New Watchmen Movie Poster Helps Gets Fans Excited For Upcoming Film (2008)
The new Watchmen movie poster shows the ill-fated Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) falling out a high rise window.
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CNN Gets Wacky On Election Night With Hologram Reporters (2008)
Every election, the news networks will try to dazzle viewers with new technologies and graphics that add a little eye candy to hours of dry election coverage. From the Microsoft Surface to some other proprietary software platform, this year, touchscreens were all the rage.
See the Winner of Saudi Arabia’s Most Beautiful Goat Contest
Say hello to the winner of Saudi Arabia's first "Most Beautiful Goat" competition. Spectators were not only treated to beautiful views of Najdi goats, but were also serenaded by poets who recited verses in praise of the goats over loudspeakers.
MSNBC Unveils New Website for The Rachel Maddow Show
With the launch of the Rachel Maddow website, viewers can now enjoy the "The Rachel Maddow Show" on any platform, anytime
U2 And National Geographic Announce ‘U2 3D’ Concert Documentary
National Geographic secured the rights to the concert documentary titled "U2 3D" featuring the Irish rock band U2. The release date for the film is January 2008 in 3-D only.
CNBC’s Daytime Viewership Nearly Doubles During 2008 Recession
CNBC sees their daytime ratings nearly double as viewers tune in for news about the 2008 recession and the volatile US stock market.
What Were The Best Friars Club Jokes From The Matt Lauer Roast?
TODAY Show anchor Matt Lauer was the butt of many dirty jokes during the Matt Lauer Roast at the infamous Friar's Club.
Barack Obama Halloween Mask Listed As A ‘Terrorist Costume’ On Amazon
An Amazon Seller probably has a lot of explaining to do today. Someone categorized a Barack Obama Halloween mask as a 'Terrorist Costume' in the Apparel section.
Ping.fm goes down. But for how long?
If you tried to use Ping.fm today, you might have noticed some... major problems. For the record, Ping.fm isn't shutting down. It's looks like a simple domain registration and hosting company communication issue.
Apple Announces New Notebooks and LED Displays (2008)
Moments ago, Steve Jobs announced new super slim models of the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air and a LED-backlit cinema display at Apple headquarters in Cupertino, CA. Sorry kids. A MacBook Touch was NOT announced. Rumors Apple would announce a touchscreen laptop have been swirling around the Internet since July. But in the Q&A session …
Market woes affect $42 million lottery winner
A winner of a $42 million Mega Millions jackpot in Michigan may do something almost unheard of: receive the money in installments rather than getting a smaller, one-time cash payment. The winner of the October 3 jackpot indicated a preference for taking the annuity. State lottery spokeswoman Andi Brancato says she can’t remember a Mega …
Apple Plans MacBook Event as $800 Laptop Rumors Clog the Blogosphere
According to an Apple email sent to the press Thursday afternoon, on October 14th “The spotlight turns to notebooks.” What does this cryptic message mean? According to Ed Sutherland from CultOfMac.com, information coming from several sources including a Taiwanese blog (most Apple products are made in Taiwan and they often have inside scoops) and financial …
iPhone 2.2 Firmware Beta Includes Google Street View Feature
Is the Street View feature from Google Maps finally making its way over to the iPhone? For the past few years Google has been sending out special cars mounted with 360º 11-lens cameras that take street level panorama photos for Google Maps. The Street View feature is available online, but it hasn’t made the transition …
CNN’s iReport Under Fire For Fake Jobs Health Report
Friday morning, a number of people jumped on an unverified report that showed up on CNN’s cit j channel iReport.com claiming—erroneously, as it quickly turned out—that Steve Jobs had a heart attack. Never mind that the site clearly bills material as unedited and unfiltered. SAI, among others, connected the words CNN and news, instead, ignoring …
Google Reconsiders Its Aversion to Advertising
Search Giant, Long Reliant on Word-of-Mouth Promotion, Has Held Discussions With Several Madison Avenue Agencies Since its earliest days, Google Inc. has largely promoted its search engine and search-advertising products through word of mouth and partnerships. But in recent months some of the Internet company’s executives have been pushing for the company to overcome its …
NBCU to Tap appssavvy for Facebook iCue
Sometime this month, NBCU will roll out NBC News iCue, a news-themed app designed for Facebook which blends gaming and archival news video NBC Universal has turned to the fast growing appssavvy, a firm focused on selling advertising within the rapidly expanding universe of 3rd party applications on social networking sites, to handles sales responsibilities …
Tina Fey Reprises Her Perfect Parody Of Sarah Palin For SNL (2008)
Tina Fey returned to the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live to reprise her impersonation of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
