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Boom Shakalaka! Jam Through the Years Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 7:05PMNBA Jam (Wii) Is the NBA Jam name still on fire? Check out the designs that'll inspire the upcoming Wii revival.
E-books: Battle brews over display alternatives Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:16PME Ink's Vizplex electrophoretic technology has a virtual stranglehold on the e-paper display market. But a couple of dozen low-power display alternatives that offer lower prices, color and video frame rates are vying to take break E Ink's grip.
Latest HTML5 working draft published despite claims of 'sabotage' Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:08PMShould the next version of HTML, the Web standard that embodies how pages are laid out and constructed, include explicit specifications for inline, 2D dynamic graphics? There's valid arguments on both sides.
Batman: Arkham Asylum - Takedown Guide Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 3:49PMBatman: Arkham Asylum (X360) Batman Arkham Asylum
NEWS: This Week in Nintendo Downloads Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 2:45PMFinal Fantasy IV hits the Virtual Console, but you'd never know it by the name.
God of War III Review [PlayStation 3] Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:24AMExhilarating combat and an imposing sense of scale provide a fitting end to Kratos' saga.
Nintendo Download: March 8, 2010 Monday, March 8, 2010 @ 11:22AMNintendo Download: With Fantasy Games This Good, Why Settle for Reality?
Microsoft’s Courier: Concept or Product? Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:18PMHints are seeping out again about Microsoft's other tablet PC venture.
Oscars 2010: and the winner is... my dress designer Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 1:18AMForget the films - the Oscars are all about frocks and froth these days.
Emerson Gallery Exhibit Combines Art with Science Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:42PMFour exhibits come together to showcase inspiring artwork that combines the viewpoints of ancient cultures, scientists, contemporary artists and musicians in order to tell a story about the universe. Until April 18, the Emerson Gallery is holding "LOOK UP," an exhibition combining science and art.
The evolution of Final Fantasy summons Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:03PMIn Final Fantasy’s decades-long history, the franchise has always been at the cutting edge of graphics, music and storytelling in games. Integral to each game’s success is the summon system, by which players call upon a powerful supernatural ally to aid them in battle.
Microsoft Courier: Hardware or Vaporware? Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:03PMUntil Microsoft says something about its cool dual-screen concept tablet, it’s tough to know which rumors to believe.
IPad Developers Struggle With Hands-off Approach Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:03PMHard as it may be to believe, the original iPhone shipped two and a half years ago with just 16 applications, all of them designed by Apple. Today, that number...
The challenge, opportunity of PS3: God of War III interview Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:54PMGod of War III is coming, and it's huge—even in comparison to the previous games in the series, which were pretty epic in size and scope themselves. So how do you top them? Ars sat down with John Palamarchuk, the lead cinematic artist on the game, to find out. Read the comments on this post
EA Bringing DeathSpank to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:26PMEA has signed a publishing deal to bring Ron Gilbert's humor-laden RPG game DeathSpank to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live this year.
iPad developers struggle with hands-off approach Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:54PMThe iPad arrives in less than a month, but most developers have still not so much as touched one. Which makes programming for a brand new device challenging, to say the least.
Kinofest NYC 2010 Film Festival Opens Museum Doors to New Audiences Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:42PMThe four-day Kinofest NYC film festival premiered at The Ukrainian Museum on Thursday evening, February 25. The festival was a celebration of contemporary cinema from Ukraine and other countries that were once part of the Soviet Union.
DIRECTOR'S CHAIR: TERRY GILLIAM - 'THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS' Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:01PMHOLLYWOOD — If the mark of a great director is a unique personal vision coupled with the ability to bounce back after disaster hits, then Terry Gilliam is a very great director indeed. With such films as Jabberwocky, Time Bandits, Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Fisher King, Twelve Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and The Brothers Grimm , Gilliam has created a body of ...
EA Partners and Vancouver's Hothead Games Team Up to Deliver DeathSpank in 2010 Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:01AMVancouver, BC, March 5, 2010--(T-Net)--EA Partners, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. and leading independent developer Hothead Games announced today an exclusive publishing agreement that will bring DeathSpank to Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network in 2010. Developed under the vision of The Secret of Monkey Island creator and industry icon Ron Gilbert, DeathSpank blends a story filled ...
