Mashable!:
We like to keep all kinds of lists; wish lists, checklists, lists of lists… you get the picture. In this roundup we will focus on services specializing in wish lists (things we want) and checklists (things we want to get done).Using these 40 mobile and web-based tools you can keep track of daily tasks, build your read (Read More)
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from Google Reader:
With the 30th anniversary of the Star Wars Holiday Special, it seems some fans have a few things to sing about when it comes to Lumpy, Malla, Bea Arthur, Art Carney and the rest of the cast. Singer/songwriter Shawn Moynihan from the band Save Pluto wrote this musical tribute to the special, to be sung to the tune of “Sgt. P (Read More)
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J.J. Abrams and the cast of Star Trek unspooled about 20 minutes of footage from the upcoming reboot movie, and SCI FI Wire watched with a critical eye on Nov. 19 at the Paramount Studios lot in Hollywood. The verdict: Mixed, but generally good. More on this in a bit. (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Once upon time, video codecs and formats were really only the concern of AV nerds, anime freaks and hardcore not-so-legal movie downloaders. Now, even the most part-time of geeks has to deal with them, whether they're trying to stream a flick across their house with an Apple TV, dump some video onto their phone or just tryi (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
As usual, Pixar set themselves a challenge: this is their first sci-fi film and is dialogue free for its first half. WALL-E and EVE, its robot central figures, have elements of Woody and Buzz (old and rough v smooth and new), in a plot that's half Philip K Dick, half metal romance. There's an ecological undertone, but it's (Read More)
Kotaku:
If you've ever read a copy of EGM or popped over to 1UP, you'll know the name James Mielke. Guy's been with Ziff Davis for a while now, and is currently Editor-in-Chief over at 1UP.com. Anyway, he recently proposed to his girlfriend. But didn't just do the bended-knee thing. He went all video game nerd, roping in a couple o (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Film:
The Narnia bunch don't hang about. In this second part of the series, you're whisked from a wartime London tube station to a tropical beach in the first 12 minutes. The lion takes a long time to show up, Tilda Swinton's Witch has only an icy cameo and there's no wardrobe at all. But with Eddie Izzard's mouse, a squirrel, ce (Read More)
Kotaku:
Star Wars Galaxies players are are getting some hot snowspeeder versus AT-ST combat with Chapter 11: The Battle of Echo Base. Live today, the update adds what is essentially a giant battleground, with players on both sides of the Galactic Civil War taking on quests to help their side triumph, with the Empire on assault and (Read More)