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If Red Sonja fans were looking
for another sounding of the death knell for the mythical Robert Rodriguez film, it might have been
rung by Marcus
Nispel and Conan.
According to Variety,
Rose
McGowan has joined the cast just as it heads off to Bulgaria to start shooting. Given that
she's been attached to star in Red Sonja for a few years now it
would make perfect since for her to appear in Conan as the flame-haired warrior. Universe
building! It's the hot new thing!
Except that she's not appearing as Red Sonja. Variety says she's playing "an evil
half-human / half witch", presumably an ally of Stephan
Lang's sadistic warlord, Khalar Singh. The plot revolves around Singh trying to track down a
prophecy laden Queen whose sacrifice could summon him a demonic army. Having a witch around would
be handy for that kind of work.
Will this be some kind of weird origin retcon, and McGowan's half-human / half-witch will end up
becoming Red Sonja? I hope not. It would be terrible. Will McGowan be disguised under
enough hideous makeup that it will simply be a fun bit of trivia that she appeared in both films?
(I doubt that. Women aren't allowed to look unattractive in the Hyborian Age.) Will she be some
kind of evil relation of Red Sonja? I'm certain I'm overthinking it, but I feel like it's no
accident, and meant to be some kind of tie-in or Easter Egg. Nevertheless, I'm going to choose to
believe it's another nail in the coffin for Rodriguez's Red Sonja, and that she's just
appearing in the Conan universe as a good laugh and an admission of defeat.
Der Schauspieler William Shatner ist seit 53 Jahren im Filmgeschäft, hat eine Unmenge an
Rollen gespielt - und ist für seine Fans doch der ewige Captain Kirk. In dieser Funktion
rührt er nun die Werbetrommel für ein bizarres Social Network für
Möchtegern-Sci-Fi-Künstler.
Don’t be too happy that your Apple contraption (be it an iPhone, iPod touch or the upcoming
iPad) is more or less capable of doing everything under the sun that a road warrior needs,
otherwise there would not be room for improvement thanks to the genius of the folks at i-Got-it
Corp., where they have come up with the launch and immediate availability of i-Got-Control.
Surely you would ask just what i-Got-Control is – well, it comprises of a plug-and-play
accessory which is capable of transforming your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad into a universal
remote control, virtually giving you a free reign of any infrared device in your home, be they
TVs, stereo systems and more. Hmmm, sounds interesting, but could the Gizmodo guys equipped with
this zap away TVs at showfloors and conventions just like how they did a few years ago at CES?
The i-Got-Control will feature an industry-leading database of over 40,000 IR codes for consumer
electronic devices worldwide, and its associated iTunes app is able to support a nearly unlimited
number of IR electronics globally, virtually making it a snap to take control anytime, anywhere.
Thanks to the inclusion of i-Got-Control’s built-in IR library, you will be able to
CONNECT, SELECT and CONTROL your A/V components in a jiffy without having to worry about issues
such as the lack of a Wi-Fi network, wires or batteries.
If you are adamant on getting started with this, then just download the free i-Got-Control
application through iTunes, hook up the compact accessory to an iPhone (OS is 3.0 or higher),
iPod touch or iPad, launch the i-Got-Control application and you are good to go once the
selection process of the device is complete. Selection is painless thanks to pre-defined,
user-friendly screens that ought to give you full control in a jiffy thanks to a highly intuitive
user interface. Just in case of the rare occasion of not finding your device’s IR code, the
i-Got-Control’s user-friendly learning capabilities will let it learn so in a snap.
Interested parties might want to think about forking out $69.95 for the i-Got-Control.
El Billion BiPAC 7800N es un router Wi-Fi/n que puede utilizarse tanto en conexiones ADSL, como con
operadores de cable, lo que permite no tener que cambiar de dispositivo aunque cambiemos la
...
Ce n'est certainement pas le premier projet à convertir une Xbox 360 en un designPC portable, mais c'est certainement l'un des plus beaux mods. Malgré le vrombrissement de
8 ventilateurs, on doit admettre que c'est très bien fait, car on y trouve un écran
LCD, Wi-Fi intégrée, webcam, lecteur optique et full clavier. Ceci dit, ça a
dû leur coûter très cher de faire ce mod, car elle est actuellement en vente
sur eBay au prix de 1950$ (pour le moment). Une vidéo de cette Xbox 360
modifiée ci-après.
This certainly isn’t the first project to convert an Xbox 360 into a laptopform factor, but it’s certainly one of the prettier mods. Despite the loud 8 fans whirring,
you have to admit that it looks rather good, and considering that it packs in an LCD screen,
integrated Wi-Fi, camera, optical drive and full keyboard, it’s probably something
you’d want to bring with you on a weekend trip. That being said, maybe they overran their
budget while creating this mod, as it’s currently up for sale on eBay for $1,950 (at time of writing). Have you done anything cool to your
Xbox before? Let us know via the comments section. Video of this modified Xbox 360 in action
after the jump.
MSI propose un ultraportable au format 12 pouces sous plateforme Intel CULV a prix maitrisé,
le Wind U200-203 équipé d’un processeur double cÅ“ur à moins
de 420 euros. Dalle 12’’ WXGA HD LED BackLight brillant (1366×768) Processeur
Intel Celeron Dual Core SU2300 (1.2 GHz) Mémoire vive installée (max) 3 Go DDR3, 2
slots Espace de stockage 250 Go à 5400 tr/min Carte graphique Chipset Intel [...]
