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  • Huh, the Apple Store is still up

    Huh, the Apple Store is still up

    Posted on January 27, 2010 | No Comments
    Look at that. The Apple Store is still up. It’s Apple’s normal custom to shut down the store shortly before a major Apple event. Does this mean that maybe there isn’t anything new today? Oh man, wouldn’t that be the greatest? Just think of the riots. SanFran wouldn’t know how to contain so many angry [...]

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  • Palm’s Jon Rubinstein named a ‘Geek of the Year’

    Palm’s Jon Rubinstein named a ‘Geek of the Year’

    Posted on January 3, 2010 | No Comments
    Just to clarify right out of the gate, the "year" Fast Company is referring to is 2009, but nonetheless, it's an award we're sure Jon is happy to have. 11 geeks were found worthy of the "Geek of the Year" award in '09, with the likes of Evan Williams and Biz Stone (Twitter), David S. Goyer (the creator of Flash Forward on ABC), Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook) and Neill Blomkamp (the writer of District 9) joining him. The justification for Jon making the cut?
    "He came on board as the new chairman of Palm and brought about the Web OS and the Palm Pre, the start of a line of products that is the best hope for reintroducing the geek masses to Palm."
    After speaking with him on our first-ever Engadget Show and falling head over heels in love with webOS, we can't help but agree. And yes, after last year's introduction at CES, it's all we can do to contain our excitement for this Thursday.

    Palm's Jon Rubinstein named a 'Geek of the Year' originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Jan 2010 13:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • The 10 best Sci-Fi movies of the past decade

    The 10 best Sci-Fi movies of the past decade

    Posted on December 7, 2009 | No Comments
    It's the end of the year. There's pretty much zero tech news to discuss (CES is right around the corner, so companies are holding out), and all we want to do is play in the snow. So let's mix it up, list style! Over the next few days we'll be doing a few “best of the decade” lists primarily for our own entertainment. You're encouraged to call us know-nothing fools. The first list is “Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies of the Decade.”

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  • District 9 director hasn’t totally ruled out returning to Halo movie

    District 9 director hasn’t totally ruled out returning to Halo movie

    Posted on September 12, 2009 | No Comments
    Not too long ago, we gave our thoughts on the movie District 9. We did so because it was a big sci-fi movie, and that's just close enough to the tech-science nexus on which we operate that it justified a quick post. Seeing as though it's the weekend, and you really all ought to be watching La Liga or playing 360/PS3, we'll just take two minutes to highlight this interview with the movie's director, Neill Blomkamp.

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  • What we think about: District 9

    What we think about: District 9

    Posted on August 18, 2009 | No Comments
    Who else saw District 9 at the weekend? A few of us did, and we wanted to share our thoughts on it. Why? Because it’s sci-fi, and, generally speaking, we’re (your humble CG writers as well as you guys) all sci-fi fans to one degree or another. That is to say you won’t be seeing [...]

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  • Daily Crunch: For Your Eyes Only Edition

    Daily Crunch: For Your Eyes Only Edition

    Posted on August 18, 2009 | No Comments
    District 9 loved on IMDb, ranked 8.9 out of 10 DIY: Eco-responsible super fridge Preview: Snow Leopard (10A432)

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  • District 9 loved on IMDb, ranked 8.9 out of 10

    District 9 loved on IMDb, ranked 8.9 out of 10

    Posted on August 17, 2009 | No Comments
    As just discussed in the CrunchGear chatroom, I don't know anything about District 9 because I'm eventually going to see it. All I need to know is that right now the movie is ranked number 26 on IMDB's top 250 list and has an 8.9 out of 10 rating. If the movie keeps the 8.9 rating after more votes are submitted, it will surpass The Dark Knight (8.8), Star Wars (8.8), The Empire Strikes Back (8.8), and LOTR: Return of the King (8.8) as the top Sci-fi movie of all time. Not that I'm going to read these comments because they will certainly contain spoilers, but is the movie really that good? Like better than The Dark Knight good?

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  • How excited are you about District 9?

    How excited are you about District 9?

    Posted on August 12, 2009 | No Comments
    District 9 sounds like it’s going to be great. We’ve gotten lots of sleepers in the past few years - think Taken and Children of Men - and this sounds like another amazing action/sci-fi film with lots of brains. The reviews are great and the movie, based on the short film you see here, has a [...]

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  • Don’t worry, the District 9 director no longer wants anything to do with Halo movie

    Don’t worry, the District 9 director no longer wants anything to do with Halo movie

    Posted on July 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Back in 2006, when Wall Street was still flying high and Chelsea were sill kings of the English Premier League, Neill Blomkamp was in charge of the Halo movie. Thankfully, the project was canned. Blomkamp moved on to other projects, namely District 9, which looked cool till the actual trailer came out and disappointed me greatly.

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