Monday, December 11, 2006
The Shadow Knows
So after 75 years of the Shadow’s creation, Hollywood will try once again to pump life into the Shadow and cast some new adventures with a soon to be big budget movie by Columbia Pictures who acquired the rights to the character and will be produced Spider-Man director
technorati tags:entertainment, pop-culture
Wikipedia founder remakes Web publishing economics
"It is open-source software and open content," Wales said in a phone interview. "We will be providing the computer hosting for free, and the publisher can keep the advertising revenue."That could prove disruptive to business models of Web sites that provide free services to customers but require a cut of any resulting revenue in return.Wikia gives away the tools and the revenue to its users. It requires only that sites built with the company's resources link to Wikia.com, which makes money through advertising.Wikia calls the free-hosting service "OpenServing" (http://www.openserving.com)
Wikipedia founder remakes Web publishing economics - Yahoo! News
technorati tags:current events, technology
Mauritian Sunset
The resulting wall stretched accross the centre of the main room of the gallery, wall to wall and floor to ceiling, the rear of the computers facing the windows onto the street. A small doorway was built into the wall, only five and a half foot tall, and two foot wide. The monitors facing forwards showed flat colour, working over the wall to create a rough gradient representation of a classic sunset.
Sandy Smith - Mauritian Sunset
technorati tags:art, technology
Police issue Wii warning
Gamers purchasing Wiis in London this morning have been getting a safety warning from the Metropolitan Police in the form of a letter detailing safety guidelines for avoiding would-be muggers.The safety warning - which is being given away with Wii consoles in London HMV stores - alerts Wii purchasers that their new console is "a highly coveted and exclusive device" and that "as such there could be criminal elements looking to try and take the machine.""Thieves love an easy target [so] please keep your machine covered up and if you see anything suspicious on your way to the store or coming home then tell somebody," the letter reads.
Wii News: Police issue Wii warning - ComputerAndVideoGames.com
technorati tags:current events
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