Archive for 'Announcements'
Microsoft to match Snow Leopard price with Windows 7 but….
It doesn’t seem like a coincidence that Microsoft has decided to set the cost of the Windows 7 OS to $30. After all, that magic price has helped Mac OS, also known as Snow Leopard to sell much better than previous iterations of the operating system. This great price comes with a catch though; you [...]
Full StoryDisney to purchase Marvel Entertainment
Earlier this morning, Disney announced that they had reached an agreement to purchase Marvel Entertainment for the sum of $4 billion. Before you get nervous about your favorite superheroes turned into G rated family pandering wussies, consider the fact that Disney owns both Miramax and Touchstone Pictures. These two studios have been responsible for movies [...]
Full StoryTricia Helfer to play Kerrigan in Starcraft 2
Sci Fi fans got a nice surprise from Blizzard this weekend when it was announced that Tricia Helfer would play the role of Kerrigan for all the voice over work for Starcraft 2. Glynnis Talken, a storyboard artist for Starcraft (1998) did the voice acting for Kerrigan in the first game. As Tricia Helfer;s career [...]
Full StorySony’s 2TB MemoryStick XC
Sony’s MemoryStick format is a dying breed, until now. If you thought Toshiba’s 64GB SDXC cards were big, Sony has upped them, by about 2 terabytes. Yeah, I said terabytes! Sony is preparing a backwards compatible 2 terabyte Memory Stick XC. That’s more memory then we would ever need. The uses of a MemoryStick with [...]
Full Story2 US Journalist Released from North Korea
The announcement came after former U.S. President Clinton met with top North Korean officials in Pyongyang to appeal for their release.
“Clinton expressed words of sincere apology to Kim Jong Il for the hostile acts committed by the two American journalists against the DPRK after illegally intruding into it,” the news agency reported. “Clinton courteously conveyed [...]
Arturo Gatti’s Death now ruled a Suicide – Wife Released
RIO DE JANEIRO — A Brazilian police investigation has determined that the death of boxer Arturo Gatti was a suicide and a court has ordered the release of his wife, who was once suspected of killing him.
Lead investigator Paulo Alberes told The Associated Press on Thursday that police concluded Gatti killed himself on July 11 [...]
Nikons new D3000 and D300s DSLRs
I’m a Nikon fan so when I heard they had some new DSLRs on the way I took notice, I’m in the market for a new DSLR as I have begun to outgrow my current Sony A100 DSLR, it’s time for a DSLR with more power and features. Nikon recently announced the release of their [...]
Full StoryVoicemail War declared by David Pogue
You know, we love fighting the good fight — especially if it means calling out corporations on their untoward business practices. Today we’re joining David Pogue of the New York Times in calling foul on cellphone carriers’ insistence that users be forced to listen to those maddening, pointless 15-second canned carrier messages. In case you’ve [...]
Full StoryWorld’s first liquid-cooled LED light bulb
Liquid-cooling has been around for quite sometime, with internal combustion engines, PCs and now light bulbs. LED light bulbs have many advantages over conventional bulbs, the use less energy and last quite a bit longer. One downfall to LED bulbs is that create a lot of heat and don’t give light 360-degrees around the bulb. [...]
Full StoryCannabis App
Apple has approved something called “Cannabis,” and it is a handy lil app that will prove useful to all of you with Glaucoma…
The app lets users search by city for their nearest medical cannabis suppliers, doctors, clinics, lawyers and other relevant organisations.
It currently covers 13 US states which have passed laws allowing medical cannabis use, [...]
