tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87871519646664441072012-01-31T18:10:08.927-06:00Tech. Science. Cool stuff.dvdchrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10623304459946417195noreply@blogger.comBlogger9301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8787151964666444107.post-21544360695067675462011-03-27T14:17:00.001-05:002011-03-27T14:23:16.078-05:00

As someone who has been stung by text message cramming, this practice simply infuriates me. The wireless providers are complicit in these scams by allowing a third party to bill their customers through their service. The idea that AT&T and other providers cannot stop these scams is ridiculous. Somewhat to their credit, Verizon is now suing Jawa over their practices. Jawa appears to be nothing

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Homemade Spacecraft from Luke Geissbuhler on Vimeo. found at Dvorak Uncensored.

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Moral: Do. Not. Buy. Inkjet. Printers. Ever.

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A newly discovered species of spider living in Madagascar makes the world's longest known web, spanning 25meters. The spider also makes the largest orb web yet found for any spider, and constructs it out of the most tough biomaterial yet known, say scientists. Darwin's bark spider, a species new to science, weaves its huge web over flowing rivers, stretching from bank to bank. It is so big that

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This video made me dream that Michael Dell and Bill Gates were evil and could read our thoughts.

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The Steve comes down from Mount Cupertino and gives unto us new idevices. We discuss the new iPod Touch, Nano, Shuffle, iTunes 10, and Apple TV, watching TV over various on demand services, and porn on FaceTime.

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Wired magazine says the web is dead, Bill Cosby has an iPhone app, Facebook gets a 'dislike' button (sort of), various video game news, NAB wants an FM radio in every phone, don't cable-ize the internets, and the God Squad gives Geek Squad a run for their money.

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dvdchris is on the run from the MPAA; Ted 'series of tubes' Stevens dies in plane crash; ipjunkie and ameron32 get geeky about security; more Android app craziness; Netflix adds more films to streaming, but will you be able to watch them if net neutrality opponents have their way? And somehow, ipjunkie poops on Ted Steven's pipe...

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Disney released a new trailer for Tron: Legacy this week at ComicCon. The 3D sequel will be released on December 17. Tron: Legacy comes 28 years after the original Tron, setting a Hollywood record for the longest gap between movie and sequel. The story revolves around Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), the hero from the original. 20 years after Kevin’s sudden

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Digital movie locker `UltraViolet' nears launch AP-A group of media and electronics companies will soon start testing a system that will let you watch the movies and TV shows that you buy wherever you are, regardless of formats and other technical hurdles. Like ATMs, your account would follow you, no matter what brand of machine you use. The group has also come up with a name for the open

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(Reuters) - Comic book superheroine Wonder Woman has traded in her spangled hot pants for urban leggings and upped her street smarts in a 21st century make-over for the 69 year-old character. J.Michael Straczynski, the new writer for the DC Comics series, told the New York Times he wanted to "toughen her up and give her a modern sensibility" and change the outfit Wonder Woman has been wearing

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CELL PHONE SEGMENT-ipjunkie gets a microcell-ios4-evo hardware issues-dvdchris gets Motorola s305 stereo headset-ANDROID APP REPORT; spyware, creepy apps are out there E3-Sony Playstation Move, Microsoft Kinectgames go motion control, 3D DC GOES DIGITAL-DC finally launches digital comics-disappointing per issue model-Marvel already offers huge catalog for $60/year E-READERS GO UNDER $200Barnes

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Famed comic book publisher DC Comics announced today that they are launching a roster of comic books in digital format for the first time, making super-heroic stories from the likes of Batman and Superman available on iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches and PlayStation Portable game devices.DC Comics has partnered with both comiXology and the PlayStation Network and will begin distributing digital

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Reuters - AT&T Inc said on Wednesday some users of Apple's iPad have had personal information exposed via a network security flaw, two months after the tablet computer was launched and smashed sales expectations. The breach, first reported by the website Gawker, led to the exposure only of email addresses, AT&T said in a statement. The wireless operator has exclusive U.S. rights to carry the

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Dennis Hopper, best known as the director and star of Easy Rider and for his roles in Hoosiers, Blue Velvet and Apocalypse Now, died Saturday in Venice, California of prostate cancer. He turned 74 two weeks ago. Born May 17, 1936 in Dodge City, Kansas, Hopper was a life-long fixture in Hollywood. His long career included roles in some of the best or most well-known films from each decade of the

