Nikon officially announced today the release of the new D90 digital SLR. The D90 is based on Nikon’s D300 and has 12.3 effective megapixels. Also of note is that the D90 is the world’s first SLR with movie shooting functionality capable of recording in 320 x 216 pixels, 640 x 424 pixels or HD720p (1,280 [...]
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Here is the trailer for Humboldt County. A disillusioned medical student is stranded for a summer in a remote community of counterculture pot farmers, the last place in the world he imagined he would discover himself. Release date: September 26, 2008 Rating: R Directed by: Darren Grodsky, Danny Jacobs Starring: Jeremy Strong, Fairuza Balk, Peter [...]
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Here are the opening credits for RocknRolla via Danny Yount. The design on this sequence is just plain awesome! Release date: October 31, 2008 (USA) Rating: R Written and Directed by: Guy Ritchie Starring: Gerard Butler, Gemma Arterton, Jeremy Piven, Thandie Newton, Tom Wilkinson, Mark Strong, Idris Elba, Toby Kebbell, Chris Bridges, Tom Hardy, Karel [...]
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A disturbing article in USA Today reveals that far too many drugs are being detected in our drinking water, and this is largely due to the fact that most water treatment plants do not have a means by which to remove the drug residue. A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers [...]
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Lenovo is calling the ThinkPad W-Series their “most powerful notebooks ever”. Both models can be configured with up to a 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor. The W500 comes with an ATI Mobility FireGL V5700 with 512MB VRAM, 1 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM Memory, 100GB hard drive 7200rpm, 15.4-inch LCD display, and a [...]
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The Archos Internet Media Tablets are available for order. The devices come in 60 GB, 120 GB, 160 GB, 250 GB, and even 320 GB capacities. The tablets come in 4.8-inch or 7-inch size touchscreens, and have both WiFi and 3G connectivity options. Optional accessories include a DVR dock and a camcorder. Buy: Archos Internet [...]
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Here is the trailer for Frost/Nixon. A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon. Directed by: Ron Howard Starring: Kevin Bacon as Jack Brennan, Sam Rockwell as James Reston Jr., Michael Sheen as David Frost, Matthew Macfadyen as John Burt, Oliver Platt as Bob [...]
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Here is the trailer for Forever Strong. A talented-but-troubled rugby player (Faris) must play against the team his father (McDonough) coaches at the national championship. Directed by: Ryan Little Starring: Gary Cole as Coach Larry Gelwix, Sean Faris as Rick Penning, Neal McDonough as Coach Richard Penning, Sean Astin as Marcus Release date: September 26, [...]
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I didn’t see Mel Brooks’ 1974 film, Young Frankenstein, until about 3 years ago, but when I finally saw, I thought it was one of the funniest movies I had ever seen. Fox is bringing it to Blu-ray in 1080p AVC video accompanied by a 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack. Included on the Young Frankenstein [...]
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Here is an interesting use for the Wii Fit input device. Walk through Google Maps Street View. [via WiiBlog]
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