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Best Buy Canada’s Free Phone Fridays – more killer (on contract) deals including the Xperia PLAY

May 27, 2011 drsquid Android, Atrix, Bell, Best Buy, Blackberry, canada, Free, Gaming, google, HTC, Incredible S, Mobile, Motorola, Nexus S, PLAY, Rogers, Samsung, smartphone, Sony, Sony Ericsson, superphone, Telus, Torch, Virgin Mobile, Xperia1 Comment

Best Buy Canada’s Free Phone Fridays returns with some killer deals – if you sign a new 3yr contact. This week’s deals include the Nexus S, ATRIX & Xperia PLAY for $0. With the announcement that the mobile version Minecraft is coming exclusively (at first) to the PLAY perhaps it’s time to consider getting a 2nd phone? Also if you are on the fence about the PLAY we should have some videos posted later today of it in action – it is, IMO, hands-down the best mobile gaming experience you…

LG Optimus Pad impresses in hands on video

May 25, 2011July 7, 2011 Doug Groves Android, google, hands-on, Honeycomb, impression, iPad comparison, LG, LG G-Slate, LG Optimus Pad, Rogers, video1 Comment

The LG Optimus Pad is the latest in a long line up of Android 3.0 tablets hitting store shelves these days (in the US it’s known as the G-Slate on T-Mobile), but LG has made an effort to differentiate itself from the pack, by offering a slightly different form factor. Currently there’s no WiFi only model available in Canada, but I hope LG rectifies that soon, as it does offer a unique experience. You may be asking “But it’s Android’s Honeycomb, it’s all the same, right?”. You’d be right, but not all…

Arts Computing Featured Film TV

Boxee Box gets another update, cements its position as the best HTSTB money can buy.

May 24, 2011May 25, 2011 Danny X 10 foot interface, Boxee, Boxee Box, DLink, HTPC, media streamer, Netflix6 Comments

Much has been said of the Boxee Box, D-link’s fledgling foray into the world of home theatre set-top boxes, running the gamut from “streamlined” and “Polished” (agreed!) to “Disappointing” (…not so much). While it’s true that D-link’s little box has been lacking in some key areas (cough cough MUSIC PLAYER cough), when it comes to ease of use and across-the-board file compatibility, Boxee sits in a class that is simply untouchable by heavy hitters like GoogleTV, Roku, and especially AppleTV. Now, after a scant 6 months, Boxee has widened that…

Featured Science Zombies

Saturday Morning Science 012

May 21, 2011May 24, 2011 Pete Chapman Apocalypse, Outer Limits, Roswell, Saturday Morning Science, Science, Stalin, Zombies1 Comment

The future’s uncertain and the end is always near. Roadhouse Blues- The Doors The silly season is well under way. Today the world is going to end. Joe Stalin engineered the Roswell saucer crash. The Centre for Disease Control went viral with a zombie attack piece. And don’t get me started about Lars Von Trier, his silly “worlds in collision” movie or his public airing of his private Fuhrerbunker. I’m glad this is a science column. I could just walk away and say none of this is on my beat….

TCAF 2011 – Rich Stevens Interview

May 20, 2011May 21, 2011 Doug Groves Diesel Sweeties, interview, Rich Stevens, Show, TCAF 2011, Tim Hortons Win t-shirt, webcomics4 Comments

Alex talks with Rich Stevens, creator of the long running Diesel Sweeties webcomic, who was on hand at TCAF this year. The conversation ends up being less about comics and more about his love of robots, which shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

Konami’s E3 2011 Pre-Show events and how to win tickets

May 19, 2011May 20, 2011 Doug Groves E3, electronic entertainment expo, event, Konami, PC gaming, PS3, Wii, Xbox 3602 Comments

E3 Is probably the biggest video game exposition, and this year it takes place June 7th to 9th in Los Angeles. That doesn’t mean you have to miss out, as Konami is hosting a series of pre-shows live across 5 different cities, including Toronto. The venue for Toronto couldn’t be more apt, as the Real Sports Bar & Grill is adorned in a slew of HDTVs, inlcuding a display over the bar itself that stands about 15 feet high, and I’m not talking about a bunch of smaller panels with seams.

The Return of Swap Thing!

May 18, 2011May 19, 2011 Doug Groves Extratemporal, hypothesis, Inception, Iron Man 2, public domain, review, Swap Thing, The Social Network, Tron Legacy. laroquod3 Comments

Another universe, another copyfight. In Swap Thing 2, eloquently titled “Inception of The Social Network of Iron Men and Tron in 3D”, the Source once again finds himself doling out CDs for distribution in a world where analog may be your best bet…

“THE GEKITSUIOH GAME – Doodle War” at FITC 2011

May 17, 2011May 18, 2011 Doug Groves AR game, augmented reality game, Coconoe Inc., Doodle War, event, FITC, FITC 2011, GEKITSUIOH GAME, interview, video1 Comment

Back in the days before smartphones were everywhere, high school students had a lot less options to kill time during a spare period or two. Some would actually go to the library to do their homework but most, depending on the proclivities of their particular clique, were either out by the football field smoking or hanging in the cafeteria playing cards and paper drawn spaceship games (the RPG set usually hung out in the library in my high school).

Game Of Thrones title sequence design

May 16, 2011May 17, 2011 Doug Groves Angus Wall, Art Of The Title, Elastic.tv, Game Of Thrones, George R R Martin, HBO, HBO Canada, title sequence0 comment

If you haven’t already seen the HBO series Game Of Thrones, which airs in the US and Canada, I can’t highly recommend it enough. Based on George R. R. Martin’s fantasy series of novels, the setting is more medival earth in a lot of ways compared to most sword and sorcery fare. It also has an amazing title sequence which stands as a work of art in its own right.

Toronto Underground Cinema marks first anniversary with free screening

May 15, 2011May 16, 2011 Doug Groves clue, event, Jurassic Park, The Rep, Toronto Underground Cinema24 Comments

It was a year ago that the Toronto Underground Cinema first opened its doors to the public with free showings of Clue and Big Trouble in Little China. Since then, the 700 seat theatre has played host to a number of events, including Gamercamp Lv2, and most recently the inaugural Star Wars Day Toronto. To celebrate its first anniversary, the Toronto Underground Cinema is opening its doors for two free movies tonight.

Featured Science

Saturday Morning Science 011

May 14, 2011May 15, 2011 Pete Chapman Neanderthals, Radiolab, Saturday Morning Science, Science0 comment

Caveman Blues -I’ve been working up a piece about Neanderthals, collecting links on current research and rereading older theories about our enigmatic, long lost relatives. The problem is; we just keep finding stuff and it keeps getting written up as somehow conclusive or definitive when it’s really just cumulative. Take for example two findings from this week, I’ll cite the Science Digest articles, not because the folks at that site are doing anything wrong (in fact they are getting tighter on their writing and presentation) but because even the good…

Best Buy’s Free Phone Fridays – this week’s Android deals

May 13, 2011May 15, 2011 drsquid Android, Atrix, Bell, Best Buy, canada, contract, Desire HD, Fido, Free Phone Fridays, Galaxy S, HTC, Incredible S, Motorola, Nexus S, Optimus One, Promotion, Rogers, Samsung, smartphone, superphone, Telus4 Comments

Best Buy Canada has followed the Best Buy US lead and is offering a selection of ‘free’ phones every Friday. Of course there is a catch – they are only free if you buy the phone on a 3-year term, as a new activation. While this means that not everybody can take advantage of these deals, if you are no longer in a contract or looking to switch carriers, you can pick up one of the latest Android phones by just signing a piece of paper! The phones included (and…