Archive for: January, 2011

Don Kirshner, 76, Dies

Don Kirshner, producer and television host who  spanned decades and genres, passed away on Monday of heart failure at the age of 76 in Boca Raton, Florida. Kirshner gained fame  as the producer of “Sugar, Sugar” by the Archies.  Being a son of the Bronx, he helped along some of New York’s most celebrated singers […]

Shazam to Help Fight AIDS with (Shazam)RED

Project RED and Shazam have teamed up to fight AIDS.   Below are some of the app’s features. Harnesses the enhanced technology of the iPhone 4 Makes discovery, sharing and buying of music quicker and easier New, faster tagging options Tag Charts from 20 countries In-App videos New shortcut menu to preview clips, buy and share music […]

Leica to Have Special Edition BMW X1 Camera

Leica’s X1 camera, which first came out in 2009, has just been refreshed with a special edition model. The camera maker teamed up with German luxury carmaker BMW to endow the special camera with a different color on the body and a BMW stamp on the top. No functional changes were made to the camera. […]

First Look At The X-Men: First Class Cast

Even as rumors fly that the movie is undergoing reshoots, the first image of all the major characters from X-Men: First Class has leaked online… allegedly. The banner image popped up at The Daily Blam, where they’re only claiming that “20th Century Fox has decided that fans have waited long enough,” and don’t explain where […]

Infinite War Battle Pack Comes to the Mac

Virtual Programming has releases Supreme Commander 2 expansion pack to the Mac, the Infinite War Battle Pack. It adds eight new maps, and a variety of new units and research boosts. The maps include a two-player QAI Labs map, which sits above the surface of Pollux IV, and an eight-player winner-takes-all map. New units include […]

Regis Philbin to Retire From Live! by End of Summer

Regis Philbin, venerable 79-year-old host of Live! and other gigs, announced today that he’ll be retiring either at the end of the summer or sometime in the fall. Live! cohost Kelly Ripa will eventually be joined by a new partner.

Adult Gamers Getting Ill Using the Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo is dealing with reports the 3DS’s 3D effect is making some adult gamers ill. Players at a 3DS demo event told  Nikkei that the glasses-free effect either fatigues their eyes or makes them nauseous, forcing them to switch back to 2D to play. Holding steady helps but doesn’t prevent the effect from happening within […]

Microsoft Releases OneNote for iPhone, Free for a Limited Time

Microsoft has released its first full productivity app for the iPhone with the launch of OneNote for iOS. The previously Office-only notebook organizer app comes with many and in some cases even more features than the Windows Phone 7 version. The iPhone app can not only produce notes but attach links and photos. Checklists and […]

Verizon Promo Gives Android Owners Moving to iPhone 4 a $200 Visa Card

Until this month, Verizon had always been one of the most public advocates of Android and given the platform its full attention. Now Verizon has a promo that shows an expectation that many recent buyers will switch. The offer will give anyone who bought a phone between November 26 and January 10 a $200 Visa […]

More than Half of Android Users on 2.2, 0.4% on 2.3

Android 2.2 has become the majority version of the OS just as 2.3 has hit the streets, Google’s latest official data showed. Basing its information on results as of early this month, about 51.8 percent were using the previous version about eight months after it was first made public at Google I/O in May. Owing […]

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