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8 Hot Hits for 2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Set at the height of the Cold War in 1957, Indy is in a race for the Crystal Skull against operatives from the Soviet Union. The adventures take him to New Mexico, Connecticut, Mexico City and the jungles of Peru. Starring: Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Shia LaBeouf, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent, Karen Allen, Andrew Divoff

Grand Theft Auto IV

Grand Theft Auto IV (referred to as GTA IV or GTA4) will be the eleventh Grand Theft Auto game in the series. Take Two and Rockstar Games Currently have 150 developers working on the game and work has been in progress since 2004, right after San Andreas was released. Since then, the game has been developed by Rockstar teams in Edinburgh, San Diego, and New York. Although Delayed this game will be one of the most desired bit of kit since Halo 3 in 2008.



WALL-E

WALL-E is the story of the last little robot on Earth. He is a robot and his programming was to help clean up. You see, it's set way in the future. Through consumerism, rampant, unchecked consumerism, the Earth was covered with trash. And to clean up, everyone had to leave Earth and set in place millions of these little robots that went around to clean up the trash and make Earth habitable again.

Well, the cleanup program failed with the exception of this one little robot and he's left on Earth doing his duty all alone. But it's not a story about science fiction. It's a love story, because, you see, WALL·E falls in love with EVE, a robot from a probe that comes down to check on Earth, and she's left there to check on and see how things are going and he absolutely falls in love with her

Samsung Blu-Ray - HD-DVD Hybrid Player

The BDP-UP5000 will support all the features of either movie format, including Internet extras through an Ethernet connection that both formats will recognize. It should also eliminate the stilted motion effects caused by pulldown conversion and can output movies at either a film-native 24 frames per second or as quickly as 60 frames per second for faster videos. No trouble is expected with playing movies at a full 1080p, Samsung says. While the final cost of the player hasn't been finalized, the device should be ready by October or November and will sell at a roughly 400-Euro ($544) premium compared to a single-format Blu-Ray movie reader by the time it reaches stores.



Master Replicas Halo 3 Force FX Plasma Sword

Master Replicas have recently announced their 2008 product line and with it comes their answer to their hugely successful Force FX Lightsabre range. The Force FX Energy Sword from the Halo Universe. Not many details are known at this stage but we predict this to be a top seller.



The Dark Knight

The follow-up to the action hit "Batman Begins," "The Dark Knight" reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne. In the new film, Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the city streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as The Joker.



Super Smash Bros. Brawl

Following the style of its predecessors, the game uses a battle system different from that of typical fighting games. Choosing from a variety of characters, one to four players fight on various stages, trying to knock their opponents off the screen. Instead of using health bars like those used in most fighting games, percentage displays are employed. These start at zero percent, and increase as the characters take damage up to 999%. As a character's percentage goes up, the character flies farther back when hit. When a character is knocked beyond a stage's boundary and disappears from the screen, the character loses either a life or a point depending on the mode of play. We expect this to do for Nintendo in 2008 what Mario Galaxy did for Nintendo in 2007, looking forward to this one.



Cloverfield

Five young New Yorkers throw their friend a going-away party the night that a monster the size of a skyscraper descends upon the city. Told from the point of view of their video camera, the film is a document of their attempt to survive the most surreal, horrifying event of their lives.

This film didn't have a name for most of its promotional duties in 2007 helping building up the hype, but alas here is Cloverfield. We all just hope it lives up to its hype. Don't you just love a good disaster movie?

Must Have Puzzle Wallpaper for any Stylish home!

5.5 Designers created a collection of three wallpaper to be played: Mots-mélés, Morpion and Labyrinthe. The wallpaper will constantly change your decor by playing the game. Link & Link

Top 5 Stumble Finds of the Week.

It's all completely random, but here are my top 5 Stumbles that i think i have to share!

5. A Spider made out of Scissors.
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4. Incognito Glasses
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3. USB Lighter
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2. Whiteboard Animation
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1. Moose Love
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Finally Apple and Apple stop arguing!

Technology giant Apple has reached a deal with the Beatles to end the dispute over the use of the Apple name.

Apple Inc will now take full control of the Apple brand and license certain trademarks back to the Beatles' record company Apple Corps for continued use.

The two companies have been wrangling over the use of the Apple name and logo for more than 25 years. The legal battle over the trademark will now end.

Apple Inc boss Steve Jobs said the court dispute had been "painful".

The Beatles' songs are still not available on any legal download service, but this truce could pave the way for their anticipated appearance on the iTunes download store.

iPhone Legal Battle on Hold

The legal dispute between Apple and Cisco Systems over the iPhone name has been temporarily suspended.

Cisco's lawsuit has not stopped, but the two firms have agreed to extend talks aimed at "reaching agreement on trademark rights and interoperability".

The Apple iPhone, which the company has said will hit shelves in June, was launched last month in San Francisco.

Cisco immediately sued Apple for trademark infringement; Cisco has its own line of internet-enabled iPhones.

