Alice in Wonderland is a classic tale, and has been recently re-imagined in a darker version by Disney, directed by Tim Burton,  starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter.   In it Alice returns to Wonderland all grown up, and does battle with the Red Queen.  
While many of us grew up watching the Animated Disney [...]

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In Star Trek Online, the Star Trek universe appears for the first time on a truly massive scale. In this massively multiplayer online game from Cryptic Studios, players can pioneer their own destiny as Captain of a Federation starship. Or, they can become a Klingon Warlord and expand the Empire to the far reaches of [...]

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If you’re like me, you may have heard of P90X, but does it actually work?
I have read many P90X reviews on the Internet and I wanted to determine does P90X work? Luckily enough for me someone bought it for me for Christmas so I will know in 90 days or so. But before I open [...]

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Stopped at a gas station along I-5 on the way to LA and saw these Burger King French Toast Flavored Snacks, based loosely on Burger Kings French Toast Sticks, amongst the choices of Potato chips.
These Large Maple Flavored Croutons were nothing short of awful.  Imagine eating Dried bread with a hint of vanilla and [...]

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I use the HTC Touch Pro from Sprint to scan business cards directly to my contacts, or exchange server.  The Application called WorldCard Mobile comes preinstalled on this Windows Mobile 6.5 device. 
This phone also has accelerometers for tilt and rotation detection, making it fun for gaming.  GPS with voice for turn by turn directions [...]

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Chris Pirillo just released a tool which let’s you take the discussion from twitter on to your blog. 
You know those times you ask a question and get 100 @’s in reply, and wish you could post those to you blog for posterity?
Well that is what Twickie does.
Twickie. (twickie.pirillo.com ) Is the easiest way to [...]

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I have been a loyal Chrysler owner for a long time.  My first car was a LeBaron, and I have always owned a Jeep of some sort.  The Dakota just doesn’t inspire the sense of Connection to the vehicle that I have had with other Dodges in the past.  Maybe I expect to much out [...]

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As the name indicates, AloeBoost™ is based on the world’s most popular nutritional supplement – AloeVera. Aloeboost is an all day energy and nutrition drink. Some users, myself included call it "bottled sleep". It’s not a stretch. During sleep your mind and body recharge and repair damage. The energy provided by caffine and B vitamins [...]

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It’s been a while since I posted any more High-Speed video shot with my Casio Exilim F1.  So I thought I’d try out the Otter Box I got at ShowStoppers CES ‘09. I set it up in the Wild West Shooting Gallery out back, and we had a show down.
Shot at 600 FPS and slowed [...]

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Spotify is a new P2P Streaming Music Service, from the creators of uTorrrent.  The Free-Ad Supported service is only available to those in the UK, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Spain and France.
The service seems to have a good selection of pop titles and recent music, but they are a bit lacking in depth and breadth.  Truly [...]

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I saw a BigFoot KillerNic (killernic.com) in the Microcenter the other day, and wondered how good it really was, so I bought it figuring if it sucked I could return it.  It did, and I did.
I put the KillerNic up against the real world experiences I could simulate in my humble home, and compared [...]

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So I got DirecTV2PC working on almost all of the computers in my house, but not with out some effort, so I thought I'd quickly crank out a review.
DirecTV2PC is a media extender which talks to your DirecTV HD DVR unit.  You can watch any show which is already recorded or being recorded, but not [...]

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I was in the neighborhood, and am looking to possibly burn some money, so I decided to check out the Tesla dealer on Santa Monica Blvd.  Having spent a lot of time in a Lotus Elise, I expected that I was not going to be impressed.  I was however pleasantly surprised.  The Tesla is a [...]

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I received an excellent Four Hand Massage from June and Nadia while in LA.  I had never indulged in this type of extravagance, because I always assumed a longer 2 hand would be better.  In truth I have never had such a great massage.  Both June and Nadia are very conversational, fun, and friendly, and [...]

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Sometimes people create a product with out thinking about what people should be using it for, and how they are going to use it.
Cell phones live in people's pockets, sit on desks, and have caller ID.    Well not this one.

If you want a phone that looks different than all the others this is the [...]

