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25 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter’s headed for Middle-East

The U.S. government has approved the sale of 25 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft to Israel. There is also an option for another 50 more to head out to the Middle East with a deal worth $15.2 billion.

The Pentagon’s Defense Security Cooperation Agency, has said that this deal is vital to both the U.S. and Israel, as it helps Israel to maintain a strong and Read more

Large Hadron Collider Troubles: Helium leak partly to blame

The biggest experiment of all time seems to have troubles, the Large Hadron Collider or LHC for short has had troubles before it has really began to start and it seems that fried wiring and helium leaks are to blame.

The equipment failure is a major setback; this has come only mine days after it all begun where particles around its 16.6 mile (27km) track. The damage will obviously delay research at the particle accelerator for approximately two months.

The Large Hadron Collider operators were putting the newly installed electrical circuits through rigorous paces on Friday when they noticed that there was indeed a helium leak between the Alice and CMS detectors. For the full story please visit Ars Technica.

Microsoft in Greenfield Online $486M buyout deal

Microsoft has announced that they have agreed a buyout deal for GreenField Online, in a deal that is worth $486M. It is hoped that the deal will help to bolster the software giants search and e-commerce business in Europe.

This new deal tops an earlier proposal from buyout firm Quadrangle Group, where they wanted to purchase the company for $15.50 per share. This is Microsoft’s first deal since their failed attempt to buy Yahoo. Read more

Veoh court decision favorable to Google and YouTube

We all knew that the decision of the U.S. district court judge of the copyright infringement case involving Veoh was unprecedented. As a result it is also a favorable outcome for Goggle and Youtube, as well as all over user-generated sites.

The result still does not mean that Google will win out in this $1 billion copyright suit, which has been filed against Viacom, the parent company of MTV and Paramount Pictures. Read more

Best Western has increased online security worries

The Best Western saga has proved one thing; it was the massive security mix-up. These security breaches are now getting more common, but what can we do to try and slow it down or put an end to it.

The security breach with Best Western was massive; Eight million customers of the hotel chain had their credit card details stolen by an Indian hacker last week. He had ties to the Russian mob; this loot would have been worth about £2.8 billion to the mob. Read more

Credit Crunch has hit cinema giant IMAX

Imax, the Canadian company we know for the giant-screen movie theatre systems reported a second quarter loss. The company said that this is mainly due to the investments it has made in the new digital technology.

Three AMC Entertainment theaters had digital projection systems delivered and installed by Imax based in Ontario. The systems were to be installed in the Ikast Quarter but this didn’t happen.

The company lost $12.2 million which is 29 cents on a share, in the period ending the 30th June, for the same period last year the loss was at $4.5 million down 11 cents a share.

Imax reported revenue decreased from $27.1 million down to $21.2 million.

As the credit crunch effects us all, people just can’t afford to go to the cinema regularly anymore, they have to miss out on the 3D experience in a bid to look after their finances.

Imax hinted that as lot of their success was down to the Spiderman 3 last year, which made a huge impact on its Q2 2007 figures, with last year’s figures looking so good it in turn has made this year’s figures look low.

But with the release of “The Dark Knight” the new Batman film they are hoping this will push the revenue up this quarter.

Imax said that they will still be looking to install around 50 digital systems by the end of 2008 and they are on track to do so.

Source: pocket-lint.co.uk

Movies from major film studios now on Apple iTunes Store in Canada

If you use Apple iTunes in Canada, then you will be happy to know that you can now get movies from major film studios. This news broke yesterday, check out the press release below for the full details of what Canada users will get.

CUPERTINO, California—June 4, 2008—Apple® today announced that movies from major film studios including 20th Century Fox, The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Sony Pictures Television International and Lionsgate and Maple Pictures are now available on the iTunes® Store in Canada (www.itunes.ca). Movie purchases and rentals feature iTunes’ legendary ease of use, which makes discovering and enjoying movies as simple and easy as buying music on iTunes has always been. The iTunes Store in Canada features over 1,200 films available for rent or purchase, with titles available for purchase on the same day as their DVD release, including recent blockbusters such as “Juno,” “I Am Legend,” “National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets,” “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “Cloverfield.” iTunes Movie Rentals also features over 200 titles available in stunning high definition, perfect for viewing on a widescreen TV with Apple TV®.

“Canadians have made iTunes the most popular place to find and buy music and TV shows online,” said Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of iTunes. “We’re thrilled to give iTunes customers access to over 1,200 movies from major studios to rent or purchase, whether to enjoy at home on their widescreen TV with Apple TV or on-the-go on their iPod.”

The iTunes Store is the world’s most popular online music, TV and movie store. With Apple’s legendary ease of use, pioneering features such as iTunes Movie Rentals, integrated podcasting directory, iMix playlist sharing, the ability to turn previously purchased tracks into complete albums at a reduced price, and seamless integration with iPod®, the iTunes Store is the best way for Mac® and PC users to legally discover, purchase and download music and video online.

