While Google TV had been getting a lot of attention for television networks refusing to allow their content to be used, Yahoo has been quietly working on something it calls a “broadcast interactivity program” that may be about to get Mickey Mouse’s seal of approval.
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Disney is in talks to sign …
Park Chan-Wook’s new movie is making headlines, although not for the usual reason of the extreme violence usually contained in his films. The director, known best for his big South Korean blockbuster films Oldboy and Joint Security Area, solely used the iPhone 4 to shoot his new project, a 30 minute short film called Paranmanjang which …
When actress Elizabeth Hurley tweets that she loves a specific Estee Lauder product, she could be getting paid the big bucks to say so. Since the actress has been the face of the brand for over 15 years, it seems like quite the coincidence that every once and awhile she gives Estee Lauder shout out.
Although the FTC ruled late last …
If a mobile game featuring birds with special powers that destroy the elaborate dwellings of their pig-like enemies has gotten too complicated for you, perhaps you’d like to try your hand at the analog version.
This May, Mattel will see how the masses take to the $15 Angry Birds “Knock on Wood” play set. As iLounge reports, the getup …
It’s Monday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
Lenovo 11.6-inch X-Series notebook: $349.99 at Woot.com
It’s the size of a netbook, but packs a little more oomph thanks to the AMD Neo processor. There’s also a built-in 3G connection for grabbing some mobile broadband while on the go. Throw in Windows 7 Home Premium and a travel
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The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show has officially come to a close. With an estimated 140,000+ attendees and over 3 million square feet of exhibition space, it’s a tech show that’s nearly impossible to adequately cover in the four days that it’s open. That being said, here’s a look at some of the overarching themes from CES and what we …
On Saturday, the World Weekly News announced Facebook would shutter its site on March 15, never to appear online again. And the Internet fell for it.
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World Weekly, the longtime satirical tabloid probably best known for its “Bat Boy” series, claimed that running …
The 2011 Consumer Electronics Show has officially drawn to a close. The biggest tech show around, CES covers over 3 million square feet of floor space and draws over 100,000 industry insiders to Las Vegas in early January every year to set the tone for what we can expect to see from the world of technology in the not-too-distant future. …
It appears that CBS boss Les Moonves wasn’t joking when he said that CBS was willing to talk to streaming VoD companies, as long as the price was right: relatively minor VoD company Boxee has announced that it will start selling individual episodes of CBS shows later this year.
The announcement was made at CES, and marks the first …
The Mac App Store has finally opened, and that means we can stop worrying about making that trip to the Mac store just for a program just to find out it’s been backordered. There’s no waiting in line, just waiting for your internet connection to finish the download and your computer to install the product. Now that you don’t have to …
Karl Stevens’ book The Lodger is so carefully and convincingly drawn from life that it’s tempting to assume the whole thing is fiction. Available from Stevens’ site and a few smart stores, it’s built around a year’s worth of the weekly comic strip Stevens draws for the Boston Phoenix, “Failure.” (The strip’s title is both a …
We all knew it was coming, but now we have a tentative release date: Expect the entire Star Wars six-movie blu-ray set to be out in September. Check out the fans eagerly anticipating the Star Wars blu-ray announcement at CES (when they were probably supposed to be reporting on important news …
