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Enchanted Arms (PS3)
FromSoftware finalizes release window for 360-to-PS3 port.
Sony Pictures has released its 2007 preview (see the full line-up here !) and with it comes new photos from Spider-Man 3 and Ghost Rider . You can view the new Spidey pic here and the Ghost Rider ones here !
Macgamestore has announced the release of Monopoly for the Mac as a digital download. The game, licensed by Hasbro and published by Real Arcade, brings the classic board game to Mac users with the ability to play friends or family as well as a built-in opponent using artificial intelligence. "Own it all with this amazing version of the best-known a...
Lawsuits halt makers of replacement printer cartridges.
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Rob Stops By and we play some NBA 06
Wireless chipmaker Broadcom Corp said on Friday it will not receive double damages awarded in a lawsuit after a federal judge affirmed a jury verdict that found rival Qualcomm Inc infringed three patents.
Ever wonder why officers ask you to step away from your vehicle during a routine traffic stop? This lady finds out the hard way.
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Welcome to the Thanksgiving edition of
The Write Stuff! Thanksgiving is always rough on a screenwriter. You're usually seeing a lot of friends and family, and while they (candied) yammer on about their accomplishments,
you have to start all of your sentences with: "We're still waiting to hear on that one..." and "Our agent says we're really close..." and "Grandma, let me explain the WGA strike to you one more time..."
But there is a great deal to be thankful for this year. On Monday, still happy and groggy from a weekend of gorging,
representatives from the WGA and the AMPTP will resume talks. Ideally, each side will come away happy and we can end this strike. From a personal note, my writing career was right on the verge of kicking into high gear when the strike was announced, and I certainly don't want to lose that upward momentum. And looking at the bigger picture, we're a month away from Christmas here. Who wants to see not just writers but everyone who works in and around the entertainment industry desperately struggling to pay the bills? The grips, the gaffers, the assistants, the dry cleaners...these people are out of work, too.
So send your good vibes to the negotiating table on Monday. And if you think there's nothing you can do, you're wrong. You can electronically sign
this petition to the AMPTP, which starts: "We, the undersigned, fully support the strike of the Writers Guild of America, and agree with the WGA's stated goals of obtaining just and fair compensation regarding revenues generated through "new media". The petition currently has 57, 695 signatures, which is extremely impressive. Won't you add yours?
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Film Threat's Frigid 50 is back. Last year, the list was topped by everyone's favorite Scientologists Tom and Katie. (Wait ... Is she one yet?) Luckily they've saturated the press so much lately with their wedding shenanigans that they remain on the list, just bumped down a few to number 10. The top spot goes to the natural choice - Scottish-hero-turned-anti-Semitic-raving-drunk -- Mel Gibson. It'd be tough to beat the man who, in one night, managed to offend a religion, be a slimy misogynist and drive while drunk.
While I don't think anyone could surpass Mel's 2006 flubs, the list holds some expected names as well as a few shockers. Although Jennifer Aniston is a surprise in the number two spot, her appearance on the list isn't as surprising as her follower, Borat. Beyond that quirky Kazakhstanian creation rests wild girl Lindsay Lohan, whose spot is extra-specially detailed with Eddie Murphy lyrics. Finishing off the top five is the lackadaisical tax payer, Wesley Snipes.
Unfortunately, the likes of Gibson-sympathetic Patrick Swayze and Lady in the Water survivor Paul Giamatti will have to try harder to get further up on the list. But even their showings at 49 and 50 were topped by Colin Farrell, who got a special icy place of 51 for acting in numerous bombs yet still having the money and media.
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DeVito plays a car salesman who drives his neighbor crazy.
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said Wednesday the company will provide benchmark numbers to back its claims, but as of Friday, those figures were not available.
This is footage sent in from one of our members of his base coming under attack. Fortunately, nobody was hurt during the attack (at least nobody that was shooting rockets).
Team Ninja brings more bounce to the ounce in Dead or Alive Xtreme 2!
Hey, more sci-fi books getting made into movies! I'm cool with that.
