Google Looks to Lower Solar Power Costs

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Google, the search engine that can find anything you want on-line, is looking to help make sure you have an affordable and renewable power source. The San Jose Business Journal reports that Google is researching ways to reduce the cost of solar power with new mirror technology it is developing. "We've been looking at very [...]

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Tom Welling Feels Super About Season 9 -- A TV Guide Interview

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Rich Sands, of our partner site, TV Guide On-Line has an interview with actor Tom Welling about the upcoming ninth season of "Smallville." Here's a sample of what Welling has to say bout coming back to the show and what fans can expect this year. How did you come to the decision to sign on [...]

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Angie Harmon Joins "Chuck"

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The list of guest actors appearing this season on "Chuck" is growing. EW's Michael Ausiello reports that actress Angie Harmon has signed on for a guest-role on the upcoming third season of NBCs' spy-dramedy. If you want to know more about the role she plays, keep reading.  However, we will warn you that it does [...]

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"Resident Evil" Reboot Coming

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Rebooting established franchises is all the rage these days. Giddy with the success of rebooting James Bond,  Captain Kirk and Batman, Hollywood is eagerly looking around for anything and everything under the sun to reboot. And now the reboot attention centers on the "Resident Evil" franchise. A fourth film in the series already has the [...]

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Fox To Air Actual "King of the Hill" Finale

When word came down that Fox had decided to no longer order new episodes of "King of the Hill," fans wondered if they'd ever seen the final episodes of the series. At the time, Fox has contracted for 13 new epiosdes of the series, but 17 episodes had been produced, including the final episode that [...]

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Shuttle May Need to Dodge Debris on Return Flight

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The space shuttle Discovery may have to dodge some floating "space junk" on its return flight to Earth, according to the Associated Press. NASA scientists are looking at the possiblity that the return path for the shuttle may need to be altered to avoid some identified floating space debris.  Reports indicate the debris may have [...]

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"Doctor Who: Image of the Fendahl" -- A Slice of SciFi DVD Review

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Reviewed by: Michael Hickerson (Slice of SciFi Editor) Actors: Tom Baker, Louise Jameson Format: Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC, Color Language: English Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 1 MPAA Rating: NR Studio: BBC Warner DVD Release Date: Sep 1 2009 Run Time: 95 minutes Slice of SciFi Rating: 4 out of 5 An [...]

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"Dungeons and Dragons OnLine" Now Free

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The popular multiplayer online game Dungeons & Dragons Online has been given a reboot, reports Wired. The new version of the game, launched yesterday, is available for players to download and play free of charge. What's the catch? you ask. Well, if you want to upgrade your items and content, you can purchase them a [...]

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Warner Brothers Bows Out of "He Man"

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Even as they're setting up division to tackle DC universe projects, Warner Brother is jumping out of another potential franchise. Variety reports that the studio has decided to cut ties with the Joel Silver produced live-action version of "He Man and the Masters of the Universe."  The studio had been developing the project since 2007. [...]

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"Flash Forward" Sells Internationally

The first episode won't air for two more weeks in the United States, but ABC's "Flash Forward" is already a hit when it comes to international distribution sales. The highly anticipated series, based on the novel by Hugo-winning author Robert J. Sawyer, has been sold to 11 territories in Europe, following an initial purchase in [...]

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Warner Brother Spins Off DC Entertainment

Warner Brothers has long been the partner for DC Comics.  Now the studio is spinning off the popular comic book line into its own line as DC Entertainment. The hope is to supercharge DC Comics by integrating it more closely with the studio's various production units and distribution platforms. Diane Nelson will head the division [...]

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Moore, Levi Lend Voices to "Rapunzel"

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When you hear someone asking "Rapunzel" to let down her hair  in Disney's upcoming animated digital 3-D movie, fans of NBC's "Chuck" will hear a familiar voice. Zachary Levi has been cast to lend his voice to the prince according to the Hollywood Reporter.  Actress Mandy Moore will be the voice of the title princess [...]

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NASA Releases New Images From Hubble

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Following the successful repairs to the Hubble Space Telescope by the crew of a space shuttle is yielding some spectacular new photos of our universe. NASA began releasing some of the new views of our universe yesterday. NASA officials said they plan to use the orbiting observatory to probe Pluto, the one-time planet on the [...]

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"Mind Meld" Giveaway

Slice of SciFi is proud to present to you a giveaway of a downloadable copy of the William Shatner/Leonard Nimoy documentary, MIND MELD.

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Pipes Embrace "Sorority Row" Role

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Actress Leah Pipes says that her character, Jessica, is the "Queen B" of the upcoming remake of "Sorority Row." But the b in question isn't a bee but instead a word that rhymes with "rich." Pipes tells SciFi Wire that it's her character who comes up with and sells the idea of a prank that [...]

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