We know them all too well: The android that wants to be human. The wish-granting alien. The time traveler who tries to alter history.
Erik "Kunochan" Even has documented these cinematic cliches in his post titled, "Tired Sci-Fi Tropes That Must Be Retired!" It's a fitting follow-up to yesterday's post in this space on the 10 worst tech portrayals in film.
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Week in review: A speedier new FirefoxMozilla's latest version plays catch-up with the browser competition. Also: the latest in Windows 7 news, and a Yahoo data center in a new shade of green.
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Apple
Employee shot, wounded at Virginia Apple storeThe victim, a 26-year-old woman, is in serious but stable condition with a wound to the shoulder. Some media outlets are reporting robbery as the motive, but police say it's too early to tell.
Beyond Binary
Windows 7 may get a 'Family Pack'Enthusiasts have spotted wording in a leaked test build of the operating system that suggests Microsoft may offer a three-PC deal with the new Windows.
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Digital Media
Seattle fire knocks out service to Bing Travel, other sitesAt least two dozen sites experience protracted outage following Thursday night electrical fire at Fisher Plaza data center. Verizon's Seattle-area DSL service also gets temporarily disrupted.
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Geek Gestalt
Blogging live from Spiral JettyNever say never, but this may be the first blog ever posted live from the monumental earthwork on the edge of the Great Salt Lake called Spiral Jetty.
The Space Shot
Lunar mapping satellite snaps first test imagesNASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has snapped its first test images, showing the moon's starkly cratered terrain in preparation for the start of mapping operations.
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iPhone 3GS jailbreak, 'purplera1n,' hits WebHacker who originally unlocked the iPhone has let loose a jailbreaking app for the iPhone 3GS ahead of the iPhone dev team. For now, it's Windows-only, but a Mac version is supposedly on the way.
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Fisker's good KarmaAt a dinner speech recently, Henrik Fisker laid out his plans for Fisker Automotive and its first car, the plug-in hybrid Karma.
