Amazon has released the Kindle DX, the 2.0 version of their e-book reader. And you already know if it works for books, but we know the really important question– is it the holy grail for reading comics? Well, the screen’s bigger. It’s bigger than the average tankoubon manga page (5 x 7.5 inches) but smaller…
From G4: A bill that passed the Texas Senate today would change sex offender registration regulations in the state so convicted sex offenders would have to provide law enforcement with each “alias, assumed name, nickname, or pseudonym, including a screen name, used by the person.” Presumably, the law includes gamer tags, twitter user names, MySpace names, and other…
Scientists make super-strong metallic spider silk LONDON (Reuters) – Spider silk isalready tougher and lighter than steel, and now scientists have made itthree times stronger by adding small amounts of metal. The technique may be useful for manufacturing super-tough textiles andhigh-tech medical materials, including artificial bones and tendons. “It could make very strong thread for…
NASA and Google released a new Mars overlay providing 3D views of the canyons and mountains of the Red Planet, part of the beta launch of the downloadable Google Earth 5.0 client application. Now all we’re waiting for is for them to find this somewhere on the planet’s surface…
Twenty-five years ago today, on January 24, 1984, two days after the famous "1984" Super Bowl commercial directed by Ridley Scott right after Blade Runner, the first Apple Macintosh– the Macintosh 128– first went on sale. From this humble beginning, the comics industry would never be the same. From the earliest experiements in MacPaint to…
MyToons.com, the first and only online animation community to offer HD animation, announced on December 18 the launch of MyToons Live; MyToons.com’s latest collaboration with Google, utilizing the power of Google Earth technology. MyToons.com has built its reputation on connecting animators and fans around the world, and MyToons Live graphically represents their activity on a…
Every director these days is either enamored with shooting films in 3-D or for IMAX or both. DreamWorks’ Jeffrey Katzenberg has become the 3-D Preacher, going around the country extolling its virtue. The New York Times, this morning, noted that there’s just one problem: not every theater is equipped to show 3-D movies and its’…
For a guy who wrote Iron Man, Mike Grell is a self-described Luddite, constantly at odds with technology. He once claimed he had a steam-driven fax machine. He was constantly amazed at the things I did to his art in Photoshop during my coloring stint on Jon Sable Freelance. With that, I was amused that…
Jeffrey Katzenberg firmly believes in 3-D and told the audience at the inaugural 3DX Film and Entertainment Technology Festival, "In five to seven years, all films, regardless of budgets or type, will be made in 3-D." As seen this year and reported yesterday, more and more animated films and concert films are being shot for…
Smallville’s fathers, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, have been signed to adapt Robotech into a live-action feature for Warner Bros. No director, cast or production dates have been released. The 1980s anime series ran in America courtesy of Harmony Gold USA and was one of the first noteworthy anime series from that era. It was…
The release of ComicPress Manager 1.20 for ComicPress (which in turn is for WordPress) and D.J. Coffman’s post on how to host your own friggin’ webcomic prompts me to ask: what’s the current state of the art for posting comics online? Who likes what versions and why? Is there a decent way to post comics…
People who enjoy customization, will be delighted to know that Uclick has launched a gadget for iGoogle. Over 350 comic strips can be selected to appear on your homepage. According to a release, the gadget, which was launched Thursday, will also contain comments, tagds, and posts from people who visit the GoComics.com site. "Our new…
