News & Society

June's PlayStation 3 firmware release didn't include 3-D Blu-ray capabilities, but Sony is on the case, and they've announced that the expected update will instead come in October. Some thought the feature might arrive in September, but Sony has cleared the air and committed to next moth. Sony CEO Howard Stringer didn't set a specific date, but he was comfortable enough to pick a month during...

Despite US President Obama declarationuesday of an end to the combat mission in Iraq, combat almost certainly lies ahead. And in asserting the U.S. has met its responsibilities in Iraq, the president opened the door wide to a debate about the meaning of success in the muddle that most — but not all — American troops are leaving behind. A look at some of the statements Obama made in his...

Blizzard would be on board with a StarCraft movie . Who wouldn't be? But they have some pretty specific conditions. One is that James Cameron would direct this film. Rob Pardo of Blizzard spoke with MTV Multiplayer and said that he'd do the flick if Cameron was on board. We've always had an interest in seeing our stuff on film or TV. It's just tricky to find the right partners. We probably...

Cassandra has blogged in her latest entry on myeg.net about her husband NL Manuel 'Grubby' Schenkhuizen's WarCraft III career and some of the difficulties he faces now soldiering on in that RTS game. The blog takes on a wistful and mildly melancholy tone as Cassandra looks back across some of the happier and busier periods of the Dutch Orc player's time in the WarCraft III scene. She picks out...

It’s time to stop talking about the what, why or how of the Mark Hurd debacle and start speculating about what HP needs in its next CEO and who will become the next CEO . love the drama as much as anyone, but it’s just time already to move on. While I know there was cheering on the part of at least some of the workforce when the HP Board pushed both Carly Fiorina and Mark Hurd out, both...

A 4.9-magnitude quake has rocked Utah on April 15th, 2010, the Geological Survey says, trapping an unknown number of people in rubble after many buildings tumbled in the temblor. This is just a description of a ordinary one. The follow are the lists of recent immense earthquakes . April 13th, 2010, southern Qinghai of China is attacked by a 6.9-magnitude earthquake. April 11th, 2010, Spain...

Alothough actors or actresses are not getting much money as they did in the past, but you won't worry about your foutune if you are one of those people who has the super power to appeal money. Here is the remuneration rank of people who made a living by TV Drama Series (Per Episode) Hugh Laurie (House) $400,000+ Christopher Meloni & Mariska Hargitay (Law & order:...

Earthquake is coming! Earthquake strikes! Gossips of Doomsday are imminent! People are worried about their future, especially after seeing the film--2012, which shows us the end of the world. What makes things worse is that it is not unusual for you to notice that people talks about earthquake. Devastating and terrible earthquake hit Wenchuan County in Sichuan Province, Tibet, Yunnan Province,...

The FT released the Global 500 companies 2010 yesterday morning. In the Top 10 companies, except for Australian mining giants, BHP Billiton, Chinese and American enterprises take over all the seats. Three Chinese companies in the Top 10 while the American enterprise is occupied six seats. No.1 CNPC, China, market value: $3293 billion, Ranking of last year: 2 No.2　Exxon Mobil, USA,...

New whispers of a next-generation iPad “Mini” and iPhone 5 have just been uttered online, and they hint at new Apple hardware hitting market in early 2011. Now, before we go any further, we’re filing this speculation in our “rumors so shaky it hurts” file, so it’s probably a good idea to take all this info with a heaping spoonful of salt. According to the rumor, we’re due to...

Xe máy điện có khả năng tăng tốc từ 0 đến 100km/giờ trong vòng… 10 giây dự kiến ra mắt thị trường Việt Nam vào cuối năm nay.  Loại xe này sẽ do công ty Sunfat Việt Nam lắp ráp với động cơ điện do một hãng Mỹ cung cấp.   Theo đại diện nhà sản xuất, chiếc xenày chẳng...

A 4.9-magnitude quake has rocked Utah on April 15th, 2010, the Geological Survey says, trapping an unknown number of people in rubble after many buildings tumbled in the temblor. This is just a description of a ordinary one. The follow are the lists of recent immense earthquakes . April 13th, 2010, southern Qinghai of China is attacked by a 6.9-magnitude earthquake. April 11th, 2010, Spain...

Alothough actors or actresses are not getting much money as they did in the past, but you won't worry about your foutune if you are one of those people who has the super power to appeal money. Here is the remuneration rank of people who made a living by TV Drama Series (Per Episode) Hugh Laurie (House) $400,000+ Christopher Meloni & Mariska Hargitay (Law & order:...

It seems that Lady Gaga stopped by the Apple headquarters in Cupertino recently. No word as to why she visited, so please give me your best guesses Lady Gaga was at 1 Infinite Loop, Apple’s headquarters. She was photographed with Apple employees outside the main building. It is unknown at this point why the pop star visited Apple’s offices but there are speculations that Lady Gaga will be...

Earthquake is coming! Earthquake strikes! Gossips of Doomsday are imminent! People are worried about their future, especially after seeing the film--2012, which shows us the end of the world. What makes things worse is that it is not unusual for you to notice that people talks about earthquake. Devastating and terrible earthquake hit Wenchuan County in Sichuan Province, Tibet, Yunnan Province,...