With iTunes Movie Rentals, once a movie is rented, it starts downloading from the iTunes Store directly to iTunes or Apple TV, and users with a fast Internet connection can start viewing the movie in seconds. Customers have up to 30 days to start watching it, and once a movie has been started customers have 48 hours to finish it—or watch it multiple times.

Iron Man Movie Trailer: Paramount Pictures will adapt to a full film

The fan community as a whole are reported to be not happy with the idea of the Iron Man Movie Trailer being made into a full length feature film, Paramount Pictures are planning to adapt the popular trailer to a full film by expanding the montage of short shots in the trailer to full length distinct scenes.

In-between those scenes they plan on adding other scenes that were not in the trailer, the short trailer tells an amazing story where a billionaire is kidnapped and then turns on his kidnappers by designing an amazing suit of armor which not only lets him escape, but also turns him into a hero to the world. They are bringing Robert Downey Jr back for his role in the full film and may bring others as well.

The video below shows you a news report on the Iron Man Trailer being adapted Into full-length film, it shows a few more details and their opinions on what this could mean for us all. We are also hearing that the Iron Man story will also be adapted into a line of collectible Burger King cups.

One thing is for sure and that is the cool movie trailer from last year will see millions made from its popularity. What’s your opinion, do you think Iron Man can maintain its entertainment value when it gets adapted to a feature-length film?

Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds 3D Concert to be released on Blu-ray

Walt Disney Studios has announced that the Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds 3D Concert is to released on Blu-ray on the 19th August which is the same day as the DVD release.

Both the DVD and Blu-ray release will come complete with the 3D glasses that are necessary to view it, also they will feature The Ultimate Personal Tour that will allow you to hang out with Miley Cyrus and The Jonas Brothers during their tour.

Which copy will you be buying Blu-ray or DVD?

Transformers 2 Movie Release Dates, New Decepticons & Character Breakdowns

We all know the new movie Transformers 2 will be with us all in 2009 which will be a stunning Transformers sequel, well we found via IESB.net that they have the casting breakdown who will be in the movie.

Fans are no doubt looking forward to this new movie and are very excited to see who is going to be in the new movie, but many people are asking who will be back and what new characters we will see. We want to know who the heroes are, who are the baddies?

Visit the source link below for more information.

Transformers 2 Movie Release Dates –
• Belgium 24 June 2009
• Germany 25 June 2009
• Netherlands 25 June 2009
• Norway 26 June 2009
• Poland 26 June 2009
• UK 26 June 2009
• USA 26 June 2009
• France 1 July 2009
• Russia 1 July 2009

Source – Check Out Full Casting Breakdown

Matt Saracen played by Zach Gilford in Friday Night Lights has Apple iPhone troubles

The star of Friday Night Lights Matt Saracen played by Zach Gilford is in either a rush to play his role or he is just a dimwit, check out the picture above of him holding the Apple iPhone.

Sorry Matt but the iPhone will not work mate like that because it is upside down, the former backup quarterback needs to work on his cell phone skills.

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Matthew McConaughey rumored to star in Magnum P.I. movie?

I know that the rumor of a Magnum P.I. movie has been doing the rounds for almost two years now. Well now there are fresh rumors, one of which is that Matthew McConaughey could end up playing Thomas Magnum an ex-Navy Seal who is now a P.I.

Although the idea of a P.I. walking around Hawaii wearing an Hawaiian shirt did not sound cool, I for one loved it. The best thing was his Ferrari 308 GTS that he drove.

A script is now rumored to be floating around written by Rawson Thurber, you know the guy who gave us Dodgeball. It is thought that at this moment Matthew McConaughey is now reading the script. Don’t expect Tom Selleck to make a cameo in the new Magnum movie, as he has feels that the role should just die out.

Source – Cinematical.com

Vin Diesel damages Honda S2000 filming The Fast and the Furious 4

While on the set of The Fast and the Furious 4, Vin Diesel was filming a scene in the Honda S2000. However things did not go according to plan as he damaged the car, maybe he was trying a bit too hard to get the scene to look cool.

The damage that Vin Diesel caused on the Honda S2000 was a damaged headlight, hood, bumper and fender. Looks like the crew will be working hard to get the car ready for the next scene. Let us hope that this film will be better than the previous two, as the Fast and the Furious movies lost a little something when Vin Diesel moved on to other projects.

Source - bespokeventures.com

Jalsa Movie Reviewed: Pawan Kalyan stars and released today

The Jalsa Movie has been released today (2 April 2008) and stars Pawan Kalyan who does a first rate job in the film, his comedy works very well and will create a lot of laughter for his fans, but the story does not have a lot of logic to it and is a little weak. If you love Pawan Kalyan then your going to like this film, his dance is crisp and the fights have been well choreographed.

