space.com has just released some breaking news regarding an alien planet discovery. The alien planet is eight times the mass of Jupiter and orbits at an unusually great distance from its host star — more than 300 times farther from the star than our Earth is from the sun.... more.

Microsoft isn’t using the “K” word - Kill, that is - but it appears that’s what the company is doing to its KIN mobile phones, just six weeks after they hit retail shelves. Details are sketchy because Microsoft isn’t really saying much beyond a three-sentence statement from “a company spokesperson” that, quite frankly, says it all: Microsoft has made the decision to focus on the... more.

The Blue Sky Disney blog, which in itself is a great resource for all things Disney (check it out), is exclusively reporting today that Josh Hutcherson has landed the role of Peter Parker/Spidey in the upcoming reboot. The blog also goes on to drop the name of the villain in the movie, which is...THE LIZARD.Th... more.

DC has officially revealed the new Wonder Woman costume, which will debut in Wonder Woman #600. The design was done by Jim Lee, and is really the first major change to the costume in a long time.... more.

Please don't slap me, I was only inspecting the ventilation shafts.... more.

Barak Obama's crew announced Monday that he's decided to change the American space policy that George W. put into place when he was in office.  The  new policy is calling for the United States to "lead in the enhancement of security, stability and responsible behavior in space" along with many other drastic changes.  President Obama stated that the new policy was “designed to strengthen ... more.

Even the Dark Lord of the Sith isn't immune to the "Great Recession"... more.

Ray Harryhausen, effects master behind just about every major stop-motion monster in the great genre movies of the 50s, 60s, and 70s; turns 90 today.Recently BAFTA put on a lavish birthday tribute for the effects pioneer, which was attended by just about anyone who has anything to do with big effects movies and who owe a lot to Harryhausen. Thanks to Edgar Wright's twitter feed, we know th... more.

This always happens to me when a cute grocery store check out girl asks "paper or plastic?"via deviantart... more.

Weapons Free: When you absolutely positively have to kill every cyborg or alien invader in the room.When you are responsible for the survival of the last of the human race or when you’re trying to defend a planet from a threat so malevolent that it’s existence is a state secret, you need a weapon you can trust.  Han Solo had his trusty BlasTech DL-44 slung low and holstered in a fast draw... more.