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The iPad: Did Apple jump the shark, or is it a tablet for the masses?

January 28, 2010January 29, 2010 Doug Groves Apple, eBook, Gaming, iPad, netbook, tablet10 Comments

Well, iPad day has come and gone, and with it the dreams of many an Apple fan, if our internal emails here at rgbFilter are any indication. In the weeks leading up to the announcement of the new iPad, there was all kinds of rampant speculation. Will it be iPhone OS, or OS X? How big will it be? Will there be a stylus? Will it magically kill both other ebook readers and netbooks in one fell swoop? If you followed the standard commentary, not just in the tech press,…

Walt Mosspuppet’s hands-on with a certain tablet computer you may have heard about.

January 26, 2010 Danny X 0 comment

As has become the norm on Applemas Eve, speculation and rumours have reached a fever pitch leading up to tomorrow’s Apple event at which the company’s tablet device is rumoured to be unveiled to a wide (and, likely, teary)-eyed world. The blogging, speculation, and mock-ups have been pouring in from bloggers and “insiders who prefer to remain nameless”, the king of whom is, by all accounts, Wall Street Journal tech expert Walt Mossberg. Moossberg’s Apple fandom has been referenced countless times before, often in reference to his habit of adding…

Episode 22: IPTV

January 25, 2010January 25, 2010 Doug Groves ASRock, Asus, Bayonetta, Book Of Eli, Boxee0 comment

Want to do away with your cable bill? Ryan does, so we take a look at different options, from low cost media players like the Asus O!Play Air, all the way up to HTPC setups using nettops like the ASRock ION 330 or Acer Aspire Revo. We’ve also got reviews of Book of Eli and Bayonetta on tap.

Pure Pwnage Production Shorts

January 22, 2010 Doug Groves Pure Pwnage, TV3 Comments

As many of you may be aware, Pure Pwnage, the wildly popular Toronto based internet show has made the transition from the web to TV show, thanks to an eight episode deal with Showcase here in Canada. As part of the lead up to the premiere in March, they have started releasing a series of production shorts, the first three of which are already online. The shorts so far consist of Jeremy and FPS Doug dealing with acting classes and other requests made by the network. Unfortunately, the clips can…

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 available now

January 22, 2010January 22, 2010 Doug Groves download, Firefox, Mozilla, update1 Comment

If you use Firefox, and haven’t yet got the update notification, verison 3.6 of the Mozilla Foundation’s popular web browser has been unleashed for Windows, Mac and Linux users. Although freshly minted, in my limited testing it does seem snappier than earlier versions, though with my standard 15 tabs open, memory usage hardly seems addressed. From the Firefox blog: Below are some of the coolest features of Firefox 3.6: Personas: Personalize the look of your Firefox by selecting new themes called Personas in a single click and without a restart…

AMC TV greenlights ‘The Walking Dead’ Pilot

January 22, 2010January 22, 2010 drsquid AMC, Comics, Image, Image Comics, Robert Kirkman, Walking Dead, Zombies10 Comments

Last year it was announced that Robert Kirkman’s Image comic‘The Walking Dead’ had been optioned by AMC to be turned into a TV Series. This was great news for many. As an ongoing series on the cable network, it won’t be bound by the same FCC constrictions as the broadcast networks. This should hopefully lead to an authentic adaptation of what our friend Chris at Comics212 (and organizer of TCAF) says was one of the past decades best genre comics. On Wednesday the show took one more shamble closer to…

Transformers: War for Cybertron is the Transformers video game you might actually WANT to play

January 21, 2010January 21, 2010 Danny X PC games, PS3, Transformers, Xbox 3603 Comments

Not since Hot Rod opened up the Matrix of leadership to the haunting tune of “You Got the Touch” have I been so moved by anything Transformers related. It’s not because I’m some kind of callow emotionless jerk-bot. It’s because anything transformers-related since 1986 has, um, sucked. But the Transformers: War for Cybertron game trailer looks like it wants to buck that trend. Featuring the voice of Peter Cullen and some cameo appearances by what appears to be Omega Supreme, the trailer appears to ramp up the battle scenes in…

rgbFilter @ TCAF 2009 – Jamie McKelvie, Ray Fawkes & Alec Longstreth

January 21, 2010May 7, 2010 drsquid Comics, event, Image, Jamie McKelvie, ka-blam, lulu, Oni Press, Phonogram, Ray Fawkes & Alec Longstreth, TCAF, tcaf 20093 Comments

Last May we attended the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, and got a chance to talk to a lot of the artists at the show. We posted 2 videos back in May, but a lot of the other interviews were put on the backburner, so, after a long delay, we will finally be posting the remaining videos, just in time to coincide with the announcement of TCAF 2010 guest list. In this video we talk to Jamie McKelvie, the artist, with writer Kieron Gillen, of Phonogram, Ray Fawkes, one half of…

Bing to potentially replace Google as the iPhone’s search engine of choice

January 20, 2010January 20, 2010 Danny X Apple, bing, google, iPhone, tablet3 Comments

According to an article in Business Week, Apple and Microsoft have been making plans to bring The Find Engine to the iPhone, replacing Google as the search engine of choice on the rapidly aging Apple device. This move would exacerbate the already touchy relationship between Apple and Google, and would more distinctly define the two companies as direct competitors to one another in the wake of the release of the Nexus One, Google’s own high-profile smartphone. That said, it is unclear whether the decision to change default search engines is…

Montreal Musicians and Artists Get Together to Help Haiti Quake Victims

January 19, 2010 Doug Groves benefit, Haiti, Telus0 comment

L’Union fait la force is a group that contacted TELUS last week to help organize a benefit concert in Montreal this Thursday to raise money to help Haiti. The show will be at the TELUS Theatre in Montreal this Thursday and many local artists will take the stage. The tickets are $20 each and all the proceeds will go to three humanitarian organizations the Red Cross, Médecins du Monde and Clowns Sans Frontières. Tickets can be purchase through Admission Network (www.admission.com) and TELUS will also make available a call centre…

Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch Tablet: A re-review

January 19, 2010February 16, 2010 Danny X input, review, tablet, Wacom33 Comments

Back in November, Dave was able to satisfy his desire need to be able to multi-touch everything by plunking down $230 on the Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen & Touch tablet. He was kind enough to review it for us, and his reactions were decidedly favourable; so much so that Doug was convinced enough to pull the trigger on one of his own, the diminutive Pen & Touch, which he too spoke highly of. Personally, I’m an Intuos man; my first foray into the Wacom world was on an Intuos 2,…

TCAF 2010 website goes live with exhibitors list

January 19, 2010 drsquid Comics, event, TCAF 2010, Toronto1 Comment

The Toronto Comics Arts Festival’s website just went live with the complete exhibitors list. Along with last weeks announcement of featured guest Dan Clowes, other noteable guests include James Sturm, author of The Golem’s Mighty Swing, and Evan Dorkin, the man behind Milk & Cheese! Check out the TCAF website here for all the details.