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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Things to look forward to in 2007

  • The Simpsons Movie [Wikipedia] [Official Site]
    The eagerly awaited feature length film for the award winning The Simpsons animated sitcom.
    Release date: July 27, 2007

  • Spiderman 3 [Wikipedia] [Official Site]
    "Spider-Man 3 is a 2007 superhero film that is the third film in the Spider-Man film franchise based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man." - Wikipedia
    Release date: May 4, 2007

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End [Wikipedia]
    "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End is the third part of the trilogy initiated by the 2003 film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl and followed by the 2006 film Dead Man's Chest. At World's End is directed by Gore Verbinski, the director of the previous two films." - Wikipedia
    Release date: May 25, 2007

  • Ratatouille [Wikipedia]
    The eighth animated featured film produced by Pixar and the second film since Pixar's acquisition by The Walt Disney Company in 2006.
    Release date: June 28, 2007

  • Dallas Movie [Wikipedia]
    The feature length film based on the Dallas story. Cast includes John Travolta as J.R., Katie Cassidy as Lucy and Luke Wilson as Bobby Ewing.
    Release date: 2007

  • Duke Nukem Forever [Wikipedia] [Official Site]
    The latest first-person shooter game from the people who brought us Duke Nuke. The game has been in development since 1997 and at this point there is no definitive release date.
    Release date: 2007 ?

  • Windows Vista [Wikipedia] [Official Site]
    Windows Vista is the latest in major release of Microsoft Windows. The release comes more than 5 years since Windows XP and is estimated to have cost more than $10 billion to build.
    Release date: January 30, 2007

  • Rugby World Cup 2007 [Wikipedia]
    The sixth Rugby World Cup is being held in France during September and October of 2007. (See more upcoming sports events in 2007)
    Event date: September, October 2007
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Thursday, December 21, 2006

Watch free TV from your computer

TVU Player is a freeware peer-to-peer player to watch TV from your computer.

It provides good video quality at (320x240). You can watch in channel view (see picture) in full view or at full screen.

Currently it contains about 50 channels including NBC, CBS, FOX, MSNBC, COMEDY CENTRAL and SKY NEWS.

You can read some more reviews about TVU Player and download it at Downloads.com

Regarding legality of the application Wikipedia states the following:
"The legality of this application is not known. As the list below suggests, there are a number of channels carried by this software which could breach copyright laws. TVUnetworks claims that because they broadcast the commercials with the content they show, that their player is within the copyright rules. However most companies that have channels that are featured on TVUplayer have demanded to be removed from the player because TVU is not allowed to show their content without their permission."

Read the full Wikipedia article.

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Plane in freefall

Worth watching if you have't seen it yet.

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