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Hot on the tail of the D700 release, Nikon let loose firmware 2.0 for the D3 DSLR, making the amazing camera even better. The main points of interest are improved autofocus and white balance, but I've blockquoted the laundry list below. The D300 gets a firmware update to 1.03 to fix incorrect battery indicator readouts, which is not nearly as exciting. [Nikon via Rob Galbraith via Gadgetlab]

Modifications enabled with upgrade of A and B firmware to v.2.00

* Images captured with "Rotate tall", in the playback menu, set to "On", are not automatically rotated for display immediately after capture (image review).



* The following changes and additions have been made to "f4: Assign FUNC.Button > FUNC. Button + dials" ; "f5: Assign preview button > Preview + command dials", and "f6: Assign AE-L / AF-L button > AE-L / AF-L + command dials" menus in Custom Settings:



o The "Choose image area" option has been separated into two options, "Choose image area (FX / DX / 5:4)" and "Choose image area (FX / DX)"



o A new "Shooting menu bank" option has been added.



* When "Choose image area (FX / DX / 5:4)" or "Choose image area (FX/DX)" is selected and the function button (Fn) is pressed, the image area setting is displayed in the top control panel, in the shooting information display, and at the bottom of the viewfinder.



* A "Copyright information" item has been added to the setup menu. When "Copyright information" is enabled, the copyright symbol ( © ) is shown in the shooting info display.



* "Recent settings" can now be displayed in place of "My Menu".



* The virtual horizon can now be displayed with shooting in LiveView mode.



* The "Vignette control" setting can now be confimed in shooting information.



* The "Vignette control" item in the shooting menu now supports all types of G- and D-type lenses, except DX and PC lenses.



* The "Vignette control" compensation value has been optimized for shooting with "Active D-Lighting" the shooting menu.



* Electronic analog exposure displays are now shown in the control panel and shooting info display while the exposure compensation setting is being applied.



* The degree of the "High ISO NR" setting can now be confirmed in the shooting info display while the "High ISO NR" setting item, in the shooting menu, is being applied.



* Design of the FX-format icon in the "Choose image area" setting has been modified.



* Ankara, Riyadh, Kuwait, and Manamah have been added to the "Time zone" options for the "World Time" item in the setup menu.



* When a GPS device is used and no heading information is available, —.—° is now displayed for the "Position > Heading" option in the "GPS" item in the setup menu.



* When shooting in LiveView mode using Camera Control Pro 2 (ver. 2.2.0) or later with a PC-E lens, the aperture setting can now be adjusted from the computer.



* Autofocus performance has been improved.



* Auto White Balance performance has been improved.



* An issue that, in some rare circumstances, caused the battery indicator to blink, regardless of actual battery charge, has been resolved.



* Errors in the German help displays have been corrected.

According to French gaming website Jeux-Video, a number of details were revealed regarding Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2008 during the IDEF event in Cannes, France. Konami expects a playable version of the soccer sim to be available on August 22nd which will most likely be making an apperance at the Leipzig event. Konami also noted that the Japanese version should be identical to the European version and there should be no technical differences between the PS3 and Xbox 360 incarnations.

I have been given the go ahead to review The Dark Knight, but this is the type of movie which I feel I need to see at least two or three times before delving into such a task. The film is so very expansive, so very epic. So instead of a full review, I will [...]

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Here is a quick screen update for Heavenly sword. New high res screens have been released as well.

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Updated Game Details
-Kai will be playable for some part of the game
-Swords, big Guns ( You name it) Nariko will have in her arsenal various weapons
-Many Action Scenes
-Sixaxis Support Confirmed - allows you to control projectiles

While axed Grey's Anatomy Isaiah Washington rants and raves his way into celebrity oblivion after his axing (after the jump), Grey's producers are in for more controversy with the sudden replacement of a key castmember in the anticipated Grey's fall spinoff. ABC Studios confirmed today that four-time Tony winner Audra McDonald has been hired to replace Merrin Dungey as star Kate Walsh's best friend in the spinoff Private Practice-- even though Merrin was introduced to 21.2 million viewers in the very special Grey's episode that launched Practice. Back in May, Merrin played Dr. Naomi Bennett, the new character who is influential enough to talk Kate's Dr. Addison Montgomery into moving to California to join a health cooperative where she works with her ex-husband, played by Taye Diggs, and colleagues Tim Daly, Amy Brenneman and Paul Adelstein.

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Movie-based games headline a heavy week of releases alongside Pokemon's Wii debut and 2K Games' The Darkness for PS3, Xbox 360.

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It's been a few months since FiringSquad got it's first hands-on taste of Warmonger, the upcoming Unreal Engine 3 first person shooter from NetDevil that was all about destructible environments. Today as part of NetDevil's 10th anniversary celebration, FiringSquad got a chance to visit the developer's new offices in Louisville, CO and play a new build of Warmonger, this time in an eight player capture the flag match.

The Missing Sync for Palm OS is designed from the ground up to join together the latest Palm OS devices and Apple technologies. Features include the very best Address Book and iCal data synchronization, including contact photos, work address and calendar categories; iPhoto album and iTunes playlist syncing; video importing, encoding and mobile playback; Treo call log and SMS text message synchronization; Spotlight searching of memos and support for third-party Palm conduits like FileMaker Mobile and Microsoft Entourage 2004. The Missing Sync for Palm OS - all you need to get the most out of your handheld or Treo smartphone....

Visit http://www.nba.com/video for more highlights. NBA's Top 5 Plays for June 17th, 2008.

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Shrek the Third is like an onion. It stinks and it makes you cry...
The Shrek DVD contains footage of what happens when animators incorrectly program ogre and pals. Donkey turns into a jive-talking afro and Shrek's skull pops out of his own gob. Nightmarishly hideous, sure, but it goes to show that even when Dreamworks seriously mess up they do so in a mirth-filled way. More than can be said for Shrek 3 on Wii.



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While other worlds bestow medals or ribbons to award courage, the Corellians, always a practical people, prefer a no-nonsense approach.

Sprint says its voice-command technology will help differentiate its Instinct smart phone from the iPhone 3G, but it's clear that device makers will need to provide both voice and text input for some time.

Supreme winner - Carmel MCormick; Best Emerging Artist - Celeste Strewe; Categories: Hand Painted - 1st Carmel McCormick, 2nd Emma Edworthy; Airbrush - 1st Phil de Chard, 2nd Yolanda Bartram; Masquerade - 1st Ginelle Aspinall.

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Time to get down and dirty!

An unlucky businessman hilariously chases his car after it starts rolling away unexpectedly.

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Computer Business Review: "Open source business applications provider Compiere has launched the Compiere Community Wiki to enable collaboration and information sharing across its open source community..."

You can discover some new screenshots about the weapons, the boss and the use of equipment, and a promotionnal vidéo.

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and its sequels have always been known to have impressive soundtracks full of licensed songs. Naturally, Electronic Arts looks to outmaneuver the Activision series with music in its upcoming rival skateboarding title, SKATE. The new game, which appears on PS3 and Xbox 360 in Autumn 2007, is set to boast 45 songs from artists such as David Bowie, Nirvana, N.W.A. and The Ramones. The complete list you'll be ollieing to soon is after the break.

A gifted person is recreating the entire Titanic movie in Rollercoaster Tycoon 3. He has already spent a year in this process and is almost complete.

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The new MacBook Pros based upon the Santa Rosa chipset have been benchmarked. The results? The new MacBook Pro consistently edged out the old quad-core PowerMac G5 w/Geforce 7300 GT video card, winning in 4 out of 5 tests.

Still, it's fair to call the new laptops about even with the quad cores of yesteryear (better known as last year) because the results were so close. How does the new MacBook Pro compare to last week's version? It's much faster in 3D tests.

We attribute most of the speed bump to the new GeForce 8600M GT graphics processor, which pushed 50% more frames in Quake 4 and Prey. That GeForce card is a beast.

Hit the link for the full graphs and anomalies, including when the last gen MacBook Pro pushed more frames in the (unoptimized we're guessing) Halo 2. – Mark Wilson

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Jordin Sparks may have won American Idol, but Blake Lewis is definitely coming out on top in the U.S. singles charts.

His cover of Bon Jovi's You Give Love A Bad Name just cracked the top ten this week, coming in at #9.

Meanwhile, Sparks' This Is My Now lingers at #14.

She may have a bigger voice, but Blake's got that "it" factor with the girls and - especially - the boys.

This week's #1 song belongs to Rihanna with her highly infectious Umbrella.

Fergie climbs three spots to #3 with Big Girls Don't Cry.

And, Miz Amy Winehouse's Rehab jumps a whopping 25 spots, leaping from #55 to #30 this week.

Other gainers include Gwen Stefani's 4 in the Morning, which jumped from #65 to #56, and Nelly Furtado's All Good Things, which went from #93 to #68.

Congrats to all!

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I wrote this song with Indie Forde about three years ago now. Hope you like it.

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marcellizot writes "For a hobby that's supposedly childish, real child gamers have quite a hard time of it. When they're not having every avenue of fun scrutinized for nasties and bad influences, they're often being sold game ideas that are boring and old even when the adults of today were young. Pocket Gamer asks, what do kids really make of today's kids games? 'Both Polly and Andrew both agreed that there were more good games for kids than bad overall, but most of the games they showed weren't just for kids at all. This betrays the difference in perception between parents and their children. Most of them aren't looking for the same old killing - instead, they want something that genuinely entertains them.'"

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Google is in the process of acquiring yet another company. This time it's Panoramio, a Spanish photo-sharing website that specializes in location tags for their images.

The Chief Technology Officer for Yahoo, Farzad Nazem, decided to call it quits after a 10-year run. His last day is June 8th, please bring a baked-good or soda.

AT&T is launching an international texting program. Now for $.10 a message or 100 messages for $9.99 a month you can text overseas with confidence. Our question is, why would you sign up for the 100 messages option? Since you only save $.01.

Your inboxes are free! Your inboxes are free! Well not really, but spam master Robert Soloway was arrested. The 27-year-old spammer could be stuck in the slammer until he's 92, if he gets the maximum sentence.– Ben Longo

PayPlay.FM is offering its 1.3 million indie songs in DRM-free MP3 format for $0.88 each.

NCsoft tries a new business model for its hack-and-slash MMORPG.

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Brian Crecente of Kotaku reports:

"I love Warhawk, I love it so much that I continue to play it despite the fact that the beta has a major and, I'm sure temporary, bug.

For some reason, Warhawk has been randomly freezing up for people. Either this results in you getting booted out of the game, or in your entire PS3 freezing up and you having to reboot. But this is a Beta and that's sort of the point isn't it, to find bugs.

So I and everyone else in the Beta seem to love the game so much that we will, like junkies, put up with just about anything to get our fix, no matter how short-lived it is..."

Two Brothers, One Soul... My Brother is an inner city, New York, story, of two impoverished boys, one of whom is developmentally disabled, and the bond of love they have for each other.

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Piranha Bytes collaboration comes to an end as JoWooD talks a bit about Gothic 4...

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