Nerd News Roundup for July 13, 2010

On July 13, 2010, in News, by Scott Suehle

Nerd Worthy News

Scifi & Fantasy

  • io9: Author posts her vampire novel online for free — and gets an awesome book deal
  • Tor: How’s our driving?
  • Tor: Become a member of Tor.com and get a John Scalzi story a week early

    • Technology

  • Beta News: Blackberry Tablet confirmed, will support Flash
  • Engadget: Microsoft says 74 percent of work PCs still use Windows XP, extends downgrade rights until 2020
  • Engadget: MIT’s piezoelectric fibers can act as speaker or microphone, don’t mind auto-tune
  • AP: China seeks to reduce Internet users’ anonymity
  • Cnet.com: Amazon opens supercomputing service

    • Space

  • Hubble: Hubble snaps sharp image of cosmic concoction

    • Comic Books

  • LA Times: Harvey Pekar: An Appreciation
  • Dark Horse: Predators (Film Adaptation)
  • DC Universe: David Finch takes on BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT as writer/artist

    • Video Games

  • Guardian.co.uk: The Force Unleashed II preview: ‘We’re trying to reinvent Star Wars’
    • About the author

    Scott Suehle

    A married father of two, trying to raise his kids in a new nerdy world. Lover of movies, comics, books and of course games. Gamer since the early days and still have the original color on dice from the first Red Box. Still have an original NES to go with the PS3 and Wii. All told have more games than most people have books. Spend time running demos for Steve Jackson Games, going to Cons, and watching bad SciFi on TV.

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