Monthly Archives: July 2008

LG Electronics bring Netflix to Blu-Ray Players

July 31, 2008
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LG Electronics bring Netflix to Blu-Ray Players

LG Electronics has announced a first of its kind Blu-Ray player capable of streaming Netflix content. The LG BD300 will be available in North America from this fall and users with Netflix account can stream movies with the help of a wired connection. The price is uncertain at the moment. Press Release Tweet

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Blizzard on Conan’s Impact

July 31, 2008
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Edge Online quotes Blizzard president Mike Morhaime during yesterday’s Activision Blizzard earnings call saying that the launch of Age of Conan cost them some subscribers, but his estimate is about 40% of them have returned to World of Warcraft. They also quote him as saying that they expect more former players to return when the…

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TRON 2: The Story Behind the Comic Con Teaser Trailer

July 31, 2008
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TRON 2: The Story Behind the Comic Con Teaser Trailer

One of the biggest shocker at Comic Con was the premiere of a 3-minute trailer for Tron 2. The reason why it was such a shocker is that, as far as anyone knew, the film hadn’t even gone into production. But the trailer featured a fantastic completed lightcycle chase. So how did it come to…

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Age of Conan: July 31st Update Notes

July 31, 2008
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Patch Notes for the July 31st update to Age of Conan are now available. You can find the notes here. Tweet

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Spore Going Gold In Less Than A Week

July 31, 2008
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In case you missed it, here is some good news for those waiting for Spore. The producer of Spore, Thomas Vu, spoke with cNet, and revealed that the game will be finished in less than a week. It is then slated to "go gold," in other words, be mastered for reproduction. This more or less…

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Batman Producers Pushing Johnny Depp To Play The Riddler

July 31, 2008
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Batman producers are convinced that, "The role of The Riddler is perfect for Depp. And what better Penguin is there than Philip Seymour Hoffman?" a source said. This right on the rumor heels of Angelina Jolie as Catwoman! Tweet

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Microsoft’s Midori — a future without Windows

July 30, 2008
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According to a report, Microsoft isn’t just looking at the next version of Windows (no, not Mojave) for future OS possibilities, but is looking beyond the Windows architecture altogether with a project known as Midori. The new OS is still in the “incubation” phase (which puts it slightly closer to market than R&D projects), but…

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Mike Myers is Writing Austin Powers 4

July 30, 2008
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Following the epic disaster that was The Love Guru, Mike Myers is going back to well and is writing a fourth Austin Powers movie with Baby Mama’s Mike McCullers. According to Nikki Finke, the story will be “very personal with a father and son theme loosely based on his own life.” That’s right, the story…

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Microsoft says it needs more Internet Explorer 8 beta testers

July 30, 2008
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With Beta 2 of the Web browser due next month, Microsoft is looking to sign up more official testers for Internet Explorer 8, saying it’s the only way for individuals to directly file bug reports. Tweet Source

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Marvin The Martian Film Coming!

July 30, 2008
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ring us our Illudium Q-36 Exploding Space Modulator at once! Marvin the Martian, perhaps the greatest cartoon villain (at least on TV) ever, is getting his own movie at last. The diminutive but determined Martian has charmed viewers since his days battling Bugs Bunny and Duck Dodgers (in the 24th-and-a-half century), but now he gets…

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