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Buying Your Cable Box
2007-07-05 15:01:00
Buying Your Cable Box: How many times over have you “paid” for your crappy old cable box with those monthly lease fees? Ever wish you could just buy a new and better featured box to plug into your cable service? Thanks to the new Federal Communications Commission regulation which went into effect July 1, cable companies have to open themselves up to just such competition. The ruling bars cable companies from locking security and navigation functions inside the box, forcing them to put that smart stuff in removable CableCards (essentially, mini- tuners) will can be installed in after- market products (TVs, DVRs) as well as cable company supplied products.
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Blu-ray Disc Movie Review: The Patriot: Extended
2007-07-03 21:01:00
The Patriot : The Extended Cut (Sony) Features: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Chris Cooper, Tom Wilkinson and Jason Isaacs Based, extremely loosely, on the exploits of the Revolutionary War veteran Francis Marion (aka "The Swamp Fox"), this tale of a father's love for his sons and his country plays with history the way a child plays with Legos... building whatever comes to mind regardless of what the factual directions say must be built. 
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Blu-ray Movie Releases July 3, 2007
2007-07-03 20:51:00
This week's Blu-ray Disc movie releases include: Flatliners, The Patriot: The Extended Cut, The Untouchables: Special Collector's Edition, and The Warriors: Ultimate Director's Cut .
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HD DVD vs. Blu-ray: The Latest News from the Frontlines
2007-07-03 20:27:00
On the Blu-ray side, the low cost hardware maker Funai is gearing up Chinese production of a Blu-ray deck that will land in the U.S. in quantities of ?20,000-30,000? pieces before year- end, reports Consumer Electronics Daily. While best known for its own, bargain-basement Symphonic brand, Funai actually makes products under an ?OEM?
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Blu-ray Disc Movie Review: The Patriot: Extended
2007-07-03 14:01:00
The Patriot : The Extended Cut (Sony) Features: Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger, Joely Richardson, Chris Cooper, Tom Wilkinson and Jason Isaacs Based, extremely loosely, on the exploits of the Revolutionary War veteran Francis Marion (aka "The Swamp Fox"), this tale of a father's love for his sons and his country plays with history the way a child plays with Legos... building whatever comes to mind regardless of what the factual directions say must be built. 
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Blu-ray Movie Releases July 3, 2007
2007-07-03 13:51:00
This week's Blu-ray Disc movie releases include: Flatliners, The Patriot: The Extended Cut, The Untouchables: Special Collector's Edition, and The Warriors: Ultimate Director's Cut .
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HD DVD vs. Blu-ray: The Latest News from the Frontlines
2007-07-03 13:27:00
On the Blu-ray side, the low cost hardware maker Funai is gearing up Chinese production of a Blu-ray deck that will land in the U.S. in quantities of “20,000-30,000” pieces before year- end, reports Consumer Electronics Daily. While best known for its own, bargain-basement Symphonic brand, Funai actually makes products under an “OEM”
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Sony offers Free Blu-ray Movies
2007-07-02 20:26:00
Starting today Sony will offer 5 free Blu-ray discs with the purchase of any Blu-ray Disc player. This follows months after Toshiba's 5 free HD DVDs campaign, which started March 1st and goes until the end of this month. Toshiba followed up their aggressive marketing campaign, recently offering $100 off any of it's HD DVD players. We'll see if Sony goes down that same path.
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Sony offers Free Blu-ray Movies
2007-07-02 13:26:00
Starting today Sony will offer 5 free Blu-ray discs with the purchase of any Blu-ray Disc player. This follows months after Toshiba's 5 free HD DVDs campaign, which started March 1st and goes until the end of this month. Toshiba followed up their aggressive marketing campaign, recently offering $100 off any of it's HD DVD players. We'll see if Sony goes down that same path.
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HD DVD vs. Blu-ray Disc: There will be no winner...
2007-06-29 09:33:00
While the two rival formats duke it out for the next 5-10 years, downloadable media will take over sales and render the format war insignificant. Microsoft, while supporting HD DVD, seems more interested in pursuing non-packaged media. What's more, the DVD is an inferior storage device when compared to a hard drive. Drop the disk and it may crack on the side. Mail it and it may arrive in a million pieces. God forbid you give a DVD to your kids handle,...
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HD DVD vs. Blu-ray Disc: There will be no winner...
2007-06-29 02:16:00
While the two rival formats duke it out for the next 5-10 years, downloadable media will take over sales and render the format war insignificant. Microsoft, while supporting HD DVD, seems more interested in pursuing non-packaged media. What's more, the DVD is an inferior storage device when compared to a hard drive. Drop the disk and it may crack on the side. Mail it and it may arrive in a million pieces. God forbid you give a DVD to your kids handle,...
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FIFA 08 for Playstation 3 & XBox 360
2007-06-29 01:38:00
Anyone who's played FIFA 08 on Xbox 360   has only gotten a taste of true next generation soccer. FIFA 08, which ships this fall for PlayStat ion 3 and Xbox 360 , features a finely-tuned next generation game engine that's been two years in the making. The result that I saw at an Electronic Arts event up in Vancouver , where they develop the international best-selling franchise, is unbelievable.
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HD DVD Movie Review: The Big Lebowski
2007-06-28 19:21:00
The Big Lebowski (Universal) Featuring: Jeff "The Whole Brevity Thing" Bridges, John "Prior Restraint" Goodman, John "Click, Click" Turturro, David "Achiever" Huddleston, Julianne "Zesty!" Moore and Steve "I Am The Walrus" Buscemi Let me start this review by pouring myself a Caucasian, settling myself onto my rug—y'know the one that really ties the room together, man.  Spark a jay and I'm ready to go…   THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST MOVIES EVER MADE…  Ever.  But, y'know, man, like… some folks will never get it, man. 
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FIFA 08 for Playstation 3 & XBox 360
2007-06-28 18:38:00
Anyone who's played FIFA 08 on Xbox 360   has only gotten a taste of true next generation soccer. FIFA 08, which ships this fall for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 , features a finely-tuned next generation game engine that's been two years in the making. The result that I saw at an Electronic Arts event up in Vancouver , where they develop the international best-selling franchise, is unbelievable.
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HD DVD Movie Review: The Big Lebowski
2007-06-27 21:12:00
The Big Lebowski (Universal) Featuring: Jeff "The Whole Brevity Thing" Bridges, John "Prior Restraint" Goodman, John "Click, Click" Turturro, David "Achiever" Huddleston, Julianne "Zesty!" Moore and Steve "I Am The Walrus" Buscemi Let me start this review by pouring myself a Caucasian, settling myself onto my rug?y'know the one that really ties the room together, man.  Spark a jay and I'm ready to go?   THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST MOVIES EVER MADE?  Ever.  But, y'know, man, like? some folks will never get it, man. 
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HD DVD Movie Releases June 26, 2007
2007-06-27 14:12:00
HD DVD movie releases for June 26, 2007 include American Me, Army of Darkness, Being John Malkovich, The Big Lebowski, Black Snake Moan , Bulletproof, Dead Silence: Unrated, Freedom Vol. 1, Hustle & Flow , Mallrats, Meet Joe Black, Mystery Men, Unleashed, and The Watcher.
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HD DVD Movie Releases June 26, 2007
2007-06-27 07:25:00
HD DVD movie releases for June 26, 2007 include American Me, Army of Darkness, Being John Malkovich, The Big Lebowski, Black Snake Moan , Bulletproof, Dead Silence: Unrated, Freedom Vol. 1, Hustle & Flow , Mallrats, Meet Joe Black, Mystery Men, Unleashed, and The Watcher.
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Blu-ray Movie Review June 25, 2007
2007-06-27 02:22:00
Blu-ray Disc movie releases for the week of June 26, 2007 include Samuel L. Jackson in Black Snake Moan and Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow .   Black Snake Moan (Paramount) This lurid title, redolent of the old miscegenation fallacies of the old American South is actually a morality tale whose title is taken from a blues song written in 1927 by Blind Lemon Jefferson. 
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Blu-ray Movie Review June 25, 2007
2007-06-26 19:22:00
Blu-ray Disc movie releases for the week of June 26, 2007 include Samuel L. Jackson in Black Snake Moan and Terrence Howard in Hustle & Flow .   Black Snake Moan (Paramount) This lurid title, redolent of the old miscegenation fallacies of the old American South is actually a morality tale whose title is taken from a blues song written in 1927 by Blind Lemon Jefferson. 
