In June 2010, Eric Clapton gathered a veritable Who’s Who of the world’s most talented guitar players at the third Crossroads Guitar Festival, an 11-hour celebration of the six-string that attracted a sold-out crowd of more than 27,000 music fans to Chicago’s Toyota Park. All profits from this daylong display of guitar virtuosity benefited The […]
A fourth clip from J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 has come online, courtesy of AOL, and can be watched using the player below. Written and directed by Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg, the June 10 release stars Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, Gabriel Basso, Noah Emmerich, Ron Eldard, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee and Zach […]
Warner Bros. has announced the start of principal photography on Christopher Nolan’s last Batman film. Nolan will again be shooting certain sequences in IMAX. As a matter of fact, apparently Nolan will be shooting even more footage in IMAX than he did for The Dark Knight. The sequences from Nolan’s last Batman sequel that had […]
Verizon today confirmed the launch of the HTC Trophy. Its first-ever Windows Phone 7 device expands on the international original by including both Verizon’s native CDMA network support along with GSM for world roaming. Microsoft’s focus on a clean experience keeps the bundled apps to Slacker Radio and a Verizon account app along with the HTC […]
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Verizon got its first dual-core smartphone on Wednesday with the official confirmation of its long-in-waiting Droid X2. The smartphone is a major upgrade to the original and packs a dual-core, 1GHz Tegra 2 that helps both for gaming and for HDMI video out. Its display has taken a leap as well, staying at 4.3 inches […]
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Microsoft’s Major Nelson post on his blog that spring 2011 Xbox 360 update to the Dashboard was going live. The update brings the ability to buy any Xbox Live content using PayPal and thus avoid having to use a credit card. Its other core feature is support for a new disc format that gives about […]
Virgin Mobile USA has added a new service tier to its no-contract Broadband2Go mobile broadband offerings. The $20 plan gives users 500MB of data for use anytime that expires after one month even if not used. This tier splits the $10, 100MB offering and the $50, ‘unlimited’ access offering that provides 3G speeds up to […]
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Twitter’s 2.0 app for BlackBerry smartphones began reaching devices on Thursday. While the App World page has yet to be updated, the upgrade should be available within a day for most users. It follows up on the software’s beta release earlier in May. The free app will sport a new header for better notifications, a […]
ABC is giving us TV fans a preview of two of next season’s most talked up new dramas. The first, Once Upon A Time, puts new life into classic fairytales by mashing them up with a modern heroine’s journey to save a world she didn’t even know she is part of. Anna Swan, played by […]
XtremeMac has announced several products combining Bluetooth streaming and charging for iOS devices, the InCharge Home BT and InCharge Auto BT. The two devices support hands-free, wirelss connectivity with iPhones, iPads and the iPod touch. The home version plugs into a wall and connects to home audio gear via a 4-foot AUX cable. It then […]