Tag archive: Venice

For as much star power as The Tourist has, you might expect something that could go one of two ways. On one hand, you could get a drama so intense that the Academy Board would simply show up at the movie premier and grudgingly hand the cast and crew a box full of Oscars. On the other hand you might have a film that is simply a fun time for the actors, and is possibly an excuse for them to work together with perhaps a trip to somewhere exotic… Read More

Despite the Ubisoft’s snooze-inducing press conference this year (James Cameron can talk), the company’s core titles actually managed to get our blood pumping as we made our way around its massive show space at E3. Let’s run over a few of our favorite titles. Ubisoft has once again injected some convoluted back story about time machines and other nonsense into Assassin’s Creed II, but here’s the distilled… Read More

The division between real and virtual worlds becomes thinner and thinner. Beginning today on a one-month trial, BT will let your avatar on Second Life make 10 free phone calls – each lasting up to an hour – and send 10 text messages to the real world using its Avatalk service.   Userscan either use the red BT phone boxes, or they can obtain a heads-up display allowing them to make calls from a number of locations.   Matt… Read More

In the first case prosecuted under the United States' CAN-SPAM Act to be tried before a jury, spammers Jeffrey Kilbride of Venice, California, and James Schaffer of Paradise Valley, Arizona, were sentenced to five and a quarter and six years in federal prison, respectively, for sending pornographic spam, as well as engaging in fraud, and money laundering. Each defendant was also fined $100,000 and ordered to pay AOL $77,500 in… Read More

Casual game publisher PopCap has added a new title to its lineup of titles with Venice, a new retro-styled puzzle/action game which invites players to help save Venice's priceless artifacts as they pilot their gondolas through dozens of classic buildings—which are, of course, slowly sinking. The game offers modes which emphasize puzzle-solving and outright action, and enables players to save buildings by filling open slots with… Read More

From Dell's press release: Designed to provide maximum performance and a rich visual experience, the Dell Inspiron 100 notebook is a powerful multimedia computer that can replace your desktop multimedia system. Because of a powerful Intel Pentium 4 processor with Hyper-Threading technology and the dazzling high-performance and power-management features of an ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics card, this new notebook utilizes… Read More

The Inspiron 8600, available today in the United States, offers features for those who play video games, enjoy digital entertainment and edit video. Starting at $1,699, the new notebook includes wide screen UltraSharpTM  displays, NVIDIA®  graphics with up to 128MB of video memory and Intel® CentrinoTM  Mobile Technology, built for mobile computing with integrated Wi-Fi®  802.11b. “The Inspiron 8600 is a… Read More

Whether traveling across country or a college campus, these systems come with the Intel Pentium  M processor and have enough performance to handle home- and business- productivity applications like e-mail, web browsing and presentations. With an optional MediaBase that connects to the bottom of the notebook and includes a D-Family media module, like a DVD+RW1 burner drive or a second hard drive, these ultra light notebooks can offer… Read More

The Dimension XPS offers hardware features that deliver uncompromising performance and system expansion. With its standard 460-watt power supply, Creative Audigy  2 sound card, 128MB ATI Radeon  9800 and 9800 Pro graphics cards, support for the latest Intel processors, and Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives in a RAID 0 or RAID 1 configuration, the XPS is built to run today's most demanding 3D games and multimedia applications… Read More

Both the Latitude D500 and the Inspiron 500m feature the new Intel® Pentium® M processor and start at prices of less than $1,200. Featuring a sleek moonlight silver design, the Inspiron 500m notebook computer is designed for small businesses, students and consumers who demand powerful mobile computing and connectivity. The Inspiron 500m supports Intel's Centrino® Mobile Technology capability, and features impressive battery life… Read More