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The real Niko Bellick is pissed off!

May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

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Michael Hollick, the voice actor who portrayed Niko Bellic in Grand Theft Auto IV, has had a pop at his union for failing to protect voice acting talent in games - or getting him more money. 
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Microsoft to offer a new cashback search engine!

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments


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First Look at actor playing Marshall Law in Tekken Movie

May 21st, 2008 · No Comments

It’s no surprise to Tekken fans that a Tekken movie is in the works and world champion martial arts fighter Cung Le will be playing the role of Marshall Law. Check him out wearing his movie costume: 
 
The movie is being directed by Marked for Death director Dwight H. Little and so far stars former boy [...]

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Bradford Boys Arrested for Piracy

May 7th, 2008 · No Comments

Authorities in Yorkshire have seized £1 million worth of counterfeit goods and equipment at a Bradford computer fair.  
The raid was carried out at a weekend computer fair in Bradford and involved the seizure of counterfeit software and machinery to ‘chip’ games consoles.  
Two men were arrested at the fair at the Richard Dunn Sports [...]

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This $400,000 Knight Rider styled concept car will go into production!

May 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Now this is what the new Knight Rider should have looked like! However, unbelievable this seems, the new concept design below WILL be going into production! 
 
Introduced by Italian auto dreamers SpadaConcept the car will boast a zero to 60 mph time of 2.7 seconds! 
 
Check out the airplane inspired tail, the glass canopy and flush [...]

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Wesley Snipes Jailed for 3 Years!

April 28th, 2008 · No Comments

A little late on the taking but most of you may have heard that actor, Wesley Snipes has been sentenced to a 3-year jail sentence this past week. 
IMDB reports that Snipes has requested he be allowed to serve his three-year prison sentence at a facility near his New Jersey home. The Blade actor was handed [...]

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Writer Arthur C Clarke dies at 90

March 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Sir Arthur C Clarke was famous for his science fiction writing
British science fiction writer Sir Arthur C Clarke has died in his adopted home of Sri Lanka at the age of 90.
The Somerset-born author achieved his greatest fame in 1968 when his short story The Sentinel was turned into the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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News Corp Abandons Yahoo Talks

March 11th, 2008 · No Comments

News Corp has cooled its interest in Yahoo, confirming speculation on Wall Street that the media giant was becoming wary of a bidding war with Microsoft.
Rupert Murdoch’s company had reportedly been in talks with Yahoo with the aim of integrating MySpace with the internet company’s online services.
However, speaking at the annual Bear Stearns media conference [...]

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Voiceovers?

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Any of you budding internet radio stars out there wanting to set up your own station?
Maybe you have your own station already and are looking for a good sound?
Try Greeny Productions, specialists in Voiceover work

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Intel and Nokia working on seamless WiFi / WiMAX switchoffs

February 12th, 2008 · No Comments

We’ve seen a lot of research and even some products that promise seamless WiFi / cell roaming, but Intel and Nokia are cooking up tech that might one day bring us true uninterrupted broadband connectivity, based on automatic undetectable switchovers from WiFi to WiMAX. Intel’s posted up a brief video demoing the tech auto-switching without [...]

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UK homes to get super-fast fibre

January 23rd, 2008 · No Comments

Bournemouth, Northampton or Dundee are in a tossup to be the first town to have fibre cables laid delivering superfast internet connections for consumer use. Fibre company H2O supplies the fibre throughout the sewer network to save costs on digging up roads.
This will be a good move to compete with BT’s next gen broadband and [...]

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Teens face 48 years in prison after killing 7-year old girl by immitating Mortal Kombat moves!!

December 20th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Jamestown, Colorado - two teens have been charged with killing a 7-year-old girl by beating her with imitations of moves from the Mortal Kombat video games, prosecutors said Wednesday. 
Lamar Roberts, 17, and Heather Trujillo, 16, were charged as adults on one count each of felony child abuse causing death, according to court documents obtained be [...]

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Dragons Den iTeddy Invention Seals a World Wide Deal!

December 20th, 2007 · No Comments

Bolton - the hometown of Vernon Kay, Peter Kay, Sara Cox, Amir Khan, and Imran Hakim. Never heard of the last one? Well, he’s the inventor of the iTeddy - first seen on Dragon’s Den and now set for world domination it seems. 
Imran Hakim’s iTeddy has gone a step further, securing a deal with leading [...]

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Nintendo Wii Game Sells On eBay for 100x more than retail price!

December 18th, 2007 · No Comments

As a result of catching his 15-year-old son smoking marijuana, a Canadian father sold his son’s christmas pressie, Guitar Hero III for the Nintendo Wii, for a whopping 100x more than it’s retail price ($90)! 
 
The game, which is proving difficult to find pre-Christmas, fetched an incredible $9,100 (£4,522) on the auction website. It normally sells [...]

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David Hasselhoff will star in new Knight Rider and KITT gets a new voice!

December 14th, 2007 · No Comments

 
The rumour that David Hassehoff reprising his Michael Knight role in the upcoming Knight Rider TV movie has officially been confirmed via a press release from NBC. 
“David Hasselhoff who starred in the popular lead role as Michael Knight for four season during the original series — returns as the same character in a [...]

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