Remember our news beginning of this month “ Acer to release Intel Calpella-based super-slim notebook series? “
where we could provide you rather with vague information and promised to be back with more
info...
Here is what was promised based on the information leak ahead of the official announcement
scheduled for the last week of March:
Now we know that it is called Acer Aspire Timeline X 1830T . It sports a 11.6” 1366 x 768
glossy display, Intel Core i5-520M processor (1.06GHz with Turbo boost up to 1.86 GHz), Intel
HM55 graphics, 3x USB, HDMI port, S/PDIF, Gigabit LAN, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, 6-cell battery (8
hours). Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR and 3G are optional.
Review It's taken a while, but LG has finally got around to releasing an Android
handset. We're pleased to see they haven't just gone for a me-too 'droid either
– the GW620 is firmly aimed at the lower mid-range rather than the smartphone
high end. It puts the focus firmly on social networking, with integrated SNS, a slide-out Qwerty
keyboard, plus Wi-Fi, HSDPA 3G, 5Mp camera and GPS....
DANIEL DEWAVRIN, ancien président de l'UIMM
:
« Laurence Parisot n'est pas à la hauteur. Le Medef doit être pris en main.
À l'heure où les patrons doivent choisir leur nouveau chef de fi le, il me
paraît aberrant qu'elle soit actuellement la seule candidate à sa propre succession.
»
Chacun son élection… CHRISTINE LAGARDE, ministre de l'Économie
:
« Le microcrédit est un outil d'utilité sociale et économique
remarquable. Nous allons faciliter et simplifi er le recours à ces dispositifs. »
Vous y (…) - 2010-03-16 /
Idées - Tribune libre -
Histoire
Forte thèse d'Alain- Gérard Slama, dans le Figaro Magazine dont il est l'un des
chroniqueurs. S'il y a, selon lui, un bilan décevant de la Halde, la Haute Autorité
de lutte contre les discriminations, cela tient à l'erreur de l'avoir créée
pour « éradiquer les préjugés susceptibles de contredire le rêve
d'une société transparente ». C'est de lui avoir donné, à cette
fi n, « mandat de traquer la faute », de sorte qu'elle « inverse la charge de la
preuve au détriment de ceux qu'elle discrimine ainsi... pour (…) - 2010-03-16 / Idées - Tribune libre - Histoire,
Le billet de Maurice
Ulrich
You may remember this marvelous Windows mobile phone from HTC with HTC sense user interface back
from the news in February. Unveiled at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona and announced to
be available in the US from T-Mobile, now has got received the official date of launch and price
as March 24 and under $200.
HTC HD2 boasts above all the large 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen, 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, support
for T-Mobile’s high-speed 3G network. What’s more, it features Barnes & Noble
eReader app, Blockbuster on demand, the Gogo Inflight Internet offering up to six months of free
in-flight Wi-Fi access on the device and MobiTVParamount pictures’ popular films
“Transformers” and “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” come pre-loaded
on the memory card of the device.
Egalement annoncé en Europe, le MDR-RF4000K est un casque sans fil RF disponible chez
Sony. Design élégant, et conçu pour être le plus confortable possible,
le MRD-RF4000K et ses diaphragmes de 40mm devraient vous permettre de parfaitement profiter de
votre équipement AV pour tout ce qui est film, musique, séries TV, ou autres.
Propulsé par des batteries NiMH, le MDR-RF4000K vous offre 7 heures d’autonomie, et
fonctionnerait jusqu’à 30 mètres du récepteur...
Communiqué de presse
Now there’s a smarter way to experience high quality sound in privacy and comfort while
you’re listening to music or watching TV.
The luxuriously styled MDR-RF4000K digital cordless headphone from Sony offers fabulous
digital sound for your favourite AV entertainment. It’s also designed to fit in perfectly
with today’s living rooms, thanks to a unique new storage and charging dock that cuts
unsightly wires.
Discreetly styled to complement the modern lines of your TV, the slim, convenient storage
case doubles as a cable-free battery charger. After use, just fold the ear cups flat and the
MDR-RF4000K stows neatly away while the battery recharges.
Digital RF transmission ensures clear, secure signal reception over a range of up to 30m. The
headphone’s closed-type design cuts sound spillage, so there’s no need to disturb
others while you’re enjoying the action packed finale of a favourite movie.
Exceptional audio quality is assured by the headphone’s powerful 40mm long-stroke
diaphragm. You’ll be rewarded with beautifully detailed, immersive reproduction of movie
soundtracks and dialogue, music and more.
The closed-type design also features swivel circum-aural cushions and a parallel-link
self-adjusting headband for superb wear comfort, even for extended listening periods. Thanks to a
convenient volume control on the headphone, there’s no need to reach for the remote to turn
sound up or down.
The power-efficient design allows up to 7 hours continuous listening time between charges of
the NiMH battery. Alternatively, slip in a single AAA alkaline battery and enjoy up to 10 hours
listening without a break. An auto power-save feature switches off the headphone when it’s
not being used, extending listening time still further.
The FCC's new apps allow users to test the speed of mobile broadband services and report
deadzones where mobile broadband is not available. The FCC iPhone app is a free
download from iTunes or the Android marketplace.
Sponsor
Alexander B. Howard is the associate editor of SearchCompliance.com at TechTarget. His work there focuses on
how regulations affect IT operations, including issues of data protection, privacy, security and
enterprise IT strategy. You can find him on Twitter at @digiphile. Before he joined TechTarget, he was the associate
editor of WhatIs.com, and worked at Bain &
Company and Sapient, along with stints as a teacher and carpenter in Massachusetts.
