Archive for June, 2007

Samuel L. Jackson is Nick Fury?

Moriarty at Ain’t it Cool has the inside scoop on, if accurate, a major casting announcement for the ‘Iron Man’ movie. Writes AICN
Today, though, he’s shooting scenes featuring an actor who is a set-up for a larger Marvel continuity, and it’s exciting because I’m hoping this character can start showing up in other films, and [...]

NVIDIA Unveils Tesla GPU and “Deskside Supercomputer”

By Michael Santo Executive Editor, RealTechNews NVIDIA today unveiled a line of high-performance processors. They’re still GPUs, but working in concert with a workstation they can bring the power of a supercomputer to workstations or servers. The Tesla GPU (graphics processing unit) features 128 parallel processors and delivers up to 518 gigaflops of parallel computation.
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Stan ‘The (Action Figure) Man’ Lee

Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee is responsible for the creation of a lot of Marvel comic book legends, so it’s only fitting that Hasbro is producing a limited edition Stan Lee Action Figure ($14.99) as part of its Marvel Legends series. The six-inch tall figure of Stan in his trademark khaki pants and windbreaker will [...]

First ‘Spectacular Spider-Man’ Image Online

A recent licensing convention displaying upcoming properties for various forms of media featured the first image shown from the upcoming Spectacular Spider-Man cartoon, set to debut on Kids WB! on The CW early next year.

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First Look: The Incredible Hulk

Universal has revealed the first teaser image for The Incredible Hulk at the New York City Licensing Show.
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YouTube Live on Apple TV, iPhone

Apple said Wednesday that its update to Apple TV to allow viewing of YouTube videos was available, along with announcing similar functionality for iPhone. But the lack of 3G connectivity will limit the feature’s usefulness.
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Windows Vista SP1 Beta Due This Year

Within its recent response to the U.S. Department of Justice that stated it would modify Windows Vista to enable end users and OEMs to change the default desktop search it uses, Microsoft for the first time discussed Service Pack 1 for the OS, saying a beta will come this year.
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Quake Wars Beta is a Go

FilePlanet is now handing out beta keys for Quake Wars.
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‘30 Days Of Night’ Gets A Sequel?

Cinemablend reports an unsourced rumor about ‘30 Days of Night’ sequel. Details are sparse so it’s not certain whether or not their source is actually talking about the ‘30 Days of Night Prequel that’s currently in development for Fearnet.
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Mattel Lands ‘Speed Racer’ & ‘The Dark Knight’

Warner Bros. Consumer Products has named Mattel as the global master toy licensee for both Speed Racer and The Dark Knight, two major summer 2008 film releases from Warner Bros. Pictures. Since the two movies feature iconic vehicles — Speed Racer’s Mach 5 (see “Speed Racer’s New Mach 5″), and Batman’s Batmobile — they [...]