Canada Post workers across the country are reporting a higher-than-usual number of attacks by canines, with 41 incidents recorded in the first three weeks of July.
Time Travel Impossible, Say Scientists
By showing a single photon cannot travel faster than the speed of light, scientists prove time travel is impossible.
Rumor: Google+ to launch social game support
The rapidly growing user base for the new Google+ social networking service is a prime target for some kind of social or casual based gaming service. It looks like Google will be launching games for Google+ in the near future, according to an article in AllThingsD.com. The story cites unnamed…
Singer Amy Winehouse found dead
Troubled soul singer Amy Winehouse, who had been attempting a comeback after a few years battling drug and alcohol addiction, has been found dead in her London home.
Eureka will go animated for their next Christmas special [Eureka]
Yesterday’s Eureka panel promised an animated Christmas special, a big mission into deep space, sinister forces plotting against the town, and a love triangle between Fargo, Felicia Day, and a hugely dickish Wil Wheaton. More »
Comic-Con 2011: ‘Chuck’ Says a Tearful Goodbye and Reveals Final Season Spoilers
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The cast and creator of the NBC series talk its last season on Saturday’s panel.
Futurama Renewed for 2 More Seasons! [Futurama]
We’re in the Futurama panel, where it was just announced that Comedy Central has renewed our favorite future-set comedy show for another two years. And we watched a hilarious anime spoof in which the Futurama team are transformed into the Action Squad! More on this later… More »
How the Internet Changes What We Remember [Brain Hack]
A recent psychological study in Science suggests we may be changing the way we store memory. Instead of remembering facts and information, we have started to remember where we can find the information online. More »
Two Bullet Trains Collide, One Falls From Bridge [Bullet Trains]
Two bullet trains have collided over a bridge in Wenzhou, China. As a result, four carriages of the first train derailed. Two were catapulted by the force of the impact into the ground, killing at least 16 passengers. More »
Haywire Official Trailer
Giant body of water found in space, black hole claims it was just hydrating
Is that an intergalactic wave pool, or just a hungry, hungry quasar? Turns out it’s a bit of both — well, not the wave pool bit, but it’s watery. A NASA-funded peep into the farthest reaches of the cosmos has uncovered this “feeding black hole” 12 billion light years away. APM 08279+5255, as this compacted mass of inescapable doom is affectionately known, has been gorging on water vapor and spewing out energy. How much H2O exactly? It’s only the “largest and farthest reservoir of water ever detected in the universe,” and it weighs in at 140 trillion times the amount in our oceans. Located via the cooperation of two teams of astronomers and their star-gazing equipment — the Z-Space instrument at California Institute of Technology’s Submillimeter Observatory in Hawaii and the Plateau de Bure Interferometer in the French Alps — this aqueous discovery proves the wet stuff is more universally omnipresent than we once thought. Also, surfing aliens, right?
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Americans will get the new Judge Dredd movie 10 months after the Brits [UPDATED] [Judge Dredd]
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We may be getting Torchwood a few days ahead of the U.K., but when it comes to the greatest lawman in Mega-City One, Americans are getting shafted. More »
Steven Spielberg announces Jurassic Park 4 "in the next two or three years" [Jurassic Park]
![Click here to read Steven Spielberg announces <em>Jurassic Park 4</em> "in the next two or three years"](http://fastcache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2011/07/small_1993_jurassic_park_wallpaper_001.jpg "Click here to read Steven Spielberg announces <em>Jurassic Park 4</em> "in the next two or three years"")
One of the most exciting announcements at Comic-Con today? Steven Spielberg said that a fourth chapter of his famous dinosaur epic Jurassic Park is finally in the works. More »
Winnipeg Jets unveil new logo
The Winnipeg Jets have opted for a sleek fighter jet as the centrepiece of their new logo. The design has the jet pointed north over a red Maple Leaf in a blue and grey circle.
