Archive for August, 2006

TV show Survivor loses sponsor

General Motors says its decision to stop sponsoring Survivor is not connected to the show’s racial “tribes” plan.

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Writer of Psycho film script dies

Screenwriter Joseph Stefano, who wrote the script for film classic Psycho, dies at the age of 84.

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Venice showings for Daniel and Ben

A comeback film for Ben Affleck and a killer performance by Daniel Craig are to get their world premieres in Venice…

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

High definition focus in Berlin

High definition entertainment is expected to be the focus of the IFA consumer electronics show.

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Mobile ESPN offers live college football

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In a first for the U.S. market, the struggling Mobile ESPN network is offering live and complete football games for viewing on cell phones.

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Ashes tickets cancelled after investigation

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Cricket Australia (CA) has cancelled 1,300 Ashes tickets after an investigation into internet auction sales.

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

YOU, ME AND DUPREE

IN just a few short years, Owen Wilson’s become one of the funniest, best-loved comics on the planet. Wedding Crashers. Meet The Parents. Starsky & Hutch. All films to make the ribs ache. You, Me And Dupree isn’t one of these . …

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Norwich pioneers free city wi-fi

UK city Norwich is pioneering a free, wi-fi project to see how people can use wireless internet.

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Actor Glenn Ford dies at age 90

US actor Glenn Ford, who made over 100 films, dies aged 90, at his home in Beverly Hills.

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Sony Going to Revise Production Numbers on PS3s?

Sony may be restating their 4 million unit estimate down to 2 million, thanks to troubles with Blu-ray diodes, their GPUs, and lousy Cell yields. If Sony’s even going to hit the 2.0 million mark, something Microsoft couldn’t do in two months with less …

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Sega Dreamcast Wristwatch

Although this isn’t an actual Dreamcast system that you can play on your wrist—oh how we wish that were so—it’s the next best thing. This watch, comissioned by Sega, has an actual Dreamcast-like face which flips open to tell you the time. Classy and …

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Windows Vista pre-RC1 Screenshots

We called for screenshots of Vista pre-RC1, and reader Craig answered. Here are some shots of the Vista desktop, in case you were at all curious what’s changed since you’ve last tried out the beta. – Jason Chen Thanks Craig! continue reading »…

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

The Inka Pen Lets You Write Underwater

The Inka Pen is both a keychain and a pen, making it better than a normal pen and definitely way better than a normal keychain. We’ve all seen those space pens when we were kids that allowed us to write upside down. The novelty …

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Warner Bros. to release 10 high-definition films

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Warner Home Video said on Wednesday it will release 10 high-definition titles on September 26, including six in the Blu-ray format and four in the competing HD-DVD format.

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

Kay to switch on Blackpool’s lights

Comedian Peter Kay and TV presenter Dale Winton will switch on the world famous Blackpool Illuminations…

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Beatles to sue over royalty claim

The Beatles are suing EMI and Capitol for at least £13.2m after claiming the companies kept millions due to the band.

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Sony Ericsson to further develop music service

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - World number four mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson plans further to develop its PlayNow service, currently used for downloading ring tones, a spokesman for the Japanese-Swedish group said on Wednesday.

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Beatles’£13m lawsuit gets go-ahead

The Beatles have been given the go-ahead to sue music companies EMI and Capitol Records, claiming they used fraudulent schemes in a bid to "pocket millions of dollars" due to the band in royalties…

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Verizon drops plans to impose DSL supplier surcharge

(Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N on Wednesday said it dropped its plans to impose a supplier surcharge for DSL-based Internet access service on its retail customers.

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

Powerbook Laser Etching Revisited

Our sister from a different motha, Gina over at Lifehacker, got her Powerbook etched with a celtic knot this past weekend at the MAKE headquarters as part of the FOO Camp. She was nice enough to make a video of the very boring process in …

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006