Archive for June 2nd, 2003

Season Three Arc to Explore More than Just War

Enterprise producer, Brannon Braga, recently talked with Zap2It about Enterprise’s third season.
Braga admits that there are some parallels to Enterprise’s new storyline and the events of 9/11. However, he says, “But as it goes on, we don’t want to just turn this into a show about war. We want to start digging into a lot [...]

How Bana became The Hulk

How former Melbourne stand-up comedian Bana was transformed into a green, 4.5 metre tall tank-throwing superhuman for Universal Studio’s new film, The Hulk, is an interesting story.
The journey began two years ago in the building where the two computer screens sit - the headquarters of the world’s leading special effects complex, Industrial Light and Magic [...]

Goyer to direct “Blade 3″

Variety reports that screenwriter David Goyer, who wrote “Blade” and “Blade 2,” will write and also make his directorial debut in “Blade 3″ for New Line Cinema.
Details regarding the plotline for “Blade 3″ remain under tight wraps, but it will likely involve another story of Blade fighting to avert the world of vampire rule.
Goyer has [...]

New photos from “Hellboy”

The official “Hellboy” movie site (http://www.hellsite.com) has posted these stills from “Hellboy” starring Ron Perlman and directed by Guillermo del Toro. The first image depicts Hellboy himself, while the image on the bottom is that of Abe Sapien. Click on either image for a larger version. “Hellboy” will be released by Sony Pictures in 2004.

FutureMark’s New Stance: Nvidia Didn’t Cheat

FutureMark Corp. rethought its position regarding the way in which Nvidia’s graphics hardware rendered its latest 3DMark 2003 benchmark applications, and concluded that Nvidia had optimized its drivers and not cheated.
“Futuremark now has a deeper understanding of the situation and Nvidia’s optimization strategy,” the company said in a statement. “In the light of this, [...]

TiVo To Sell Customer Data

Yahoo has a story that details TiVo’s plans to sell customer data to advertisers and broadcasters. While individuals will be anonymous, data will be made available in aggregate form, including ZIP code. The San Jose Mercury News has additional coverage on the news.” Source

Blame The Video Games

Two stories, both found over at Geek.com show how, after all these years, people still are trying to blame video games for the actions of troubled children, rather than learning that these children need to take responsibility for their own actions. The first one is a lawyer in Florida who is trying to forcefully take [...]

Sobig.C worm on a one-week stand

Sobig.C is loose on the Internet and has spread to over 80 countries since its release on May 31, 2003.
Sobig.C (w32.sobig.c@mm) is a variant of the Sobig worm and arrives by e-mail with an attached file; it also spreads using shared network files. Once executed, Sobig.C will attempt to send copies of itself via [...]

AOL-Microsoft Deal May Boost IM’ing

Working with Microsoft would give AOL a greater push into the instant messaging market for businesses, which it, MSN and Yahoo have been making strides in recently, analysts said. Microsoft’s recent plans to ship its new real-time communications (RTC) product as an adjunct to its Windows Server 2003 may have caused AOL to consider working [...]

Satellite Radio Hitting Its Stride

The idea of satellite radio..well.. I don’t know, but they’re working very hard to prove me wrong. Both companies seem to have gotten past their early troubles and are starting to focus on growth. I still question how large the market really is - and whether or not it will be big enough to make [...]