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Word Twist (exe): Can you guess the hidden phrase? Solve different categories such as Movie Titles, Popular Musicians, World Cities, Animals and many more! When you play Word Twist, your goal is to guess a hidden phrase. To reveal letters in the phrase, you link letters to make words. When you make a...; Tags: Movie, Phrase, Kristanix Studios, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2008-05-08
Word Twist (Mac) (dmg): Can you guess the hidden phrase? Solve different categories such as Movie Titles, Popular Musicians, World Cities, Animals and many more! When you play Word Twist, your goal is to guess a hidden phrase. To reveal letters in the phrase, you link letters to make words. When you make a...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Movie, Phrase, Kristanix Studios, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2008-05-08
Solitaire Epic (dmg): Play Solitaire on Mac and Windows. You get over 110 fun levels to play, and three unique solitaire games in one package. Enjoy the three games Klondike, Tri Peaks and Matching, accompanied by soothing music and beautiful background images. Solitaire Epic features an intuitive and easy to use interface, unlimited...; Tags: EPIC, Kristanix Studios, Solitaire Epic, Games, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software; Software downloads 2008-04-24
Solitaire Epic (exe): You get over 110 fun levels to play, and three unique solitaire games in one package. Enjoy the three games Klondike, Tri Peaks and Matching, accompanied by soothing music and beautiful background images. Solitaire Epic features an intuitive and easy to use interface, unlimited undos and in-game hints. You can...; Tags: EPIC, Kristanix Studios, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-03-14

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MPAA wins $111m from bankrupt TorrentSpy: A federal judge in L.A. awarded the Motion Picture Association of America a $111 million judgment against TorrentSpy.com, the file-sharing site that shut down in March, AP reports. TorrentSpy operators Valence Media LLC were hit for $30,000 per violation for nearly 3,700 illegal movie and TV shows. ...; Tags: MPAA, TorrentSpy, Peer To Peer (P2P), Litigation, Internet, Business Operations, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-05-07

Will iTunes new DVD distribution schedule be enough to boost Apple TV?: Apple on Thursday announced that iTunes would get new movie releases from studios the same day as their DVD release, but the larger question is whether this move can give Apple TV more traction. Let's face it: Apple TV is an interesting experiment for Apple, but it's...; Tags: Apple Inc., Apple TV, Apple iTunes, DVD, TVs, Digital Music, Digital Media, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-01
iTunes announces same day movie releases as DVD: In a press release today, Apple announced the ability to purchase new movies from iTunes on the same day as DVD release. New movie releases from both major and independent film studios are now available for purchase on the iTunes Store on the same day as their DVD release. ...; Tags: Release, Movie, Apple iTunes, DVD, Digital Music, Consumer Electronics, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Google's board member targeted by SEC: Google director Ann Mather is facing civil charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection to an options backdating scandal at Pixar, where Mather used to be CFO from 1999 to 2004. In Google's filing, the company disclosed: On April 23, 2008, Ann was advised...; Tags: Google Inc., Board, SEC, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., Corporate Governance, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Star Wreck says it's the real open source thing: I got a call from Finland this morning, where Stephen Lee has set up the open source Star Wreck Studios outside Helsinki. His message is this is the real open souce thing.Â "It's like Sourceforge. Some people create crap and some create really good stuff. Everyone...; Tags: Long Tail, Film, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-25
Is Apple going back to the PowerPC?: Hardware independence as a strategic weapon The Forbes magazine scoop that Apple is buying P. A. Semiconductor, a Silicon Valley company that designs high-performance, power-sipping PowerPC chips - the very chips Apple just migrated away from - raises a host of questions. But the people who need to worry...; Tags: Apple Inc., IBM PowerPC, Intel Corp., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Time and talent are the open source speed limits: The launch of an open source movie studio dovetailed with a recent conversation I had with a West Texas entrepreneur. (Image courtesy Star Wreck Studios.) Stephen Lee is convinced there is a ton of time and talent which isn't getting a shot, which is why he's backing...; Tags: Talent, Movie, Workforce Management, Open Source, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn; Blog posts 2008-04-23
