Acer plans netbook with 10.2-inch screen and an iMac rival.

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Our thoughts after four fine hours of import play.

This month, our man in Asia also looks at new Sony Walkmans, Samsung's SGH-X830 cell phone, and instant juice for your iPod.

In 2006, a group of teenagers set out to make what was to be the greatest biblical epic of all time-Ninja Pope. Starring Paul French, Travis Edington, Sarah Madison Directed by:Derek Weikel

A cinematic journey into the heart of history's greatest story, The Nativity Story is poised to come to the big screen for the first time in a major motion picture event.

New Line Cinema's The Nativity Story chronicles the arduous journey of two people, Mary and Joseph, a miraculous pregnancy, and the history-defining birth of Jesus. The dramatic and compelling film traces the perilous journey of a young couple who must travel from their home in Nazareth to Bethlehem, Joseph's ancestral home, to register for a census ordered by King Herod. It is a journey of over 100 miles, through treacherous terrain, made much more difficult by the fact that Mary is nine months pregnant.

A New Line Cinema Presentation of a Temple Hill Production, The Nativity Story stars Academy Award® nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes (Whale Rider) as Mary, Oscar Isaac (upcoming Guerrilla) as Joseph and Academy Award® nominee Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog) as Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist. The international cast also includes Hiam Abbass (Munich, Paradise Now), Shaun Toub (Crash), Alexander Siddig (Syrianna), Nadim Sawalha (Syrianna), Eriq Ebouaney, Stefan Kalipha, Said Amadis, Stanley Townsend and Ciarán Hinds (Munich).

The film is directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown) from a screenplay written by Mike Rich (The Rookie, Finding Forrester). The producers are Wyck Godfrey (I, Robot) and Marty Bowen.The executive producers are Toby Emmerich, Cale Boyter, Tim Van Rellim, Mike Rich and Catherine Hardwicke. The co-executive producers are Judd Funk and Michael Disco.

The film also features an outstanding production team which includes cinematographer Elliot Davis (White Oleander, I Am Sam, Out of Sight), Production Designer Stefano Maria Ortolani (Art Director on Gangs of New York and The Talented Mr. Ripley), Film Editors Robert K. Lambert, A.C.E. (Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees, Ask the Dust) and Stuart Levy, A.C.E (Any Given Sunday, Jesus' Son), Costume Designer Maurizio Millenotti (The Passion of the Christ, Tristan and Isolde, Immortal Beloved) and composer Mychael Danna (Little Miss Sunshine, Capote, The Ice Storm).

While Twilight will still be ruling the cinemas this weekend, there are still a few Oscar-bait films getting releases over the Thanksgiving holiday. Click below for Peter Travers’ thoughts on Gus Van Sant’s Milk and Baz Luhrmann’s epic Australia. And if you’re really into suffering, stick around to watch the Rolling Stone film critic toss [...]

robbyyy writes to mention a Computer Business Review Online article about commentary from Bruce Perens to Novell, about their recent deal with Microsoft. He argues that the company should quickly turn its back on the deal, because Novell risks being left behind by open source progress. From the article: "While Linux creator Linus Torvalds has previously stated that the Linux kernel will remain on the GPL v2 license, much of the code that makes up a complete Linux distribution is owned by the FSF, which intends to re-license all its code to GPL v3 as soon as it is completed in early 2007. 'In the face of these changes, Novell will probably be stuck with old versions of the software, under old licenses, with Novell sustaining the entire cost and burden of maintaining that software,' Perens wrote, adding that Novell faces a choice of sticking with Microsoft and being left behind, or turning its back on the patent deal."

Shes definitely going to be in pain tomorrow.

The Final Cut effects plug-in suite adds Leopard support, Final Cut Express 4 support, 50 new plug-ins, and a redesigned effect browser.

