Spy
Crowe, DiCaprio Spy Weekend Box Office Victory
By Carl DiOrio
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Body of Lies," a terrorism thriller starring
Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe, will likely take the No. 1 spot at the
weekend box office in North America, ending a run of bad luck for action movies
dealing with the Iraq war.
Director Ridley Scott's Warner Bros. release should fetch up to $20 million
during the three days beginning Friday. Also new in theaters is "The Express,"
which will score in the mid-teen-millions. The Dennis Quaid football drama will
vie for second place with last weekend's champ, "Beverly Hills Chihuahua."
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Posted on Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:26:44 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Skype's China Spying sparks Anger, Despair
By John Ruwitch and Emma Graham-Harrison
HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Savvy Internet users in China began avoiding the
version of Skype offered by its Chinese partner two years ago, but news it
filtered and recorded text messages has sparked new worries about the global
firm's commitment to privacy.
The U.S.-owned Web communications firm faces a backlash at home and in China for
apparently allowing core principles to be compromised in order to meet the
demands of Chinese censors, analysts warned.
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Posted on Fri, 3 Oct 2008 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
British Spy blasts Director of IRA Film
TORONTO (Hollywood Reporter) - A former British spy whose life story inspired
the new Irish Republican Army drama "Fifty Dead Men Walking" has blasted the
film's director for allowing former members of the guerrilla group to provide
security and creative input during last year's Belfast shoot.
Martin McGartland, a former IRA infiltrator, spoke out on Thursday after
Canadian director Kari Skogland and her cast last week revealed that former IRA
volunteers had helped onscreen authenticity by providing tips on how to make
bombs and torture IRA informants.
"(Skogland) should certainly not have been negotiating with the IRA to be able
to film in certain areas of Belfast and she should never have allowed former IRA
terrorists to be on set while filming," McGartland said.
He also fingered the Canadian government for funding the film. During three
decades of violence, the IRA was responsible for more than half of 3,600
sectarian killings in the British province of Northern Ireland.
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Posted on Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:51:42 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
WowWee Rovio Spy Robot on Sale
WowWee unveiled the exciting Rovio Spy Robot at the CES 2008 in January. Now gadget shop Hammacher Schlemmer is first to put the Rovio on sale for $299.95. The robotic sentry will ship on September 26th.
The WowWee Rovio allows you to monitor your home from anywhere in the world. Audio and high-resolution (640 x 480px) video is streamed in MPEG4 format, and it can take still pictures and e-mail them to you; it has a two-way microphone and speaker that enables real-time interaction with subjects - for instance your cat.
I had my hopes last year on the Spykee Spy robot, but it got delayed. It will now ship in mid-October. As it looks, WowWee will be first to ship an affordable home surveillance robot.
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Posted on Mon, 15 Sep 2008 13:09:14 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Coen Brothers Spy Comedy divides Venice Critics
By Mike Collett-White
VENICE (Reuters) - The Coen brothers' latest film, the madcap comedy "Burn After
Reading," has sharply divided the critics, unlike last year's acclaimed "No
Country For Old Men" which won four Oscars including best picture.
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Posted on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:05:12 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Erector Spykee ships this October, just one Year late
The Erector Spykee robot was supposed to ship last October. We reported in September 2007 about the robot being offered on Amazon. It never shipped. Now the Erector Spykee product page on Amazon.com has a new shipping date: October 15th. Spykee sells for $299.99.
Features of the Spykee robot include Wi-fi connection, remote control via Internet, video camera, VOIP phone and webcam functionality, music player and auto parking to recharge.
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Posted on Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:20:08 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Know thy Enemy with France's Spy Software
By Sophie Hardach
BEIJING (Reuters) - Intricate spy software has helped France's handballers
improve their game and head coach Philippe Bana was hoping to see the dividends
at the upcoming Olympics.
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Posted on Thu, 7 Aug 2008 11:44:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Eye Spy: U.S. Scientists develop eye-shaped Camera
By Julie Steenhuysen
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Borrowing one of nature's best designs, U.S. scientists have
built an eye-shaped camera using standard sensor materials and say it could
improve the performance of digital cameras and enhance imaging of the human
body.
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Posted on Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:48:29 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
New Spy Camera Sunglasses with MP3 Player
These new sunglasses take the Oakley Thump MP3 glasses to the next level by integrating a hidden photo camera.
The USB Spy Camera Sunglasses has a built-in 2GB flash memory which can store more than 15,000 photos.
The integrated 1.3MP camera takes pictures in 1280x1024px resolution.