"Transparency empowers consumers, promotes innovation and investment, and encourages
competition," said chairman Julius Genachowski in a press release. "The FCC's new digital tools
will arm users with real-time information about their broadband connection and the agency with
useful data about service across the country. By informing consumers about their broadband
service quality, these tools help eliminate confusion and make the market work more effectively."
The Consumer Broadband Test and the Broadband Dead Zone Report are also available as fixed
applications at Broadband.gov. According to the FCC, the
Ookla, Inc. Speed Test and the Network Diagnostic Tool
(NDT) running on the Measurement Lab (M-Lab)
platform are used to power the app.
On the night of March 13th, the FCC tweeted that over 80,000 tests had been
registered using the Broadband Speed Test. It was unclear how many tests were through
Broadband.gov or the apps.
In the future, the FCC says it will making additional broadband testing applications available
for consumer use. Consumers can also submit availability information by e-mail to fccinfo@fcc.gov. And, perhaps taking a page from Google's playbook,
this application is in beta. According to the Consumer Broadband Test information page, "this
beta version is the FCC's first attempt at providing Americans with real-time information about
their broadband connection quality."
I ran a quick test on my home cable Internet connection.
My downlink isn't quite fiber optic speed, but I found it close to existing tools. The test
depends upon Java, though many users are likely to have that installed at this point.
I tried out the mobile app as well, which used the GPS in my iPhone to discover my location.
According to the FCC mobile broadband testing app, I'm getting 1.42 Mbps download speed from
AT&T 3G here on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C., and .11 Mbps upload. My connection certainly
beats GPRS, if not a Clearwire 4G connection — or my Wi-Fi.
Privacy Concerns?
The FCC states that it's "committed to protecting the personal privacy of consumers utilizing
these tools, and will not publicly release any individual personal information gathered." It's
posted a privacy
statement to that effect.
Crowdsourcing Citizen Reporting
The larger context of the release of the FCC mobile broadband testing app is worth noting. The
FCC will release its National
Broadband Plan this week.
Part of that plan will certainly incorporate assessing where broadband service exists, how robust
it is and how closely service matches advertised rates. An executive summary of the National
Broadband plan is embedded below:
This kind of data collected by the FCC's broadband tests could serve in much the same vein as the
FTC's consumer complaint assistant works at FTComplaintassistant.gov. By releasing the apps and
test at Broadband.gov, the FCC has given citizens a tool to report service quality and
availability around the country. Equipped with that data, commissioners may be able to make
policy decisions informed by data as they roll out the national broadband plan.
David Martin, the CEO of visual update site Kontain, was on the 14-hour nightmare Virgin America
flight from LA to NY. He documented the worst parts live using the airline's Wi-Fi.
Nearly 30 years ago, Dustin Hoffman played a
trouble-making actor who had to pretend to be a woman to get a job. Tootsie played on Hoffman's
reputation as an extremely precise professional (AKA a pain in the butt), insisting to his agent
that he set a new standard in playing real-life vegetables. My memory's a bit hazy on the
details, but you get the idea. Hoffman has been a hero to many in the acting profession for
insisting on such verisimilitude, for walking the extra mile in worn shoes to capture the
peculiar gait of a particular character.
And now he'll get to tell other actors what to do.
The Daily Mail reports that Hoffman is in advanced negotiations to direct
Quartet, based on a stage play by Ronald Harwood (The Pianist). The comedy
revolves around a trio of elderly opera singers, now living in a retirement home. Maggie Smith,
Tom Courtenay, and Albert Finney are set to play the singers.
Now 72 years of age (?!), Hoffman has never officially directed before, though he intended to
direct Straight
Time in 1978. The burden of being both star and director proved to be more than he
wanted to take on, so he brought on Ulu Grosbard to handle directing duties on short notice, and
the result is one of Hoffman's best performances. By the way, rest assured that
Quartet is not a prequel to Robert Altman's disastrous sci-fi drama
Quintet, starring Paul
Newman. We'll see Hoffman what does with opera singers; filming is scheduled to begin later this
year.
Those lucky
ducks at SXSW, they might have all the new movies, Kick-Ass premieres, and the
irreplaceable Alamo Drafthouse, but what do we have? Kick-ass movies, and all the comforts of our
own homes -- that's what!
Since most of the Horror Squad staff is reveling in SXSW, they won't re-enter the grind until
Friday, March 19, when they discuss The
Signal. But for the rest of us:
Sci-Fi Squad and Cinematical scribe John Gholson
picked Michael Crichton's Runaway for their latest discussion, one
that just so happens to star the king of the moustache himself, Tom Selleck. The 1984 flick follows
Selleck as he "handles robotic mishaps in the near-future, and uncovers a plot involving microchips
that cause robots to go berserk."
I, meanwhile, dug into the Russian Roulette horror that is The
Deer Hunter for Cinematical's Movie Club. Mainly, I wondered: Could an
epic, slowly-paced, 3-hour movie about war get made today? And, moreover, would it hold the same
cinematic appreciation by the world-at-large?
Stay tuned at SciFi Squad for the next round this Friday, and meanwhile, join the Twitter
discussion Wednesday night at 10 P.M. EST when I livetweet the next pick, cult favorite
Donnie Darko, with #cinemovieclub and #donniedarko.
Pour les besoins du boulot, je me suis récemment plongé dans les différents
logiciels de gestion de projets. J'en avais sorti quelques uns du lot en fonction de
critères qui nous sont propres, à savoir : Redmine, DotProject, Collabtive,
...