IGN UK writes: "The term role-playing game is probably one of the most abused in gaming. Many so-called RPGs simply don't allow the player to properly embrace the character they're playing. That's one of the reasons sci-fi role-player Mass Effect is so refreshing: it goes some significant way toward making you actually - you know - play a role, rather than flapping behind a thin veil of hammy dialogue and redundant decision-making".

TAMS (Text Analysis Markup System) Analyzer is a qualitative or ethnographic coding and data extraction-analysis system.

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Leopard compatibility and new analysis tools were added.

ccextractor is a fast closed caption extractor for MPEG files. It can generate .srt/.smi (subtitles) files directly from your TV recordings (both analog and digital) or DVDs, Tivo, etc.

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License: GNU General Public License (GPL)

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A lot of work in DVR-MS support: fixes for issues in the MEPG code, the addition of autodetection, a force mode, and more. An updated Windows GUI. An option to allow long GOPs (many frames in the same GOP) for timing. Minor bugfixes.

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We were a bit skeptical when we first heard of the possibility of a "premium Wii" with DVD playback coming to Japan next year -- why would Nintendo announce such a console now and risk cannibalizing their sales? Well, Nintendo, who just confirmed just such a console for both Japan and North America in 2007, is spinning it exactly so: "If DVD movie playback is so important, people can wait for the later model next year. For most consumers it'll be about the games, so they'll likely not want to wait to purchase the new system." That way nobody is bitter about a 3x sexy console mere months after the original... not like that ever happens. As much as we'd love to gripe about the current absence of this fairly common-sensical feature, and though we still can't figure out why Nintendo didn't at least figure this out as a firmware-update (they're still citing cost concerns for the current exclusion), we can't really see this standing in the way of most Nintendo fanboys and their unabated Wii lust. We suppose we'll find out soon enough.

 

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Big German choppers race along mere feet off the the ground.

Seeing how Casino Royale — the 21st James Bond feature — opens this coming Friday, IGN Movies decided to celebrate the occasion with a weeklong series of features spotlighting the 007 franchise.

Today, we're focusing on James Bond's gadgets — the vehicles, gizmos and weaponry (provided to him by "Q") that kept 007 alive and (literally) kicking throughout his 42-year career. The gadgets are rated based on their practicality, as well as their coolness.

 

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10. Bond's Rolex in Live and Let Die

As seen in Roger Moore's big-screen Bond debut, this Rolex does more than merely tell time. It's equipped with a high-powered electromagnet (good for deflecting bullets), which Bond uses not only to unzip ladies' dresses but also to retrieve a compressed air gun in the nick of time. The Rolex is also outfitted with a miniature circular saw in the watch face, which 007 uses to cut through his binds and escape.

 

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9. The Wrist-Mounted Dart Gun in Moonraker

Strapped to Bond's wrist, this dart gun used pressurized gas to fire cyanide-laced darts at opponents such as Hugo Drax's henchman, Chang. An armor-piercing dart made from depleted uranium saved Bond's life when Chang tried to kill him, and 007 later shot Drax with a poison dart before the villain was sucked into outer space.

 

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8. The Q-Boat in The World Is Not Enough

Featured in Pierce Brosnan's third outing as Bond, 007 "borrows" this prototype hydroboat (fitted with a jet engine) from Q's lab after an attack on MI6 headquarters. Bond pursues the sexy culprit, Cigar Girl (Maria Grazie Cucinotta), up London's River Thames. At one point during the chase, 007 navigates the Q-Boat onto dry land before jumping ship near the Millennium Dome.

 

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7. The Invisible Car in Die Another Day

Truly, when James Bond began racing around on a frozen lake in an Aston Martin Vanquish outfitted with a cloaking device, the 007 film series passed a new low (or high) in absurdity. Still, Bond's invisible car came in handy when he needed the element of surprise against Gustav Graves' henchmen.

