Archive for August 13th, 2008

U.S. Broadband Connection Speeds a Slow 2.3 Mbps

Broadband Internet connection speeds in the United States are simply bush league compared to the rest of the globe. The U.S. ranks 15th globally, behind South Korea, Finland and Japan. Maybe that’s why U.S. broadband growth declined precipitously in Q2 as telco broadband providers AT T, Verizon and Qwest see new high-speed connections plunge. Cable [...]

Death Tank Coming To Xbox Live Arcade

GamerBytes has discovered that Death Tank is coming to the Xbox Live Arcade, at least in the UK. The UK ratings site has a listing for the title, as you can see at the link. The game is a 2D multiplayer game from the Saturn that many enjoyed as a cult classic. 

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J.J. Abrams Working on an earthquake-based movie

J.J. Abrams is set to make the earth move.
The hugely prolific writer-producer-director may be still slaving away on his remake of Star Trek (not to mention his TV shows, Lost and Fringe), but that hasn’t stopped him lining up a major new movie which will revolve around a major earthquake hitting a [...]

Watchmen Posters Mimic Comics Version in Every Detail!

Talk about being exact and to the point! Zack Snyder is OCD awesome when it comes to being true to the comics! DC released promotional one-sheets back in 1986 to promote the Watchmen comics series, and it looks like Zack Snyder used them to create the posters that debuted at comic-con. Fans love this stuff, [...]