Hulu Plus, the new for-pay service from Hulu.com, is named incorrectly. Clearly the “Plus” in the name indicates that you are getting some extra benefit over the boring old “regular” Hulu. I’m not sure that is true. For $9.99 a month, the service is touted as offering complete seasons of its shows, in HD. Hulu [...]

Who’s next? Chewie?

This is pretty damn awesome – check it out on ebay. Yours for only 35k.

I don’t want to be chicken little here, but I have a feeling some bad stuff is going down. Check your Netflix watch instant queue. Look for any TV series on there. Almost all of them in my queue are now showing “coming soon”. Just yesterday I tested an episode of Lost on my iPad’s [...]

Ouch.  I thought this kind of thing only happened to users of Microsoft products… Click over to Gawker.com to read how 114,000 iPad 3G users have had data compromised. I sure hope Sci-Guy-Jim didn’t have the control code for Sci-Bot 9000 on his iPad…

Several weeks ago, Roku sent out an email promising a new, improved Netflix interface for the Roku streaming media player.  The old Roku interface simply allowed access to your list of “watch instantly” movies.  The latest upgrade, software version 2.6, promised the ability to search Netflix for new movies.  But, THAT DIDN”T HAPPEN! I updated [...]

Damn you, Steve Jobs!  Just when I was really starting to believe myself when I repeated my “I don’t need an iPhone, I don’t need an iPhone” mantra… you announce that the next model will include video chat.  Bastard. The iPhone 4 becomes the flagship of the fleet on June 24th.  Apple will discontinue the [...]

If you’ve been paying attention to tech or comics in the last six months you are probably familiar with the Marvel comics app on the iPad. This comic reader for apple’s tablet has made a splash in a lot of media outlets due to its fancy “guided view” as well as its on-line store for [...]

I finally decided that it was time to jump on the “tiny video camcorder” bandwagon… so I bought a Flip Ultra HD for my wife’s birthday.  The wisdom of buying tech-toys that I want and disguising them as presents for other people is a great topic for our forums… but I want to talk about [...]

AT&T announced new data plan rates for smart phone users today.  Don’t worry– if you currently have a $30/month unlimited plan for your iPhone, you will be able to continue the plan for as long as you like.  New subscribers in the US will have two choices:  1) a $25/month plan with a cap of [...]