 

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6. Ericsson Cell Phone in Tomorrow Never Dies

Brosnan's tenure as 007 was marked by shameless product placement, such as the repeated use of an Ericsson cell phone in his second Bond film. You think your cell phone can do more than just make calls? This Ericsson phone acts as a stun gun (taking out the assassin Dr. Kaufman), fingerprint reader, and there's even a screwdriver hidden under the antenna. But its coolest feature is that it allows Bond to navigate his BMW through a parking garage action sequence while lying down safely in the backseat. Bond uses a far more stripped-down Sony Ericsson phone in Casino Royale.

5. Bond's Omega Watch

This deluxe watch was worn by Pierce Brosnan in three films. In GoldenEye, Bond's Omega Seamaster is equipped with a laserbeam cutter that helps him and Bond girl Natalya escape from the villainous 006's ICBM train. Later, Bond's watch allows him to arm and disarm magnetic mines in 006's lair. In Tomorrow Never Dies, Bond's new Omega watch was used as a remote detonator; in The World is Not Enough, Bond's Omega watch (encased in titanium) is capable of illuminating Bond's inflatable ski jacket (!) and is also equipped with a grappling hook and micro filament cable

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Dwellers of modern cities often have to deal with the problems of industrial pollution, which leads to a host of problems ranging from thick and ugly smog to health issues like asthma. But a team of Italian inventors may have a new solution to this problem that urbanites have had to deal with since the 19th century -- use pollution-eating cement. Buildings and streets across Western Europe are just starting to use TX Active, which has been in development for a decade. According to an article in BusinessWeek, the town of Segrete in northern Italy has repaved a street that sustains 1,000 cars per hour with TX Active. A spokesman for the company, Italcementi, said that it had measured a 60 percent reduction in nitric oxide on that street. According to Italcementi, the cement has a photocatalyzer that speeds up the natural oxidation process of pollutants in the presence of natural or artificial light, making it more environmentally-friendly by "transforming them into less harmful compounds such as water, nitrates, or carbon dioxide." Now if only they could repave every freeway in Los Angeles with this stuff, that would be a major boon for the environment; of course, shutting down LA's arteries would be like shutting down our access to the internet -- not gonna happen.

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The mysterious industry "insider" Surfer Girl answers even more questions. Here are some highlights. (These are direct quotes as she does not seem to like others paraphrasing her.)

? An Animal Crossing MMO would not see release outside of Japan.
? A new Skies of Arcadia for the Wii seems to be a yes.
? KHIII (Kingdom Heart III), if it is coming out, is definitely coming to the Wii.
? The next KOTOR is being worked on at BioWare, pre-production and some early production has been done internally at LucasArts, though.
? Street Fighter IV is 2d/3d/cell-shaded on the PS360.

In addition, her long list of comments covers:

The Jet Moto series, Twisted Metal 3, F-Zero, Wave Race, Luigi's Mansion's 2, Excitebike/Nitrobike, 1080, Punch-Out remake, Shenmue sequel, Microsoft and Rare, Heavy Rain impressions, Wario World sequel, Itadaki Street DS and PSP for the US market, It's a Wonderful World for the US market, Capcom and Square characters in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Ghostbusters game, a new PSP, Beyond Good & Evil 2, an Activision title for the Wii Zapper, and Factor 5's plans for the Wii.

ATI quietly launches HD 2900 GT, only Sapphire seems to be selling

ATI and NVIDIA are locked once again in the ongoing battle for your graphics card dollars. ATI hasn?t been much of a threat to NVIDIA's market dominance recently and many don?t see that changing

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Just because you know a few martial arts moves doesnt mean you can take the cops.

Debut trailer for Sega's PS3 and Xbox 360 compilation.
Sega's released the debut trailer for it's just announced Mega Drive compilation for Xbox 360 and PS3. So you can look at some 15-year-old game footage, then.

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Gives up an arm and a leg for an Oscar.

