iPhone, now with Squirt

21 08 2007

While I am quite a diligent little fanboy, I am not to proud to admit when Microsoft betters apple in one way or another. The case in point here is the Zune’s wireless song sharing or “squirt” feature. Sharing a track between music players is something that only the five million or so Zune users of the world have been able to do…until now, thanks to Sendsong for the iPhone.

Now, let’s not get too carried away, Sendsong is far from perfect. The way it works is it allows you to send any song on your iPhone’s library in an email. The problem is that:
A. You can send it to another iPhone but the receiving iPhone won’t be able to play it until you import the song into iTunes and put it on the phone that way
B. It may be illegal if you are sharing copywrited contend. And most of all
C. You need to hack your phone to do it.

If none of these three things bother you than step right up and join the world of piracy on the go sharing homemade music with your friends via iPhone!





Updated 2: Michael Bay says no to Transformers 2, takes it back

21 08 2007

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After news came out yesterday abut paramount dropping BluRay, blogs and noews sites around the globe erupted into a sea of contoversy. People from both camps rekindled long lived arguments oveir their loves for their favorite HD playback formats (HD DVD FTW). One such blogger was a little-known hollywood director named Michael Bay. Upset over the news, Bay posted on his blog, “Paramount Pisses Me Off.” Bay, apparently upset about the fact that Transformers would only be on one HD format continued his very mature rant stating “I want people to see my movies in the best formats possible. For them to deny people who have Blu-ray sucks! They were progressive by having two formats. No Transformers 2 for me!”

Now whether or not this is true or just a publicity stunt to be sure people don’t forget him in between movies is still up in the air, but I have a feeling that by the time a sequel rolls around for this 533 million dollar film rolls around, Bay may have a new post on his blog, “Sony who?”

UPDATE:
Straight from bays forums
“Last night at dinner I was having dinner with three blu-ray owners, they were pissed about no Transformers Blu-ray and I drank the kool aid hook line and sinker. So at 1:30 in the morning I posted – nothing good ever comes out of early am posts mind you – I over reacted. I heard where Paramount is coming from and the future of HD and players that will be close to the $200 mark which is the magic number. I like what I heard.
As a director, I’m all about people seeing films in the best quality possible, and I saw and heard firsthand people upset about a corporate decision.
So today I saw 300 on HD, it rocks!
So I think I might be back on to do Transformers 2!”

guess I better take some advice and stop the 1:30am blog posts ;)

UPDATE 2: Fixed spelling errors





Bioshock PC Demo

21 08 2007

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The Bioshock PC demo is out and it rocks. Everyone with a viable PC (or mac running windows ;) ) really needs to give this game a shot.

Check it out Here





Veronica Mars joins Heroes

21 08 2007

Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell has joined the cast of Heroes for its second season. While little is know about her character, she will have tie ins with some of the important characters from the fist season.

<p Read More at TubeWad





Matthews Covering Lennon

20 08 2007

This is an amazing video I stumbled upon of Dave Matthews covering John Lennons In My Life:





Next-Gen DVD, a state of the union

20 08 2007

Gizmodo reports on the current state of the HD-DVD vs. BluRay Studio War, it looks like BluRay isn’t the clear winner afterall…

Read





Sorting out the BACN

20 08 2007

Man do I love this brave new world that is the internet part deux. I think my favorite part of this experience is the influx of new words and phrases (mostly just take a noun, drop the last vowel, and call it a verb). Justine Ezarik of tastyblogsnack.com reports today of a new word to fill your 2.0 vocabulary, bacn. Bacn is actually a pretty useful word, it stands for the emails that we get from day to day that aren’t spam, but don’t actually pertain to our important daily lives. Some examples can be emails about blog comments, friend invites, and twitter emails.

Read more at tastyblogsnack





Installing third party Apps just got easier

20 08 2007

I have been using the installer.app on my iphone for years weeks now, its a really feature rich application downloader/installer for the iphone that can run right on the iphone. Its very simple to use only, until now, initially getting it on the phone can be a chore. Thats where new version comes in. Now you can simply run this script on your mac and you’re good to go. Use the read link to view Gizmodo’s detailed instructions and get your iphone bricking hacking skills on.

Read: Install Apps on Your iPhone Easily, No Hacking Skills Required – Gizmodo





Google more dangerous than Osama?

20 08 2007

According to the L.A. Times, Google may just be the greatest threat to our free nation. Apparently an L.A. Times editorial states how “many publishers” believe that Google is “A greater threat than…Osama Bin Laden.” The article sites Googles new Newspaper rating feature which allows users to comment on news articles, this giving people feedback on an article or reporter before they spend their time reading the article. All I have to say is, it’s about time that L.A. Times expose Google for the evil Terrorists that they are. I mean, how dare they provide users with the ability to quickly access news from round the globe within seconds and then post their opinions for the world to see and debate. Allowing a forum for free speech without charging a penny, for shame Google, for shame.

Read on Techdirt.





Paramount and Dreamworks tell Sony to screw!

20 08 2007

In a surprise turn of events, Paramount and Dreamworks have decided to Drop Sony’s overpriced proprietary BluRay Disc support all together and will only release future HD movies in the HD-DVD format. Looks like sony fanboys are just going to have to stick to 480p for visual blockbusters like Shrek the Third and Transformers!

Read at Engadget