Global hit Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol explodes onto Blu-ray and DVD (both with UltraViolet), On Demand and Digital Download April 17, 2012 from Paramount Home Media Distribution. Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol aims to deliver non-stop thrills and breathtaking stunts, including a dizzying ascent up the world’s tallest building that Roger Ebert called “one […]
Comcast has announced it has selected four new minority-owned independent networks to be broadly distributed on Comcast Cable systems between April 2012 and January 2014. After evaluating more than 100 proposals, Comcast selected four networks – two of which are majority African-American owned and two that are majority American Hispanic owned and operated and programmed […]
Comcast is planning to take aim at Netflix by adding its own streaming-video service that will give existing Comcast video customers a similar selection of old TV shows and movies over the Web. The Philadelphia-based cable operator said Tuesday that the new service would be called Xfinity Streampix, and will be bundled with certain tiers […]
Feb 21 2012 | Posted in
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Nintendo announced that it has sold 5 million 3DS handheld game consoles in Japan, which it says makes the device the fastest-selling game platform ever in the country. The Kyoto-based firm said the console reached the landmark Sunday, less than a year after its launch on Feb. 26, 2011. It said the number was based […]
Feb 21 2012 | Posted in
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The SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America) have announced the nominees for the 2011 Nebula Awards.The awards are voted on by members of the association to honor the best of the year’s work in speculative fiction. The winners will be announced at SFWA’s 47th Annual Nebula Awards Weekend, to be held Thursday through Sunday, May […]
Marvel has announced the Marvel Universe line of comics aimed at fans of all ages, launching in April 2012 with the debuts of Marvel Universe: Ultimate Spider-Man #1 and Marvel Universe: The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes #1. Fans of Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk and all the Avengers should look for the Marvel […]
A pair of leaks Sunday night have pointed to Amazon both growing its tablet line and dipping into color e-paper for the firs time. E Ink is supposedly getting orders for a six-inch, color e-paper display, Taiwan’s Economic Daily News said. The production would start very quickly, in March, with production scaling up to as […]
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Google through an SEC filing on Friday revealed that its chairman Eric Schmidt intended to sell a large if minority portion of his stock. The plan would see him sell as much as 2.4 million of 9.1 million total shares, which at the $604.64 closing price would net slightly over $1.45 billion. The swap will […]
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Norton has recently announced several new security offerings and to complement them, they are also introducing Norton One. Norton One is a service designed to allow you to buy and manage security software via a cloud-based management console. It aims to deliver protection across multiple devices– including PCs, Macs, Android-based phones and tablets. The Norton […]
iPad owners are increasingly more likely to be wealthier and older than their counterparts, the NPD Group uncovered on Friday. Over 40 percent of iPad owners have a combined household income of over $100,000 a year where just 26 percent of those with Android and PlayBook tablets can claim the same. These more comfortable homes […]
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