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The Agency
2007-06-26 00:36:00
From the MMO side, there will be plenty of opportunities to interact with friends online. In addition to being able to trade operatives, there will be a variety of mini-games ranging from casino games to shooting range competitions to mano-a-mano combat. SOE Seattle is still being mum on details, since the game's not shipping until 2008, but I'm also hoping missions will offer the chance for spies to team up. One thing that was mentioned for multiplayer was the World Domination mode, which will involve player-versus-player combat on a large scale. Details on this are classified for now, but SOE Seattle definitely has my interest.
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Borat - Samples - Quotes
2007-06-26 00:34:00
Borat: This is Natalya. She is my sister. She is number-four prostitute in whole of Kazakhstan. Borat: Jak sie masz? My name Borat. I like you. I like sex. Is nice!
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Does HBO-HD Favor Satellite?
2007-06-25 20:29:00
Maybe you?ve heard that HBO is going high definition in a big way. By the second quarter of 2008, the pay TV giant expects to deliver all 26 channels of HBO and Cinemax in HD. But did you know that the technology the company is using will favor, at least initially, satellite TV systems and viewers?
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The Agency
2007-06-25 17:36:00
From the MMO side, there will be plenty of opportunities to interact with friends online. In addition to being able to trade operatives, there will be a variety of mini-games ranging from casino games to shooting range competitions to mano-a-mano combat. SOE Seattle is still being mum on details, since the game's not shipping until 2008, but I'm also hoping missions will offer the chance for spies to team up. One thing that was mentioned for multiplayer was the World Domination mode, which will involve player-versus-player combat on a large scale. Details on this are classified for now, but SOE Seattle definitely has my interest.
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Borat - Samples - Quotes
2007-06-25 17:34:00
Borat: This is Natalya. She is my sister. She is number-four prostitute in whole of Kazakhstan. Borat: Jak sie masz? My name Borat. I like you. I like sex. Is nice!
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Does HBO-HD Favor Satellite?
2007-06-25 13:29:00
Maybe you’ve heard that HBO is going high definition in a big way. By the second quarter of 2008, the pay TV giant expects to deliver all 26 channels of HBO and Cinemax in HD. But did you know that the technology the company is using will favor, at least initially, satellite TV systems and viewers?
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Bioshock Offers Underwater Horrors
2007-06-23 00:00:00
New York City-I had the chance to play through the first few levels of Bioshock , the new masterpiece from Irrational Games, at a loft in New York City recently. Anyone looking for the future of interactive entertainment needs to look no further than this Xbox 360 and PC game from 2K Games that ships August 21.
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Bioshock Offers Underwater Horrors
2007-06-22 17:00:00
New York City-I had the chance to play through the first few levels of Bioshock , the new masterpiece from Irrational Games, at a loft in New York City recently. Anyone looking for the future of interactive entertainment needs to look no further than this Xbox 360 and PC game from 2K Games that ships August 21.
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Blu-ray Disc Review: Bridge to Terebithia
2007-06-22 00:14:00
Bridge to Terebithia (Buena Vista) Featuring: Josh Hutcherson, Robert Patrick, AnnaSophia Robb, and Zooey Deschanel Fantasy and reality collide in this second, bigger-budgeted film adaptation of the classic Katherine Paterson children's novel. The story, updated to the 21st century's pop-culture aesthetic hardly takes any real liberties with the book and instead stays faithful to it? not only in essence, but throughout scene after detailed scene.
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Blu-ray Disc Review: Bridge to Terebithia
2007-06-21 17:14:00
Bridge to Terebithia (Buena Vista) Featuring: Josh Hutcherson, Robert Patrick, AnnaSophia Robb, and Zooey Deschanel Fantasy and reality collide in this second, bigger-budgeted film adaptation of the classic Katherine Paterson children's novel. The story, updated to the 21st century's pop-culture aesthetic hardly takes any real liberties with the book and instead stays faithful to it— not only in essence, but throughout scene after detailed scene.
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NHL 08 Goes Hi-Def
2007-06-19 21:33:00
EA Sports is bringing high definition hockey to both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners for the first time this September with NHL 08. The new game takes the revolutionary Skill Sticks controls, which puts the finesse of on-ice moves into the two analog sticks, to the next level with all-new offensive and defensive maneuvers.
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