Une seconde, puis une troisième sélection ont laissé en lice Redmine et
DotProject.
DotProject - en dehors de son interface pour le moins vieillotte - avait semblé
répondre à nos attentes, mais voilà : la dernière version
stable n'est pas compatible PHP 5.3, et la branche 2.0 du logiciel ne semble plus évoluer
au profit de la future version 3 qui sera basée sur Zend Framework. Cette
ré-écriture n'en est qu'à son tout début. Pas très engageant
que tout cela...
Redmine de son côté semble bénéficier d'un développement
très régulier, et d'une communauté relativement importante et vivante. Un
hic : c'est du ruby-on-rails ; et je ne connais pas le moins du monde
cette technologie.
Autre «Â souci » à prendre en considération, le
serveur sur lequel devra tourner cette application est sous CentOS et non sous
Fedora ; je vais y revenir sous peu...
Donc, je me lance, je récupère une version 0.8 de Redmine que j'essaie d'installer
sur mon PC du boulot, en Fedora 12. Pas trop de problèmes à noter, j'ai
balbutié un peu et me suis complètement cassé les dents lorsque j'ai voulu
brancher apache sur l'installation...
Entre temps, je découvre qu'une demande de revue a été faite sur le Bugzilla pour
redmine ! Youpi En y
regardant de plus près, la page des pré-requis de
Redmine m'apprend que la version de Rails de Fedora 12 n'est pas suffisante
(2.3.4)Â ; de même que la version de Rack (1.0.0). Je vérifie sous Fedora
13, on a un Rails en 2.3.5 et un Rack en 1.1.0. Ça devrait aller.
Oui, mais... ça devrait La version
de Rack requise est la version 1.0.1, strictement. Ni la version 1.0.0, ni la version 1.1.0 ne
fonctionnent ! En local et à des fins de tests, il est toujours possible
d'installer la bonne version du composant avec la commande :
$ gem install rack -v 1.0.1
Il est bien entendu hors de question que je lance une telle commande avec un utilisateur
privilégié, la bonne version de rack reste donc installée sur un compte
utilisateur local ; du coup, l'intégration dans apache ne fonctionne pas (ben
oui, la version système de rack n'est pas la bonne, suivez un peu ). Un petit
coup d'oeil sur ma CentOS m'apprend que de ce côté je ne dispose pas non plus de la
bonne version de Ruby, etc. Y'a plus qu'à ; comme dirait l'autre.
Dans un premier temps, je crée un utilisateur dédié à ce
service :
# useradd -r -m redmine
Ensuite, je récupère la dernière version du trunk de Redmine
(récupérer cette version n'est pas une obligation, bien loin de
là ; mais l'intégration il y a quelques jours de la notion de
sous-tâches directement dans Redmine m'intéressait au plus haut point :-p ).
$ svn co http://redmine.rubyforge.org/svn/trunk ./redmine
Voyons à installer les versions de Ruby et consorts dont nous avons besoin. J'ai
re-compilé un certain nombre de paquets sur mon dépôt personnel EL5 (en
version 64bits uniquement) à cet effet :
ruby
rubygems
rubygem-actionmailer
rubygem-actionpack
rubygem-activerecord
rubygem-activeresource
rubygem-activesupport
rubygem-fcgi
rubygem-mocha
rubygem-rack
rubygem-rails
rubygem-sqlite3-ruby
ruby-mysql
ruby-RMagick
ImageMagick-6.5.8.10
Pour bénéficier de ces versions, vous pouvez soit les récupérer sur
mon dépôt à l'adresse http://rpms.ulysses.fr/el5/x86_64/Â ; soit
installer mon dépôt :
Pour ensuite installer les programmes (ruby-RMagick n'est requis que pour l'export PNG des
diagrammes de Gantt. Vous pouvez l'omettre si cette fonctionnalité ne vous est pas utile
)Â :
/! ATTENTION /! Ce dépôt personnel est intrusif et remplace des paquets de
base de CentOS. Ne l'activez pas par défaut, ou alors à vos risques et
périls.
Nous voilà parés ; tous les composants logiciels sont présents,
nous pouvons procéder à l'installation. Dans un premier temps, créons notre
base MySQL (PostgreSQL est également supporté, référez-vous à
la documentation de Redmine pour connaître la procédure à
suivre)Â :
$ mysql -u root -p mysql> create database redmine character set utf8; mysql> create user
'redmine'@'localhost' identified by 'my_password'; mysql> grant all privileges on redmine.* to
'redmine'@'localhost'; mysql> flush privileges;
Depuis le dossier où vous avez stocké votre Redmine (/var/www/redmine dans mon
cas), copiez le fichier config/database.yml.example vers config/database.yml puis
éditez-le de la sorte :
Les variables sont bien entendu à renseigner en fonction des choix que vous avez faits.
Notez l'ajout de l'entrée socket sans laquelle je m'étais heurté
à de jolies erreurs (il semblerait que ce soit un bogue d'un des composants ruby).
Redmine permet l'utilisation de diverses instances (production, développement, ...). Vous
devrez donc dupliquer les informations relatives à la base dans les différentes
instances que vous souhaitez utiliser. Une fois de plus, référez-vous à la
documentation de Redmine pour en savoir plus à ce sujet.
