Early Windows 8 features to include startup performance boost, visual login, and improved graphics (Update: Windows Store, no more 1394?) Sure, Microsoft might be selling seven copies of Windows 7 a second, but that doesn’t mean Redmond isn’t planning for the future: the software giant is purportedly beginning to prep ODMs on Windows 8,...
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Shyamalan Rants About ‘Airbender’ and RacismThe Last Airbender might be able to bend air, but he can’t fend off the waves of racial criticism thrown at M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film. As Eugene outlined earlier this year, it started when the casting notices started to pour in and the lead roles were given to...
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Watch This: New ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’ Trailer! This brand spankin’ new trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will make you quiver in your Quidditch cloak. This high-def trailer teases us with a taste of both the first and second Deathly Hallows movies. Here we see Harry, Hermione, Ron, and...
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Watch This: ‘The LXD,’ AKA The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers Between ‘Dancing with the Stars,’ ‘So You Think You Can Dance,’ ‘America’s Best Dance Crew,’ and the You Got Served/Stomp the Yard/Step Up films, dance fans have seen the art form enjoy a pop culture rebirth of late. Later this summer, Step Up 2:...
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Internet’s wild car videos spawn new TLC special Filed under: Etc., Videos Out of Control Drivers on TLC – Click above to watch previews after the jump You know what TV producers love? Cheap, sensational content. That, incidentally, is the Internet’s number one export. Marry the two and you have TLC’s newest special: Out...
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Subaru prices 2011 Impreza, adds new paint colors Filed under: Car Buying, Sedan, Hatchback, Subaru 2011 Subaru Impreza WRX STI – Click above for high-res image gallery Subaru has released pricing on its non-turbocharged Impreza models (which doesn’t include the pictures WRX STI, sorry), and you’ll be glad to know that your procrastination has...
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First Official Look at the New Conan the Barbarian When it was announced that Stargate: Atlantis actor Jason Momoa would be picking up Arnold Schwarzenegger’s sword for the Conan reboot, a lot of fans were up in arms. The reasons appeared to be multifold, but the most common complaint was that Momoa — who’s...
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First ‘Green Hornet’ Images; Trailer to Arrive at Midnight After the flurry of initial publicity for The Green Hornet (including a ComicCon appearance of The Black Beauty), things have fallen quiet on the buzz front as the film goes into post-production, and is revamped for 3D. But that’s changing today! Yahoo! Movies debuted the...
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Video: Latest Gran Turismo 5 trailer reveals Stig, Vettel, and night racing Filed under: Motorsports, Etc., Technology, Videos, Toys/Games New Gran Turismo 5 trailer – Click above to watch video after the jump Now that we have an official launch date for Polyphony Digital’s Gran Turismo 5, it’s hard to contain our anticipation. It...
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Followup: Dodge FIFA World Cup ad forgets where the Challenger is built Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Marketing/Advertising, Videos, Dodge, Canada Three horsemen of the Revolutionary War – Click above for high-res image gallery Is there anything more American than taking someone else’s hard work and claiming it for our own? Probably not. Maybe it’s...
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