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Google launches Lively--virtual world sim-- 2008-07-09 14:01:31 A really bad news for Second Life: Google
is launching a new service today called Lively
, a browser based virtual
world add-on that lets users create and customize avatars and worlds, interact with other users, and generally have a richer social interaction than is offered by GTalk today. Worlds can be embedded into web pages, although only Windows users on IE or Firefox can view them, after an ad
Active Flickr users have chance to earn money now 2008-07-09 13:58:25 Getty Images, one of the world’s largest media licensing companies, has partnered with Flickr
to add a broader selection of pictures to its online catalog. Getty will hand-pick a number of Flickr members to participate in the program, with a goal of acquiring thousands of images in the next few months. Getty editors will use a set of tools jointly developed by the two companies that will enable Read more:Active
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The Dark Knight’s New Poster 2008-07-08 12:46:45 This is one of the best movie posters I think I have ever seen. It shrilly screams action, magnitude and most importantly, the type of dramatic presence The Dark Knight
will have when it premieres on July 18, 2008. Read more:Poster
Fast and the Furious 4 Pictures-exclusive- 2008-07-08 12:27:46 New pics of upcoming fourth installment of the Fast and the Furious franchise have surfaced courtesy of USA Today. Check them all out below. It nice to know that Vin Deisel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewester are returning. Sung Kang is making a returning from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as well as rapper Lil Wayne. My question is, where are the pictures of Gal Gadot? Read more:Pictures
Dragonball-upcoming movie "POSTER" 2008-07-08 12:22:00 Here is the poster for the upcoming Dragonball-Z movie
entitled Dragonball. “The film follows Goku, played by Justin Chatwin, and his quest to obtain the mystical Dragonballs before the evil Lord Piccolo, played by James Marsters, does. The film began development in 2002, and is directed by James Wong and produced by Stephen Chow.” Personally, I want to see if Emmy Rossum can check ass or not.
Water Lilies (Naissance des Pieuvres)-Review 2008-07-08 12:17:57 Celine Sciamma’s Water Lilies
(Naissance des Pieuvres) is a film about teens that are beginning to discover who they are, that actually stars teens (not mid-twenty year olds playing teens)From the first scene in Water Lilies, you are shown that synchronized swimming is not an underutilized plot point, its part of the film and the characters’ lives. The viewer is privy to numerous training sequ
Pioneer Develops Massive 400GB Optical Disc 2008-07-07 23:14:30 Got a big archiving project you’ve been itching to do? Pioneer
’s latest development could help you keep all your data in one nice, little circular package. The Japanese electronics maker has been working on an optical disc, which, like Blu-ray, can store 25GB of data in a single layer. But Pioneer says it’s one-upped the high-definition format to the sixteenth degree. The company announced t Read more:Optical
Apple cuts price of MacBook Air by $500 2008-07-07 10:34:56 Apple Inc. has quietly reduced the price
of its most expensive notebook by $500, cutting the cost of the upper-end MacBook
Air to $2,598. The MacBook Air, which Apple launched in January to some fanfare, has been sold in two configurations since then: with a traditional 80GB magnetic platter hard drive and a 1.6-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, or with a 64GB solid-state drive and a 1.8-GHz CPU. So Read more:Apple
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na Movie Review 2008-07-07 10:11:24 Malayalis who watch Malayalam movies will feel a sense of déjà vu with this movie. It has the same theme as ‘Niram’(‘Colour’) directed by Kamal- old friends not realising they love each other until almost too late. Of course there are lots of differences in the treatment. Niram is a Malayalam movie made for malayalis. JTYJN is like an English novel translated into hindi movie, complete w Read more:Movie Review
'Hancock' grabs heroic $107.3M over long weekend 2008-07-07 09:51:56 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith's box-office superpowers remain intact. Smith's "Hancock
" — the story of a boozing, foul-mouthed superhero who dresses like a street bum — led the Fourth of July weekend with a $66 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday.That raised the total for Sony's "Hancock" to $107.3 million since it opened Tuesday night to get a jump on the holiday.It was a fa Read more:grabs