The Best Apps of the Week [Video]
In this week’s app roundup: songs, made by speech; Sketchbook Pro, on Honeycomb; workouts, Videofied ; infographics, explained; Google+, ported to the iPhone; Cube Dogs, played with; iPod app, replaced; dominoes, strategized; live wallpapers, photo’d and much, much more. More »
Toshiba Thrive review
This isn’t the first time Toshiba has showed up fashionably late to a party. Back in 2009, long after most every other consumer electronics maker big and small had jumped on the netbook bandwagon, the company belatedly released its first mini, the NB205. And it was fantastic. So we were optimistic when the outfit finally got around to releasing the Thrive, its first Android tablet for the US market. Surely, we thought, it’s learned a thing or two from everybody else’s mistakes.
And in that regard, at least, this 10-inch tablet doesn’t disappoint. It has full-sized USB and HDMI ports, an SD card slot, and a removable battery — all features you’d sooner find on a laptop. It comes with a raft of practical apps already installed, so that you don’t have to go hunting for them in Android Market. It’s one of the first out of the gate with Android 3.1, an undeniably improved version of Honeycomb. Oh, and it starts at $429, undercutting many of its competitors. Right there, in less than a paragraph, we’ve laid out why you might want this over any of the other umpteen tabs crowding the market. But should you get one? Well, folks, we’ll need more than a paragraph to tackle that. Join us after the break, won’t you?
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SaskTel selling the Samsung Galaxy S II at $79.99 on a 3-year until August 1st
Remember a few weeks ago when the official notice dropped that Bell, Virgin and SaskTel would all be releasing the anticipated Samsung Galaxy S II 4G? Bell and Virgin priced this “Superphone” at $169.99 on a 3-year, but SaskTel declared a stunning difference in pricing. In their press release they noted that the “Samsung GALAXY S II is available at any SaskTel Store or SaskTel Authorized Dealer for $79.99 on a three year voice and data term”. Certainly a shocking price.
Over in Saskatchewan today the Galaxy S II officially launched. Some SaskTel stores and dealers have received their stock, but other locations will have to wait until early next week (best to call your local store and ask). Now about that 3-year contract price… it’s true! We’ve been informed the $79.99 price is a special promo until August 1st, afterwards it’s going to increase “to a new price to be determined”. Other price points are $249.99 on a 2-year, $449.99 on a 1-year and $619.99 outright.
Nice work SaskTel!
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The trailer for The Walking Dead Season 2! [Video]
Straight from Comic-Con, here’s the trailer for the thirteen-episode second season of The Walking Dead. Zombies! Shane running! Tension! Drama! Fences! Enjoy. More »
20th Century Fox to offer digital downloads for Android devices, Blu-ray purchase required
20th Century Fox is dipping its downloading toes into the 21st century’s waters, releasing movies on Android in addition to good, old-fashioned Blu-ray. According to the Financial Times, retail discs of X-Men: First Class will direct owners to a website where they can sideload a digital version of the film onto their Android device of choice. Apparently some of the suits over at Fox caught wind of how popular Android tablets are getting, and now see them as complementary, not cannibalistic (remember that industry buzz kill?) Sure, right now you shouldn’t expect any Netflix-sized library of titles, but perhaps we can all agree this is a step in the right download-to-own direction. Residents of the US, UK, Germany, and France will get the first crack at downloading the films. The rest of you can just stream and wait.
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Microsoft Sued Over Kinect
Microsoft is being sued by Impulse Technology, a company that claims the Kinect violates seven of its patents for technology that tracks a user’s movement and allows them to play video games without a controller.
Impulse allegedly informed Microsoft before issuing the lawsuit, stating their patents covered a:
…wide variety of games where the movement of a player is tracked in three dimensions … and certain exercise games where the motion of the player is tracked to effect movement of a virtual avatar, and the exertion of the user is monitored, including where the tracking of the player is done by use of a camera.
But Microsoft isn’t the only target of this lawsuit — eight video game makers, including EA, Sega, and Konami, stand accused of making games designed for the Kinect system that violate Impulse’s patents.
Maybe Microsoft can use an army of motion-controlled helicopters to get them out of this.