New Moon Beats Harry Potter At The Midnight Box Office

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The new Twilight movie New Moon beat Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince last night at the box office.
New Moon made $26.3 million at the North American box offices in midnight showings, breaking the record set by Harry Potter according to Reuters.
Experts expect that New Moon will reach $100 million in its opening weekend. The Twilight saga (site) is a phenomenon and it comes with a huge entourage of merchandise including Twilight Barbies.
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Posted on Sat, 21 Nov 2009 10:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Next Harry Potter Video Game Release Date Set.

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the video game, will be released in North America on June 30th of this year. Like most video games based off of movies (based off of books), the game will be hitting the market a little earlier than the feature film.

The Half-Blood Prince game will be released for the Xbox 360, the Nintendo Wii, the PlayStation 3, and the PlayStation 2. There will also be a PC version of the game, as well as mobile, PSP, and DS versions. Mac users won't be left out either; just this once Electronic Arts loves you too and will be releasing an Apple compatible version of Half Blood Prince on the 30th as well.

Posted on Thu, 14 May 2009 14:00:00 CDT | by Robert Evans

Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter Review

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Today we are looking at a very nice little gadget that will help you get connected to hot spots when you are on the road. The device is called the Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter.

The gadget is small and can detect up to 20 Wi-Fi networks that are within range. You will get lots of different data on the networks as well including the SSID and more. Read more

Posted on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:08:37 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Mana Energy Potion for the Harry Potters in the IT Department

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Geek lifestyle shop Think Geek now offers the Mana Energy Potion, which comes in little wizard bottles.

The tiny energy drink (1.35oz) is supposed to be as strong as 2 Red Bull or 4 cups of coffee. Read more

Posted on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:48:50 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

I4U Top Stories of the Week: Potter, DMB Phones, PSP TV Tuner

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This week brought a mix of technology news without major highlights. The last Harry Potter book raised the most attention. Mostly of course because of the photo leak, the early NY Times review and now the possibility that they can catch the photo leaker because he used a Canon Rebel and the serial number is in the meta data of the photos.

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Posted on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Harry Potter Photo Leaker used Canon Camera - Serial Number in Photos

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The person who uploaded photos of what appears to be the Harry Potter Deathly Hallows book is better running now and trash his Canon.

The Times reports that the serial number of the Canon camera used has been found in the Exif meta data of the distributed Potter book photos. Read more

Posted on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:39:26 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows leaked through Photos of Book Pages?

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Photos of what seems to be from the actual Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book that is going to hit shelves on July 21st (in 3 days) leaked on the web.

Several hundred photos of pages of Potter and the Deathly Hallows are distributed through P2P services and web sites.

It is not sure if the photos are actually real or an elaborate hoax. I have not seen anyone leaking who dies in the last Potter book yet. Read more

Posted on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter LCD Wi-fi Detector Review

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Canary Wireless LLC sent us their Digital Hotspotter HS10 gadget for review.

The Digital Hotspotter announced by Canary Wireless in November 2004 seems to be still the only Wi-fi detector with an LCD display on the market. The LCD display is great to have on a Wi-fi network detector as it directly tells you the strength and more important if its secure or open. Other information displayed are SSID and channel.

I tested the Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter at home and outside. It picked up my network without problems. I just have to push a button and it scans for networks. If the first one displayed is not usable another push of the button brings the next one if available. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Sep 2005 05:30:23 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Buy the Harry Potter Mirror of The Erised

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The Warner Brothers Store sells the Mirror of Erised as seen in the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

This mirror measures 16.5 x 8.5 inches and can be mounted on a wall or can rest on a tabletop. A most have for all Harry Potter fans out there.
The Harry Potter mirror sells for $68.95 at the Warner Brothers Online Store and ships world-wide.


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Posted on Sat, 18 Dec 2004 02:57:29 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

USB powered ultrasonic Humidifier Potter III

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Japanese Company e-Let's is offering (translation) a humidifier that is powered through a PC USB port.

The water in the device is vibrated with a filter with ultrasonic frequency of 135KHz in order to vaporize it. The green color of the gadget is supposed to bring luck at the work place. The Humidifier should help for dry eyes, dry skin, etc. The USB Gadget with product name Potter III, measures 76mm in width and 127mm in height.

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Posted on Thu, 29 Jan 2004 23:07:11 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Harry Potter Mania The 5th Time Around

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Yesterday midnight the 5th book of the Harry Potter Series went on Sale -- you did not miss it did you ?

The NY Daily News writes:
"Fans cheered and applauded at Toys "R" Us in Times Square as Grammy Award-winner Jim Dale, creator of the 134 voices for the Potter books on tape, did the countdown to sales time. But the crowd was so big, only 100 people at a time were let in." NYDailyNews.
Oh by the way the NYDailyNews got hit with a 100 Mio. USD law-suit, because they published details from the book, which they bought in stores that mistakenly put it on sale to early. See this Fox News Story

It is interesting that a book can be as exciting as a new Star Wars Movie release or a new Game Console.

Me personally i only have anticipation for the upcoming Half Life 2.

Buy Now:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Deluxe Edition
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Standard Edition (Amazon.com #1 Sales Rank)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Audio CD

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Posted on Sat, 21 Jun 2003 10:59:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr