J.J. Abrams Officially Set to Direct Star Wars Episode VII
The Walt Disney company has confirmed that J.J. Abrams is officially the director of Star Wars Episode VII. Rumors began circulating on Thursday that J.J. Abrams – known for his recent tenure...
View ArticleStar Wars Postponing Episode II and III in 3D in Favor of Episode VII...
Lucasfilm on Monday said it won’t release Star Wars Episodes II or III in 3D, because who watches movies in 3D? Instead, the company wants to focus on developing its much anticipated new Star War...
View ArticleKutcher Had Pancreas Problems After Following Steve Jobs’ Diet, Early Reviews...
Actors sometimes do some crazy things to prepare for their roles on the big screen. Some so thoroughly inhabit their characters, they can’t (or won’t) shut them off even off-camera, like Daniel...
View ArticleAnti-Loneliness Ramen Bowl Lets You Eat and Dock Your iPhone
Instant ramen is the Japanese go-to meal for a nice quiet evening where you don’t feel much like cooking. Trust me on this, I’ve had my fair share of instant ramen nights after long days of teaching...
View ArticleCreative CVs: The Video Resumé, Job Candidate As Amazon Product
What would you do to get a job? Beg and plead? Grease some palms? Cry until someone (anyone) took pity on you? Or maybe coming up with a brilliantly creative scheme is more your speed. Well, if you...
View ArticleDisney CEO Says Spinoff Star Wars Films in the Works
There’s going to be a new Star Wars film, Disney CEO confirmed on Tuesday. No, not Episode VII or even subsequent episodes following that. A new new film, a standalone, that will focus on Star Wars...
View ArticleStar Wars Spinoffs Will Reportedly Focus on Han Solo and Boba Fett
Rumblings out of insider sources claim the first spinoff Star Wars movies will focus on a young Han Solo and Boba Fett. According to Entertainment Weekly, those close to the project “confirmed this...
View ArticleHacking Valentine’s Day: 5 Cool Ideas That Are Sure To Thrill
You don’t do things the ordinary way. You may rock an early adopter/cutting-edge/outlier device. Or you might beta-test features that would intimidate other users. Or perhaps even hack or tweak your...
View ArticleFarmville To Become Animated TV Show Directed By Brett Ratner
It’s official: Turning familiar tech properties into scripted entertainment is the modus operandi for the show business industry. The latest to join the ranks is Farmville, the popular social media...
View ArticleLogitech Survey Reveals People Would Kick You Out of Bed Before Their Tablets
Get ready to get your snark on, Valentine’s Day haters. During this, the season of love, Logitech has released results from a new survey that reveals a big chunk of tablet users would kick their...
View ArticleFlashback Friday: Record Stores
It’s time to face facts: If you run a company that lives primarily on selling physical media, your days are numbered. Blockbuster Video is closing more stores. HMV in the U.K. is bankrupt and closing...
View ArticlePhotoShop For The Real World, And Other Musings From Modern Life
We spend a lot of our time staring at some sort of display, so it’s not surprising if our tech proclivities bleed over into real life, right? Case in point: I was meeting up with a friend when I asked...
View ArticleeMusic Ends Subscriptions, Launches Á La Carte Pricing For Indie Music
In a surprising turn, eMusic announced that it’s ditching subscriptions for an á la carte pricing model. That means no more monthly fees or download caps to get your indie music on. I’m a big fan of...
View ArticleNow This Is Sharing: Zuckerberg Among The Most Generous Tech Luminaries
The movers and shakers of the technology industry have an enormous capacity for changing society at large. Their innovations are sometimes grandiose, sometimes full of fail, but are always...
View ArticleAmerican Express Now Lets You Shop Via Tweet
There is no doubt that e-commerce revolutionized retail, and now we’re looking at what could be the beginning of the next new wave of digital shopping — the buy-via-Twitter model. American Express is...
View ArticleHarrison Ford Returning for Star Wars Episode VII, Says Report
Harrison Ford is reported to be set to once again don the vest and take his seat in the cockpit of Millenium Falcon. As Star Wars Episode VII begins to take shape, and J.J. Abrams is taking the...
View ArticleVince Vaughn And Owen Wilson To Crash Google in “The Internship,” June 7
Were you a fan of Wedding Crashers? Well, how about Google Crashers? Apparently Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn are teaming up again to play middle-age workers at the Mountain View campus in a new movie,...
View ArticleFilm Geek Alert: Criterion Offers Free Movies On Hulu This Weekend
If you’re a fan of classic movies, arthouse or foreign films, and obscure flicks, you may not want to make any plans for the next couple of days. The Criterion Collection is making hundreds of its...
View ArticleTemperatures That Bring The iPhone and Galaxy S III To Their Knees
Hitting the slopes or warmer locales for a winter vacation? Here’s a tip: Don’t forget to consider how extreme temperatures — on either side of the spectrum — can damage your phone. They can even void...
View ArticleGoogle, Facebook Sponsor Nonprofit Committed to Extending Human Life
For the betterment of mankind, Google’s Sergie Brin, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and venture capitalist Yuri Milner have formed an autobot alliance to sponsor the Breakthrough Prize Foundation, a...
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