Archive for February 12th, 2008

6% of Web Users Generate 50% of Ad Clicks

pcause writes “A recent study finds that 6% of Web users generate 50% of the click-throughs. Worse news for advertisers: these clickers are not representative of the population as a whole, most have incomes under $40K, and their clicks are not related to any offline buying. (They are mostly males between 25 and 44 years [...]

Loose Your Internet Service for Illegal Downloads

If UK Legislatures have it their way, in a very short time those that down load music, movies or software illegally could be banned from the Internet.
While controversial I would not be surprised to see such legislation like this being proposed in the United States. Organizations like the IFPI and RIAA have failed to understand [...]

“Star Wars: Clone Wars” Hitting Theaters in August

Star Wars will return to movie screens before it comes to television, Lucasfilm and Warner Bros. announced today.
The companies will release a CG-animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars feature film theatrically on Friday, August 15, to North American theaters. [read more]
toonzone.net

Battlestar Galactica Returns April 4

SCI FI’s Emmy and Peabody Award-winning original series “Battlestar Galactica” returns for its fourth original season on Friday, March 28 @ 10pm ET/PT with two back-to-back half-hour specials. The first new episode will premiere the following week, Friday, April 4 @ 10pm ET/PT.
comingsoon.net

American Idol Expands Results Show to One Hour

“American Idol” will expand the weekly results shows to one hour beginning Wednesday, March 12 (9:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on Fox. During the results shows, America’s votes will be announced and the contestant with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated from the competition. The remaining safe finalists will perform live on the [...]

Three more Xbox Originals coming to UK, US marketplace

Three original Xbox titles will be available to download via Xbox Live this month, including Sid Meier’s Pirates.
gamespot.com

Mass Effect Coming to PC in May

The new platform is logical, but we’ll still make snide remarks about EA not taking long to push it out there.
dailygame.net

Tsuburaya wins ‘Ultraman’ battle

Comic Book Biz: Court rules in favor of company — Thailand’s Supreme Court has ruled for Japan’s Tsuburaya Prods. in its 10-year suit against a local businessman who claimed to have rights to its iconic and highly lucrative “Ultraman” sci-fi franchise.
feedburner.com

Spore Confirmed For September

EA has announced that they will finally ship Spore in September. The title will be available on PC, Mac and DS on September 7. Spore gives players their own personal universe in a box. Create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilizations, sculpt entire worlds and explore a universe created by other gamers. [...]

Dr. Strange Attracts Director Guillermo Del Toro

A recent report states that Guillermo Del Toro is interested in taking Doctor Strange to the big screen and he would be looking to Neil Gaiman to write it.
comicbookmovie.com