Puisque j'ai utilisé une version SVN ultérieure à la révision
3055 ; j'ai eu à lancer la commande :
$ rake generate_session_store
Initialisons ensuite la base de données, et profitons-en pour y placer quelques
données par défaut :
$ RAILS_ENV=production rake db:migrate (in /var/www/redmine) == Setup: migrating
========================================================== -- create_table("attachments",
{:force=>true}) -> 0.0812s [...] $ RAILS_ENV=production rake redmine:load_default_data (in
/var/www/redmine) Select language: bg, bs, ca, cs, da, de, el, en, es, eu, fi, fr, gl, he, hr, hu,
id, it, ja, ko, lt, nl, no, pl, pt, pt-BR, ro, ru, sk, sl, sr, sv, th, tr, uk, vi, zh, zh-TW [en]
fr ==================================== Default configuration data loaded.
Fort bien ! Nous avons désormais une installation de Redmine fonctionnelle
Certains répertoires doivent être accessibles en écriture, mais le checkout
svn ayant été fait avec l'utilisateur redmine qui se chargera de lancer le
serveur de tests, nous n'avons pas à nous en préoccuper... Lançons donc ce
fameux serveur :
$ ruby script/server webrick -e production => Booting WEBrick => Rails 2.3.5 application
starting on http://0.0.0.0:3000 => Call with -d to detach => Ctrl-C to shutdown server
[2010-03-16 20:15:58] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1 [2010-03-16 20:15:58] INFO ruby 1.8.6 (2010-01-11)
[x86_64-linux] [2010-03-16 20:15:58] INFO WEBrick::HTTPServer#start: pid=14469 port=3000
Et voilà ; en vous connectant à http://monhote:3000 vous
accéderez à votre instance Redmine. admin est le login et le mot de passe
par défaut. Vous aurez peut-être à ouvrir le port 3000 pour la durée
de ce test, ne l'oubliez pas
Vient ensuite la mise en ligne de l'application... À des fins de tests, je me suis
risqué à essayer une technique très peu orthodoxe depuis apache... Mais qui
n'a pas fonctionné comme escompté. Voici le fichier de configuration que j'avais
utilisé (en substance)Â :
Un peu barbare, certes, mais c'était pour tester «Â rapidement ».
Cette configuration a d'ailleurs fonctionné... Sur certains postes Sur d'autres,
j'avais la page de login correcte ; et une fois loggué ; plus de
CSS ni de JS. Pas top donc. J'ai décidé de pousser le test plus loin, et d'utiliser
le mod_fcgid pour accéder à cette application. Il faudra pour ce faire
installer les composants qui vont bien :
N'oubliez pas de spécifier ensuite quelle instance de Redmine devra être
démarrée (production, development, ...). Pour ce faire, éditez le fichier
config/environment.rb puis décommentez (et éditez au besoin) la ligne :
ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'production'
Pour vérifier que ça ne va pas vous claquer de suite entre les doigts, essayez
simplement de lancer le dispatch.fcgi en ligne de commande (vous pouvez ignorer sereinement les
erreurs sur les accès aux fichiers de log pour l'heure)Â :
$ /var/www/redmine/public/dispatch.fcgi
Enfin, une fois que tout est OK, relancez votre serveur apache :
# service httpd restart
Et admirez le résultat
Il m'est arrivé, en fonction des configurations, que ça ne fonctionne pas comme
escompté... Dans ce cas, l'une des premières choses à faire, est de
commenter les ifModule (et leur contenu, évidemment) pour les mod_cgimod_fastcgi ; ça ma «Â sauvé la
vie »
LOS ANGELES (AdAge.com) -- A year after the Sci-Fi Channel replaced its name with
the more vague and therefore less limiting "Syfy," the network is also broadening its pitch to
advertisers.
As far as we’re concerned, March means Madness of
the basketball variety, and keeping up with all aspects of the NCAA tournament is an absolute
must. If you feel the same way, then we think you’ll find our complete guide to all things
college basketball on the social web indispensable.
A recent survey revealed that this year, more Americans than ever are going to
be turning to the web and social media for their NCAA fix. Although traditional TV comes out on
top, 54% of those quizzed are planning to catch the action live online, 10% via a mobile device,
and 18% through various social networks. If you’re one of the many participating online
this year, check out these resources.
Facebook Fast Break
Facebook is a popular destination for NCAA fans. Not only can you catch up on the latest news,
but you can get your fellow basketball-loving buddies involved too — whether it’s for
some trash talking, or to celebrate the win of a mutually fave team.
The Official NCAA Men’s and
Women’s
Basketball Facebook Fan Pages will allow you to connect with nearly 10,000 others (4,000 on the
Women’s page) on the social networking site.
As well as having info on the NCAA with links to sites of interest, the Pages offer informal
commentary from the NCAA teams, fan comments and insight, ticketing info, and comprehensive
events data.
Meanwhile, if you’re looking for a bracket system that’s available within Facebook,
then Bracket Challenge by Citizen Sports is a popular option. The free Facebook
app will get you making your picks in no time at all, and offers the chance at a $5,000 grand
prize. Bracket Challenge also has the option to create pools with your friends.
Mobile Madness
Citizen Sports also offers a free
companion app (to their aforementioned Facebook application) for the iPhone or iPod touch
with customizable push notifications for your favorite teams.
More mobile options include the 99 cent Pocket Bracket for the iPhone and
Android devices that allows you to create unlimited
brackets and organize pools from your phone. You can compete against thousands of users on the
PocketBracket Network, as well as your friends, family, and coworkers.
The Baseline Fan series
of apps, available for the iPhone and iPod touch, offer basic team-specific data for 99 cents a
pop, while fans of free should take a look at Talk
Hoops, another dual-platform app, offering aggregated news in one place.
Web-based Winners
Facebook and phones certainly aren’t the only places to get your bracket challenge fix.
