Archive for July, 2004
It appears Lucas has made some changes in the upcoming Star Wars Trilogy DVD release. And no, Greedo still shoots first. I’ll try to sum up what I’ve read, and then I’ll post a few links.
First off, the transfers to DVD are supposed to be top notch. The colors have all been balanced and tweaked [...]
July 29th, 2004 | Posted in Entertainment | Comments Off
Spider-Man has been accused of a lot of shady things, mostly by skinflint newspaper publisher J. Jonah Jameson. But who would have thought the action hero would be caught up in a controversy over his computer game? At issue is the new “Spider-Man 2″ game from Activision. The version for the PC has essentially the [...]
July 29th, 2004 | Posted in Gaming | Comments Off
An executive of Microsoft in France divulged on Wednesday some of the software maker’s plans for its highly anticipated entry into the antivirus software market. A standalone antivirus product will be built from tools the company inherited through its 2003 acquisitions of GeCad and Pelican Software, according to a report published in CNET News.com’s sister [...]
July 29th, 2004 | Posted in Software | Comments Off
Rumors to follow. Seriously, don’t get your hopes up, even though I have. Apparently, some UK show did an interview with Sam Raimi and a possibility that seemed impossible about who will be the villain in “Spider-Man 3″ came up, albeit in a cryptic, weird fashion. Who is the villain who might [...]
July 28th, 2004 | Posted in Entertainment | Comments Off
Comic Book Biz: Despite collecting comicbooks through college, until last week I hadn’t attended the annual Comic-Con Intl. in 20 years. In part that’s because I ceased mourning Spider-Man’s dead girlfriend years ago and even had a real one of my own — a departure from the most vociferous comic faithful.
variety.com
July 28th, 2004 | Posted in Comic Books | Comments Off
New Batman block figures from Japan!
superherotimes.com
July 28th, 2004 | Posted in Toys | Comments Off
MusicMatch has put the finishing touches on MusicMatch JukeBox 9.0 and launched what it lauds as the world’s first “on-demand” all-in-one jukebox. The software delivers on-demand access to a library of 650,000 songs, permits users to share tracks and playlists with friends, discover new artists, and more.
betanews.com
July 28th, 2004 | Posted in Software | Comments Off
Increased LCD production and decreased demand is helping drive LCD monitor and TV prices downwards. This could make back-to-schoolers and holiday shoppers very happy.
arstechnica.com
July 28th, 2004 | Posted in Hardware | Comments Off
Warner Bros. Pictures has released a first look at the teaser trailer for the highly-anticipated Batman Begins .
comingsoon.net
July 28th, 2004 | Posted in Entertainment | Comments Off
Half-Life Radio chatted with Valve’s Doug Lombardi and managed to weasel a new release date estimate out of him for Half-Life 2:
“Half-Life 2 will be passed on to publisher Vivendi for final mastering and duplication within days for it’s early August target. The official appearance will make store shelves sometime in mid to late September.” [...]
July 28th, 2004 | Posted in Gaming | Comments Off