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Gary Coleman, the centerpiece of the long-running 70s/80s sitcom Diff’rent Strokes, has died in a Provo, Utah hospital from an intracranial hemorrhage he suffered from a fall early this week. Coleman played 8-year-old Arnold Jackson in the hit series produced by Norman Lear, which debuted in 1978 and ran until 1986. His recurrent line, “Whachoo talkin’ ’bout, Willis?” became a standard

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http://projectiononbuildings.com/en

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FCC regulators are endorsing Hollywood's efforts to let cable and satellite TV companies turn off output connections on the back of set-top boxes to prevent illegal copying of movies.The decision by the Federal Communications Commission, announced earlier this month, is intended to encourage studios to make movies available for home viewing on demand soon after they hit theaters or even at the

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Many people don't realize that the 'adult entertainment' industry is often the innovator of or first to adopt new technologies, particularly in home entertainment. Although this article leads with sites converting to be iPad friendly (not that big of a deal, they simply converted videos to HTML5 and made sure their sites render ok on the device) in particular the adoption of VCRs around 1980, the

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This sounds alot like the plot of V... The aliens are out there and Earth had better watch out, at least according to Stephen Hawking. He has suggested that extraterrestrials are almost certain to exist — but that instead of seeking them out, humanity should be doing all it that can to avoid any contact.Alien life, he will suggest, is almost certain to exist in many other parts of the universe:

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[ Photo by NASA/Goddard/SDO AIA TeamWhile many people celebrated Earth Day on Thursday, NASA had its eye on the sun. The space agency released stunning new images of the sun that have been sent back by its Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which was launched into space on February 11. The craft is just beginning its five-year mission, which will help scientists learn more about our sun's dynamic

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Wow, this is highly unusual for Apple to lose track of a new product prior to release. I wonder if they're doing it on purpose? Check out the videos and pictures before the takedown notices ensue. images courtesy of Gizmodo.Read the whole scoop here: Gizmodo

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A small chunk of rock believed to be a fragment from a meteor that burst into a stunning fireball over Wisconsin Wednesday night was discovered by a farmer after it fell on the roof of his shed. The meteor fragment is peppered with gray, white and reddish minerals, though one side is covered in what scientists called a "fusion crust" – a layer of dark material forged during the meteor's fiery

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In an update on the ongoing Webcamgate saga, lawyers for 15 year old Blake Robbins have dropped a bombshell. Their latest motion asserts that the Lower Merion School District secretly captured 'thousands' of webcam images using software designed to track stolen school issued laptops. LMSD has asserted the software had only been activated 42 times for this purpose. 400 photos and screen captures

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Suing your parents isn't just for celebrities anymore--a 16-year-old Arkansas boy is suing his mother for hacking into his Facebook account and allegedly posting slanderous remarks.Denise New of Arkadelphia is facing harassment charges from her 16-year-old. Her son, who lives with his grandmother, also requested a no-contact order. Prior to this issue, New and her son reportedly had a "great

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I have to wonder how many people are just eschewing the TV set entirely and simply consuming all video content on their computer monitors. Between the DVR functionality of Windows 7, Hulu Desktop, and Netflix's watch instantly service, one hardly misses cable TV. My seven year old HDTV just blew up and I have no current plans to replace it. Interest in viewing the Web on television sets is so

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The highest-resolution-yet temperature map and images of Saturn's icy moon Mimas obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal surprising patterns on the surface of the small moon, including unexpected hot regions that resemble "Pac-Man" eating a dot, and striking bands of light and dark in crater walls. "Other moons usually grab the spotlight, but it turns out Mimas is more bizarre than we

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The promise of RFID technology for some time now has been held out to retailers to make inventory and customer checkout a breeze. You may remember those "you will" commercials AT&T produced in the 90s that showed customers simply walking out of the supermarket with a basket full of groceries, and they were scanned and billed as they exited. Costs of RFID tags have prohibited the widespread

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Remember the largest personal data theft in history? The guy that supposedly was behind it was sentenced this week to 20 years in prison.  Albert Gonzalez, who operated under the hacker alias SoupNazi, pleaded guilty last year to slipping into the computer networks of major retailers such as TJ Maxx, BJ's Wholesale Club, Barnes & Noble, OfficeMax and Boston Market.To pull off the caper,

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Numerous reports state TV and movie actor Robert Culp has died. Culp reportedly died at a local hospital where he had been rushed after hitting his head when he fell while taking a walk outside his home.The actor was well known for several TV roles, including starring alongside Bill Cosby in the 1960s hit I Spy, then later in the 1980s as agent Bill Maxwell in The Greatest American Hero. Culp

