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New Canadian Copyright bill coming Thursday?

May 31, 2010May 31, 2010 Doug Groves Canadian DMCA, copyright, DRM, Tony Clement2 Comments

According to an article today by Michael Geist, one of Canada’s leading copyfighters, it looks like the replacement for the defunct bill C61 is going to be tabled by the Conservative government as early as Thursday. In Geist’s round up, he points out out that DMCA style anti-circumvention legislation, the most contentious part of C61, will remain intact, though there may be flexibility on time and format shifting. It also looks like the government is aiming to fast track the bill through Parliament. Geist also includes a quote from Industry…

Part 3 of Zacuto’s HD-DSLR Shootout now Online!

May 31, 2010 kingpinlei 1 Comment

**UPDATE: Zacuto has finally released Part 3 of their incredible HD-DSLR vs 35mm Film Shootout! This EP focuses on resolution tests with all these cameras plus the new Canon T2i and green-screen compositing tests. The green-screen tests are VERY interesting indeed. Hit up the link below to watch all the camera goodness. http://www.zacuto.com/shootout

Crackdown 2 hands-on and interview

May 31, 2010June 2, 2010 Doug Groves Billy Thomson, co-op, Crackdown, Crackdown 2, creative director, hands-on, interview, multiplayer, Ruffian Games, Show, Xbox 3607 Comments

When the original Crackdown came out, it came with a code to access the early beta of Halo 3. At the time, some considered Crackdown to be the bonus game you get when your buy your early access pass to the beta. Some complained that this was just a crass marketing ploy to move more copies, which it undoubtedly did. If you look past those meta arguments though, Crackdown was also a bright, vibrant, open world superhero sandbox which in many ways still holds its own against the newer entrants…

Toronto Underground Cinema open for business

May 29, 2010 Doug Groves big trouble in little china, clue, Film, interview, theatre, torontoundergroundcinema1 Comment

Though the Toronto Underground Cinema officially launched its regular schedule last night, a couple of weeks back they held a free screening of “Clue” and “Big Trouble In Little China”. At that showing, we had a chance to talk with Charlie Lawton, Alex Woodside and Nigel Agnew about their plans for the literally underground theatre. This weekend’s line up includes Rumble In The Bronx, Runaways, A Prophet, Ghost Writer and one I’m definitely planning on seeing, Hard Core Logo. If you haven’t already seen the 1996 film from Canadian director…

The fastest browser on Earth

May 28, 2010May 28, 2010 drsquid browser, Chrome, Firefox, google, opera, parody, share, video0 comment

Opera, the 5th placed browser, released this funny video yesterday that parodies the Google Chrome speed test videos. Opera’s usage share of web browsers has held steady at approximately 2% since it came out. However, since its release in 2008, Chromes’ share has rapidly grown, at Firefox’s expense. I am sure Opera is hoping that this video will persuade other dissatisfied Firefox users to make the switch to them instead.

Apple iPad Canadian launch, Rogers on-device data plans available, Bell plans available, and Telus is MIA

May 28, 2010May 29, 2010 Doug Groves 3G, Apple, Bell, data plan, iPad, Redboard, Rogers, Telus, WiFi5 Comments

Though you’re all probably aware, we wouldn’t be doing our jobs here if we didn’t mention something about the roll out of the iPad beyond US borders, including here in Canada. From the breathless coverage in the mainstream press, it appears that there were close to 200 people ready to get their hands on the iPad on opening day at the Apple store in the Eaton Centre. If there’s a certain lack of excitement to this article, it’s not born so much from cynicism of the whole circus, though there…

Toronto Hand Eye Society Social Tonight

May 27, 2010 drsquid Brandon Boyer, event, Gaming, Hand Eye Society, independent, indie gaming, Mark Essen, PC games, PC gaming, Toronto1 Comment

The Toronto Hand Eye Society, a “not-for-profit coalition of projects and people in support of Toronto’s videogame communities”, is holding their third social of 2010, at Unit Bar, 1198 Queen West. In addition to having a presentation by Brandon Boyer, founder of Offworld, contributing editor of Boing Boing & newly appointed IGF Chairman, the Society just announced that indie game artist Mark Essen will also be attending: Mark Essen Hoffman aka MESSHOF, a bona fide indie videogame rockstar & educator, will be rocking Unit Bar this Thursday alongside Mr. Boyer….

Samsung Galaxy Spica Review

May 27, 2010May 27, 2010 Doug Groves Android, Galaxy, google, i5700, Mobile, review, Rogers, Samsung, Spica, urmusic1 Comment

The Spica is one of the most recent Android phones from Samsung, and has been released on Rogers in Canada. It seems pretty obvious that Samsung and Rogers are aiming this at the lower end market, as the Spica can be had, as of this writing, for as little as $29.95 on contract, which makes it a viable alternative to zero dollar ‘dumb phones’. Rogers was kind enough to send us a review unit to put it through the wringer, and I have to say the Spica is an odd…

TCAF 2010 Charles Vess Interview

May 27, 2010June 2, 2010 Doug Groves Charles Vess, Comics, interview, Show, Stardust, TCAF, TCAF 20101 Comment

Alex interviews legendary artist Charles Vess, best known for his collaborations with Neil Gaiman on works such as the Sandman comic series and “Stardust”. Charles talks with Alex about his latest book called “Instructions”.

A Brief History of the Modern Pixel, 8-bit Heroes, and more…

May 27, 2010May 27, 2010 drsquid Adam Atomic, Adam Saltsman, Amiga, Army of Trolls, art, Commodore 64, Dot.AY, Gaming, Gary J. Lucken, independent, indie, Jason Rohrer, Nintendo, Pixel, Pixel Art, SiD, Simon Cottee, Sleep is Death, Studio Joho, video3 Comments

Simon Cottee, animator of the pixel art cartoon Rule (created in Sleep is Death, see it after the jump) has put together this short documentary on pixel art, where he talks to SiD creator Jason Rohrer, chiptune musician Dot.AY, and Studio Joho, creators of the Dan the Man video (also after the jump) Ars Technica also recently posted a great pixel art article, 8-bit heroes: Ars explores the resurgence of pixel art. They talked to some of the field’s best artists and developers, such as Gary J. Lucken (Army of…

Rock Band 3 brings keytar, 80’s cheese to the mix

May 26, 2010May 27, 2010 Doug Groves demo, Green Day Rock Band, harmonix, keyboard, rhythm, rock band, Rock Band 3, teaser, Xbox Live2 Comments

Green Day fans who downloaded the 2 song demo of Green Day: Rock Band got the first nugget of a hint that keyboards keytars would be coming to Rock Band 3. At the end of the demo, the RB3 image splashed onscreen, that included the four classic instruments as well as an icon for keyboard. The microphone icon was also changed to show three mics, which suggests that Harmonix is going to be bringing, er, harmonics, to the third installment of the rhythm game, though that’s less of surprise since…

Public Mobile on the air in Toronto

May 26, 2010 Doug Groves Montreal, Public Mobile, Toronto, unlimited plan, wireless spectrum0 comment

It’s been a couple of years after the Canadian wireless spectrum auction, and the floodgates have really started to open up, at least in Canada’s most populous city. Public Mobile is the latest new entrant in the wireless carrier race to go live with their service. Unlike other newcomers like Wind Mobile and Mobilicity, there’s no data plans to be seen, but if all you want is talk and text, they offer some compelling plans. Public Mobile started with a $40 unlimited talk and text plan, which allowed you to…