Dragon Ball Z Eyes Mexico

Fox's long-awaited live-action Dragon Ball Z movie will reportedly film in Mexico rather than Montreal, as earlier reports suggested. The Durango region was said to have been selected by the film's special effects director, Ariel Shaw.ComingSoon.net points out an article in the El Norte newspaper, which reports that the filmmakers plan to use the Mexiquillo Forest, Marley Ranch, Hacienda la Providencia, La Joya Ranch, Laguna Seca de Santiaguillo and a forum from a Convention Center in the Culture...

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Microsoft Offers IE7 to all, Pirates Included

Microsoft has removed the the Windows Genuine Advantage validation requirement for installing Internet Explorer 7.Users running pirated or counterfeit copies of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 can now download Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft announced Thursday.From the moment it released IE7 almost a year ago, Microsoft has restricted the browser to users who can prove they own a legitimate copy of the operating system. Before Microsoft allows the browser to download, it runs the user's PC through...

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Google Offers $20 Million X Prize to Put Robot on Moon

Maybe it was the edible wafer-paper-and-soy-ink menus or the "sustainable" blue-cheese mousse whipped up by Google's chefs. Maybe it was the full-size replica of the indie commercial spacecraft SpaceShipOne suspended overhead. Or Robin Williams' jokes. Whatever the reason, the hundreds of Silicon Valley grandees who packed the Googleplex one Saturday evening last March were in an expansive mood. They had dropped $1,250 or more a head to benefit the X Prize Foundation, the nonprofit dedicated to...

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United 300

Movie2007 MTV MOVIE AWARD Winner! First ever Best Spoof award, handed out by Samuel L. Jackson himself - Watch as 300 Spartans stand their ground against German Hijacke...

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Use the USB port to charge AA batteries

Moixa Energy has developed rechargeable AA batteries with a twist: the batteries are recharged simply by plugging them into an USB port.The batteries, called USBCell, do not look different than a regular Ni-MH AA battery at first sight. However, the top part of the device is a cover that not only contains the cathode of the battery, but also, when opened, exposes the USB connector. The battery can be plugged into any USB host to be recharged.At this time, there are only AA types of the technology...

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HD-DVD group claims success against Blu-ray in Q2

HD DVD is outpacing Blu-ray in hardware sales growth, the North American HD DVD Promotional Group said today.Referring to sales estimates from NPD and Nielsen Netratings, the HDVD group said that overall HD DVD hardware sales were up 37% from Q1 to Q2 2007, while software sales experienced a 20% increase in growth. During the same time-frame, overall Blu-ray hardware sales saw a 27% decline from Q1 to Q2, and Blu-ray software sales were down 5%.According to a spokesperson, these numbers include...

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Oldest DNA shows earth warmer than previously believed

A team of international researchers used oldest DNA to show that Greenland was much warmer at some point during the last Ice Age than most people have believed. The DNA samples were collected by the scientists from the bottom of a two kilometer thick ice sheet and from the trees, plants and insects of a boreal forest estimated to be between 450,000 and 900,000 years-old. Previously, the youngest evidence of a boreal forest in Greenland was from 2.4 million years ago. The DNA samples suggest...

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Ubisoft apologises for Rainbow Six pricing cock-up

Ubisoft has apologised that Xbox 360 gamers were initially charged for the recently released Black Edition map pack for Rainbow Six: Vegas when it was "was originally intended to be free".Black Edition was released to Xbox Live Marketplace toward the end of June and, featuring five multiplayer maps, the pack was priced at 800 Microsoft Points (£6.80).It was quickly removed, however, Major Nelson subsequently letting it be known that the map pack should have been a freebie and that those who had...

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