Watching the Olympics Online shows the invisible Borders of the Web

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The Olympic Games 2008 are underway in Beijing and you can actually watch the Olympics online in case you live in the right country.
Like with the movie services which are more and more becoming real alternatives to discs, the Olympic coverage is restricted to the boundaries of countries. If you believe that the web is supposed to link us globally and make us global citizens this country specific rights selling of media is really worrying and annoying me. I want to watch online what I want and not be limited by where my computer is located. Read more

Posted on Sat, 9 Aug 2008 10:33:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

TiVo Launches Power||Watch Ratings

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TiVo launched a new service in conjunction with Starcom called Power||Watch that provides second-by-second ratings services for broadcasters. The service takes demographics segments from 20,000 homes that use TiVo hardware.

The service provides the broadcasters with information on what commercials viewers watch and what commercials they skip. TiVo says that the viewers in the passive panel have agreed to let it use personally identifiable viewing data to compile the findings. Read more

Posted on Thu, 31 Jul 2008 09:49:46 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Watchmen Video Game coming to Xbox 360, PS3, and PC

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will publish WATCHMEN, an episodic downloadable game based on the upcoming Warner Bros. film for the Xbox 360, Sony PS3, and Windows PC in 2009.

The supporting marketing for the Watchmen movie is in full swing. Fans can spend the time until the movie opens in March of 2009 with the Watchmen Motion Comics on iTunes. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 Jul 2008 03:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Watchmen Trailer published

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Watchmen is one of the most anticipated super hero movies based on a DC comic. Watchmen will premier in March of 2009.

A teaser of the Watchmen movie is now online on Yahoo Movies and on the official Watchmen site.

Watchmen is directed by Zack Snyder, who also directed 300. Read more

Posted on Tue, 22 Jul 2008 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Star Trek inspired Warp HMS Automatic Swiss Luxury Watch

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The AK Geneve HMS Automatic Warp is inspired in many ways by Star Trek. Designer Arny Kapshitzer is indeed a huge Star Trek fan, which is clearly reflected in the watch design and in the name of the watch: Warp HMS Automatic.

The unique case design uses a total of 34 screws and combined with the complicated cut glass already hints at sophisticated watch making.
Located eccentrically towards the right of the dial, a cut-away metal piece reveals the jumping hours and minutes on two superimposed discs. The seconds are displayed at 3 o'clock on a cylinder linked directly to the crown. 9 o'clock forms the tail of the spaceship. Read more

Posted on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Watchmen Motion Comics available as free iTunes Download

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Warner premieres so called Motion Comics with highly anticipated debut Episodes of "Watchmen" and "Batman: Mad Love".

Motion Comics use subtle movements, voice-overs, sweeping music scores and stunning comic book artwork to bring comic books to life and enjoy them as video shorts. Read more

Posted on Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:01:24 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

iPhone to Have Significant impact on Mobile TV Watching says Analysis Firm

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Research and Markets says that the iPhone 3G is set to have a significant impact on mobile TV viewing. The firm says that the iPhone will have an impact before mobile broadcasting solutions like DVB-H and MediaFlo have been deployed exclusively.

The firm points out that it may take years before the mobile broadcasting solutions are deployed extensively. The iPhone has the ability to offer video and TV services already without mobile broadcast networks. The iPhone will have a much greater impact with the launch of the 3G model according to the firm because of Apple’s new marketing practices. Read more

Posted on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:14:51 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Watch Superheros fight Evil -- on your Mobile Phone

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By Sachi Izumi

TOKYO (Reuters) - After taking on the big and small screens, comic book heroes like Spiderman and Superman may soon be appearing on an even smaller screen -- your mobile phone.
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Posted on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:57:53 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hours Spent Watching TV and Video to Match Hours Spent Sleeping by 2013

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Solutions Research Group published a report today that claims by the year 2013 the typical person will spend as many hours watching video and TV per day as they spend sleeping. Daily video and TV use is expected to climb by 35% with the Internet, Mobile and games driving that growth.

The study says that right now the average American 12 and over spends 6.1 hours per day with video-based entertainment up from 4.6 hours in 1996. The study shows that of the 6.1 hours about 4 hours of that time is from traditional TV viewing. Read more

Posted on Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:03:51 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Open Source animated Movie Big Buck Bunny Free to watch

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The Peach open movie project published their 10 minute animated feature film Big Buck Bunny now on the internet for everyone to watch - Pixar has got some competition!

