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- Video: Horrible bootleg 'Tron 2' trailer is still awesome
- A movie trailer has to be pretty amazing to make it worth watching as a blurry, in-the-distance covert capture from somebody's cell phone. This sneak peak at Tron 2 from Comic-Con International accomplishes that rare feat. by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Movie, Video, Gizmodo, Movie Trailer, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-07-28
- How do I adjust my autoplay settings in Windows Vista?
- In this post, you will learn how to adjust your CD or DVD when placed in the drive bay. by Steven Warren
- Tags: DVD Movie, CD, Movie, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Steven Warren
- Blog posts 2008-06-29
- Video: Vintage Apple Lisa ad starring Kevin Costner
- Almost every major Hollywood star has that embarrassing role in their past that hopefully no one will ever dredge up and link in their IMDB entries. For Kevin Costner, it may be a toss-up between Waterworld and this vintage Apple Lisa TV commercial. by Jay Garmon
- Tags: Advertisement, Vintage, Movie, Apple Inc., Video, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-06-16
- Pic: The true story behind Pac-Man
- Back before the days of cinematic cut scenes, tie-in novels and movie adaptations, video gamers had to presume much of the backstory for their beloved pixelated pastimes. In some cases this was simple. Asteroids, obviously, was about a spaceship navigating...
- Tags: Movie, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
- Why Pay for a Bad Movie?
- One of the wonders of the Internet is the ability to stream content to your desktop. One of the wonders of Hollywood (not to mention a whole host of other places like Hong Kong, India, Thailand, England and others) is to make low-budget pictures. Combine the two and you've created...
- Tags: Movie, Jerry Taylor
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Iron Man vs. Open Source
- First, I must apologize. I know this is old news. But today I saw the Iron Man movie (quite awesome, I must say) and was inspired when I came home and did a search, "Iron Man open source" on Google. I was surprised that I actually had a lot of...
- Tags: Software, Movie, Tony Stark, Open Source, Jack Wallen
- Blog posts 2008-05-04
- Movie review: Iron Man
- Last night, your friendly neighborhood Trivia Geek scored tickets to a free sneak preview of Iron Man, the kickoff flick for the geek summer movie season that opens worldwide on Friday. First impressions: I'd pay to see it again. And will, at full price, this weekend. (Quick...
- Tags: Movie, Iron Man, Robert Downey Jr., Tony Stark, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Rundown: Geek movies of summer 2008
- In movie industry terms, the "summer movie season" actually begins before summer, on the first weekend in May (as in, this weekend, which is why we're resurrecting this post from March), and ends before summer, on the last weekend in August. There are 18 geek-centric major motion pictures scheduled for...
- Tags: Film, Anime, Movie, Robots, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Emerging Technologies, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Video: Incredible Hulk movie trailer
- Remember when everybody was excited about Ang Lee directing Hulk, and then we all got massively disappointed because the Hulk didn't really fight anybody, was nothing like the '70s TV show we all loved, and the showdown with his dad, who was kinda The Absorbing man, took like 30...
- Tags: Movie, Video, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- Video: Iron Man movie trailer
- I'll be the first guy to admit that I take comic book movies seriously, but its nice to see that director Jon Favreau gets how snarky cool an Iron Man movie can be. This little beauty kicks off the summer geek movie season. (Found via Geeks of...
- Tags: Movie, Video, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-02-29
- Sci-fi rant: What should have happened (but didn't) in Spider-Man 3
- So long as we're talking about ways geeks could improve Hollywood, lets indulge in a little "What if...?" revisionist speculation. Many have argued that Spider-Man 2 was the greatest comic book movie ever made, and there's some financial data to back up that claim. Combined with the...
- Tags: Movie, Rage, Venom, Pete, Harry, Symbiote, Jay Garmon
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Photos: Skinny on MacBook Air, movie rentals
- Steve Jobs kicks off Macworld 2008 with the announcement of "the world's thinnest notebook," updates to the iPhone, and more. by CNET News.com
- Tags: news, apple, steve jobs, macbook air, macworld, TechRepublic Inc., Movie, Apple MacBook, Photograph, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-01-16
- Will iTunes & Netflix make Blu-ray's "victory" meaningless?
- Two of the biggest stories leading up to CES were the announcement by Warner Bros. to go Blu-ray exclusive and the announcement of integration of Netflix's streaming service into consumer electronics hardware. Personally, I wasn't at all happy about the first one (considering I have two HD-DVD players at home),...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., HD-DVD, Movie, Disc, Delivery, Hardware, Blu-ray, Apple iTunes, Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Shawn Morton
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- Danica Patrick talks racing tech at CES 2008
- When companies come to CES, many draw a crowd with movie stars, professional athletes, and even a band or two. Indy car driver Danica Patrick was at GoDaddy.com's tent, where TechRepublic's Jason Hiner caught up with her. Danica explained the technology used by her Indy car racing team, her CES...
- Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Movie, CES2008, CES, geekend, gadgets, show, conference, godaddy.com, danica patrick, racing, TechRepublic Inc.
- Videos 2008-01-09
- How do I... Create animation with ActionScript 3.0 in Flash CS3?
- In a previous How Do I..? blog entry, I showed you how easy it is to create an animated movie using Flash CS3's Timeline, utilizing keyframes and Motion Tween actions. However, it's well-known among professional Flash developers that if you want really responsive, snappy and attention-getting animation, you should animate...
- Tags: Movie, Stage, Palette, Animation, Layer, John Lee
- Blog posts 2007-12-17
- YouTube Movie Ripper (EXE)
- The purpose of this program is to allow you to download rip movies from YouTube.com and save them on your hard drive or Flash drive. Create a personal library of movies and music videos. A built-in Search allows you to Rip directly from Search results within the program. The default...
- Tags: Movie, YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing
- Software downloads 2007-11-30
- Star Trek XI officially scheduled--Brace for impact!
- Retro TrekStar Trek isn't about going backward. Its about moving forward. I would have thought that woudl have been evident by Enterprise's lack of success. I may not have been a fan of Voyager and Deep Space Nine, but at least they moved forward. Now the new Trek movie is...
- Tags: becky.cashdollar@..., movie, Star Trek, TNG
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- Windows PC back-up for Vista
- I have a small query on the Windows PC back-up. I brought the Sony VGN-SZ670N/C laptop a month and a half before with Vista business loaded. As a promotion, I was provided with Spiderman3 movie loaded on my machine. I had taken a complete Windows PC back-up after I brought...
- Tags: Desktops, ukbasu@..., Windows PC, PC, movie, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-11-12
- Movie -- > Pictures
- All,I have a close friend, who lost someone dear to her. She had her new camera, and she thought she was taking pictures of him at their last dinner, before he passed away, but instead...she took a bunch of 2-3 sec movies...with the movie feature.I need to get these...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Corporate communications, madams97, AVS Video Tools, movie
- Discussion threads 2007-11-10
- Top 10 sci-fi/fantasy books that should be movies
- Can't see any of the best books as movies...given the way movie-makers butcher good books. Many of my favorite books have been made into movies that royally suck. Dune, Starship Troopers, Battlefield Earth, The Stand... Great books, pitiful excuses for flicks.Tales from the CultureI'd recommend a couple...
- Tags: wellsl@..., movie
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
