Archive for March, 2008
“Indiana Jones” trailer runs on widget power
When a second trailer for “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” premieres online this week, it should spread as fast as the first, thanks to a widget.Paramount is counting on the small, portable applications that can be posted on blogs and social networks to maximize the exposure for its trailers. The first [...]
Apple talking to labels about unlimited music: report
Apple is in talks with major music companies to offer customers free access to its entire iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPods and iPhones, the Financial Times said.
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Google could be superseded, Says web inventor
Google may eventually be displaced as the pre-eminent brand on the internet by a company that harnesses the power of next-generation web technology, the inventor of the World Wide Web has said.
The search giant had developed an extremely effective way of searching for pages on the internet, Tim Berners-Lee said, but that ability paled [...]
Camera ‘looks’ through clothing
A camera that can “see” explosives, drugs and weapons hidden under clothing from 25 metres has been invented. The ThruVision system could be deployed at airports, railway stations or other public spaces.
It is based on so-called “terahertz”, or T-ray, technology, normally used by astronomers to study dying stars.
Although it is able to see through [...]
GTA IV to sell 9m units, ship 6m in first week
With the highly-anticipated title Grand Theft Auto IV due for release late next month, Wedbush Morgan has said that it expects the game to sell over nine million units during the fiscal year, and that Take-Two is likely to ship six million of those in the first week of sale.
The analyst predicts the game will [...]