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The Comic Book Awards – 2012 Eisner Winners from Comic-Con
Best Short Story “The Seventh,” by Darwyn Cooke, in Richard Stark’s Parker: The Martini Edition (IDW) Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) Daredevil #7, by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel) Best Continuing Series Daredevil, by Mark Waid, Marcos Martin, Paolo Rivera, and Joe Rivera (Marvel) Best Limited Series Criminal: The Last of the Innocent, by …
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Caught by the paparazzi – Prince William & Harry bodyboarding in Cornwall
While his wife Kate and her sister Pippa Middleton were at Wimbledon, Prince William and his brother Harry spent the weekend with friends in Cornwall, body-boarding and hanging out in the local pubs. No strangers to the surf, the princes have spent the summers of their youth in the area around the small seaside resort …
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Researchers explore Chinese censors – find 13% of posts blocked but not those criticizing government
The 500m people who use the internet in China have long been aware of the presence of the censors who watch their movements online and delete their more inflammatory posts. Now those monitors may have to get used to someone watching over their shoulders. Teams at Harvard and the University of Hong Kong have been …
Evac now! Zombies overran Petco – Video of the Walking Dead Escape at San Diego’s Comic-con
A zombie infestation has broken out beyond the halls of the 2012 San Diego Comic-Con at nearby Petco Park and horror fans are invited to see if they can survive it. The experience is called The Walking Dead Escape, named for the popular comic book (and subsequent AMC TV series) “The Walking Dead.” In celebration of …
CNN creates a website about the evolving olympic athlete – pushing limits and records
NBC releases iPhone/Android apps for the Olympics – live-stream events on the go
NBC Sports and Adobe Systems have teamed up to give fans two apps that stream the Olympics live on mobile devices, record footage for playback, and share the experience through social media. The apps — a live-streaming app for the more than 3,500 hours of content, and a companion app loaded with additional content launched today. The …
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Mondo posters for John Carter, The Dark Knight Rises, Amazing Spider-Man
I’m sitting here at Comic-con and I keep hearing about these Mondo posters. They are beautiful and the web is buzzing about them, but I can’t find out where they come from. The Mondo website is empty and the Twitter account gives only a few details away. Yet here they are and they are beautiful. …
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Amazon’s ambitious new plan for same-day delivery – and how it will destroy retail
But now Amazon has a new game. Now that it has agreed to collect sales taxes, the company can legally set up warehouses right inside some of the largest metropolitan areas in the nation. Why would it want to do that? Because Amazon’s new goal is to get stuff to you immediately—as soon as a …
The Millennium Development Goals – wiping out disease, famine, and poverty on Earth
By Bill Gates People sometimes say that the United Nations doesn’t do enough to solve the big problems of the world. I’ve never really agreed with that point of view, but if anyone is looking for evidence of the UN’s impact, a good place to start is the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). They were agreed to …