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Before you say Iron Man isn't $60…  $10 for a ticket, one for me, on for my GF is $20.  Fandango adds $2 to each we are at $22.  Now if you are taking a girl to a Movie you need to get dinner first, so Olive Garden? On the Border? Unless we are going [...]

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I don't usually get too excited over prices of hard disks, but I was browsing for my next set of drives for a Raid Array and thought I was going to be looking at 250 Gig Sata's times 4, but I came across a deal that was too good to pass up.
1 Terabyte Sata for [...]

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I read the New York Times article about the Casio Exilim EX F1 Pro (CAEXF1), and decided I had to have one.  I was right.  The thing is amazing, if you are a tech type person.  You won't like it if you are a Photographer, or a home cinematographer.  The thing is that this is [...]

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I bought a Xincom Dual Wan Load Balacing Router to "bond" or at least aggregate my EVDO Rev A and my Hughes Satellite connection.  How was the result?  Seemingly great.
While optimized for multiple users rather than for boosting the speed of a single user across two connections, it does do that as well.
I have a [...]

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Nick.com HRO Splashes on to TV! For Emma, Cleo and Rikki, growing up on the sun drenched coast of Australia has its perks: the beach, the boys, and lots of cool place to explore.  But with adventure comes danger and the girls find themselves stranded on the mysterious Mako Island.
To leave the Island, they must [...]

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World of Warcraft meets ESPN in Cal Ripken's Play Real Baseball.com  The site is a MMO for sports fans.

Recent changes to the software are preventing Player Enhancements from Software hacks.  It would appear even online baseball is not immune to Steroid use.
The game looks nice enough, but for as slow of a game as [...]

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Amongst the low budget comedy films The Foot Fist way is considered as one of the best. As far as I am concerned the Foot Fist Way has all the ingredients that makes it a movie which will  be loved by all. Jody Hill has directed the movie through applying all his skills. Jody Hill [...]

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Serious movies always interest me. Thus it is quite natural that I liked this movie Taxi to the dark side. Let me tell you why I liked it. But first, the basics. Alex Gibney, an American filmmaker, had directed taxi to the Dark Side that won the Academy award in 2007. The film taxi to the [...]

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In our childhood we all come across dominating guys or girls in class who like to dictate what others should do. They are commonly called Bullies. Hate them or not, they exist everywhere in every stage of our lives. It can be your employer, a senior colleague, a rogue neighbor or any other man. However, [...]

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I'm about to move somewhere that I can actually shoot a gun in my back yard, and as such am planning to invest in a cleaning product.  I came across the BoreSnake and think it may be what I purchase.  While Simple and easy to use, it is really just a $20 shoe lace, but [...]

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I really like a solution from Microsoft called FolderShare you install it from Foldershare.com and it gives you a web interface to all your files. And you can search your files so if you can't remember exactly which file you were looking for you can still find them.
I also use this to sync files over [...]

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Red Zunes are on their way for valentines, and it is rumored that pink iphone and ipod touch may also be out for this Hallmark Holiday.  Replacing the standard chrome with Pink annonized metal the new Iphone and ipod touch have no other special features.
No word on which markets will get the Pink iphone, or [...]

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Following the success of ClubPengiun.com Disney is Launching a Pirates of the Caribbean online game at PiratesOnline.com.  With 3d graphics and an actual download Pirates Online.com is closer to the Second Life.  The Pirates of the Caribbean Online Game may actually do well in a world filled with medieval RPGs as it is slightly more [...]

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Skip all the other specs, this is about why Digital Keystone Correction, sucks and why Optical is the only way to go. (as found in the Sanyo PLV Z2000)

Lets start with what Keystone correction is just in case you don't know.
When you set up your home theatre it is unlikely that you put your projector [...]

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CES is beginning to look a little Green. Let me start by introducing you to www.Solio.com. In short this Berkeley, CA and London based company has created – "Solio™, the Universal (Solar Power) "Hybrid" Charger is powerful enough to charge all of your handheld electronic products at home or on the move, anywhere under the [...]

