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You CAN Teach an Old Computer New Tricks
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Movies, Music, Software,
Some of us just can’t go out and invest in all the wonderful technology now available. Using a rather ancient HP Computer that crawls along on Pentium II and only contains a 12 GB hard drive, we decided it was time to at least gain the capacity to play DVDs. After a bit of research, we found that our technologically crippled members of Gear Live had access to download the free VLC Media Player with decoder from VideoLan. Around for a couple of years now, its Version 0.8.6 was released December 10, 2006 and works just fine. Take that, overpriced WIN DVD.
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Sun Visor Theatre Helps Passenger Pass Time
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Internet, Movies, Music, Portable Audio / Video, Transportation,
If you abhor being a passenger on long car trips, but don’t want to crawl into the back seat and watch Disney movies with your kids, the Sun Visor Theatre could be a simple solution. With a 7-inch 16:9 widescreen LCD, it features a built-in DVD player that can also play CDs and MP3s, a TV Tuner, an FM transmitter, and a SD card reader. A USB port allows you to plug into your laptop and a remote is included. The Sun Visor carries a MSRP of $299.95, but don’t watch anything too engaging, as the driver may decide to pull over, watch with you, and make your drive even longer.
Read More | Gadget Universe
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Samsung Unveils Simpsons Cell Phone
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Smartphones, CES, CES 2007, Home Entertainment, Movies,
It looks like yellow may soon be competing with RED. Samsung displayed its canary yellow cell phone at the recent CES 2007 with its “Simpson Movie” logo and pre-loaded movie content. With a premiere this summer, the Special Edition is set to come out in June or July. The phone joins the ranks of Homersapien and any other garish gadgets we can find that will prove that our fave dysfunctional family will be raking in some big bucks in 2007.
Read More | Aving
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Viacom Nixes Pix on YouTube
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Internet, Movies, Music,
Viacom has asked YouTube to remove over 100,000 unauthorized clips from its site. The company claims that after several months of negotiating with the popular site, “it has become clear that YouTube is unwilling to come to a fair market agreement that would make Viacom content available to YouTube users.”
YouTube had previously come to such an agreement with the Japan Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers, but seems to have failed to do the same with Viacom, who owns Paramount Pictures, MTV, Nickelodeon and VH1. No lawsuit is in the works at present, but YouTube had better come up with a solution before legal authorities decide to intervene.
Read More | USA Today
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Flixter Goes to the Movies
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Home Entertainment, Internet, Movies,
Flixter, a San Fransisco based site, is all about movies. It allows users to discuss and rate movies, features a movie compatibility test, videos and pictures, gives the latest gossip, and has the lowdown on actors to the point that it almost rivals IMDB. Claiming over 8 million subscribers, Flixter is free to join and offers a chat forum so that you can find others who are into the same genre as you are. This is certainly a fine alternative to sites such as My Space, where we now get lost looking for new friends.
Read More | Flixter
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Yahoo Creates Brand Universe
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Corporate News, Home Entertainment, Internet, Movies, Video Games,
Yahoo has launched Brand Universe, Internet sites that are based on popular brands, such as movies, TV shows, celebrities, and video games. As if the net isn’t already crowded enough, they are taking content from Yahoo Answers, Flickr, Del.ici.ous, and other Yahoo properties to create 100 sites.
“We don’t connect the dots for our users around those brands,” claims Vince Broady, head of games, entertainment and youth. “Brand Universe is designed to fix that problem. What we are really trying to do is create environments where fans of brands can hang out when they are online.”
Although they have not asked permission of these sites for their usage, they are willing to discontinue the idea should any of them object. Future sites will include Lost, the Sims, Harry Potter and the new Transformers movie.
Read More | NY Times
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Homersapien Looks Buff, Still Sounds Dorky
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Movies, Science, Toys,
We adore WowWee. Their innovative Robosapiens and Dragonbot keep us constantly amused and entertained. So it is no wonder that we fell in love with their London Toy Fair entrants, Spideysapien and the rather buff-looking Homersapien. Both were undoubtedly designed to come out with this summer’s release of the new “Spiderman” and “Simpsons” movies. We expect Homey to utter the inevitable “Do-oh,” but we will be curious to see if he can hand us a Duff Beer.
Read More | Wowwee via Robo Community
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Epson to Offer Two New Endeavors
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Movies, PC / Laptop, Wireless / WiFi,
Epson has unveiled two new Endeavor laptops, undoubtedly as a way to compete with Sony’s just released G-11 Series laptops. The NA102 comes with a 12.1-inch display, Core Duo U2500, a 100GB hard disk, and 1.5GB RAM. The 702 model features a 14-inch display, Core 2 Duo T7200, a 120GB hard disk, and 2GB RAM. Both models have WiFi capabilities and DVD burners, and each weighs 2.1kg. Keep it just between you, your partner, and your budget when you make your choice.
Read More | Epson via Akihabara News
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HP Keeps Families In Touch
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Home Entertainment, Smart Home, Movies, Music, PC / Laptop,
HP has found a way to connect families who have run out of refrigerator space. The TouchSmart IQ770 allows you to keep track of other family members, TV, movies, photos, and music on your PC. Working with Windows Vista Home Premium, it features a 320 GB hard drive, a slot-loaded SuperMulti DVD burner2 with LightScribe technology, a 19-inch Touchscreen, a SmartCenter button for launching, and a 1.3mp WebCam with mic. Designed to fit under cabinets or other small areas where families congregate, check with HP for price and availability.
Read More | HP
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Make Your Own Paper Transformer
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Movies, Science, Toys,
Cosmic Rust is offering free downloads of prototype paper-created Transformers, so you can relive the whole 80’s experience if you used to be as addicted to the action figures as we were. They come on PDF with detailed instructions, just in case you can’t remember what they were actually supposed to represent. We would give you more details, but we are too busy trying to recreate Ultra Magnus before Dreamworks/Spielberg’s “Transformer” Movie comes out this July and Cosmic Rust decides to charge for the privilege.
Read More | Cosmic Rust
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