Not only did I leave, but I decided it would be cool to break comments for the last two days. Word of advice for everyone out there…never use “http:” as one of your blacklist strings. Sorry about that. Read more »

I will make this short and sweet. Jacob Gower (macgyver), owner of the CSS Vault and many other fine sites, has purchased FG and is now the head geek around here. Already the site is better off with more news and updates. Most of the crew will remain. I had fun. I am sure you will see me again soon. Read more »

Merrill Lynch Japan predicts Sony will lose more than $1 billion on hardware during its next-gen console’s first year on the market–a sum it may not be able to recoup. According to the latest issue of Japanese magazine Toyo Keizai, Merrill Lynch Japan Securities has recently calculated an analysis that the production of a single PlayStation 3 console will cost Sony approximately 54,000 yen to make ($494), as of its initial release in 2006. Merrill Lynch Japan estimates that the machine’s main components–namely its Cell chip, RSX, and BD-ROM drive–will cost about 11,000 yen ($101) each. After adding the other electronics that will be used in the PS3, the machine’s Read more »

After someone cracks the CSS encryption on DVDs don’t you think it would be a good idea to hire the guy? Maybe after he broke the encryption on the iTunes music store? Well if someone doesn’t scoop this guy up after he cracks Google’s video viewer then they have just lost it. Instead of trying to fight these types of people they should be embracing them. Hell, if I had the money I would do it. Jon Lech Johansen, also known as DVD Jon, posted software on his “So Sue Me” Web site that he says modifies the viewer so that it plays videos hosted on any server. The company’s Read more »

I am sure everyone is well aware of this, but if not Apple has decided to add color screens to all of their iPod models (excluding the Shuffle for all you smartasses). The simplified lineup features a new 20GB color screen model for $299 (the same price as the older monochrome version), a 60GB model for $399 ($50 cheaper), and an updated iPod U2 Special Edition with a color screen for $329 ($20 cheaper). The company has apparently dropped the 30GB iPod photo model, which sold for $349. Read more »

Saturday night I was out doing things that I probably shouldn’t be doing with people I shouldn’t be hanging out with, but it was fun. These people thought it would be a good idea to build a Star Destroyer replica from legos. It only took them 10 hours. They also made a video of it using stop motion technology and I must admit it is pretty cool. Can’t see myself ever doing something like that, but to each his own. Read more »

The King Kong movie trailer has been released and I must admit that it is a doozy. Peter Jackson has easily established himself as one of the top 3 filmmakers for this decade in my opinion. My first impressions of Kong based on this trailer are strong. Jack Black seems to be a perfect choice, even though I can’t get any of his Tenacious D songs out of my head. However, after watching the original 1933 version of King Kong, I see that the role he is playing is definitely a weird fellow. Jack fits perfectly, from what I see in the trailer. Kong looks incredible. There are limited shots, Read more »

Many people have been wondering when the next round of submissions would be taking place for entry into the 9rules Network and I am happy to announce that we will open them up this Friday starting at 12:00 AM Eastern time. Once again we will only have the window for submissions open for 24 hours so if you are interested in joining make sure to get your entry in between 12:00AM and 11:59PM on July 1st. We are looking for all types of content-based websites and if your site is different from what we currently offer our readers then even better. There have been a couple of great discussions concerning Read more »

Microsoft is planning to extend the RSS (Really Simple Syndication) standard to better support the publishing of ordered lists of information, a company spokesperson says. Gary Schare, director of strategic product management in the Windows division of Microsoft, says that while RSS is a reliable standard for updating information in message form, it currently has no logical way to organize that information in a way that could help subscribers keep track of what is being fed to them. Didn’t they “extend” HTML back in the day along with Netscape? It only took a couple of years and new sets of standards to fix that fiasco. Why not do it again Read more »