Science Fiction Movies in 2011 - What I Want to See - Filmcritic.com Feature

Science Fiction Movies in 2011 - What I Want to See - Filmcritic.com Feature:

"What? A new year already? They do keep springing them on us, don't they? And always around the same time. Suspicious, that. But a new year also means a new slate of science-fiction films to get excited about. I've looked at the film schedules of 2011, and in them I have found ten science-fiction films I'm (tentatively) looking forward to this year. Which films and why (and when do they come out)? Well, let me tell you."

My picks of the picks:
Mar. 4 - The Adjustment Bureau
It's based on a Philip K. Dick story.
Mar. 18 - Paul
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost (i.e., two of the three dudes behind Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz)
Apr. 1 - Source Code
Duncan Jones directed Moon.
Jun. 17 - Green Lantern
Green Lantern!
Jul. 29 - Cowboys & Aliens
Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford.
Sep. 30 - Now
Interesting science-fiction concepts before (Gattaca being his calling card)

Why I will never buy a book “App” again: how Mark Bittman’s “How to Cook Everything” turned me off to i-Apps | TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics

Why I will never buy a book “App” again: how Mark Bittman’s “How to Cook Everything” turned me off to i-Apps | TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics:

"I will not be purchasing the update, obviously. Nor will I ever purchase a book or magazine ‘app’ again. You work with the more universal platforms—Adobe ePub, Zinio, anything I can read on more than one machine or platform—or you don’t work with me at all. Culinate, Inc and Mark Bittman by extension are in my bad books now. Culinate, Inc—you should have gone with a universal app, and if you absolutely could not have made that work, you should at least have kept the prices equal. And Mark Bittman, you should have known better than to lie in a bed with such fleas. This will cost you some PR points from the techies like me who still buy your stuff in paper."

What Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January1,2011?

What Could Have Been Entering the Public Domain on January1,2011?:

"What other works would be entering the public domain if we had the pre-1978 copyright laws? You might recognize some of the titles below.

* The first two volumes of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of Rings trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers
* Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (his own translation/adaptation of the original version in French, En attendant Godot, published in 1952)
* Kingsley Amis' Lucky Jim
* Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception
* Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
* Pauline Rage's Histoire d'O
* Fredric Wertham’s Seduction of the Innocent, subtitled “The influence of comic books on today's youth'
* Tennessee Williams' Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
* Mac Hyman’s No Time for Sergeants
* Alan Le May’s The Searchers
* C.S. Lewis’ The Horse and His Boy, the fifth volume of The Chronicles of Narnia
* Alice B. Toklas’ The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook"

Post Holiday eReader Sales and Pricing Updates | The eBook Reader Blog

Post Holiday eReader Sales and Pricing Updates | The eBook Reader Blog:

"If you didn’t receive that ereader you were hoping to get for Christmas, there are some post holiday ereader sales going on that you might find interesting.

For the most part there weren’t any really outstanding deals for ereaders over the holiday season; most of the devices that were on sale can still be had for about the same price now."

Hands on Review of the Pocketbook IQ 701 e-Reader and Tablet PC | Good E-Reader Blog - Electronic Reader and Tablet PC News

Hands on Review of the Pocketbook IQ 701 e-Reader and Tablet PC | Good E-Reader Blog - Electronic Reader and Tablet PC News:

"The Pocketbook IQ is the best entry level tablet investment bar none. You can pick one up for a paltry price of $139 US and has way more functionality right out of the box then most other budget tablet computers.

We find the fact it has tons of content right out of the box to be a tremendously endearing factor. It also allows you to visit many other alternative markets to get applications that you find yourself enjoying the adventure of finding new applications and installing all of your favorites."

A good reference review if you're looking at all of the other cheap tablets out there. A key fact for me is the battery life of 7-12 hours. Most cheap tablets have a 2-4 hour battery life.

Android Tablet Makers: You’re Doing Pocket PC Again!-

Android Tablet Makers: You’re Doing Pocket PC Again!:

"This week CES will finally see that threatened flood of Android tablets.

99% of them will be utter failures, with probably 80% of the ones shown never coming to market at all.

This is so similar to the Pocket PC playbook (no subliminal nod to RIM intended) that it makes me wonder if anyone in the tech world ever paid any attention to that."

I'm not looking forward to the glut of press releases for vapor-lets and cobbled-together prototypes of same-old tablets running generic Android. Besides looking for the bargain tablet for the new year I'll be keeping an eye out for the elusive iPad killer:

The iPad can’t do DivX/XviD AVI video out of the box. An Android tablet should, flawlessly.

The iPad requires people to sync with a cable. To compete against that, get rid of the damned cable. That would be revolutionary.

The iPad can’t share personal items between iPads, such as photos. Making that easy on an Android tablet would be revolutionary.

MiGear ereader – My own Hands-On review of this low price ereader | eBookAnoid

MiGear ereader – My own Hands-On review of this low price ereader | eBookAnoid:

"This resulted in a wave of angry emails and comments from happy MiGear owners, all of whom said they loved their MiGears, and that I was wrong. It also produced a very lively and useful discussion about this device, which pleased me no end and I think was probably very useful to a lot of people."

Always take reviews with a grain of salt.

Your beautiful eyes on the Behance Network

Your beautiful eyes on the Behance Network

Calibre updated to 0.7.36 | TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics

Calibre updated to 0.7.36 | TeleRead: News and views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics:

"Device drivers for the Google Nexus S, Motorola Backflip, Samsung Galaxy Tablet, PocketBook 603/903, EEEReader DR900 and the NextBook"

Google Android Market Alternatives and must have e-reader applications | Good E-Reader Blog - Electronic Reader and Tablet PC News

Google Android Market Alternatives and must have e-reader applications | Good E-Reader Blog - Electronic Reader and Tablet PC News:

"Many Tablet Computers being sold right now do not have access to the Google Android Market, leaving many people high and dry when it comes to getting different applications on their device. At Good e-Reader we often write about a whole slew of tablets that come out and come pre-loaded with only the bare essentials and many people lament at missed opportunities. Only a few different tablets that have been released this year have access to the market, such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, but they come at a higher price.

If you have a Archos, Pocketbook, Augen Gentouch or Pandigital tablets most often you are stuck with the stock applications that are bundled with your device, not knowing their are alternatives to the Google Android Market to get your apps."