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 Fox Trot 3.21.2010

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(Reuters) - Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook's estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information. The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an attachment to obtain new login credentials, according to anti-virus software

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The second most watched video of 2009 now has over 54 million views and it's own YouTube channel, website, and official Facebook page. It has since become an internet meme and has been endlessly spoofed. "Is this real life?" has been trademarked by the family and merchandising and licensing has earned them a respectable sum. They have also been able to donate $6000 to charity and has ties with

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With this week's announcement that Google's Nexus One would be 'coming soon' to Sprint, this completes all of the 'big four' cell carriers that the device will be available on. The Android phone is currently available on the T-Mobile and AT&T networks, and is 'coming soon,' but officially announced for Verizon and now Sprint.Sprint's announcement hinted that a subsidied price would be available

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LMSD Webcam spying case updates http://www.philly.com/philly/business/technology/20100317_Specter_calls_Senate_hearing_on_Web_cam_issues.html http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/88526367.html Chatroulette-a threat to the children! http://www.cooltidbits.net/2010/03/do-you-accept-chatroulette-or-hit-next.html myouterspace.com Indiana prosecuter drops Redbox case FCC grand 10-year

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Leo Laporte crowd surfing while live streaming @ Diggnation from Jeremy Johnstone on Vimeo. Leo in reportedly the first live-streamed crowdsurfing ever last night at the Shindigg.

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Last night, the internet (mostly Twitter) was abuzz with the news. Conan O'Brian was joining internet content channel Revision3, home of Kevin Rose's Diggnation, Patrick Norton and Veronica Belmont's Tekzilla and other popular shows. Or was he buying it? Well, it's actually neither, as Brian Brushwood confirmed to Leo Laporte last night on TwiT Live at the Digg Shindigg event.  Brian and the

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Chatroulette is the latest thing for parents to freak out over. Before that it was Stickam, before that, MySpace, before that, instant messaging and chat rooms.Chatroulette very much reminds me of "The Circuit" in Logan's Run, which took the idea a step further by physically delivering the other person to you. I wonder if Andrey Ternovskiy got the idea from that movie... The lack of having to

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This is what it will take to get broadband internet to all households in the US that want it. The US ranks 15th in the world for broadband internet penetration. Many areas are still only served by dialup. My dad's community was only wired for broadband two years ago. Interesting that even more broadcast spectrum is to be auctioned for this; and the idea of an internet appliance is again rearing

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Corey Haim, 38, was found dead Wednesday morning, Los Angeles police have confirmed. Reports say the actor, who had a long history of substance-abuse problems, died from an accidental overdose. Police are reporting no evidence of foul play. Haim shot to fame in the '80s after starring in several teen films, including The Lost Boys, Lucas and License to Drive. Most notably, he collaborated

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The Indiana Prosecutor that threatened businesses leasing space to movie rental vending machines last week with a Class D felony has decided not to follow through on that.After receiving a number of phone calls, e-mails and talking with people, Vanderburgh County Prosecutor Stan Levco said Friday he has decided not to prosecute stores over the rental of movies for mature audiences from kiosks

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Business and finance talker and Radio Hall of Famer Bruce Williams has announced the end of his self syndicated radio show March 5th.  In a letter posted on his official website, he stated in part:...After a great deal of thought, I have concluded, as has been said many times, “all things come to an end”, and this is true for me of my radio career. As a consequence, it is my painful chore

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This week the office of Vanderburgh County, Indiana Prosecutor Stanley Levco threatened criminal charges against retailers with DVD rental kiosks on their premises unless they remove R-rated movies and other material considered harmful to children. The office of the prosecutor cites an Indiana law prohibiting dissemination of matter harmful to minors, a Class D felony.Any action taken against

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I love how she keeps on about how 'it was a Linksys in my neighborhood...' I mean, we've all been there. Moved into a new apartment, no internet hookup yet; don't want to pay for hotel wifi and find an open connection...but to intentionally leech on someone else's open wifi connection for a year and a half! This should convince you to secure your wifi if you haven't already. If not, who knows

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DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO PODCAST walmart DID remove porn from Vudu Disasters spur twitter, ustream, skype use http://gigaom.com/2010/02/27/use-social-media-to-track-the-chilean-earthquake/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-10461062-36.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 Twitter rolling out new features? Facebook oops 1080p flash on netbook?Hackers targeted more than just Google http://