2U*U2 writes to mention an EWeek article about an entry in the Month of Kernel Bugs. John Ellch has discovered a critical vulnerability in the Broadcom wireless driver: a driver used in machines from HP, Dell, Gateway, and eMachines. From the article: "[The bug] is a stack-based buffer overflow in the Broadcom BCMWL5.SYS wireless device driver that could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of a Wi-Fi-enabled laptop. The vulnerability is caused by improper handling of 802.11 probe responses containing a long SSID field and can lead to arbitrary kernel-mode code execution. The volunteer ZERT (Zero Day Emergency Response Team) warns that the flaw could be exploited wirelessly if a vulnerable machine is within range of the attacker."
VMware Fusion 1.1 enables the running of Mac OS X and Windows applications simultaneously.
Lots of people clearly excited about upcoming space combat MMO.
You may or may not be one of over 150,000 gamers now registered to take part in the upcoming beta for Codemasters' space MMO Jumpgate Evolution.
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The main suspect in the murders of Jennifer Hudson’s mother, brother and nephew will remain in custody until at least December after his parole was denied. While no charges have been filed against William Balfour, the estranged husband of Hudson’s sister Julia, the parole was denied because Balfour frequented “a place where drugs were [...]
Yesterday the internet exploded with the news that the NPD Group would no longer be releasing monthly videogame sales data to the media. While it initially looked like the world may be at peace without sales data to fuel fanboy battles, the console wars will (for better or worse) be continuing.
The NPD Group is only halting the free data it gives out to general media. Outlets that pay for the data, like IGN, will continue to receive monthly sales figures. NPD told us it was a business decision to protect the research firm's interests.
So, not to worry. You can still look forward to monthly console wars here on IGN.
This set of effects plug-ins for Adobe After Effects adds seven new plug-ins (bringing the total to 71), 32 bpc support for nine existing plug-ins, and added functions for still other plug-ins.
Thousands of students from across the country gather in Washington, D.C., to shift attention to climate change and other green causes.
With his trademark charm and wit, Michael Moore sets off on a journey to the heart of the country hoping to discover why the American pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with "The Anarchist's Cookbook" to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old, this is an alternately humorous and horrifying look at firearms abuse, destined to leave audiences dreading - but expecting - the next breaking news report about a homegrown assassin with a constitutionally-protected Uzi.
Expect online attacks to become more silent, to target users more specifically, and to aim for true financial harm as opposed to cheap notoriety, says Symantec CEO John Thompson. The locus of attacks, he says, is shifting from the computers themselves to the transactions between them, particularly B-to-C activity.
Jack Black and Kyle Gass bring their infamous rock duo Tenacious D to the big screen in the comedy Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny.
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This first teaser trailer takes you through the dead silence and darkness of deep space to stay alive.
A few days ago, a promo teaser was leaked online for DreamWorks Animation's Kung Fu Panda from the upcoming Shrek the Third DVD and was quickly pulled. Now, the studio has put out an official teaser trailer for the animated-comedy, features the voices of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Dustin Hoffman and Jackie Chan. It opens on June 6, 2008.
- CUTEST COUPLE THAT MAKES US WANNA DIE: On the one hand, we are in love with Will Arnett, and on the other hand, we adore Amy Poehler. Then how come the fact that these two have found love with each other makes us insanely jealous? It's like, how come the world didn't explode when these two got married? Is God dead? Anyway, they're in a Gap ad together! (OK! Magazine)
- SAY IT DON'T HAIR SPRAY IT: Bon Jovi admits to being a drug dealer when he was a teenager. Not really that shocking, since he's been dealing the drug of love and peddling his tiny little leather-clad ass for the past 25 years... the one thing we are truly addicted to. (Now Magazine)
- BEST DWIGHT-O-LANTERN: It seems fitting that someone carved Dwight Schrute's gigantic head on a Pumpkin, no? (Pop Candy)
- CLAIM: Tom Cruise says that he loves all of his children equally, whether it be his biological daughter Suri who he sees every day, or his adopted children so-and-so and whats-her-name, who he thinks live in Australia with Nicole but isn't really sure. (Female First)
- SMACK TALKING: An ex-girlfriend of Bill Maher claims the following: "Bill wants someone he can put down in an argument, tell you how ghetto you are, how big your butt is, and that you're an idiot." Hold up, hold up... IS HE SINGLE?!?!? (NY Post)
Leopard's sprint out of the gate could slow if Apple is unable to solve some major installation problems encountered by early adopters.
