July 1, 2008
Film Gecko / Jane Boursaw
Today’s installment of Jane’s Favorite Movie Tunes comes from the awesome School of Rock, starring Jack Black as a displaced rocker-turned-schoolteacher who takes a group of kids under his wing so they can perform in the Battle of the Bands.
July 1, 2008
Film Gecko / Jane Boursaw
Vantage Point. Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver, and William Hurt star in this political action-thriller about eight strangers with a different view of the President’s assassination.
July 1, 2008
TG Daily - All News
A new DVD logo released by the DVD Forum has added to the speculation
surrounding Toshibas HD-enabled DVD player that is expected to become
available later this year. The organization chaired by Toshiba approved
the DVD Download DL logo during its most recent Steering Committee
meeting.
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July 1, 2008
HDTV UK / Andy Merrett
There's no doubt that high definition recording gear is getting smaller, and DXG's DXG-567V mini camcorder proves that point. It measures just over four inches in length and can record in 720p resolution at 30fps using the MOV file format and H.
June 30, 2008
Film Gecko / Jane Boursaw
Writer Charmian Christie has a great blog called Christie’s Corner, where she recounts her culinary triumphs and disasters. It’s a fabulous site that combines food, fun, and, of course, excellent writing.
July 2, 2008
Tech Digest / Andy Merrett
GEAR4 has announced the next in its line of BlackBox speaker systems: the BlackBox Micro. The smallest speaker in the range (Micro is smaller than Mini, apparently) uses an SFX-enabled gel base which enhances bass reproduction and overall volume when placed on a flat, solid surface.
July 1, 2008
Geekologie - Gadgets, Gizmos, and Awesome
If there's one thing I've learned about fashion, it's this: I look damn good in women's jeans. Wait ,what? This is a glasses post? Ha, so it is. Well, just forget I said anything about shopping in the juniors section then.
July 1, 2008
Forbes / Michael Patrick Brady
Viewing Internet videos and movies on hi-def TVs is a growing trend. Here's how you can do it.
June 30, 2008
Boing Boing Gadgets / Joel Johnson
Dan Rutter has a wonderful retrospective on the first wave of home video recording systems, casting his wistful eye on 1972 and the launch of the "Cartivision." Like all dabbling attempts to release media, it appears that Cartivision also had their own corny proto-DRM scheme in place that contributed at least in part to its quick demise.
July 2, 2008
Boing Boing Gadgets / Joel Johnson
Crunchgear's Peter Ha has a very quick video hands-on with a prototype pico projector from Texas Instruments. The little LED-lit projector has been stuffed into the case of a Blackberry Curve — sans the innards of the phone itself.
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July 3, 2008
Cinematical / Kim Voynar
Filed under: Tech Stuff, DIY/Filmmaking, Newsstand, Home EntertainmentThere's a very interesting discussion going on over on Hollywood Elsewhere today about whether studios re-releasing older movies on Blu-ray are going too far in tweaking the originals to make them look "better.
July 3, 2008
Tokyo Toshokan
Torrent: http://tracker.anirena.com/download.php?id=9191Size: 249.96MiBComment: Timeranger Episode 2 Ripped from the R2 DVD