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Posted on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 06:39:46 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
German spying Scandals reawaken dark Memories
By Madeline Chambers
BERLIN (Reuters) - A spate of chilling snooping scandals involving some of their
country's biggest corporations has unsettled Germans who have not forgotten the
dark days of the Cold War.
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Posted on Thu, 5 Jun 2008 09:39:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
World's most famous Spy, James Bond, back in Book
By Jeremy Lovell
LONDON (Reuters) - A warship moored in the Thames River, and Royal Marines
mounted guard on Tuesday to mark the return to action of the world's most famous
spy, James Bond, in a new novel.
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Posted on Tue, 27 May 2008 14:24:54 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Craigslist sues eBay, alleges corporate Spy Plan
By Eric Auchard
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Online classifieds leader Craigslist.com filed a
countersuit on Tuesday against business rival eBay Inc , alleging eBay used its
minority stake in Craigslist to steal its corporate trade secrets.
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Posted on Tue, 13 May 2008 22:43:43 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
Writer Fleming's War spying helped inspire Bond
By Mike Collett-White
LONDON (Reuters) - He may not have cheated death, seduced women at will and
killed countless baddies, but James Bond creator Ian Fleming's experience of the
shadowy world of wartime espionage helped inspire his bestselling novels.
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Posted on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:02:30 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr
U.S. Navy shut down Spy Satellite, Earth saved
The U.S. Navy has successfully destroyed the Spy Satellite that was reported to be out of control a couple weeks ago.
At approximately 10:26 p.m. EST today, a U.S. Navy AEGIS warship, the USS Lake Erie (CG-70), fired a single modified tactical Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) hitting the satellite approximately 247 kilometers (133 nautical miles) over the Pacific Ocean as it traveled in space at more than 17,000 mph. USS Decatur (DDG-73) and USS Russell (DDG-59) were also part of the task force.
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Posted on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:34:27 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Orbiting U.S. Spy Satellite could crash to Earth
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. intelligence satellite has lost power and could
fall to Earth sometime in February or March, a government official said on
Saturday.
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Posted on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:20:15 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Belt Buckle Spy Camera and DVR
Chinese gadget manufacturer Ajoka offers a spy belt buckle with integrated digital video recorder.
In the early days spy cameras had a secondary large unit that housed the recording. In the very, very early days that was a VHS recorder. Now with the advancement of flash memory, the spy cameras can directly record video footage.
The Ajoka Buckle DVR measures 2.54x1.47x0.60" and is supporting microSD cards from 128MB to 2GB to store video.
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Posted on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
New Spykee Robots have Apple iPhone and iPod Docks
We reported yesterday that Meccano and Erector will introduce three new Spykee wifi robots at the CES 2008 dubbed Spykee Cell, Spykee Vox, and Spykee Miss.
Gizmodo got a set of photos showing the new Spykee robots and it is now revealed that they have iPod and iPhone docking stations.
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Posted on Sat, 5 Jan 2008 04:05:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
New Meccano Spykee Cell, Spykee Vox, and Spykee Miss Robots Confirmed
Yesterday we reported about a rumor that Meccano (Erector) will introduce three new robots in their Spykee line at the CES 2008.
Today we received an invite from Meccano showing the outlines of the three new robots the company will debut at CES: Spykee Cell, Spykee Vox, and Spykee Miss.
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Posted on Fri, 4 Jan 2008 02:03:55 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Rumor of new Erector Spykee Robots at CES 2008
At last year's CES Erector aka Meccano introduced the cool wi-fi enabled robot kit Spykee (first known as Spyke).
I was watching the Spykee robot since then. The robot never shipped as far as I know. It was offered on Amazon, but has been marked as unavailable for a long time now.
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Posted on Thu, 3 Jan 2008 02:14:50 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
2008 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder surprisingly good looking
I just stumbled over the new Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder Roadster and I am quite impressed by it's looks.
I am almost tempted to say that the 2008 Eclipse Spyder is sexier than the BMW Z4. Nothing can touch the already classic Z3 of course in the affordable roadster segment.
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Posted on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr
Spyker Exotic Cars at the LA Auto Show
Before the LA Auto Show I wasn’t familiar with Spyker and its line of exotic sports cars, but boy am I familiar now. Spyker was nestled in between Bentley, Lamborghini and Aston Martin at the show and I found Spyker’s rides to be more appealing than many of the others on display.
Some of the Spyker cars had a weird rear end that I didn’t care for, they were very large and rounded. To my eyes, it didn't fit in too well with the angular, sculpted lines on the other parts of the car. Read more
Posted on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:29:45 CST | by Shane McGlaun
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