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Andrew Koenig, son of Star Trek actor Walter Koenig, had been missing for over a week, prompting public pleas from his family and a massive police search. Sadly, his body was found earlier today in a Vancouver, Canada park. His obituary has been posted at Walter Koenig's website. Andrew Koenig – actor, director, writer, producer, editor, activist - passed away this month in Vancouver, British

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In a move we speculated about in this week's podcast, Walmart has fairly quickly taken action to remove pornographic content from the Vudu HD streaming service. Vudu's AVN channel was gone as of yesterday afternoon. Vudu was the only internet movie streaming service that offered both mainstream Hollywood movies as well as adult contentHere is the letter sent to Vudu's adult content

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DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO PODCAST School webcam spying caseGoogle buzz privacy concerns for kidsApple's great boob purge of 2010Facebook used to spread botnetWalmart buys VuduTech Guy caller steals wifi Audible picksDunePredictably Irrational

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Wal-Mart has bought digital-streaming service Vudu, which will give Wal-Mart the capability to sell and rent high-definition movies that consumers can receive online. Wal-Mart's digital-download offerings are currently limited to music, but the Vudu purchase gives it rights to more than 2,000 downloadable high-definition movies. Interestingly, the 'adult' category seems to have been already

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This morning on MSNBC, the student's lawyer stated that the student, 16 year old Blake Robbins, had been eating Mike and Ike candy in front of the Macbook assigned to him by his school, in his own home. The attorney reported that the school administrator had then accused the student of using illegal drugs, after seeing him eating the candy, in a webcam image. School officials have claimed the

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It should come as no surprise to anyone paying attention to the news that cell phone usage such as texts and voice calls can be later retrieved and used against you. Now it seems even your location in real time can be accessed by an increasing number of law enforcement agencies. How many of the owners of the country's 277 million cell phones even know that companies like AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint

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DOWNLOAD OR LISTEN TO PODCAST Google Buzz Google gigabit fiber internets Adobe Air to mobile phones Windows 7 phone Telecoms unite...for apps? Windows 7 activation update Facebook login debacle Snow Crash on Audible Lastpass TodoBackup

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A few months old, but relevant and eye-opening in light of the Facebook login debacle of last week. Last week Read/Write Web created a minor flurry online after hundreds of people mistook the blog site for Facebook. Read/Write Web published a post entitled Facebook wants to be your one true login, which Google ranked very highly for the search term “Facebook login”. As a result, hundreds of

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A MacWorld where Apple didn't bother to show up, there were no new products and nothing was announced. Posted by John C Dvorak over at Dvorak Uncensored.

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LISTEN TO OR DOWNLOAD PODCAST in which we discuss: Blockbuster vs. Netflix vs. Redbox Google Buzz smartphone shopping IE 8 kids-safe version

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Daredevil reboot underway What's good for one superhero franchise must be good for another, or evidently so thinks Fox as it was revealed this weekend that the studio has screenwriter David Scarpa working on a reboot of Daredevil. Deadline Hollywood makes this interesting comment about the reboot: The reason this is happening is simple: Hollywood studios with Marvel superheroes need to keep

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Another weird phenomenon photographed in the creepy Norwegian sky... On Jan. 20, 2010, Per-Arne Mikalsen was photographing a vast aurora erupting over the northern Norwegian town of Andenes.Because solar activity is on the increase, aurora spotters have many opportunities to see the Northern Lights. On this particular night the aurora was intense, stretching toward the southern latitudes of

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At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Switzerland, McAfeeannounced the results of a survey of 600 IT security execs in "critical infrastructure enterprises worldwide": that is, in places such as utility companies, banks, and even oil refineries. And apparently, they're constantly under cyber attack and also extortion related to those attacks. The report, written by the Center for

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The long-sought aqueduct that delivered fresh, clean water to Rome nearly 2,000 years ago, is found beneath a pig pasture northwest of the Italian city. The long-sought source of the aqueduct that brought clean fresh water to ancient Rome lies beneath a pig pasture and a ruined chapel, according to a pair of British filmmakers who claim to have discovered the headwaters of Aqua Traiana, a 1,900-

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Apple today announced the iPad, a device that seems to resemble a large iPhone or iPod Touch. Designed for email and web browsing, with heavy emphasis on consuming media such as newspapers, photos, video, music and games. Key Features: 16 GB of internal flash memory 9.7 inch LED-backlit, display: The high-resolution, 9.7 inch LED-backlit, IPS display is remarkably crisp and vivid, making it