Amazing Light Graffiti Artists and Photographers 2008-07-07 08:58:58 Light graffiti, also known as light painting, takes what you think you know about graffiti and turns it on its head. This ephemeral approach to art and expression uses the movement of light to create incredible images and is created on the streets, in nature, and in studios by artists whose creative impulses transcend traditional media. Unlike projection bombing, light graffiti is sometimes produc Read more:Amazing
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Abandoned Cities from Around the World: Deserted Towns and Other Derelict Places 2008-07-06 12:01:02 There are many reasons why cities are abandoned; some, like the ghost towns of the American West, have become tourist destinations while others have been condemned or simply forgotten. These abandoned cities of the world share an eerie, haunted quality that is part of what makes them so fascinating.The Kowloon Walled City was located just outside Hong Kong, China during British rule. A former watc Read more:Abandoned
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Wall-E release postponed until December 2008 2008-07-06 11:13:53 No!!! This just sucks!Pixar is postponing the release of Wall-E for at least 6 MONTHS because of a failed dispute over the design of the Wall-E robot. Because of this, Pixar is more or less going back to the drawing board to redesign a new Wall-E. This means new posters, new trailers…NEW EVERYTHING. Man, they might as well just start from scratch.Apparently, Syd Phillips, a former Pixar employee Read more:December
WALL-E crosses $100 million mark 2008-07-06 11:10:28 WALL-E has passed the 100 million
dollar mark at the North American box office, achieving an estimated gross of $104 million in the eight days since its release.According to Variety, WALL-E is the fifty-eighth film in the history of The Walt Disney Company to hit the $100 mil mark.Excellent!
Firefox 3 download record now official 2008-07-06 10:53:01 Mozilla has officially made history with a new Guinness world record for the largest number of software downloads in a 24-hour period. The final record breaking 8,002,530 downloads for Firefox
3.0 took place in June with parties in over 25 countries. “The enthusiasm and creativity of Firefox fans was key to making this happen” said Marketing head Paul Kim. Gareth Deaves of Guinness World Recor
AMD introduces quadcore Phenom for desktops 2008-07-06 10:43:52 On Tuesday, AMD
announced a new version of its flagship “Black” Phenom X4, as well as two energy-efficient versions of the Phenom X4 chip. However, the AMD Phenom X4 9950 Black Edition does not command a flagship price: AMD is charging a suggested retail price of just $235 for the 2.6-GHz chip. AMD also released the AMD Phenom X4 9350e, a 2.0-GHz processor for $195; and the AMD Phenom X4 9150e Read more:AMD introduces
‘Heroes’ Producer Recognizes Benefits of BitTorrent 2008-07-06 10:34:18 Half of the people who use BitTorrent do so to download TV-shows. Some episodes of popular shows such as ‘Heroes’ and ‘Lost’ get up to 10 million downloads. We had a chat with Jesse Alexander, the co-producer of both ‘Heroes’ and ‘Lost’, and asked him what his thoughts are on BitTorrent, piracy and the future of TV. Jesse Alexander has co-produced and written for both ‘Heroes’ Read more:Producer
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Intel announces high-end CPU price cuts 2008-07-23 13:40:33 Intel announced price
s for some of its latest, most powerful chips that might disappoint digital gaming enthusiasts because they’re more expensive than reports had speculated. The latest Intel processors for gamers, the Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad-Core processors for desktop PCs that run at 3.2GHz will cost US$1,499 each in lots of 1000 processors, with a slightly different version for $1,399. Ano Read more:Intel
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Facebook sues German clone StudiVZ 2008-07-23 13:35:58 Attorneys representing Facebook
have filed a lawsuit against a German
-based social networking web site that has a user interface that is virtually identical to Facebook. StudiVZ
, the most popular social networking site in Germany, has 10 million regular users and also is the most popular networking site in German. Even though Facebook has a German language web site, it has had a hard time trying Read more:clone
Sony plans to sell 150Million PlayStation 3 consoles 2008-07-23 13:33:59 At present, SonyPlayStation
