Apple released the 10.5.4 update today. It is available via Software Update.
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Here is the trailer for the new Daniel Craig, Bond film — Quantum of Solace. It looks pretty good. Quantum of Solace has a different director than Casino Royale. This time the Bond movie will be directed by Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, The Kite Runner, Stranger than Fiction). I’m hoping it is at least as [...]
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Here is the second trailer for the upcoming animated feature film, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, set to hit theaters on August 15, 2008. Find out more at the official website. Buy: Amazon | Amazon UK
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Friday night my wife and I had the evening all to ourselves, so we figured it would be a good time to go on a date, and what better date movie is there than Wanted? Heh As I walked out of the theater after the movie, I declared, “Wanted – a ridiculously fun movie”. I [...]
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I saw the trailer for Death Race Last night when I went to see Wanted. It looks like another action packed Jason Statham movie. Death Race is a loose remake of Death Race 2000 (1975). Ex-con Jensen Ames (Statham) is forced by the warden of a notorious prison (Allen) to compete in our post-industrial world’s [...]
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DXG recently introduced the DXG-567V and aimed its sights at the Flip Ultra. Priced very closely to the Flip, the DXG-567V has a lot to offer, namely a much higher resolution (1280×720 vs. the Flip’s 640×480) and an SD slot with SDHC compatibility up to 8GB (as opposed to the Flip’s 2GB built-in memory). Buy [...]
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My DVD of Funny Games arrived yesterday, and I had a chance to watch it last night. A little background first. Funny Games is a remake of a film from 10 years earlier by the same writer/director, Michael Haneke. There is not a lot I can say about Funny Games without spoiling it for those [...]
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Dino Dai Zovi has a fairly comprehensive list of the security-related features he hopes Snow Leopard will implement. Real ASLR (address space layout randomization). Full use of hardware-enforced Non-eXecutable memory (NX). Default 64-bit native execution for any security-sensitive processes. Sandbox policies for Safari, Mail.app, and third-party applications. Mandatory code signing for any kernel extensions. Read [...]
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Speaking of electric vehicles, Ben Nelson has details on his conversion of a Kawasaki KZ440 to electric. This motorcycle has a range of about 20 miles and a top speed of 45 MPH. [via hack a day]
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What you see here is just a body prototype for a 3-wheeled elctric car without any specific drivetrain details, other than electric, 100-mile range, and 100mph top speed. Interesting nevertheless. The prototype was design by Applied Technologies in Maumee, OH, and will be shipped to California where a team will work on the drivetrain for [...]
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