. Deadline reports today that HBO is teaming with Paramount Television for the project, which has the tentative title “Ashecliffe” (named for the story’s fictional hospital). Scorsese is planning […]
In an interview with the Information Security Media Group publication, White House cybersecurity coordinator Michael Daniel admits to having no practical experience with the subject matter. Daniel claims that “being too down in the weeds at the technical level could actually be a little bit of a distraction” to his job of advising the president […]
Aug 25 2014 | Posted in
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A copy of 1938’s Action Comics No. 1, which features the first appearance of Superman,sold for a record-breaking $3,207,852 to an unnamed buyer on Sunday. Darren Adams, the owner of Pristine Comics, posted it on eBay on Aug. 14. The only other comic to sell for anything close to as much was a copy of […]
Spotify has simplified the way it shows albums in its iOS app. A new “Save” button has been added to the album listing, letting the user add the album to “Your Music” without trawling through the menus. Plus a second page has been added, accessed by swiping horizontally, providing the year of the album’s release […]
The cover athlete of NBA Live 15 is Portalnd Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard, the NBA revealed via Twitter today. Lillard was voted by his peers to play in the NBA All-Star Game this year and led Portland to the playoffs in April before eventually losing to the now-champion San Antonio Spurs. NBA Live […]
Aug 25 2014 | Posted in
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According to a report from The Information, Twitch may have another party interested in its video game streaming service. While Google was thought to be the forerunner that would pick up the company for $1 billion based on earlier reports, it appears that Amazon may be a contender to acquire the service for the same […]
Both the PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) are slowly recovering from a denial of service attack that flooded their server connections, kicking many gamers offline. PlayStation Network was unavailable Sunday morning due to a denial-of-service, commonly referred to as DDoS, attack. The group claiming responsibility, Lizard Squad, reportedly . Attacks on the PlayStation Network and Sony […]
Digital credit card replacement start-up Coin has changed the requirements for its extended beta trial, as part of an apology for its heavily-delayed release. A message to backers advises it is extending the beta from 10,000 backers to 15,000 backers, and by making it available at no cost, it is also effectively removing the $30 […]
BBC America and BBC One have announced the new 6 x 60′ drama series “The Living and the Dead,” written by Ashley Pharoah and Matthew Graham, co-creators and writers of “Life on Mars,” “Ashes to Ashes” and “Eternal Law.” It is co-produced by BBC Wales Drama Production and BBC America in association with Monastic Productions […]
After waiting a couple of months since we first saw it at Computex 2014, ID-Cooling is officially releasing its T60-SFX gaming enclosure. This is a Mini-ITX case built to house a powerful gaming system in a small footprint. The case is made completely out of aluminum and will be available in a number of color […]