The company, which makes much of the hardware that underpins the internet, has owned the trademark on the iPhone name since 2000 after it acquired another company Infogear.

Coloured Shuffles!

Gah i wish i had one!

'In silver, pink, green, blue, and orange, iPod shuffle goes with everything. Put it on, turn it up, and turn some heads.'

Buy them here

Things to Look forward to in 2007

In no particular order but this is what we're looking forward to iPhone, Apple TV, Harry Potter & the Order of the Phoenix, The Golden Compass, Halo 3, Oblivion Expansions, Kings of Leon Album, Modest Mouse Album, Lost S3 Back on our Screens, 24 Day 6, Battlestar Galactica S3, Wii's back in stock, Transformers the Movie, Star Wars Celebration Europe, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Smashing Pumpkins new album and tour, Spider-man 3, F4-2, Alan Wake Game, PS3 Failing to grip the market, Xbox 360 Price Drop, Harry Potter Action Figures, HD TV's Price Drop War & the launch of the brand new Cult Press website.

Apple Launch iPhone

iPhone combines three products — a revolutionary mobile phone, a widescreen iPod with touch controls, and a breakthrough Internet communications device with desktop-class email, web browsing, maps, and searching — into one small and lightweight handheld device. iPhone also introduces an entirely new user interface based on a large multi-touch display and pioneering new software, letting you control everything with just your fingers. So it ushers in an era of software power and sophistication never before seen in a mobile device, completely redefining what you can do on a mobile phone.

I urge you to head over to apple.com to view this masterpiece of modern design.

Amazon Creators Spaceship Footage

Downloadable BBC Content soon?

A fancy new distribution platform is only as good as its content, and while we knew Azureus had the former down pat with Zudeo's snappy HD distribution techniques, we weren't quite sure what they had up their sleeve for the latter part of the equation. Well, good news: BBC just signed up for Zudeo, and will be making "hundreds of episodes" available on the fledgling download service. "Programmes" will include Red Dwarf, Doctor Who and The League of Gentleman, with classics such as Fawlty Towers available as well. There will be DRM slapped on top of the shows, which will be distributed in a "high-quality" form, and there's no word yet exactly how much Zudeo will be charging for these downloads, but if they can break through that $1.99 barrier we're seeing good things in Zudeo's future -- especially with more content deals on the way, which Azureus is planning to announce in January.

Thanks to Engadget

Pop Art Camera!

Its Cheap, its about 14 USD, but wow! you too can be etched forever into Pop Art history!

More info here

I'm a Mac Microsoft Spoof

Hello iPhone

In the latest episode of Diggnation, Kevin Rose (at ~38:30) claims to know some details about the Apple phone from a "solid" source.

According to Rose, little bit of inside info on the Apple phone:

- Going to be coming out in January
- All phone providers
- "It's small as sh*t"
- Don't know anything about the Operating System
- The OS is supposed to be "cool"
- Doing some unique things
- Two batteries, one charger. One for MP3 portion and one for Phone.
- 4GB ($249) and 8GB ($449)
- Flash memory, Slide out keyboard
- Maybe touch screen?

Awesome scoop from Mac Rumors

MP3 Transmitter Ban Lifted

Ofcom is legalising the use of FM transmitters that allow iPods and other MP3 players to play through car radios.

The use of devices, such as Griffin's "iTrip", was banned in the UK as their transmissions can interfere with broadcasts by legal radio stations.

However, the device and other similar accessories for MP3 players have been widely available online.

Now certain FM transmitters, which can be tuned to spare frequencies, will be legal from 8 December.

Ofcom will also remove the need for a licence to use Citizens' Band radio.

Thanks to the BBC

Ultra Geek Star Wars USB Drives

These hot new imports are from Japan, use the force! and keep your stuff safe... unless you get mugged by a Star Wars obsessed IT guy...

oh it comes with a leather strap....

Need a cheap, small DVD player? Don't buy a Wii... yet!

Digital media company Sonic is working on a software-based DVD playback engine that will be included in a version of the Nintendo Wii due out in 2007.

However, that means early versions of the Wii purchased this year won’t have the DVD playback function.

The CinePlayer CE DVD Navigator is already licensed by companies such as Adobe and Microsoft, and the software is used in everything from consumer electronics, PCs, kiosks and automotive entertainment systems, to music download services.

Apple Integration with Airlines

Apple team up with Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM & United to deliver iPod integration.

“There is no better traveling companion than an iPod, and now travelers can power their iPods during flight and even watch their iPod movies and TV shows on their seat back displays,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing. “We’re excited to work with Air France, Continental, Delta, Emirates, KLM and United to offer iPod users an even better in-flight experience.”

See the full press release here

PS3 can't handle your iPod

Cult Press - iPod Shuffle Review

I bought the Shuffle to help me walk to work in the mornings (and I love shiny things), and it works a treat! You don't even know it's there, the sound quality is great, it can go fairly loud too and the battery seems to last forever. The controls are very basic but very easy. It comes with a small dock which is very cute and syncs with your Mac (or PC) without any problems....

Click here to read the full review