Duke Nukem Forever is Alive!

2K Games has officially announced Duke Nukem Forever is alive and well and is being developed by the folks over at Gearbox Software. The company says it’s picking up where 3D Realms left off and may release it before the end of this year!

If you’re heading to PAX this weekend you’ll be getting your hands on it. If not, hit the break to see video of the game in action.

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Robot Snake Climbs Trees, Causes Nightmares

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon’s Biorobotics Lab have created a robot snake that can slither across outdoor terrain, climb trees, and scout around. A quick viewing of the video below  left me thinking about how this robotic animal might just murder me in my sleep. Perhaps I’ve read too much Ray Bradbury.

Named Uncle Sam, the robot mimics the movements of actual snakes to become a functional machine. Sure, we may assume the robots of the future will be humanoid and look like Robin Williams, but bots like this one reinforce that the robotics future will likely be inspired by the animal kingdom.

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A Nerdy Business Card Rorshact Test

A signpost you’ve become an adult: your company has given you a business card. That day a few years ago made me sit up a little taller and put a hop in my step. Unfortunately, that card was kinda bland since it had to follow “corporate branding guidelines.”

For those of you not “grown up enough” to have your own business cards, you can drool over these ones. There are enough geek references within this poster of business cards that you’ll be too busy to remember that you don’t have your own calling card yet.

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Bless This BlackBerry, For It Has Sinned

There’s an ancient English practice of bringing your farm implements in for a regular blessing–kind of like an annual religion servicing for the tools you use every day. This practice has long since disappeared… until now. This weekend an Anglican priest in Canada is reviving the concept by encouraging folks to come in to have their electronic gadgets officially blessed.

It’s the kind of thing you’d expect from a servant of God whose motto is “don’t be boring.”

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Samsung Reveals the Galaxy Tab

It hasn’t exactly been the best kept secret in the world. Samsung is about to release a new tablet computer and now the company has released all the specs during a press conference at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin.

The Galaxy Tab will have a 7 inch TFT-LCD display with 1024×600 pixel resolution. On the inside it will be sporting a Cortex A8 1 GHz processor, 512 MB of RAM and 16/32 GB of internal memory. On the outside we have a 3 megapixel camera with autofocus and LED Flash, plus an additional front 1.3 megapixel camera for video chats. The Galaxy Tab will also support WiFi as well as 3G connectivity.

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Epic Citadel Brings A Sneak Peek At Epic’s Project Sword

A gameplay screenshot from Epic Citadel

Nestled amongst the shiny new iPods and ridiculously small Apple TVs was Epic’s Project Sword. Gamers sneaking a peek at Apple’s live stream may have perked up when they saw a medieval RPG, complete with swords, for iOS devices.

Chair Entertainment, an Epic studio known for Undertow (meh) and Shadow Complex (awesome), is making Project Sword. They promise that “Project Sword will bring unrivaled visual fidelity and a highly accessible gameplay experience to the iOS platform.”

Indeed. They showed a castle and its surrounding environs that was highly detailed for an iPhone game. They also demoed a head-to-head battle between a hulking tank and a nimble swordsman.

It’s set to release during the holiday season, but there was no hint at cost or even a better sense of the multiplayer RPG gameplay that’s promised. And the game title sounds pretty temporary temporary. However, you can download Epic Citadel from the App Store and get a sneak peak at the visuals in Project Sword.

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The New Apple TV Will Offer Netflix

There’s no denying Apple’s original version of Apple TV was somewhat of a flop. Even Apple mocked itself by calling it a hobby during today’s media event. The company hopes to change that with the release of a new model.

The new Apple TV is much smaller than the original design. In fact it’s a quarter of the size. This version doesn’t have a hard drive, everything will be streamed to the device. It’s also completely HD (720p), here will be no standard definition content.

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Apple Refreshes iPod Lineup

Apple has just announced a fresh lineup of iPods for the fall, basically changing the design for each and every model currently available. There are also some nice new prices for the devices. We’ve listed the new models along with their key features. Take a look at the fall lineup below.

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Wireless Printing Coming to iPad

Not only did Steve Jobs announce iOS 4.1 at the media event today, he went on to give media a sneak peek at iOS 4.2 which focuses on new features for the iPad, the biggest being wireless printing. Users will be able to select a Print Center applet to print off screens from their iPad to multiple wireless printer in their home.

Other features include AirPlay, which gives users the ability to stream music and video from your computer to your i-device over WiFi, multitasking, plus all the other goodies from iOS 4.1.

Expect iOS 4.2 to be available free of charge in November.

Apple Announces iOS 4.1

Steve Jobs has just revealed the latest version of it’s mobile operating system iOS 4.1 and it has a few new features sure to please.

The first thing it does it fix a number of bugs in the current iOS 4.0. The problem some users experience with their proximity sensor (yes I’m one of them) will supposedly be fixed along with Bluetooth issues. But enough with the bug fixes. What are the new features?!

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