Review: Avatar Day

It is 5:30pm when I show up at the theater for the 15 minute preview of James Cameron's Avatar that's screening at 6pm. There's a good amount of people there but not enough to pack the house. Most of them are...

James Cameron's Avatar: Apple Trailer Goes Live

James Cameron's Avatar trailer was released officially today, which means no more frustrating fake Youtube trailers for me. The teaser trailer is officially released today on the Apple website. Online audience will get a sneak preview of the highly anticipated sci-fi fantasy...

Avatar Day is ALMOST a Disaster!

UPDATE - The site is FINALLY working. Almost 4 hours later. On Friday, August 21, IMAX theaters across the country are screening 15 minutes of James Cameron's much hyped, Avatar. Today at 3pm Eastern and Noon Pacific, fans could reserve the FREE tickets at the movie's...

James Cameron Avatar Day: 15 Minutes in 3D for Free on August 21

15 Minutes of James Cameron's latest movie Avatar will be screened for free on August 21, 2009. James Cameron announced that it will take place in IMAX 3D theaters worldwide, and he called it Avatar Day. The...

Facebook Game Scrabulous: It's Back as Lexulous!

Good news for all Scrabulous fans - it's back on Facebook!  It's pretty much the same, except it's now named Lexulous, and for those of us playing it when it went off last summer, our unfinished games,...

VIRTUALLY WEIRD: Online divorcee jailed after killing virtual hubby

This has got to be the weirdest thing I've read on the internet in a really long time.  I just watched the movie "Idiocracy" with Luke Wilson.  If you haven't seen it, rent it after this.  You'll...

Japanese woman murdered virtual hubby in computer game faces £3,000 fine and...

What's the latest Virtual fad?"Online virtual marriage that lead to virtual divorce causing virtual avatar murder"  Sudden virtual divorce causes a Japanese women to go loco and now faces charges for hacking....

Twitties To Honour Terrific Twitter Tweets

Given the massive growth of microblogging and, specifically, Twitter, it was only a matter of time before someone decided to take stock of the site's most impressive 140 character combinations and honour the art...

Second Life Bluesman Gets First Life Record Deal

If you had any doubts that you lived in The Future, you may now dispel them... a real-life blues artist has signed a record deal after a labe's avatar saw his avatar, playing a live gig in Second Life. The label, Reality Entertainment, was actively scouring Second Life for...

Google Introduces a Cartoonlike Method for Talking in Chat Rooms

"On Tuesday the company introduced Lively, an online tool that allows people to embody a cartoonish online avatar and have text-based conversations with friends and other Internet users in virtual chat rooms. The rooms can be added to any blog or Web site. Google unveiled...

Using Brainwaves To Chat And Stroll Through Second Life

The line between science fiction and reality is definitely blurring. Scientists at the University of Keio have developed a device that will allow quadrepalegics to move characters in Second Life. The system uses...

Giant Twitter Typewriter in Second Life

From the virtual inventions desk, comes this cute mashup of Second Life and Twitter — a giant typewriter has been created in the virtual world of SL that allows users to type 140 characters of fun onto...

iTunes TV downloads reach Canada

"One criticism of Apple's iTunes Store has been the non-availability of TV shows outside of the US and the UK. The announcement that shows will now be offered to Canadian residents is a step in the right direction.The initial batch of shows originate from Canadian and US...

Is the Future in the Headlines?

Google's Parallel Universe Business ConceptThis piece consists of excerpts from the N.Y. Times' articles pertaining to Google's Android software and my projection that Google has a long term business...

Excess by Proxy: Virtual Sex and Drugs Causing Police Concern

I can see how lifestyle-tourists would be interested in a site like the one described below, but there are some things that a virtual experience just cannot provide. Using a more universal example, how would you...

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