There is a wealth of online options, many offering larges cash prizes, should you be astute
enough to pick the perfect bracket. Of course, the odds of that happening are a whopping 9.2 quintillion to
1. Still, the contests below are all great places to make your picks and each (excluding
Applebee’s) come from sites that offer a dearth of tournament news, scores, opinions, and
analysis, as well.
The 2010 Yahoo! Sports
Tourney Pick’em game offers a whopping million dollar prize for a perfect bracket,
while having the next highest scoring bracket will nab you $10,000. This gives you the option to
join the masses or create a private group with invites that can be sent via e-mail, Facebook or Twitter.
Also getting in on the online action is Fox Sports with their bracket
challenge, and CBS, which is offering the enticing grand prize of a 2011 Infiniti M for the top
bracket champ.
The biggest prize this year, though, has to be from AOL’s Fanhouse, with the SoBe Lifewater Zero Inhibitions Bracket Challenge
that boasts a $9 million jackpot for anyone with a perfect bracket. (Again, though, good luck
with that.)
Video Slam Dunk
With your bracket picked, you need to find somewhere to watch the action, and while the NCAA’s official YouTube channel offers a
good overview of the organization, the better destination for live coverage is the NCAA March Madness on Demand website.
Powered by CBS, this website offers free live streaming video of every game in the 2010
championship. That means, the only things you’ll need to watch the entire tournament is
your computer and an Internet connection. In addition to the live streams, there will be game
highlights for those that need to catch up in a hurry, and full game archives for any poor sucker
that missed a must-see match. A “High Quality” player option offers a widescreen view
with a better quality feed.
If you can’t get yourself in front on a computer in time for tip-off, then the CBS Sports NCAA March Madness
On-Demand app for the iPhone and iPod touch is a great option. It’s also perfect for
those who don’t want to be tied to their desk or television screen during the tournament.
For $10, this app will give you live streaming video of all 63 games via either Wi-Fi or a
cellular connection, from the first round through the finals. The app also offers game previews,
a real-time tournament bracket, scores and headlines, and the option to comment and trash talk
via Facebook and Twitter.
Twitter Tip-Offs
As with any other topic you could possibly name, Twitter offers a great way to keep up with
what’s happening in the world of NCAA basketball, and there are a few Twitter accounts you
should follow if you want to stay in the hoop… sorry — loop.
The main NCAA Twitter account offers all
sorts of official news from the world of college sports. But if you’re only after
hoop-specific NCAA news, the basketball account is where it’s at.
Elsewhere, you can grab news snippets from the Twitter home of the “ubiquitous college
basketblog” Rush the Court.
If you like getting your basketball news from sources who can add a bit of commentary to the
game, then there’s a ton of sports journos tweeting who can offer just that.
Tweeple that cover the NCAA basketball championship for various media outlets include 12 New
York Times reporters and editors at The Quad, and a team of Sports Illustrated writers and photographers as well.
ESPN fans can follow longtime college basketball analyst Dick Vitale, senior writer and college basketball reporter Andy Katz, college hoops reporter Dana O’Neil, and Jimmy Dykes, who works for ESPN and also
offers analysis on ABC.
CBS meanwhile comes in with Seth
Davis, as well as columnist Gary
Parrish, who should offer you some good insight into the Big Dance.
Conclusion
If we’ve overlooked a service you use, be sure to shout it out in the comments. Or, if you
have an idea for an even better way to use social media to keep up-to-date with the March
Madness, then Coke Zero wants to hear from you as part of their clever, basketball-themed
social media promotion.
The fizzy drink company is currently asking for ideas to improve the NCAA fan experience. A
winning idea could net you $10,000 and tickets to the 2011 Final Four. So get your thinking caps
on!
Amid the
considerable sound and fury of SXSW, on-demand music-streaming subscription service MOG announced the launch of its impending mobile app for
iPhone and Android.
The mobile service will launch in the early second quarter of this year for a $10 per month fee,
which also includes on-demand desktop streaming.
Back in December, the MP3 blog network launched its all-you-can-eat music-streaming
service, offering on-demand listening to its seven million song library from a web browser for $5
per month.
The mobile version of the All Access service takes all that music with you on the go, and
includes the ability to download tracks to a “local cache” on your device for
listening when you don’t have a cell signal and are out of Wi-Fi range. An “HQ
Audio” option allows users to opt for a higher audio quality download in exchange for the
tradeoff of larger file sizes.
Founder and CEO of MOG David Hyman said of the announcement, “The whole point of putting
music in the cloud is to be able to get to it whenever you want it, from anywhere — and
mobile was always an end goal for us.”
MOG, which just raised a new round of
funding to the tune of $9.5 million, is backed by Universal Music Group and Sony Music. Its
$10/month mobile service undercuts competitor Rhapsody’s $15/month fee, though it remains
to be seen how its pricing will stack up against the “coming any day now” U.S.
version of hugely popular European streaming site Spotify.
The music subscription model itself remains largely unproven here in the States, with many
consumers balking at the idea of losing access to downloaded tracks if they choose to stop
subscribing.
What do you think of music subscription services versus the pay-per-track or per-album model? Do
you think $10 per month is a fair price for access to a music buffet on the go?
Wearable, Inc. has introduced its new Airstash wireless flash drive with built-in media server.
Airstash is a small device featuring a USB port on one end and an SD/SDHC card slot on the other.
Once a card is inserted, users can fill the card with media from their desktop or laptop PCs, and
then use the Airstash’s built-in Wi-Fi media server to access the content from any
Wi-Fi-capable device with a web browser. Notably, the device’s...