The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social media: The poverty of enterprise 2.0 and social mediaMaybe the root problem is......The seemingly total inability to spell or proof read? This blog is unreadable on its face (apart from the blather of whatever the argument might be) -- "argingerging," "ligs anogs," "chaineasinleasing hhuge," "Onoblem. Onlat can retrocan." Is this insider...; Tags: poverty, social media, Enterprise 2.0, collaboration, incoherence, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-04-16
Stronghold 2 Castle Attack Mini Game (rar): Castle Attack 2 borrows some of the gameplay dynamics from Stronghold 2, Firefly Studios' Castle Sim, but certain things have been altered to make Castle Attack 2 more fun. The biggest of these changes is that the enemies in Castle Attack are able to knock down the castle walls with...; Tags: Enemy, Wall, Attack, FireFly Studios, Castle Attack 2, Construction; Software downloads 2008-04-16
Widevine and Microsoft team up for DRM on Silverlight: Microsoft has its own kind of DRM in Silverlight which is based on the DRM found in Windows Media but it sounds like they're also working with Widevine to Silverlight-enable their Cypher service which also works with Flash and the On2 codec. In general, I don't think...; Tags: Team, Microsoft Silverlight, Content Provider, Digital-rights Management, Microsoft Corp., Widevine, Media World, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-04-14
FCC fines stores over TV labeling: FCC fines stores over TV labelingWhat they said and what it means...Sears was “surprised.” (Blah!)Best Buy was “extremely disappointed.” (Blah!Wal-Mart has “voluntarily invested millions of dollars in new technology, training, new product and consumer education” for the transition. (Blah! Blah! Blah!)Grand total? Blah, blah, blah, blah,...; Tags: Federal government, TVs, TV & Home Theater, FCC, TV; Discussion threads 2008-04-11
Where are Apple's high-end gaming Macs?: Yesterday I blogged about my thoughts on the comparative price of Macs versus PCs and came to the conclusion that while you can pick up a Vista PC for fewer dollars than a Mac, that didn't automatically mean that Macs were dearer than PCs, just that Apple doesn't cater for...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Boot Camp, Games, Desktops, Personal Technology, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-04-10
The strange journey of HD disc formats: THe battle between HD DVD and Blu-ray is firmly in the category of "old news." With the shift of Warner Brothers to the Blu-ray camp and the domino effect in terms of industry support that caused, Toshiba quickly decided to cease its backing of the format it developed and...; Tags: HD-DVD, Disc, Blu-ray, HD, Hd Dvd, DVD, Sales Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sales, John Carroll; Blog posts 2008-04-01
Black Hat Europe, Day 2 (Revisited): An interview with an invisible hacker: If you haven't seen Day 1 or Day2/Day3 of my series on Black Hat Europe, feel free to have a look. As I mentioned in my Day 2/Day 3 posting, I didn't get a chance to meet up to interview Adam Laurie until late in the day on Thursday; therefore,...; Tags: Black Hat, Training, Satellite, Hacker, Nate, Workforce Management, Network Technology, Human Resources, Networking, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-03-31
HDMI survival guide for home theater: HDMI survival guide for home theaterUm,the 1960s ended ;)It was UHF not UHV and it is still there.That is where the digital channels are placed.We still got them, but it's blocky when the signal is badWe still got them, but it's blocky when the signal is bad or insufficient. ...; Tags: Network technology, home theater, HDMI, cable; Discussion threads 2008-03-21
SlySoft cracks Blu-ray BD encryption: SlySoft cracks Blu-ray BD encryption"BD+ won't be breached for 10 years"Nothing like a challenge to get people moving. I wonder how those studios who went with Sony instead of Toshiba because of their "better" security feel now.Couldn't happen to a better standard.By Better I mean absolutely ridiculous in...; Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), SECURITY, Digital media, SlySoft, encryption, disc, movie; Discussion threads 2008-03-19