Archive for January, 2008
Thursday, January 31st, 2008
Internet Failure
According to CNN It appears that “large swathes of Asia, the Middle East, and north Africa had their high-technology services crippled Thursday following a widespread Internet failure.” The story doesn’t seem to be making a lot of press on most of the national media outlets at the moment aside from the AP. International sites such as the BBC and [...]
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Too old to play?
Just because you have the ability to play doesn’t necessarily mean you get to. That is the case with iTunes new video rental system and a seemingly random selection of video iPods.
Apple has confirmed that movie rentals only work with the iPhone, iPod touch, iPod classic and the third-generation nano. Anything earlier and you can [...]
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Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
Stealing music makes Bono cry
Reuters reports that longtime U2 manager Paul McGuinness took ISPs to task to curb music stealing on the interwebs. Interestingly he states that, “There’s a lot of money in the music business, but it has stopped coming to the artists.” That’s interesting–I thought there’d always been a lot of money in the music business and most of [...]
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Friday, January 25th, 2008
DVD meet HP
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Hewlett-Packard has signed a deal with Sony Pictures that will allow customers to request DVDs from the studio’s library. This will primarily benefit those looking for the rare and obscure film that can’t be found at your local Best Buy.
Jason Spivak, head of strategic development at SonyHE told [...]
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Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Readius - “eReading comfort in a mobile phone”
In 2005, a divison of Phillips Electronics called Polymer Vision announced plans for the Readius mobile phone, utilizing a foldable electronic paper black and white touch screen incorporated into a mobile phone. Black and white isn’t so cool. But the fact that the screen folds out to an enormous (by phone standards) 5 inches sets this device apart from other smartphones. [...]
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
RIP Heath and Brad
Apparently the second overdose by a young actor in two weeks. While we aren’t for gossip it is sad to see two young talented actors pass on from what appears to be overdoses stemmed from depression. It is a not so subtle reminder that creating art takes its toll on even the most enduring individuals. [...]
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Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
AMPAS: 80th Academy Awards
The full list can be found here. If you want to watch the announcement go here and you’ll see the official AMPAS announcement. I’ll make predictions at a later date. In fact they actually won’t be predictions but more who I feel should win out of the candidates. This of course means I have to go see ‘Michael [...]
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
Cloverfield
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Friday, January 18th, 2008
DGA? What happened to the WGA?
After only 6 days The Directors Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) has concluded negotiations over a three-year agreement that includes the following:
1) Increase both wages and residual bases for each year of the contract.
2) Establish DGA jurisdiction over programs produced for distribution on the Internet.
3) Establish a [...]
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Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
Thin is in at MacWorld
Thinnovation. One of the many new tag lines being used when referencing Apple’s new MacBook Air. It’s Apple’s new ultra-portable laptop, coming in at 3lbs but boasting a 13.3″ glossy widescreen. One way the new ‘Book saves weight is by eliminating the optical drive, and using a smaller version of the [...]