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Norway court snubs call to block The Pirate Bay

Technology / Internet

created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A court in Norway on Friday rejected calls from the entertainment industry to force communications giant Telenor to block its customers from accessing popular file sharing website The Pirate Bay.


'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world (AP)

'Avatar' video game to expand film's alien world

Technology / Software

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- James Cameron was thinking beyond the big screen when he created the alien world of Pandora. The "Titanic" director worked in tandem with video game developer Ubisoft Montreal on the game based on ...


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Comcast bid for NBC Universal could be sealed next week: source

Technology / Business

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Comcast's bid to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal from General Electric could be sealed next week if GE reaches an agreement with Vivendi, a source close to the matter said Wednesday.





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STMicroelectronics and ARM Team Up to Power Next-Generation Home Entertainment

Technology / Semiconductors

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

STMicroelectronics, one of the world’s leading set-top-box chip makers, and ARM, announced today that ST has adopted the ARM Cortex-A9 MPCore processor, in addition to the Mali-400 graphics processor, for its upcoming set-top-box ...


'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs (AP)

'Call of Duty' sells $310M in N Amer, UK in 24 hrs

Technology / Software

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- First-day sales of Activision Blizzard Inc.'s "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" broke records, raking in an estimated $310 million in North America and the United Kingdom alone.


Don't be happy, be worried: Sports fans need dose of negative

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

For sports fans watching their favorite team play, the greatest enjoyment comes only with a strong dollop of fear and maybe even near-despair, a new study suggests.


'Call of Duty' setting entertainment records

Technology / Business

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2" is blasting its way into entertainment history.


Sony chief executive outlines turnaround plan (AP)

Sony chief executive outlines turnaround plan

Technology / Business

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Sony said it aims to be profitable in gaming and flat-panel TVs by the fiscal year ending March 2011, pushing 3-D technology as a way to showcase its strength in entertainment and surface from deep ...


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 ...


Chinese site to steer users to legit music source

Technology / Internet

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A free and legal song download service says it now will be getting traffic from China's largest search engine, which is trying to reduce online music piracy.


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Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 friend Facebook

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Users of the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles can now brag about their achievements on Facebook.


Building the smart home wirelessly

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Like the paperless office, the smart home has been a long time coming, but a report published in the International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology, suggests that radio tags coupled with mobile communications device ...


US telecom firm Verizon launched a high-definition movie channel, EPIX, on Friday, letting subscribers watch films

Verizon launches TV-online movie channel

Technology / Telecom

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

US telecom firm Verizon launched a high-definition movie channel on Friday, letting subscribers watch films on-demand on televisions or on the Internet.



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