Ten weeks after the launch of Google’s Nexus One smartphone, sales continue to remain slow.
Mobile analytics firm Flurry, who also projected first week and first month sales for the snazzy
device, has just released its latest sales estimates, deducing that in 74 days, 135,000 devices have been
sold.
This is in sharp contrast to the Motorola DROID and
the original Apple iPhone, which both sold a
million units in the same period of time.
Flurry actually used 74 days as a barometer, because that was how long it took for the original
iPhone to sell one million units back in 2007. Motorola’s DROID sold 1.05 million units by
day 74, and that’s to say nothing of future iPhone releases, which all crossed the
one-million-sold mark even more quickly.
Flurry lays out some good arguments for why Nexus One sales have lagged behind DROID sales (and
we really do think that DROID is the more accurate barometer, rather than using the 2007 iPhone
benchmarks), but we think it’s really all about one thing: Carrier.
Problem 1: T-Mobile
Although the Nexus One is available unlocked (for a higher price), it is still largely tied to a
single carrier in the United States (and in Canada). That carrier, T-Mobile, has the smallest 3G
coverage area of the major wireless telecos. That’s a big problem when you are talking
about a phone that really needs to be connected to 3G or Wi-Fi to show off its best features.
Conversely, Verizon has a huge subscription base, the most consistent 3G network and is running a
very aggressive ad campaign promoting the DROID.
AT&T may be the bane of many iPhone users’ existence (although it is slowly improving),
but the coverage options still trump T-Mobile, even with 3G out of the equation. Fortunately,
Google has just made unlocked Nexus One phones available for AT&T and Rogers 3G networks. Unfortunately, this is still a
separate version from the T-Mobile Nexus One, which means that if you wanted to switch carriers
in the United States or Canada and keep 3G, you’re still SOL.
When Google officially released the Nexus One, I commented that it wasn’t really about the phone,
it was about Google’s new phone marketplace.
Seventy-four days later, this phone marketplace has a lot of problems that still haven’t
been completely resolved. First, customers complained about an additional (and excessive) early
termination fee that Google charged for users who terminated their contract in the first 120 days
of ownership. This fee was in addition to T-Mobile’s fee and as expected, consumers went
ballistic. Google has since lowered the ETF
to $150, but that still means you’re paying two early termination fees if you cancel in
the first four months of use.
Then, there’s the ongoing issue of getting support for the Nexus
One. Google has since improved support options, but you still need to potentially deal with
three different people: the manufacturer, the wireless company and then Google. That’s
problematic and it is something that doesn’t happen for other phones, even on the same
carrier. When I had problems with my BlackBerry, I called and was served by a T-Mobile person
— sometimes I had to jump through hoops to talk to a RIM specialist, but I didn’t
have to call RIM directly.
Plus, I do think that perhaps Google underestimated how many people like to, I don’t know,
physically touch a phone before buying it. Now, I’m not one of those people (Hey, I
pre-ordered the iPad sight-unseen), but many users are — and not having any store presence
is problematic, if only because it decreases visibility.
Bottom Line
The Nexus One is clearly not the big hit that many expected it to be — and even on Verizon,
it might never be a hit.
However, the fact that DROID numbers are so strong shows that this isn’t a platform
problem, it’s an execution problem. It will be interesting to see Google’s next
attempt.
What do you think of Nexus One sales? Are you surprised that they are as low as they are? Let us
know!
GTI Club Supermini Festa ! sera disponible sur Wii à la fin du mois, le 25 très
exactement. Le retour de l'arcade en petites GTI jouera à fond la carte du multijoueur avec
des modes à la fois offline et online. Mais les capacités Wi-Fi de la console ne se
limiteront pas à ça. Konami vient en effet d'annoncer qu'un DLC sera disponbile sur
les serveurs dès son lancement.Au programme, quatre peintures spéciales pour les
voitures suivantes : MINI Cooper S, ABARTH 500, VOLKSWAGEN Polo GTI et PEUGEOT 207 GTi. Le prix ?
Gratuit. Heureusement. L'éditeur annonce également de futures customisations
esthétiques dans les semaines à venir, sans préciser si elles seront toujours
offertes ou s'il faudra cette fois-ci ouvrir le portefeuille. Peut-on également
espérer plus de ce service avec de nouvelles épreuves ou modèles ? L'avenir
nous le dira.
Showcase is one of the great titles of the Silver Age. Alas, many of the best known books from
that series (Showcase #4, Showcase #34 and Showcase #60 are all examples) are very pricey. This
week I'm taking a look at some later issues that are less well known, but are noteworthy all the
same and can be found for relative peanuts:
Showcase #72
I love westerns, and you should, too! Johnny Thunder is one of the greatest western strips of
all-time and Showcase #72 reprints the story “Unseen Allies” from
All-American Western #104. It also has a fun late 50s Trigger Twins story originally
published in All-Star Western #101. There’s also a short 3-page Joe Kubert story
about the Texas Rangers. Toth, Infantino and Kubert all in one place? And a new Russ Heath cover?
Priceless, you say? We all VGish copy recently sold for $1.04 on eBay.
