Archive for: December, 2015

Big Bang Theory ‘Soft Kitty’ Lullaby Causes a Copyright Lawsuit

“Soft Kitty,” aka the lullaby that is Sheldon’s source of comfort on The Big Bang Theory, is at the center of a lawsuit against the CBS comedy recently filed by the lyricist’s daughters. As reported by the Associated Press, Margaret Perry and Ellen Chase claim that the series is infringing on the copyright of a […]

Super Mario Maker Videos Show Off Birdo and Excitebike

Earlier this month it was revealed that several new costumes are coming in a Super Mario Maker update, including Birdo from Super Mario Bros. 2 and Excitebike from the cult NES classic. The two costumes are true to their original animation style and feature music from their respective games. The levels showcasing the new costumes […]

Intel Launches New Desktop and Mobile CPUs Based on Broadwell and Skylake Tech

  As reported by CPU World Intel has added a total of eight new processors to the 5th-gen “Broadwell” and 6th-gen “Skylake” CPU lineups, with new mobile and desktop models appearing in Intel’s price lists. The models include Core and Celeron, and range from dual core (five with Hyper-Threading) to a new quad-core i5: Chart […]

iBuypower Reveals Revolt 2 – SFF Gaming PC with Room

iBuypower announced a revision of its Revolt small form factor (SFF) gaming PC. It’s the Revolt 2, featuring a completely redesigned chassis and support for full-sized ATX power supplies, up to a 280 mm liquid cooling radiator, and almost any single full-sized GPU on the market today, including graphics cards with built-in, liquid-cooling radiators. The […]

Gerard Depardieu to Star as Joseph Stalin

French actor and Russian citizen Gerard Depardieu will star as Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin in a planned movie with the working title Le divan de Staline (Stalin’s Sofa). French actress and director Fanny Ardant is set to direct the movie, based on French author Jean-Daniel Baltassat’s 2013 novel of the same name. Moscow-based film studio Mosfilm […]

Apple SVP Johny Srouji Nets $9.6 Million in RSUs

In his first U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing as Apple’s SVP of Hardware Technologies, Johny Srouji revealed the recent receipt of a restricted stock unit award currently worth $9.6 million, as well as substantial common stock holdings valued at $10.9 million. Srouji was awarded 90,270 RSUs on Oct. 5, 2015, two months before being […]

Apple Products Account for 49% of All New Activations During Christmas

Apple dominated the holiday gift giving season, according to a recent study that found iPhones and iPads in aggregate comprised 49.1 percent of new device activations in the week leading up to Christmas. Published on Monday, statistics gathered by Yahoo-owned analytics firm Flurry show Apple again enjoyed a sizable lead in new device activations over […]

Marvel Dominates 2015 Comic Sales with Help From Star Wars

Marvel dominates the top 10 best-seller list for 2015’s comic books, thanks to Disney sibling ‘Star Wars.’Compared with last year’s list, Marvel Entertainment might have misgivings about the list of the best-selling comic books of 2015. For one thing, it “only” has seven slots on the top 10, compared with nine in 2014; for another, […]

AT&T Claims VoLTE Available to 295 Million Americans – Gains Rights to Carrier IQ

AT&T today said it has reached a new milestone in expanding VoLTE service. As 2015 comes to a close, VoLTE is available to a footprint covering some 295 million POPs, says AT&T, and the service has won over 27 million active users. VoLTE permits HD voice and video calls, which are higher quality than those […]

Samsung Pay Will Support Online Payments in 2016

  Samsung plans to expand Samsung Pay in 2016 to more devices, more retailers, and more markets. Wider “handset availability of Samsung Pay as well as online payment support is coming soon,” said Samsung Pay exec Thomas Ko, speaking to Reuters. Specifically, the company will add Samsung Pay to less-costly devices. Right now, the mobile […]

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