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Apple just announced minutes ago the iPad, a device that seems to resemble a large iPhone or iPod Touch. With a 9.7" IPS LCD multitouch screen, wifi, Bluetooth, accelerometer, compass, speaker and microphone, it can run any iPhone app. 10 hours of battery life is claimed. 3G will be available as well on some models. Designed for email and web browsing, with heavy emphasis on consuming media

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If you're like me, your RSS feeds have been clogged with rumors and endless chatter about the unannounced new Apple "tablet". After tomorrow we'll be able to put rumors to rest but I couldn't help but get in on the speculation: -10" tablet device, possibly OLED -Gaming a heavy component: "the entertaining-est?" Apple device ever? -EBooks will be a key component -It will run a slightly

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Pernell Roberts, the ruggedly handsome actor who shocked Hollywood by leaving TV's Bonanza at the height of its popularity, then found fame again years later on Trapper John, M.D., has died. He was 81. Roberts, the last surviving member of the classic Western's cast, died of cancer Sunday at his Malibu home. He is probably best remembered from two TV roles in particular; that of Adam

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What do you want to bet Steve was on the phone to this guy within the hour?

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Avatar's latest worldwide gross is now $1.84 billion, surpassing Titanic as the top grossing movie of all time.

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This story is burning up the internets right now; many sites are reporting that AT&T is expected to lose their exclusivity to the iPhone that they have enjoyed since it's release. If so, this is a huge boon for consumers and bad news for AT&T, since many iPhone users complain about AT&T coverage and service.

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The most media and tech-savvy Pope in history has a message for priests of the 21st century: Go forth and blog.  Pope Benedict XVI has a new commandment for priests struggling to get their message across: Go forth and blog. The pope, whose own presence on the Web has heavily grown in recent years, urged priests on Saturday to use all multimedia tools at their disposal to preach the Gospel and

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Matt Cost, 18, and Brenda Tan, 17, of Trinity School in Manhattan spent four months collecting 217 samples of organisms in their neighborhoods. The results? The pair discovered mislabeled food products and possibly a new species of cockroach. What first appeared to be a dead American cockroach could be a previously undocumented species of roach. So Mr. Cost and Ms. Tan, both seniors, collected a

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LISTEN TO OR DOWNLOAD PODCAST In which we discuss Apple tablet rumors Nexus One issues Firefox vs. Chrome Lastpass using Chrome extensions subscribe via RSS

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This latest study cited over at PC World has our teenagers spending about half their waking hours consuming media of some type. Which may be an underestimate, due to multitasking. An updated study released Wednesday by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation found that children average 7.5 hours of media consumption per day, an a increase of almost two hours and fifteen minutes in five years.

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New York Mag's Vulture blog is reporting (500) Days of Summer director Marc Webb is slated to direct the next three Spider-Man movies as part of a franchise reboot of the film series. Webb, whose (500) Days scored a Golden Globe nomination and whose name seems to have predestined him for this job, has long been a favorite of Columbia chairman Amy Pascal. We're told that last year she very

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TV Guide is reporting Annette O'Toole's return to Smallville! Martha Kent is returning to Smallville. Annette O'Toole is set to reprise her role sometime this season, TVGuide.com has confirmed. Since the death of husband Jonathan Kent, Clark's mom was last seen moving to Capitol Hill in Season 6 to become a U.S. senator. O'Toole's, 57, exact return date is not yet set. She'll return for at

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Moon director Duncan Jones recently voiced his displeasure with Sony Pictures on Twitter regarding the lack of support his film is getting for an Oscar campaign, including the lack of Academy screeners or ads in industry trade magazines.  Now Movieline is stating a Sony rep cited fear of piracy as a reason for not distributing screeners. Odd, because the studio did distribute screeners to video

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In what must be one of the dumbest moves in film history, Sony pictures announced today they are scrapping the previously planned Spider-Man 4 in favor of 'rebooting' the film franchise. Director Sam Raimi and actor Toby Maguire will no longer be associated with future Spider-Man films. The official press release: Culver City, CA (January 11, 2010) -- Peter Parker is going back to high school

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A new podcast from the Cooltidbits crew. In which we discuss: 2010 CES, 3D TV, bandwidth caps are BS, e-readers, Ford MyTouch, TVs with apps, and annoying TV commercials. subscribe via RSS

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