Fake Steve Jobs nails it on Google’s Android: The only companies that join consortia are the ones who are too stupid or shitty to make a great product on their own. It’s like, Hey, we’ve got forty spazzo companies that can’t fuck their way out of a paper bag; let’s put them all together and maybe they’ll magically become some kind of big bad powerhouse. More likely it’ll just be some scary ass Frankenstein monster, walking around drooling and tripping over its own tongue.

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Also, whenever you see companies start talking about being “open,” it means they’re getting their ass kicked. You think Google will be forming an OpenSearch alliance any time soon, to help also-rans in search get a share of the spoils? Me neither.

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You know, John, there is an OpenSearch, which started with Amazon A9, and Google already supports it on all their search services. It is, in fact, a fundamental part of OpenSocial and GData in general.

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Altec Lansing wants you to know that they've got another cheapazz, 5.1 surround sound rig ready to enhance your gaming, music, or movie experience. For $79, you can treat yourself to the VS3251 which features five, 9W satellites with 2.5-inch full-range drivers and a 25W subwoofer with 5-inch driver. The kit ships with a remote control, a couple of unspecified inputs for audio sources, and a headphone jack located inconveniently on the sub which will more than likely find itself tucked away in some corner. Perhaps the most interesting part of this set-up is that Altec Lansing thinks the look is "chic" -- er yeah, that's the word.

 

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Nancy Spivey takes us on a ride though one of the toughest neighborhoods of Atlanta , GA To demonstrate the tramsformation taking place becuase of church and community involvement. Ranked 3.25 / 5 | 200 views | No comments

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AMD is apparently getting ready to launch its new Phenom processor on November 19th, according to DailyTech. The chipmaker's media guide for the launch seems to have been leaked early, and it's got some interesting info in it regarding the Phenom and the next-gen Radeon. We already knew most of the Phenom deets, but it looks like the supporting RD790 chipset is also ready to go, along with three versions of the RV670 Radeon HD 3800 series. The low-end 3850 is actually a revised version of the existing Radeon HD 2900 with a die shrink from 80nm to 55nm, but the top-end Radeon HD 3870 is a new design with a 100MHz clock bump to 775MHz. All the cards feature support for Quad Crossfire and AMD's Triple Play Physics system, but don't feature any of the hardware video decoders that had been rumored. Unless something changes, we should be seeing all this stuff on the 19th -- which is probably when we'll know about pricing as well.

 

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We review Naruto's latest PS2 outing.

ZDNet: "The impending release of the Google phone and Motorola's first Linux-based Razr2 device in the U.S. will catapult open source's status in the mobile market..."

Fending off Google Apps

20th Century Fox has locked the Jonas Brothers to make their feature starring debut in Walter the Farting Dog , reports Variety .

Sandra Bullock travels forward and backward through time to find out the truth about her husband's fatal car accident.

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DVD Studio Pro has been updated with a fix to Disc Descriptor Protocol (DDP) and Cutting Master Format (CMF) images on Intel-based Macs.

Spotlight was the star of the show the last time Apple released a cat-themed OS X upgrade. Christopher Breen looks at the Leopard edition of this search tool and finds many significant -- and welcome -- changes.

In a move demonstrating its confidence in the community-based approach, Swets is to allow users of its subscription management service SwetsWise to edit its help pages. By making the SwetsWise help pages wiki-based, Swets is offering customers an easy-to-use tool to exchange their views and comments on the service with other customers.

Always good to see the actor's name pop up.

Featured posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with recent search-related headlines from around the Web.

Google released the source code to its Android mobile operating system the day before the first phone using the software, the G1 from T-Mobile, goes on sale.

It's SAP's world, and the rest of are just living in it.

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Two U.S. agencies target Internet sites selling false diabetes cures.

An interesting revelation...

Josh Hamilton (Todd) and Ayesha Dharker (Asha) imitate each other.

Capcom lifts the release date curtain on Devil May Cry 4's eagerly awaited next-generation debut.

IDABC: "Romanian public libraries can now use an Open Source library system for managing book loans and reservations, searching catalogues, managing library assets, maintaining a website and general administration..."