Nerd News Roundup (WOW there’s a lot today!)
Technology
- MacRumors: Adobe announces Creative Suite 5
- ARS Technica: Should the US govt force all cell phones to carry TV tuners?
- Washington Post: Palm putting itself up for sale?
- CNET: Google acquires visual-search provider Plink
- CNET: BestBuy to start selling Barnes & Noble Nook
- CNET: Boingo (wireless provider) apologizes for subscription-change e-mails
- NYTimes: Microsoft offers phones aimed at a younger market
- MacWorld: Google announces new features for Google Docs
- MacWorld: Malicious Facebook ad redirects to fake antivirus software
- PCWorld: Google Android Tablet Coming Soon?
- Wired: Bon Jovi to play Ustreams 1st live concert for iPad (Sunday)
Scifi and Fantasy
- Airlock Alpha: ‘Tin Man’ Producers Have Two More Syfy Projects In Works
- CBR: Invader Zim re-released on dvd! (exclusive clip)
- i09: What’s on the tube this week?
- SFSignal.com: REVIEW: Destroyermen – Into The Storm by Taylor Anderson
- SfSignal.com: SF Tidbits for 4/12/10
- Slice of Scifi: Remembering John Schoenherr
- Walker of Worlds: Review-Remnant Population by Elizabeth Moon (Orbit/Baen)
Comic Books
- USAToday: Free Comic Book Day is set for May 1st
- Publishers Weekly: Marvel switches distribution to Hachette (from Diamond)
- Comics should be good: A year of cool comics – day 101
- CBR: The comics Internet in two minutes
Video Games
- Reuters: Ex-Activision executives form studio, sign EA deal
- ARS Technica: From iPhone to iPad: the art of porting games to a big screen
- ARS Technica: Why Zynga ticks off the games industry
For Fun
- SciWire: Felicia Day & the Guild sweep the Streamy Awards
- Newsweek: Conan O’Brien moves his late night show to TBS
- Publishers Weekly: PW Talks with Sarah Silverman about her book, The bedwetter
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