Mekhi Phifer and rapper/actress Eve will star opposite Vincent Laresca in Antonio Macia's indie feature Ego , reports Production Weekly .
The guys at BGR have spotted this advertisement floating around the Internet, which supposedly shows the iPhone being made available on Canada's Rogers network. The flier stipulates the iPhone shall be made available, by December 7th, for $499CAD on a three-year contract. Pre-orders for the device are shown to be starting on 20th November. The above information does not seem to be too far fetched, but this could easily be a PS hoax. You have been warned—don't book a day off work just yet. [BGR]
In the service contract it states: In the rare event that the Microsoft Entertainment Device can?t be fixed, they will comfort you with a replacement model.
If all else fails and their service professionals actually conclude that the consumers Microsoft Entertainment Product is beyond repair, Microsoft will provide them with a replacement including the latest features. So their Microsoft Service Contract can pay for itself several times over with this benefit alone.
The Power*Architect is a data modeling tool with
additional features geared specifically for data
warehouse and data mart design. It allows the
designer to open multiple concurrent source
database connections, create and explore profiles
of the source data, discover differences between two schemas (even if they're on different database platforms), drag and drop source schemas,
tables, and columns into the data modeling
playpen, and forward engineer the resultant target
database and its associated ETL template.
License: BSD License (revised)
Changes:
This release adds a number of bugfixes, improved
forward-engineering
compatibility with several database platforms, and
many usability and
productivity enhancements. All users should
upgrade as soon as possible.
For all its high-tech bells and whistles, director Kenneth Branaghs modernization of the 1972 black comedy remains a remake we could live without, especially when it takes a serious turn for the worse.
Nintendo has released official sales numbers for their hardware platforms in their recent earnings filing.
Of note, worldwide sales are as follows:
Wii 13.17M
DS 53.64M
See attached image for page of interest.
Information is on page 20/20 in the filing.
The one thing that brought together many of the new handsets and much of the new software PC Magazine's Sascha Segan saw at the CTIA show this week was a love of Windows Mobile.
10 new shots posted.
The new trailers showcase the different game modes and the AI found in the game and covers some of the brand heritage and history of SEGA Rally.
Rapper T.I. has pleaded not guilty to illegal weapons charges in Atlanta, and now could spend another week in jail.
Blog of helios: "One of the Panel Suits told me as I stood in front of 400 people, that they don't take an interest in advertising Linux because...
"We offer solutions, not systems.""
The Group Communication Service (jGCS) intends to
provide a generic API for applications that need
group communication primitives, such as virtual
synchrony or atomic broadcast. It is a Java based
common API to several toolkits such as Spread,
Appia, and JGroups.
License: BSD License (revised)
Changes:
The main changes made to the jGCS packages are
mainly in the bindings,
since the interface itself is stable. The Appia
binding now supports
closed and open groups and can be configured to
discover the addresses
of group members from an external process and send
messages to that
group. The Spread version runs with Spread 4.0.0
and contains some
important bugfixes. The jGCS implementation of
Hedera also contains
several bugfixes.
Glaring Omissions reproduces tips received from readers in the last week that weren't covered on Gawker, either by accident (it happens!) or by design (that happens more often).
Please read below for the worst email ever. A friend of a friend was sent the below, from a dude she met at H&M. I know, very random, but clearly this dude is never getting a response - or a girlfriend, EVER:
-Don't print my name or email, please!
