First Look: Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire (4)
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Fox Searchlight has sent us three new photos from Danny Boyle’s (28 Days Later, Trainspotting) latest film - Slumdog Millionaire. The film tells the story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? But ...
Direct Line Saves iPhone Users From Automated Call Hell (23)
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Add this to your list of must have iPhone applications. Direct Line (iTunes link) is a service that helps you automatically navigate phone trees to get right to an operator (exactly what companies don’t want you to do). Install the application, browse of search the included companies, and select the one you want. Direct Line then calls the number and preselects the appropriate choices to get you to an actual person. The service operates much ...
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glongman said:
neat idea. Incredibly difficult to keep the "maps" of company call tree up to date. I would venture to guess its harder than what we do at Overlay TV to import videos from sites like Veoh and Tudou - their sites change frequently.
Arctic ice 'is at tipping point' (3)
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Cool Stuff: Hot Toys Bank Robber Joker 1/6th Figure (16)
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Hot Toys is releasing a 1/6th scale figure of The Joker in “Bank Robber” mode. The figure stands 12-inches tall, features 32-points of articulation, and comes with a choice of two removable heads, one with a huge grin, the other with the slicked back hair. Accessories include a removable clown mask, handgun, a bigger gun, duffle bag, smoke and fragmentation grenades, playing cards, gotham city money and more. More photos after the jump. Cool Stuff ...
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Fourbin said:
Really want this for my desk.
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Anas said:
the little grenades! This is an awesome toy.
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Glen Hentz said:
WANT!!!!!!
Apple expected to beat the Street in September quarter (2)
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Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Apple FinancialWe recently reported on Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster's expectations of phenomenal iPhone sales over the next year, and now he's back with more happy Apple news!As reported on Macsimum News, Munster looked at preliminary July sales results from NPD Group, did some extrapolation, and came up with numbers showing that both iPod and Mac sales could beat Wall Street's expectations for the quarter ending September 30, 2008.Munster's prognostications ...
Largest Squid Ever Caught Is "Giant, Gelatinous Blob" (4)
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Despite its species' fearsome reputation, the colossal squid was likely sluggish and would have been filled with thousands of glowing babies, said a scientist who dissected her.
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Allison said:
one of my secret desires is to see one of these alive in its natural habitat...reminds me of an arthur c clarke book I read many years ago
13 Free and Cheap Website Monitoring Services (37)
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Everyone seems to have their own website or blog nowadays. But do you want someone else to tell you your site is down? So what do you do? Corporate IT shops can install some fancy monitoring software suite that can track hundreds of types of software, servers, ports and hardware devices. That monitoring software also normally costs hundreds of thousands for dollars. Most likely, you want to monitor your website for free, or at least ...
Iraq seeking 2011 troop pullout (2)
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Tris, the Free Tetris© iPhone App, is Coming Down (3)
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The developer lets us know [via Giz] that famously lawsuit-happy Tetris©-IP-owners “The Tetris© Company” has contacted him and told him he has to take down Tris. Noah writes: That, I’m afraid, is essentially game over. Do they have a case? No. Not really. I am convinced that if it went to court, the “copyright” claim would get thrown out completely. The trademark, perhaps not — but if I changed the name, to e.g. “Trys”, that ...
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Jesse said:
Better go pick this up before it gets removed from the AppStore!
The Joker’s Fatality (11)
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/Gamer has video of The Joker’s Fatality from the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe video game. You have to admit, it’s pretty funny. Related Stories Mortal Kombat vs. DC Gets Fatalities Cher as Catwoman? Superman Reboot Confirmed Fan Art: Kristen Bell as Harley Quinn and Anne Hathaway as Batgirl LOL: Batman’s New Batmobile Fan Created Dark Knight Sequel Movie Poster
George Michael plays 'last' shows (1)
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Virus-Infecting Virus Fuels Definition of Life Debate (7)
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The discovery of a massive virus that suffers from another virus has reignited speculation over whether the agents of infection should be considered life-forms.