Showcase #78
Created by Len Wein and Marv Wolfman, Jonathan Sebastian "Jonny" Double is a penniless private
eye located in San Francisco. He’s a cross between Sam Spade and Alan Ginsberg, dig? It may
seem a bit dated today, but it’s a fun ‘hippie noir’ concoction
and Jack Sparling’s inventive layouts lets the reader know that DC is up for a little
experimentation. A VG copy recently sold on eBay for $2.75
Showcase #79
What can I say about Showcase #79 that hasn’t already been said? It is simply one of the
most beautiful books put out by DC during the 60s. Dolphin’s origin tale “The Fantasy
at 14 Fathoms” was written and drawn by Jay Scott Pike, one of the most talented artists of
the 50s and 60s. It is a beautiful thing and should be a part of everyone's collection. As an
added bonus, this issue also includes a reprint of Aqualad's origin with terrific Ramona Fradon
artwork. I have not seen any recent sales, but I'd imagine a copy in VG could be found for well
under $10.
Showcase #87 to #89
These issues featured Joe Kubert’s Firehair, and is a must read for a Kubert fans. This is
a different character than the Firehair who had her own title for Fiction House circa 1950 but
the overall concept is the same. DC’s writers and editors obviously noted the shift that
was going on in Hollywood vis-à-vis how westerns were constructed or, more appropriately,
deconstructed. Kubert had become the Kubert that we all know and love at this stage and he was
really playing around with layouts. The fever dream that is issue #89 is particularly impressive.
Last week, a 2 book lot of issues 86 and 87 in VGish sell for $4.25.
Showcase #91 to #93
Manhunter 2070 is a terrific strip that ran in the final three issues of the first incarnation of
Showcase. An interplanetary bounty hunter named Starker is the star of this strip and the
combination of exotic locales, a witty robot assistant and Mike Sekowsky artwork give it a real
‘Star Hawkins’ vibe. Personally, I think DC was onto something here as
these stories were very entertaining and I’ll always believe there’s room on the
spinner rack for sci-fi noir. Showcase ended on a high note. These are dirt cheap as issues #92
& #93 (VG+ and VG-) recently sold for $1.01 and all 3 issues in VGish sold for $5.50.
There's also the likes of Nightmaster and Jason's Quest among others from the last few years of
Showcase, but I'd suggest starting with the ones I've noted above. For more comic book
talk - stop by my blog Seduction of the
Indifferent
Before we understand where we’re going, we have to know where we’ve been — and
why we know what’s going to happen. That seems to be the premise, anyway, behind the so-far
intriguing sci-fi thriller Tyranny,
which premiered last week on Koldcast.
Tyranny is slow to start thanks to an extended prologue/credits sequence, but after a
minute or so we get down to business. Opening in Prague in the year 2011, we meet Daniel McCarthy
(John Beck Hofman), whose use of technology to get a glimpse of the future has made him an
outcast, the leader of a rebellion and a prisoner of Dr. Malik (Enrico Piazza).
Trying to sort out the credits on Tyranny might give you a bit of a headache, as
the official site makes a big deal about how the series is
the unfinished work of McCarthy, who “disappeared” in 2009, but had left behind
enough raw footage for his friend Max to assemble. (In truth, Hofman, who is uncredited as the
series star, is also its creator.)
This sort of deceit is admirable for trying to play with the concept of narrative online, not to
mention introducing a potential ARG element. Unfortunately, that
“backstory” doesn’t correspond at all with the actual series, which is
conventionally filmed like fiction — did Daniel use a three-camera set-up to capture video
of Dr. Malik’s interrogation? The approach would make sense were the show a
lonelygirl15-style vlog drama, but doesn’t match with the series as it stands.
Daniel’s journals, which
track a filmmaker’s career and his excitement about Tyranny as an upcoming feature
film, only add to the confusion.
However, the genius of setting your show in the extremely not-too-distant future is that
it’s usually not too hard to pull off the look, visually — production design
doesn’t require too much alteration from a modern look in order to be believable. And
Tyranny is one of those shows that looks great despite clearly not being a massive
production, with many locations feeling found rather than constructed and minimal yet effective
touches of world-building. The effect is similar to other relatively low-budget thrillers with
sci-fi twists, such as the complex indie favorite Primer — proof that you
don’t need a lot of money to tell a story in this genre.
Tyranny is taking the web series to feature film approach, pinning its hopes for
distribution on how the series performs. And for a project that has a lot of feature film DNA,
it’s pretty well-structured episodically. However, it’s very hard to get a sense of
how Daniel’s claims that he’s the leader of an underground resistance movement
connect with the actual narrative so far, which is taking its sweet time to unfurl.
In the three episodes provided for review, the focus is on Daniel’s experiments with the
human brain – how the world began crumbling, and whether Daniel could have done anything to
stop it, are the show’s big unanswered questions. Audiences eagerly needing answers may
find their patience tried.
Wearable after a notable delay began shipping the AirStash wireless flash drive.
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remote server. It can share or stream content either from an attached computer through USB or from
an inserted SD/SDHC card; it has its own battery and can last for up to five hours of continuous
video without being attached to any device....
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As far as we’re concerned, March means Madness of
the basketball variety, and keeping up with all aspects of the NCAA tournament is an absolute
must. If you feel the same way, then we think you’ll find our complete guide to all things
college basketball on the social web indispensable.
Amid the
considerable sound and fury of SXSW, on-demand music-streaming subscription service 
Ten weeks after the launch of Google’s 
Dépourvu de 3G, le Player 5 est un téléphone qui a tout d’un
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Wearable after a notable delay began shipping the AirStash wireless flash drive.
As unveiled earlier, the device has no built-in storage of its own but instead acts as a Wi-Fi
remote server. It can share or stream content either from an attached computer through USB or from
an inserted SD/SDHC card; it has its own battery and can last for up to five hours of continuous
video without being attached to any device....
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