If you’re not already familiar with Avatar, it’s the film James Cameron has been working on for years. Due out in Dec 2009, the first trailer has been released. If you want to see it in glorious HD, you can catch it here.
Read MoreIntel’s low-powered & low cost Atom processor has been all the rage in the computer industry for quite some time now, and nobody has embraced it more than just about every Taiwanese hardware manufacturer whose name starts with an ‘A’. ASUS thrust the netbook form factor into the minds of the masses, but it was Acer who (so far) has won the small form factor war, as the number one netbook maker (the Aspire One grabbing 50% of the market). But it hasn’t stopped there. The Atom is appearing in…
Read MoreBell originally announced the Canadian exclusive for Palm’s Pre some months ago, but they’ve finally announced availability… starting August 27th, you can walk into a Bell Mobility store, or select (and yet to be determined) retail partners. If you’re willing to commit to 3 years, it’ll cost you $199 + a 500MB/month data plan. If you can’t commit that long (and we’d totally understand that), you can pay the full retail price of $599. The official announcement says that ‘due to unprecedented demand’ you’ll be able to pre-order it.
Read MoreSellers who make use of eBay and other online sales sites will come under the scrutiny of the Canadian Revenue Agency (CRA). The CRA will begin contacting eBay sellers at the end of summer to ensure compliance. In 2007, the federal court ruled that eBay must turn over information on its high volume Canadian sellers, and although eBay tried to appeal the ruling, it was rejected in April. Now the CRA is getting serious. In court filings, it appears that the CRA, for now, focusing on eBay Power Sellers from…
Read MoreRogers wireless division has announced the launch of their HSPA+ network, which will supply speeds of up to a whopping 21 Mbps. The roll out begins in Greater Toronto in August, and will continue to other cities over the upcoming months. This is hot on the heels of their recent announcement of a 50 Mbps home internet connection using DOCSIS 3.0 technology. “With the exponential growth of smartphones, application stores, mobile Internet sticks and embedded laptops and netbooks, Canadians are embracing wireless data and services like never before,” said Rob…
Read MoreLast week, MTV Harmonix unveiled its Rock Band Network, which allows artists to upload their music for playing on the popular music game. Acts will have multiple options in porting their music over for the game. They can choose to directly hire Harmonix-trained devs to come up with the note tracks, submit it to a community of freelancers, or actually take the work in-house. The Network is in a closed beta for now, but should become an open beta in August, starting first on the Xbox Live platform. In that…
Read MoreValve founder Gabe Newell suggests the idea of having fans pay in advance for a new title, during this video interview (relevant bit starts at 7:20) with Australian video game show Good Game, Basically the player would pay somewhere in the neighbourhood of $30-40, and have a say in the direction of the title as well as get a copy of it when it’s released. Another perk would be if the game became a success, you would actually have a chance to make some money when it’s all done. I…
Read MoreIt’s an extra large dose of rgb this episode, as we discuss Google’s new OS, as well as a number of new developments from the company that will ‘do no evil’. We also talk about the new high speed initiatives from the major telecoms, Microsoft’s new branding strategies, and much more. Don’t forget that the Toronto Zombie Walk is holding a Fiendraiser tonight, Saturday July 18th.
Read MoreWhen it comes to digital film and TV distribution, one of the most popular services out there is the US Netflix.com rental site. Netflix started as a DVD rental company, allowing monthly subscribers to rent as many via mail as they could handle. More recently, Netflix added digital ‘rentals’, so that current subscribers could instantly watch any movie available online using a variety of methods, from the desktop computer to embedded players found in a multitude of devices. In Canada, Zip.ca has been operating under the Netflix DVD model for…
Read MoreCanadian Privacy Commissioner Jennifer Stoddart has found that social web giant Facebook violates a number of Canadian privacy laws. Facebook has about 12 million Canadian users alone, so the privacy concerns affect a large swath of the population. One of the most egregious concerns is that when a user decides to delete their Facebook account, their personal data remains on the site, and is still accessible by 3rd party applications. An overarching concern was that, although Facebook provides information about its privacy practices, it is often confusing or incomplete. For…
Read MoreWe were at the 2009 Toronto Comic Arts Festival, held on May 9th and 10th. We got the chance to talk to a lot of the artists at the show. This is the second video we’ve put out, and we’ll have more over the next few weeks. This episode is with Cecil Castellucci, writer of the graphic novels The Plain Janes and Janes in Love illustrated by Jim Rugg, which was the launch title for DC Comics Minx line of graphic novels for young adults. We also talk to Vancouver…
Read MoreCurious to give Android a whirl, but nobody’s ported it for your smart phone yet? That’s what Live Android is about… Want to give Google Android a try, but don’t feel like buying a T-Mobile G1? LiveAndroid lets you download a LiveCD disc image of the Google Android operating system. Just burn the image to a disc, stick it in a CD-ROM drive, and reboot your computer and you can check out Android without installing it or affecting any files on your PC. You can also use the disc image…
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