methodshop
tech news, reviews & how to's
This article may contain affiliate links.
NBC Universal’s Sci Fi Channel will join with Richard Branson’s Virgin Comics on a co-branded venture that could lead to a new TV series based on newly developed characters and titles. The agreement calls for five initial Sci Fi/Virgin Comics-branded comic books later this year that could lead to content for TV, along with film, …
Twenty-six years and seven snubs after his first Oscar nomination, for “Raging Bull,” Martin Scorsese finally felt the warm embrace of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Sunday as he was named best director and his murderous mob thriller “The Departed” was named the best picture of 2006. “Could you double-check the …
The iDJ is a compact mixing console with 2 built-in iPod docks. Mixing directly from your iPods gives you the ability to utilize thousands tracks from your iTunes collection at your next party or event. If you need to pull audio from additional sources, you’ll be happy to know that the iDJ has two additional …
Vivendi is one of the world’s least-known media and entertainment powers, and that suits CEO Jean-Bernard Levy just fine. He joined as COO in 2002 as Jean-Marie Messier was ousted as CEO. Messier spent lavishly to turn the once-sleepy Paris-based water services firm into a force in Hollywood. The high point was Messier’s acquisition of …
Which lays claim to the bigger Internet audience: YouTube’s “Evolution of Dance” or Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance?” Revver’s “Lonelygirl15” or CBS’ “Two and a Half Men”? Figuring out exactly who’s watching what online is proving to be a frustrating job for measurement firms, which are racing to catch up with the recent …
This week’s 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona has become a must for anyone interested in the future applications possible on mobile phones. The world’s largest wireless event has a list of keynote speakers and attendees signed up for this year’s event, which runs Feb. 12-15 in Barcelona, reads like a who’s who in any industry …
Today there are more ways than ever before to enjoy music. Whether it’s the i-Pod, another MP3 players, a computer, or another more traditional source, this is the ideal speaker system. Compared to one-piece designs, the JVC NX-PS1 offers a much better choice with separate main speakers that can be positioned for the best stereo …
MySpace is to launch on mobile phones in Europe through an exclusive deal with Vodafone. The service will launch first in the UK and then be rolled out to selected key European markets, thought to include Germany, France and Italy. MySpace Mobile will come pre-loaded on selected new Vodafone handsets to offer customers an “off-the-shelf” …
Apparently the writers for The Office, My Name Is Earl, 30 Rock and Scrubs are all obsessed with one thing… they all want to leave you satisfied and smiling. Here’s a video montage from YouTube that crams clips from all 4 shows together in a very creative way. Get ready to go in from behind. …
Note from Steve Capus’ NBC News town hall meeting this afternoon: > “Early 08 will see the use of HD cameras in the field on NBC news productions.” > “NBC Nightly News will go HD in March.” > “MSNBC will move to 30 Rock during the 4th quarter of the year.” > “Capus says MSNBC …
Hello all! Be sure to check out the trailer for Universal’s Smokin’ Aces starring Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Ray Liotta, Ben Affleck, and Common. You can also check out Director Joe Carnahan’s blog. Enjoy!
You might remember hearing about a wave of wounded people when the Nintendo Wii first came out last November. A combination of physically unfit Wii owners and a weak Wiimote strap was causing people to accidentally do things like punch their dogs or dislocate knees. Well apparently everyone’s wounds have healed and they’re starting to …
Have you already ripped all your DVD movies and copied them onto your iPod? Are you still hungry for more? Public Domain Torrents has 800+ free public-domain videos from cult classics like Night of the Living Dead and Swamp Women to animated features like Gulliver’s Travels. Not only are these movies all free, but many …
Las Vegas – CES 2007 (January 8, 2007) – Were you glued to your couch to watch a great play of the big game, catch updates on the 2006 midterm elections, or witness one of those spectacular music award-show eyebrow-raisers? Have you stood in the family room, late for an appointment, because your young children …
American Idol judge Paula Abdul canceled a string of media interviews last Friday when an online video emerged of her slurring and gesticulating her way through a TV interview. By the way, Abdul just announced her new reality show, Hey Paula, last week. The show will air on Bravo and will provide viewers with an …
Following in the format of Project Runway and Top Chef, Bravo brings Top Design, its newest reality competition series, premiering Jan. 31 at 11 p.m. ET/PT after Top Chef’s Season 2 finale. (Top Design moves to its regular 10 p.m. time slot on Feb. 7.) Designer Todd Oldham hosts and plays mentor to 12 contestants …
The Writers Guild of America East has selected “Saturday Night Live” creator and exec producer Lorne Michaels to receive its Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence.Nod will be presented at the 59th annual WGA awards Feb. 11 in New York. James Brooks won the inaugural Sargent award last year. Michaels has won 10 Emmys and …