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Dear [REDACTED],
Hi , this is David,I met uin the H&M clothing store last week. I thought u were very pretty. I don't have internet in my house. How long have u lived in N.Y. ? I studied advertising design.I do freelance design and customer service when the design field is slow.I also paint in oils.I know of a gallery i want to be rostered with in Soho.I started a design company, but have not made any money with the company yet. I have a business partner in China. My company name is Sciensun Inc. I designed 2 practical products and hope to sell them intens of thousands of stores accross america. If they are successful i will sell them in all of Asia , Europe and USA and Latin America. I have more products on the drawing board for the future.I was born and raised in NY. I live in Elmhurst Queens now. I eventually want to move to the upper east side of Manhattan or the Suburbs. Do u Have brothers and sisters ? Ilove dogs. I will definately buy a Golden Retriever or a German Shepherd puppy in the future. Do u have pets ? How was it growing up in Armenia ? Do u like animals ? I like dolphins also and horses and girraffes, lions, tigers and salt water aquarium hobby. I paid to swim with a dolphin 3 years ago in Florida. They gave me a crippled dolphin , it swam with a limp fin. The dolphin had a fin cast on. I would like to try bull riding as a challenge to myself. I want to see if i can stay on the bull for more than 8 seconds. Bull riding is in Texas.What fun activities do u enjoy doing ? I like cafes/lounges, amusement parks, bowling, play pool, motorboating.I don't have internet in my house, i have to use library computers , i have limited time with one. I would like tohave drinks with uthis week, coffee, or tea,is this alright ?
E-mail me back..or call me [REDACTED]
Take Care
David
And here is what is also weird about this:
HE SENDS VARIANTS OF THIS EMAIL TO OTHER WOMEN.
Just what has
Tara Jane O'Neil gotten herself into now? The former Rodan, Sonora Pine, and Retsin member turned solo artist extraordinaire has a new book/CD project and a brief tour besides.
Wings. Strings. Meridians.: A Blighted Bestiary is a 96-page book of artworks and such from the page of Ms. O'Neil (a visual preview of the stuff is available
here), coupled with a 15-track CD-- titled
Connoisseur Collage-- of O'Neil rarities, demos, and a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye". The songs on
Collage, as O'Neil pointed out in an e-mail, are "all pretty unreleased." What's more, 100 extra special copies of
Wings will come with three silkscreened prints, which we in the biz often refer to as "limited edition bonus material."
The book/CD will be out in November courtesy of
Yeti Publishing's Square Roots Books imprint, with a release party/acoustic performance on the first of the month in Portland. That comes right square at the end of O'Neil's brief fall tour, kicking off this weekend. True, there's a couple New York shows in mid-November, too, but it's not a tour if you take two weeks off in the middle, is it?
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Since we shocked and awed you yesterday with footage of our i-banker friend A.J., we've received mountains upon virtual mountains of emails asking for more. And what better way to find out more about a man, or at least what a man wants everyone to think of him, than a MySpace profile?
A.J. greets us with the headline, "Zoom Zoom", perhaps harking back to his more humble days when he drove a Mazda instead of the drop top Porsche featured in the Cain promo. He chose a blurry self portrait for his profile pic, although the modesty is belied by the luxurious gold frame on the mirror. He has customized the page with a classy black background and sets the mood with a stylish, albeit predictable, Thievery Corporation tune. We learn that, to no surprise, his favorite films and books include Glengarry Glen Ross, Wall Street, Art of War and Machiavelli.
Now we know more about A.J., but what little bit that the MySpace profile offers has only served to whet our appetite. Can you shed any more light on A.J.? We're all ears.
www.myspace.com/ajc01 [MySpace]
Earlier: This Is What We Are Up Against
You probably shouldnt eat random things you find on the beach.
More E-Book News, this one a prototype from Seiko Epson, makers of the cool E-ink watch. The device's form factor is at least as thin as Sony's Reader, but it has a 1200x1600 display. Maybe too sharp, on a 6.7-inch screen. (230 DPI vs 160 on the Sony.) I'd take the reader's store app and complete list of publishers over an eye-ball straining screen res any day. [MobileRead via TechnoBob]