The Blender Foundation initiated this Open Source movie project and it follows the 2007 released Elephants Dream. The Blender Foundation and Blender community have been the main financiers for Peach. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Jun 2008 12:46:09 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

DoCoMo F706i Phone lets you watch TV underwater

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Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo unveiled a bunch of new mobile phones in the 706i and 906i series. The 706i line includes the new F706i water-proof 1Seg digital TV mobile phone.

As you can see in the photo you can watch TV with F706i underwater. When would we need that? I cannot even open my eyes underwater without goggles. Read more

Posted on Wed, 28 May 2008 09:31:12 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Teens Watch More Political Clips than Gossip Clips

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A new study talks about how teens are getting TV content today. Not surprisingly lots TV content isn’t reviewed on a TV anymore. 83% of polled teens still say they watch on a TV and 44% report watching content on a desktop computer, 24% of those surveyed say they watch on a notebook computer, 15% on a PMP and 8% on a cell phone.

PMPs use4d by the surveyed group include the PSP and iPod touch among other devices. The content teens are watching is varied. User-generated clips reign supreme with 76% watching things like YouTube. Other popular content types include comedy clips, music video or concerts, full length movies, movie trailers, sports, sitcoms and more. Read more

Posted on Mon, 19 May 2008 07:27:47 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Sportline TQR 775 Heart Rate Watch

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Sportline has released a new heart rate monitoring watch that is attractive enough to be worn all the time. The TQR 775 has the look of a fashionable analog watch and you can hardly tell it’s designed to measure heart rate until you activate the heart rate monitor.

Behind the watch hands is a LED display that provides your heart rate. Sportline claims that the heart rate monitor is ECG accurate. The watch uses heart rate measuring technology specifically designed for the analog watch that requires no belts or chest straps. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 May 2008 06:43:58 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Watch live TV on Apple iPhone with OrbLive

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Orb Networks announced OrbLive that enables users to stream live TV to Apple iPhones.

Orb enabled live streaming of TV from users' homes to almost any mobile phone with a streaming player and a web browser already. To get around the iPhone's extreme limitations on supported video formats, Orb created a special application, OrbLive, to enable the streaming of any video format to iPhones. Read more

Posted on Fri, 9 May 2008 00:21:48 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Watchdog wants global Drive against online Abuse

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By Peter Griffiths

LONDON (Reuters) - Hundreds of child abuse Web sites around the world could be shut down if countries worked together to tackle the problem, an Internet watchdog said in a report on Thursday.
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Posted on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:39:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Hamilton Code Breaker Watch unveiled the BaselWorld 2008

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Hamilton introduced the perfect luxury watch for geeks and sci-fi fans at the BaselWorld 2008. The Hamilton Code Breaker has a square case and a cool design with great level of detail.

Hamilton has a long-standing relationship with the science fiction movie genre, dating back to 1968. A desk clock was featured in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Read more

Posted on Sat, 5 Apr 2008 09:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

The new Dream Watches from BaselWorld 2008

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The largest watch trade show on the planet opened its doors officially today in Basel, Switzerland. Our watch news site Wrist Dreams has already covered lots of new timepieces that have been announced at BaselWorld 2008.

Tag Heuer dazzles again with a new concept watch design pushing the limits of mechanical watch technology. At the BaselWorld 2008 Tag Heuer unveiled the Tag Heuer CARRERA Calibre 36 RS Caliper Concept Chrono. Read more

Posted on Thu, 3 Apr 2008 08:59:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Super Bowl 2008 Giants Wristwatch

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If you saw Jon Stewart last night in the Daily Show you know how happy the people of New York are about the Giants winning the Super Bowl last Sunday.
Our watch news site Wrist Dreams reports that Fossil already managed to release a Super Bowl XLII commemorative watch featuring the Giants logo on a blue background with the words Super Bowl Champions. Read more

Posted on Tue, 5 Feb 2008 08:52:04 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Study Claims to Prove What TV Watchers Want in Interactivity

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A new study has been released today that claims to prove what consumers want in interactive TV programming. According to the study from enseQuence 70% of TV viewers would sign up for another cable provider or satellite is it offered advanced interactivity at no additional charge.

I would bet a large portion of these same people would be willing to pay slightly more for the service, I know I would. The survey says that 72% of TV viewers now find programming to watch via the onscreen viewing guide. Read more

Posted on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:40:24 CST | by Shane McGlaun

SEC urged not to revive ''Terrorist'' watch List

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two business groups urged the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday not to reinstate a Web tool aimed at helping investors identify companies with investments in countries the United States designates as "sponsors of terrorism." Read more

Posted on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:22:01 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Five Touring Acts to watch in 2008

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By Ray Waddell

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Look for these five artists to make a big splash on the touring scene in 2008. Read more

Posted on Sat, 29 Dec 2007 03:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr