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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.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL) Changes: 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.
License: GNU General Public License (GPL) Changes: 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. Filed under: Gaming, Home Entertainment  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.
Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Some of Asia's biggest cellular carriers are banding together to offer a flat-rate data roaming service, hoping to increase the use of cellular data services by business people travelling in Asia. Like voice roaming, data roaming can be very expensive, with costs of several U.S. dollars just to log on and download a single e-mail. Larger documents like spreadsheets and presentations cost even more, making the service a pricey option for all but those with generous expense accounts. The new service, planned for early next year, will allow travellers to log on and surf the Internet from their phones for a flat daily fee. Each carrier will offer its own specific terms, so some are likely to put a cap on the amount of data that can be sent and received, while others may offer an all-you-can-use option. The carriers are part of a group called the Conexus Mobile Alliance, which was formed in 2006 and includes Hong Kong's Hutchison, Indonesia's Indosat, Japan's NTT DoCoMo, the Philippines' Smart, Singapore's StarHub, South Korea's KT Freetel and Taiwan's Far EasTone. With NTT DoCoMo's stake in carriers in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands included, the alliance covers 11 territories and 160 million consumers. The planned service, announced at the 3GSM Asia conference in Macau, helps the alliance to take a big step towards one of its key goals: improving WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) data roaming for travellers in Asia. Operators in the region are fast deploying WCDMA networks that offer data speeds several times that of current GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications) networks. Some carriers are well advanced in their plans and already offer faster data access using HSDPA (high-speed downlink packet access). HSDPA, which is an upgrade to WCDMA, pushes speeds to 1.8Mbps in its first step, and even faster with more advanced versions. Japan's NTT DoCoMo is currently offering 3.6Mbps, and plans to launch a 7.2M bps service early next year. Two additional carriers joined the alliance on Tuesday: India's Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL) and Manager Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL). While the extension of service to India is likely to be welcomed, the consortium has yet to attract a mainland Chinese carrier as a partner. The alliance said at last year's ITU Telecom World in Hong Kong that it wanted to snag a member in China. However, China has yet to disclose plans for the launch of 3G services and it is unknown how many operators there will enter the field and which, if any, will use WCDMA. Also Tuesday, the alliance said it plans a SIM card replacement service for corporate users that will, for example, allow an NTT DoCoMo user traveling in Jakarta to get a replacement DoCoMo SIM card from Indosat.
Filed under: Misc. Gadgets  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.[Via MetaFilter]
Read | Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments BOLD MOVES: THE FUTURE OF FORD A new documentary series. Be part of the transformation as it happens in real-time Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!
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. Click here to read the full article |