Podcast: Behind the Scenes at NASA TV Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 10:14AMListen to the audio of this podcast at this link. You can also read the interviews below. Hi, this is Nancy Atkinson from Universe Today. Right now I'm at Kennedy Space Center, and I've had the opportunity to see a couple of launches and cover other events that normally, I'd be back home watching on NASA [...]
Gears + God Hand = Vanquish? Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:36AMNew details, eyes-on impressions, and everything we know about Shinji Mikami and Platinum's upcoming PS3/360 shooter.
Museum and Gallery Listings Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:24PMMuseums and galleries are in Manhattan unless otherwise noted. Full reviews of recent art shows: nytimes.com/art . AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM : ‘APPROACHING ABSTRACTION,’ through Sept. 5. Self-taught artists are noted for producing weird, wacky and otherwise eccentric objects.
Exclusive First Shots Of Microsoft’s Secret Project Pink Phone Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:02PMThese are the first photos of Microsoft’s Project Pink phones, snatched from deep within the bowels of the Microsoft/Verizon industrio-complex – not the Turtle , but the larger, Sidekick-like Pure . This doesn’t look like Windows Phone 7, so what is it? (more…)
Four Canterbury students earn top honors at Edison Science & Engineering Fair Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 4:33PMFour local students from Canterbury School were recognized by judges last month during the Edison Regional Science & Engineering Fair. Each year students at Canterbury enroll in an "independent study" program where they work to perfect an experiment under the advisement of a teacher.
Image Metrics, Xsens Partner To Combine Facial, Full-Body Animation Capture Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 3:37PM3D motion tracking tech company Xsens is teaming up with facial animation services provider Image Metrics to integrate their respective mocap and animation technologies into a single, game development-oriented solution. The partnership aims to offer clients the ability to capture facial and body movements together in a single shoot, instead of having to visit a specialized facility. The body and ...
American Greetings Announces Increased Quarterly Dividend Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 3:05PMAmerican Greetings Corporation today announced a quarterly cash dividend of 14 cents per share, an increase of 17% or 2 cents per share.
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton's partnership through the years (and movies) Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:48PMJohnny Depp and Tim Burton first worked together in the hit 1990 drama "Edward Scissorhands."Scorsese has De Niro and DiCaprio. Cameron has Schwarzenegger. Burton has Depp. Indeed, the teaming of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp has proven iconic, lasting more...
First Shots of Microsoft's Secret Project Pink Phone [Exclusive] Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 1:25PM# exclusive These are the first photos of Microsoft's Project Pink phones, snatched from deep within the bowels of the Microsoft/Verizon industrio-complex —not the Turtle , but the larger, Sidekick-like Pure . This doesn't look like Windows Phone 7, so what is it? More »
How Roger Ebert found his new voice (Q&A) Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 12:13PMScotland's CereProc helped the famed film critic speak again. Engineer Chris Pidcock talks about creating electronic voices that sound just like the real person.
EA Partners and Hothead Games Team up to Deliver DeathSpank in 2010 Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 11:15AMREDWOOD SHORES, Calif.----EA Partners, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. and leading independent developer Hothead Games announced today an exclusive publishing agreement that will bring DeathSpank to Xbox LIVE® Arcade and PlayStation®Network in 2010.
TiVo Premiere: Like IMDB.com on TV Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 9:38AMTiVo may have invented time-shifting, but the past few years haven't been kind to this company unsure how to cut a profit. Then, someone inside TiVo HQ must have realized, oh right, INNOVATION! That's the ticket!
Saturday TV: Wild at Heart Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 7:23AMFor Wild at Heart, think All Creatures Great and Small, replacing the Yorkshire Dales with the South African bush.
Upcoming New Cars In India 2010 Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:50AMThe Toyota Corolla Altis priced at Rs 13,00,000 will be fighting hard with other premium diesel sedans like the Jetta, Laura and Sonata Emberra. The Ford Fiesta hatchback is a great car priced at Rs 6,50,000. The hatchback segment will have to careful about this fuel-efficient car which is every Indian driver's dream.
Get Instant Loan For New Cars Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:50AMIf you are salaried, you should be 18 years old. If self employed, you must be 21. At loan maturity, your maximum age needs to be 60 years if salaried and 70 if self employed. Also, you need to have worked for at least one year in the current company to get the loan.
Game review: Heavy Rain immerses players in dark mystery Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:39AMBy SETH SCHIESEL NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE The big storm has been raging for days. The winds around the eaves make me lonely, melancholy, and yet my guilt forces me forward in search of redemption. I have probably spent 10,000 hours playing various sorts of electronic games. But no single-player experience has made me as genuinely nervous, unsettled, surprised, emotionally riven, and ...
