Tech geeks were thrilled by yesterday's launch of the Nexus One mobile phone from Google, but the daughter of Philip K. Dick was not among them. As chief executive of the late author's estate, she's considering legal action against Google. In Dick's 1968 novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (which was later adapted into Blade Runner) a group of rogue androids called 'replicants' are named Nexus Six. Hackett says Google never even called her about using the name Nexus One, nor asked permission to call their operating system Android. "It's not lost on the people who are somewhat familiar with this novel," she tells the Wall Street Journal. more ›

MOVIE: Somewhere between Han Solo and Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford (pictured) starred in Ridley Scott's 1982 cult classic Blade Runner, which has been screening over at the Ziegfeld. This director's cut version includes more fights! And more special effects! And way more cyberpunk attitude! more ›

Tonight marks the beginning of the Film Society at Lincoln Center's 45th annual New York Film Festival and oh what a jam-packed fest it is. A panel of film critics chose 30 of the best new international movies to show to New York's discerning audiences and they picked hometown director Wes Anderson's newest, (which also comes out in theaters this weekend) to open the festival. more ›

Interactive Art is not usually Gothamist's bag, man. All those freaknick young artists tend to seem like extras from Tron or Blade Runner, outfitted by Jean-Paul Gaultier. Still, we don't turn down free beer, so last night we dragged ourselves out of Gothamist HQ and visited two interactive art shows. The first was the Parsons 2004 Design and Technology MFA show. Tip to next year's organizers: interactive art is best displayed in large, empty rooms. Trying to shove 50 or 60 interactive art exhibits together, all beeping and malfunctioning, is just not a good idea. There was lots of typical pretentious artist fluff, and one or two genuine good ideas. The Gothamist prize for most devious project must go to Josh Kinberg and his Bikes Against Bush project [video, project overview]. Basically, he cross-bred a bike, a computer, and six cans of referee line chalk to make an automatic, mobile-web enabled graffiti machine. He's planning on releasing it just in time to disrupt the Republican Convention. Now that's education! more ›

I'd be happy with either of these solutions, although I feel that Daniel Libeskind's is the more fully formed vision. Still- those lattice work towers would be cool, in sort of a futuristic Blade Runner kind of way. Two Proposals for Ground Zero Are Picked as Finalists [Jen]: See more images of the designs at the official Lower Manhattan Development Councilpage. more ›