Parvati Melton, Ileana, Kamalinee Mukherjee, Suneel and Brahmanandam also star.

Cinematography by K.V. Guhan.
Original Music by Devi Sri Prasad.
Produced by Allu Aravind.

“The movie starts off with the voice over of Mahesh Babu, he calls himself a friend of Sanjay[Pawan Kalyan] PAWAN KALYAN is introduced as an alcoholic and a person obsessed with education. Kamalini Mukherjee is introduced as PAWAN KALYAN’s lover, we are showed a brief scene with Prakash Raj, who is Kamalani Mukherjee’s father.”
Read the full review of Jalsa on Telugupedia.com, leave a comment below if you have seen the film.

300MPG Aptera in new Star Trek Movie is the best rumor at New York 2008

Strange but true the Aperta did not make an appearance at the New York Auto Show 2008 last week which is quite surprising seeing as this is a cool green futuristic looking car which can do 300MPG.

But hey who cares because the latest rumor and the best one we have heard in a while is that the 300MPG Aptera car will star in the new Star Trek Movie, if their will ever be a Star Trek movie that is.

The photo above was secretly taken and does look like the Aperta, so put the two together and we say we are onto something here. The real Aperta is below.

Source - AutoblogGreen

Blu-ray Future Titles Revealed by Disney: 2009 brings Kill Bill 1 & 2, Finding Nemo

Disney have just revealed future Blu-ray titles, some of the upcoming title releases include Nixon: Election Year Edition, Gangs of New York and Good Will Hunting later on this year.

The above are only some of the titles that have already been announced but for 2009 we can expect if their plans are true Finding Nemo, Kill Bill 1 & 2, The Whole Bloody Affair.

Apparently once Spring 2008 and Fall 2008 the title Finding Nemo has been pushed back to 2009, goods news is that Disney are releasing another Pixar catalog title along with Blu-ray release of ‘WALL-E’ this Fall which apparently has a date of June 27th which will be released theatrically.

So are these titles coming to Blu-ray assumptions or real?

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Sony Blu-ray sales increasing thanks to blockbuster movies

It looks like the sales of Sony Blu-ray discs are increasing and this is in part thanks to more blockbuster movies being released, but lets face it who would want to buy expensive old movies just because they are in Blu-ray. HMR Research has new data which shows 3 million Blu-rays have been sold in the first 11 weeks of 2008 compared to 9 million movies for all of 2007, this means we could be looking at 15 million Blu-ray movies sold in 2008.

Recent blockbusters like “No Country for Old Men” sold 68,000 Blu-ray copies in one week and “Juno” is coming to Blu-ray on April 15th and could be massive as well. With HD-DVD dead it looks like it’s all up from here.

Source: Read

New Star Trek Movie: Simon Pegg as starship Enterprise chief engineer Scotty

It looks like the British actor “Simon Pegg” will be joining the crew of the new Star Trek Movie; he will be joining as the Scottish starship Enterprise chief engineer Scotty. The Star Trek prequel will include Simon Pegg in a role that he has said “the late James Doohan, who played the role in the original 1960s TV series, is the quintessential Scotty, and he plays the character the same way”.

J.J. Abrams will direct the new Star Trek Movie and it will focus on the early years (not as early as the last TV Show), but in the years of James T. Kirk and Mr. Spock. Lets hope it’s a good watch as many of us miss Star Trek on our screens. You never know, we could see another TV Show if the movie goes well.

Source: Read

Richard Widmark has died at the age of 93

It has been reported that Hollywood star Richard Widmark has died at the age of 93 after a long illness.

Richard’s wife, Susan Blanchard, said that Richard died at his home in Roxbury on Monday.

According to The Associated Press Susan would not provide details of his illness and said funeral arrangements are private.

She said that “It was a big shock, but he was 93”.

Richard was born in Minnesota in 1914, and began his career in radio and theatre before playing cackling killer Tommy Udo in Kiss of Death.

Richard’s last film role was in the 1991 thriller True Colours, although he made occasional appearances afterwards in TV documentaries.

Richard said “I now find the whole moviemaking process irritating,” he said in 1987. I don’t have the patience anymore.”

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time

War of the Worlds 2 The Next Wave: looks like a cheap B movie

Its really hard where to start with this one as War of the Worlds with Tom Cruise was an amazing film and it was not just because of Tom, it was because of the money spent on it. Follow-ups to movies are not always that good, but War of the Worlds 2 The Next Wave looks like a cheap B movie and a complete embarrassment to the Tom Cruise version.

You can view a recent movie trailer below of War of the Worlds 2 The Next Wave; you got to love the special affects at the end (photo above). It could have been so much better with some more money, why did they bother making it?