Get The Best Deal Online For Used Cars Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 5:35AMFinding a used car in any part of India has been made very simple. It is not at all time-consuming nor is it too complicated. If you are sure about what you want, there's no one to stop you. Ask yourself why you need the car.
Teachers win grants to boost technology in the classroom Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 2:59AMNORTH ATTLEBORO - Three area teachers have been awarded $1,000 grants for creating lessons that incorporate the use of 21st century technology into the classroom.
QA Graphics Announces New Division of Multimedia Services Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ 1:00AMQA Graphics has expanded their design and development services to provide a variety of multimedia solutions including motion graphics, visual effects, professional video animations and interactive displays.
After 8 Years, Defense Verdict Comes in Novellus Contract Breach Case Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 10:16PMAfter eight years of litigation in a breach of contract case, a California jury returned a defense verdict last week for semiconductor equipment company Novellus Systems and another defendant. Nearly $200 million in damages was at stake in the case, in which Linear Technology sued over equipment it bought from Novellus. Irell & Manella's background in patent litigation helped make Novellus ...
REVIEW: George Michael, Etihad Stadium, Melbourne (March 3rd, 2010) Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 10:10PMGeorge Michael played the final show of his three year ’25 Live’ tour last night at Etihad Stadium in Melbourne, Australia in front of thousands of adoring fans.
Zhang Gong's First Solo Exhibition in the U.S. at Eli Klein Fine Art Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:33PMZhang Gong, Confrontation, 2009. Acrylic on canvas, 47 1/4 x 86 5/8 inches (120 x 220 cm). Photo: Courtesy Eli Klein Fine Art. NEW YORK, NY.- Eli Klein Fine Art presents Zhang Gong’s first solo exhibition in the United States.
MLB 10: The Show Review Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 7:43PMMLB '10: The Show (PS3) Sony goes yard.
WEB/TECH: Microsoft to Double Down on HTML5 with Internet Explorer 9 Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 4:03PMWith the latest releases of Opera, Google Chrome and Firefox continuing to push the boundaries of the web, the once-dominant Internet Explorer is looking less and less relevant every day. But we should expect Microsoft to go on the offensive at its upcoming MIX 2010 developer conference in Las Vegas, where, it has been speculated, the company will demonstrate the first beta builds of Internet ...
Backbreaker Preview Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:58PMOn the surface, Backbreaker might not appear to be more than just another arcade-style football video game in the vein of NFL Blitz -- sans any licensed NFL teams, logos or stadiums -- but it's actually approaching the genre from an interesting and refreshing new angle.Backbreaker's most notable feature that distinguishes it from Blitz and Madden is the fact that it doesn't rely on motion ...
Register and Attend OFC/NFOEC 2010 - the Premier International Optical Communications Event Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 3:26PMSAN DIEGO----OFC/NFOEC: What: Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition/National Fiber Optics Engineers Conference 2010 When/Where: March 21 - 25 at the San Diego Convention Center Details: As the largest and most comprehensive international event for both the science and business of optical communications, this year’s OFC/NFOEC will host the entire scope of optical communications ...
Alioscopy Autostereoscopic 3-D Displays Join Autodesk Gallery and Showrooms Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 11:57AMSAN FRANCISCO -- Alioscopy USA, a 3D visualization technology provider, today announced that its innovative 42" LCD autostereoscopic 3D display is now a part of the design collection in the prestigious Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco, California.
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Apple turns the flamethrower on Android Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 6:12AMIf you tolerate this your handset will be next Analysis The details of Apple's patent offensive are now public, and it's clear that while HTC is the target, it's Google's Android that has got Cupertino so annoyed.… What is your recession sales strategy?
The grand young duke Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:20AMFor Peter Wilson, the cross-over from recording artist to theatrical musician should come naturally. Related Stories Councillors quiz Libraries NI head New kitchens for Ballybeen East Belfast police appeals On the Grapevine Knock Road public inquiry announced
Updated Classmate PC news and gallery Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 12:43AMI had a great talk with Intel's Jeff Galinovsky today about the updated Convertible Classmate they previewed at CeBIT. While I covered many of the technical details already based on their press release and promotional materials, he was able to give me some additional details about their growing ecosystem...