3 is the worst selling latest-generation video game console. However, Kazuo Hirai, chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., hopes that the latest system will eventually outsell its predecessor, Sony PlayStation 2 with 150 million units sold worldwide. “It’s not fun for me replicating the PS2 numbers. I’ve seen that movie already. I want to try to see Read more:plans
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Nintendo Wii Smashes Console Sales in June 2008-07-19 02:47:07 Bloomberg reports that the NintendoWii
outsold the Sony PS3 and Microsoft Xbox 360 in the U.S. last month. Nintendo sold 666,000 of its Wii consoles in June compared to the 405,500 PS3’s sold and 219,800 Xbox 360’s. It’s interesting to note that the PS3 sold nearly 200,000 more units for the month than the Xbox 360. Read more:Console
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Apple sues Psystar, MAC cloning company 2008-07-19 02:44:02 When Florida-based Psystar, a small startup, announced that it was going to make Mac clones for dirt cheap, many rolled their eyes — they’d heard that line before. During Gil Amelio’s tenure at Apple
, clones were briefly allowed, but when Steve Jobs returned to the company
he carried out a campaign to purge the market of every last clone. So when Psystar announced a $399 Mac with strong spec
Amazon to offer streamed movies and TV 2008-07-19 02:37:50 Amazon
.com has opened the Amazon Unbox, removing the need to download content and instead streaming it to customer’s televisions sets. Called Amazon Video on Demand, it is expected to be introduced Thursday, The New York Times reports. Apple’s iTunes store and Amazon’s initial foray required customers to download movies
before they could begin watching them. Amazon Video on Demand streams t
Sony cuts PS3 price by $100 2008-07-17 02:15:10 At the E3 Media & Business Summit, Sony
announced it was introducing a new PlayStation 3 model with a built-in 80 GBhard drive for $399, replacing Sony’s current 80GB PS3 which retails at $499. The new 80GB model essentially doubles the storage capacity of Sony’s currently offered 40GB PS3 model, which is also price
d at $399. The new 80GB PS3 will start shipping in September, according to
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na--Grabs 1.3 Million overseas-- 2008-07-15 12:07:05 Indo-Asian News Service already declared a superhit in India, Abbas Tyrewala's directorial debut 'Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na' has gained immense popularity overseas
also...$1.3 million (Rs.50 million) is the box-office collections from 40 locations abroad Acoording to UTV which released this flick overseas.....This movie fared better in the Gulf regions and North America.To be more on the mathematic
Kismat Konnection-Review- 2008-07-15 10:46:15 In college Raj Malhotra (Shahid Kapur) was numero uno. In academics, sports, dramatics and touted as the next cover of Time magazine. But four years after winning the best-student-of-the-year trophy from his architectural college, he's wondering why a brilliant architect like him, with designs to set the Canadian landscape on fire, is still struggling to find that One Big Chance to showcase his me
Max Payne-Exclusive-Atleast To Me- 2008-07-14 10:46:06 Yeah guys/gals this is it....the game goes "ALIVE".When Empire online asked Mila Kunis about the upcoming fils "MAX PAYNE" she said she was playin the role Mona Sax(what a sexy name"SAX").AND she also said:"For anyone who’s got concerns about Mark [Wahlberg] playing Max Payne
, he’s amazing in it. Great actor, great guy," she insists. "I play [an assassin] called Mona Sax who accuses him of mur Read more:Exclusive
Xbox 360 Expands To 60GB From 20GB-AT SAME PRICE- 2008-07-14 10:44:53 Microsoft expands its Xbox
360 consoles HDD to 60 GB from mere 20GB. 3 times more AT THE SAME PIRCE OF 20 GB....now thats what the gamers have been craving for...more space...more piracy..i mean privacy and consumer satisfation.NEWS HAS IT THAT.....Albert Penello, director of Xbox product management at Microsoft SAID:"We know that consumers need more and more space to store the digital content Xbo
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PlayStation 3 Owners Getting Another Soulcalibur IV Exclusive Fighter? (God Of War) 2008-07-12 11:08:35 If Darth Vader wasn’t enough to sway you toward the PS3 version of Soulcalibur IV, perhaps the God of War will. According to the latest issue of EGM magazine, by way of 1UP, Kratos may be joining the line-up of souls in Namco Bandai’s newest weapons-based fighter(yup you must have guessed it by now). Considering that Yoda versus Voldo fights will be commonplace, we’re nonplussed at the conce Read more:PlayStation
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