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- As if you're not paranoid enough about the whole swine flu thing, you can now track where new cases are popping up using this Google Maps mashup (via). Also, the real culprit behind the epidemic is revealed.
- Warren Ellis put together a particularly wonderful collection of links for us yesterday, including a cosmonaut traveling beyond the solar system; America's nuclear flying saucer; and the first page of Paul Pope's Adam Strange story in Wednesday Comics.
- The latest Star Trek stuff! Fun Enterprise models; the winner, and other entrants, of the Ultimate Trekkie Costume Contest; a new clip from the movie; more of Sci Fi Wire's interview with Leonard Nimoy; another positive early review of the film; and some of the things that got cut from the movie.
- What about that other big upcoming summer movie? Yeah, we're talking Wolverine! The cast talks about some of the controversy surrounding the film. And finally, how swine flu might affect the film's release.
- The trailer for Marvel vs. Capcom 2. More details here.
- For a while if you went to ESPN.com and entered the Konami code (Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Enter), the screen would be covered with unicorns and rainbows. Sadly, somebody at ESPN figured out what was going on and "fixed" it. (Via)
- The iPhone could be available to Verizon customers soon.
- A couple shots of Megan Fox in costume on the set of Jonah Hex. Rawr.
- The sequel to 30 Days of Night could be going straight to DVD.
- Some details on the Videodrome remake.
- Post YouTube videos to Twitter with YouTubeTweeter.
- Zara at Shiny Shiny picks the top ten sci-fi books she'd like to see turned into video games.
- Download a track from Sonic Youth's new album for free!
- An even more realistic Atari 2600 emulator reminds us what the games looked like on a crummy old TV.
- Word. (Via)
- The classy way to insult somebody.
- Engineers are working on adding smells to your video gaming experience.
- General Electric researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of microholographic storage discs for mainstream use. A single holographic disc could ostensibly hold 500 gigabytes of data. Nice.
- Steve Wiebe set a new world record score on Donkey Kong Jr., and before E3 no less!
- Exercising with Space Invaders.
- Wired takes a look at some sweet spy gear.
- Warner Bros. bought a script called Odysseus, which is a real world approach to the story of what happens when Odysseus finally gets back to his kingdom of Ithaca after the Trojan War only to discover that all is not well on the home front.
- You can watch four short films screening at Tribeca this week for free online at the YouTube Screening Room. (Via)
- A Guitar Hero: World Tour repair guide. Also, a handy storage ottoman for your video game instruments (via Sarah).
- Cinematical takes a look back at one of their favorite summers for movies: the summer of 1984.
- The cure for Alzheimers could be Pac-Man.
- An upcoming video game will feature Mr. T and Will Wright teaming up to fight Nazis.
- The creator and cast of Fringe reveal some spoilers for the second season.
- Sony Pictures and Aardman Animations are collaborating on two upcoming animated features: Arthur Christmas and Pirates!
- Cool vase.
- Mountain Dew Throwback contains real sugar and goes down easy. WE MUST HAVE SOME.
- The latest news on bacon! First off, don't worry, you can't get swine flu from eating bacon. In fact, according to SCIENCE, bacon is an excellent cure for hangovers! And finally, a new way to enjoy bacon: in a lip balm! (via Sarah)
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