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This video just Blu my mind

October 8, 2009October 8, 2009 Danny X animation, Blu, MUTO3 Comments

Argentinian graffiti artist Blu, who made waves a couple of years ago with his breakout animation MUTO, is back, and he’s not alone. This time he’s teamed up with American artist David Ellis to create COMBO, an expansive work that uses not only paint and ink, but the building itself as a medium rather than just a canvas. It’s a brilliant vision brought to life through decidedly old-skool means. From Designboom: the latest BLU animation was made at the fame festival in southern italy. the animated graffiti took over a…

Fan Expo 09: Dragon Age Origins

October 7, 2009October 9, 2009 Doug Groves Bioware, Chris Priestly, Dragon Age, event, Fan Expo 2009, interview4 Comments

Alex talks with Chris Priestly of Bioware about their upcoming game Dragon Age: Origins. It’s a wide ranging discussion about everything from sex in the game and refining moral choice options to developing the tool set for user generated content and discussing the dev team behind the new RPG. Some people have been having some issues with the Blip video frame rate so click more to see a YouTube version in 2 parts

HTC Leo aka HD2 Coming To North America

October 6, 2009 Doug Groves HD2, HTC, Sense, Windows Mobile5 Comments

The long-rumoured HTC’s latest flagship phone, the Leo (aka HD2), has finally been confirmed by the company, and the list of specs are nothing to sneeze at. There have been a couple of reasons why it wasn’t brought up here before. One is the fact that we’re not big on hollow rumours (that’s why you don’t see us talking about the Apple tablet). The other is that the HD2, like the original HD, appeared to be aimed at the European market, but that’s been disspelled by HTC’s CEO Peter Chou….

Flash 10.1 Update announced for (almost) everything

October 5, 2009 Doug Groves Adobe, Android, Flash, ION, OMAP4, Palm Pre, Snapdragon, Symbian, tegra, Windows Mobile3 Comments

As the above video demonstrates, it looks like hardware acceleration for Flash video and websites is finally about to become a reality. Adobe announced this week that the Flash 10.1 beta will support a number of mobile platforms, including Nvidia’s ION and Tegra chipsets as well as OMAP4 and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor. The ION GPU provides advanced graphics for low powered and low cost devices such as netbooks and small form factor PCs like the Acer Aspire Revo and ASRock ION 330. Both the Tegra and Snapdragon are high powered…

Bell and Telus To Launch iPhone In November

October 5, 2009October 7, 2009 Doug Groves Bell, iPhone, Rogers, rumour, Telus10 Comments

As long as quasi-substantiated rumours are to be believed, anyways. The iPhone will be available from Bell and Telus in November, breaking a year plus exclusive deal with Rogers. November also marks the nation wide launch of the joint HSPA network from Bell and Telus, well ahead of the original schedule, which suggested it would be available around the time of the Olympics, and probably starting in Vancouver so the two telecom companies could take advantage of international roaming fees racked up by visitors from around the world. It’s little…

An afternoon with George Lois: An Exclusive Sit-Down

October 2, 2009October 2, 2009 Danny X Advertising Week, Anthony Kalamut, George Lois, Seneca College2 Comments

Ask someone who George Lois is and you’ll likely be met with a “huh?” or “Isn’t he that guy who…?” But ask anyone if they know the phrase “I Want my MTV” and you’ll get the universal “Aaaaaahhhhhhh, THAT guy!!” George Lois is often described as “An Advertising Legend”, “The King of Madison Avenue”, or the “Leader of the Creative Revolution”. And he knows it. It’s a role he not only fits into well, but wears like an old coat; it’s not flashy, it’s not trying to impress anyone, it’s…

Toronto Zombie Walk 2009 – Update of the damned

October 1, 2009 Doug Groves zombie walk, Zombies0 comment

Last years Toronto Zombie Walk was attended by over 3000 shambling corpses. With only 3 weeks to go until the sidewalks of Toronto become splattered with the blood of the undead once again, it’s time to dish all the details, straight from the official site…

Microsoft Security Essentials: Worth The Price And Then Some

September 30, 2009October 2, 2009 Doug Groves anti virus, Microsoft, Security Essentials1 Comment

I’ll be the first to admit that I hate anti-virus software so much, I never use it, except in test cases. I’ll also admit that I would NEVER recommend anyone NOT run anti-virus on their PC. Part of the reason I don’t run it is anti-virus is that historically it’s interfered with specialized software I use at work in post-production. The other part is that I generally don’t tread on the dangerous side of the internet. To put aside fears of being infected, I do run regular system scans with…

Network Outage

September 30, 2009September 30, 2009 Doug Groves 1 Comment

Just wanted to send out an apology to our readers about the down time today. Our ISP had a major networking issue which kept the site offline for about 6 hours.

Out of Left Field comes Planetside 2 – now with Micro Payments!

September 26, 2009September 26, 2009 drsquid MMO, PC games, Sony2 Comments

Totally out of the blue I received an email from SOE about a game I have not played in many years, Planetside. This was an online persistent world FPS, very much inspired by Tribes, that was far ahead of its time in many ways…and despite not being a huge success it captured a loyal core audience of fans who still play today. While many other attempts at melding MMO and FPS have tried and failed, Planetside still soldiers on.

The Canadian Broadband Wars Heat Up

September 24, 2009September 24, 2009 Doug Groves Bell, broadband, CRTC, net neutrality, online rights, Telus2 Comments

A new initiative was recently launched to battle the CRTC rulings regarding Bell and Telus and access to network infrastructure. Competitivebroadband.com, which is comprised of a wide range of independent ISPs and coalitions, is aiming squarely at making the consumer aware of, and getting them involved with, the proceedings. From their mission statement… Following the decision by the CRTC, which was released on 11 December 2008, MTS Allstream decided to petition the federal Cabinet, which has the power to reverse this decision. Others have also made their views known in…

Acer Aspire AS 1410 aka Timeline Review

September 22, 2009October 19, 2009 Doug Groves Acer, AS 1410, Aspire, netbook, review, thin and light9 Comments

Ever since the netbook market took off, tech pundits have been asking “What are the defining characteristics of a netbook?” Is it price, size, storage or some combination thereof? I can safely say that Aspire AS 1410 (also known as the Acer Timeline in Europe but oddly rebranded here) should not only be considered on the fence between netbooks and ‘thin and light’ machines. It pretty much IS the fence. With an 11.4″, 1366 x768 display and a full sized keyboard that feels as expansive as the prairies compared to…