News tagged with entertainment


Ubisoft's madcap 'Rabbids' breeding US fans

Technology / Software

created May 31, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

French videogame titan Ubisoft is turning E3 into a playground for "Rabbids," madcap videogame rabbits breeding fans throughout Europe and the United States.


Spaniard sued for music file-sharing networks

Technology / Internet

created May 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Recording companies went to court Tuesday claiming euro13 million ($17.5 million) from a Spaniard they accuse of profiting from computer programs he designed to allow free music downloads over the Internet.


Liberty Media CEO says DirecTV sale 'possible'

Technology / Business

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The chief executive of Liberty Media Corp. said Friday that a sale of DirecTV to a phone company is possible after its planned spin-off.


US computer software giant Microsoft announced plans to buy BigPark Inc., an interactive online game company

Microsoft buying Canadian online game company

Technology / Business

created May 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US computer software giant Microsoft announced plans on Thursday to buy BigPark Inc., an interactive online game company based in Vancouver.


Broadband ISPs test download caps, face resistance from more data-heavy users

Technology / Telecom

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

All-you-can-eat buffets lose a lot of their luster when you have to pay by the pound. Will the same hold true for broadband Internet access?


Company pulls plug on 'Fallujah' video game

Technology / Software

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The publisher behind a video game based on one of the Iraq war's fiercest battles has pulled the plug on the title, called "Six Days in Fallujah."


Adobe extends Flash to TVs, Blu-ray players

Technology / Software

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

(AP) -- Adobe Systems Inc. is extending its Flash platform to digital home entertainment devices like TV sets, Blu-ray players and set-top boxes.


Sweden: hundreds protest Pirate Bay conviction

Technology / Internet

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

(AP) -- Wearing bandanas and waving Jolly Roger flags, hundreds of supporters of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay demonstrated on Saturday against a Swedish court's conviction of the Internet site's organizers.


4 convicted in Pirate Bay file-sharing trial (AP)

Hollywood scores win over Pirate Bay, 4 convicted

Technology / Internet

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (13) | comments 44

(AP) -- The entertainment industry won round one Friday in a legal battle against file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay, with guilty verdicts and one-year prison sentences handed down to four men accused of running ...


Google, music labels launch China download service (AP)

Google, music labels launch China download service

Technology / Internet

created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Google Inc. and major music companies launched a free Internet music download service for China on Monday in a bid to help turn a field dominated by pirates into a profitable, legitimate business.


Warner Bros. brings film vault into digital age

Technology / Hi Tech

created Mar 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Warner Bros. is reaching into its film vaults so it can sell old movies on made-to-order DVDs, in a move it hopes will goose sales of a vital product in a downturn.


A person uses the iPhone in December 2008 in Paris

iPhone porn goes 3D

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 1

IPhone lovers can use their hot devices to view steamy adult videos in 3D.


Another Dimension in Technology Awaits

Another Dimension in Technology Awaits

Technology / Hi Tech

created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

If you’ve been to the movies lately, chances are your popcorn came with a pair of 3-D glasses.


Web 2.0 for the real world

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers working on some of the most fundamental issues facing the future internet paradigm have developed - in their spare time, no less - a mobile platform that brings some of the most powerful ...


'Digital living room' getting closer

Technology / Hi Tech

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The digital living room is still under construction, but consumers can now get a glimpse of what it might look like.