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Best Buy embraces digital delivery of home video

Technology / Internet

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Best Buy Co. is trying to nudge consumers away from its stores' DVD aisles by making it easier for them to rent and buy movies over high-speed Internet connections.


British UFO sightings spiked when blockbusters released

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 17, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Lemon-headed aliens, scrambled fighter jets and mysterious lights over a cemetery were among details of some 800 UFO sightings released by British authorities Monday.


Giant alien robots start life as sketches (AP)

Giant alien robots start life as sketches

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 5

(AP) -- Giant alien robots don't actually exist. So the dozens featured in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" had to be built from the ground up.


Sony offers 'Cloudy' early to people with its TVs

Technology / Business

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- In a bid to sell living room electronics and spur buzz for "Cloudy with A Chance of Meatballs," Sony Corp. is offering the movie for free to U.S. buyers of its Internet-connected TVs and Blu-ray players starting ...


Fair goers play games of manufacturer Ubisoft at a fair in 2008

Blockbuster videogame line-up to spark E3 magic

Technology / Software

created May 31, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Videogame makers are defying horrid economic times with an annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) brimming with blockbuster titles and unbridled pizzazz.


Redbox's machines take on Netflix's red envelopes

Technology / Business

created Jun 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- With more subscribers than ever flocking to its DVD-by-mail service, Netflix Inc. is one of the few companies to prosper during the worst U.S. recession in 70 years. Yet Netflix CEO Reed Hastings still has something ...


New `Call of Duty' could set entertainment record (AP)

New 'Call of Duty' could set entertainment record

Technology / Software

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- This holiday season's biggest entertainment blockbuster likely will be a sequel to a popular franchise, with jarring depictions of war and an intricate story of good versus evil. It could easily rake ...


This image courtesy of MTV and Harmonix Music Systems shows a clip from The Beatles Rock Band videogame

The Beatles rock music invasion reborn in videogame

Technology / Software

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The Beatles rock-and-roll invasion that conquered the music scene in the 1960s has been reborn in a hotly-anticipated assault on the world of videogames.


Blockbuster to offer movies on Motorola phones

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Blockbuster Inc. plans to offer movies that can be watched on Motorola Inc. cell phones. It marks the struggling rental company's first step into mobile video and is its latest effort at chasing down the customers ...


US videogame lovers are adapting to tough economic times by turning to low-cost online play

Low-cost online computer gaming surges in US

Technology / Internet

created Jul 11, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

US videogame lovers are adapting to tough economic times by turning to low-cost online play, according to figures released Friday by industry tracker comScore.


Historical movies help students learn, but separating fact from fiction can be challenge

Historical movies help students learn, but separating fact from fiction can be challenge

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Students who learn history by watching historically based blockbuster movies may be doomed to repeat the historical mistakes portrayed within them, suggests a new study from Washington University ...


Redbox sues 20th Century Fox in DVD dispute

Technology / Business

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- DVD rental kiosk company Redbox said Wednesday it has sued 20th Century Fox over the movie studio's attempts to delay its titles from appearing in Redbox vending machines.


Blockbuster to stream video rentals on Samsung TVs

Technology / Business

created Jul 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Having been a step behind in the race to pipe entertainment from the Internet to television screens, struggling video rental-chain Blockbuster Inc. is counting on a new partnership with Samsung Electronics America ...


AstraZeneca e-mails show debate on Seroquel risks

Medicine & Health / Medications

created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Marketing executives at British drugmaker AstraZeneca PLC for years blocked efforts by company scientists to raise concerns antipsychotic drug Seroquel caused weight gain and other problems, saying that would harm ...


Guitar Hero is demonstrated at the E3 Expo in Los Angeles

Bands catching rhythm of music videogames

Technology / Software

created Jun 04, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Videogames are getting their groove on with a collection of new music titles, as bands including the legendary Beatles are won over to a new platform for selling their songs.