With the announcement of the BlackBerry Torch comes the rollout of OS 6 for existing BlackBerry devices including the Bold 9700, Bold 9650 and Pearl 3G. Rollout will be determined by mobile carrier certification so it could be months before it’s officially available. Of course, if you troll the BlackBerry forums, you’ll probably …
AT&T and RIM Announce the BlackBerry Torch
After a 16-month collaboration, AT&T and RIM announced the BlackBerry Torch, the first BlackBerry with touch-screen and full QWERTY keyboard. As expected, RIM’s latest OS, 6.0, powers the Torch including a handful of new features, like universal search, tabbed browsing, and group messaging.
(More on Techland: RIM Stokes BlackBerry …
Season 4 of Heroes out on DVD and Blu-ray
Kick-Ass: Director Matthew Vaughn Talks Extended Scenes & The Greatness Of Hit Girl
It quenched even the most insatiable thirsts for violent action – mostly through an 11-year-old assassin with thing for weaponry. It was Kick-Ass.
Just in time for the film’s release on DVD ($17, Amazon) and Blu-ray ($23, Amazon), director Matthew Vaughn caught up with Techland to talk the brilliance of Chloe Moretz’s Hit Girl, …
Lucasfilm Drops Lightsaber Lawsuit
The silly lawsuit filed against Hong Kong-based laser manufacturer Wicked Lasers has been dropped by Lucasfilm, reports CNN.
“We are aware that, during this time you have made several statements to the media insisting that your product is not intended to resemble a lightsaber and is not marketed by your company as either a lightsaber …
CBS Shows Going to Hulu Plus?
Apparently CBS is in talks with Hulu to feature its shows on the new $9.99 per month premium Hulu Plus plan. Said CBS CEO Les Moonves,
“Are we having discussions with the Hulu subscription service? Yes we are. Our goal is to get paid for our content in as many different ways as we can without hurting the mother ship. The key here is
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Apple’s Unannounced Lala Implementation Delayed
CNET is reporting that an unexpected video feature is currently holding up Apple’s rumored cloud-based iTunes rollout. What’s interesting about this story is that Apple hasn’t said a word about their acquisition of Lala and CNET is saying that its implementation is somehow delayed.
The article goes on to say that Apple’s had …
Shark Week on Discovery
Kick-Ass on DVD & Blu-ray
How To Understand Inception, In One Easy Chart
Sure, Inception may have been great, but didn’t you feel like it was the kind of movie where you needed a chart to keep things straight (well, another one)? Well, thanks to dehahs on DeviantArt, now you have one:
He explains,
As most people agree, Inception was fantastic.
Instead of mapping the entire movie with the countless
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BlackBerry/AT&T Event at 11 am ET
BlackBerry 9800 To Be Unveiled Today
Handset manufacturers and mobile carriers tend to spend quite a bit of money on fluff phone launches (cough*Samsung*cough) but AT&T rarely, if ever, falls into that category. When RIM’s unannounced BlackBerry 9780 aka Bold broke cover last week, many – including myself – assumed that was the device AT&T would be unveiling. Turns out …