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The Razer Copperhead Mouse Tempest Blue is the World's first 2000 DPI Laser Gaming Mouse. 1000hz/1ms response USB Mouse.
Razer Copperhead Chaos Green Gaming Mouse
RAZER Copperhead Anarchy Red Razor High Precision Gaming Mouse

Equipped with speed, precision and sensitivity, the Razer Copperhead™ gaming mouse brings gaming to new heights with its revolutionary 2000dpi [...]

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For $149.99 you can do much better than the Polaroid Ultra Compact 7 Megapixel Digital Camera With 3X Optical Zoom  Which comes in Red or pink.
First off..I love the color. What's great about this camera is it's small and light weight. It comes w/ it's own rechargable battery and case. Picture quality is great [...]

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Zune Portable Speakers From Altec Lansing M604 Powered Audio System, turn your Zune in to a Boom Box.  They offer great sound in a portable package, at a reasonable price.  Compatible with all Zune.  Currently Altec Lansing M604 Powered Audio System is only available in black.
Altec Lansing M604 Powered Audio System for Zune Buy [...]

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Will Smith apparently gave away the I am Legend Ending, but big deal  it was given away 30 years ago.  I am Legend is a Remake of Omega Man starring Charlton Heston.
Smith plays a virologist fighting a man-made virus in "I Am Legend", the film adaptation of Richard Matheson's 1954 novel of the same title.  [...]

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FreeCreditReport.com doesn't really offer Free Credit Reports, It May bundle them with some of it's services but it is not a good deal.  FreeCreditReports.com that advertises on TV makes it sound like their service is about telling you your score.  But in reality their service is about credit monitoring.   It's not a cheap service, and [...]

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Opening Christmas Day the New R rated Alien Versus Predator AVP R directed by the Brothers Strause, "AVP-R" stars Reiko Aylesworth, Steven Pasquale, John Ortiz, Shareeka Epps, Johnny Lewis, Sam Trammell and David Paetkau. In the film, the iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ever, wage war in an American Midwestern town [...]

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If you are as much of a speed racer fan as I am you will no doubt be excited to see the upcoming live action version being directed by the Wachowski Brothers.  The Speed Racer Trailer is playing in theatres starting today.  You can expect a full Speed Racer Review when it arrives in theatres. [...]

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Even if you only have a small bit of yard, or some roof access you can have farm fresh eggs every morning with the Eglu from MyPetChicken.com but it will take you a long while to make back the price of the chicken hutch as it is $570 plus $170 in shipping.
Before making such a [...]

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Sci Fi Channel's Tin Man Starring Zoey Deschanel, Neal McDonough, Zoey Deschanel, Raoul Trujillo and Alan Cumming Premiered tonight.  The show is a "Re-envisioning" of the original Oz, and like most made for TV series it is not as good as a Made for the Silver Screen version.  Tin Man seems to Drag as there [...]

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ZipItWireless.com offers something not too different from the One Laptop Per Child product, but geared toward the web surfer and instant messenger crowd.  The device is bigger than my Sony MYLO, but offers simialr features.

IM Protocols: MyFriendz™ supports Yahoo®, MSN® and AOL/AIM® accounts (IM with all your friends – simple as that!)
Usage [...]

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KodakOffer.com and KodakOrderNow are selling the Kodak EasyShare 5300 for $179.95. This is a great printer for schools, business, and families who do a lot of printing.  While this printer is about $30 more than an All in one Printer with comparable features from HP, the Kodak Easy Share 5300 will save a typical user about [...]

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WOW!  I have to premise this review with I didn't like Guitar Hero.  Rock band is not even close to the same game.  The difference is like the difference checkers and chess.  While they share a board the games are very different.
Let's start with the Technical differences.  The obvious ones are the Drums and the [...]

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An interesting blend of content from Fashion, to Pet Fashion to Gay Pride?  Jambotv has content that is reasonably compelling in the genre's it covers, but the site is ugly.  
Jambo is using pre-roll Ads along with banners provide by vindicosuite.com. 

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Wal-Mart tells us that it will be selling Toshiba's HD-A2 for $99 ($98.87) over the weekend only, starting Friday. Yes, at long last, the HD DVD player that was hovering in the mid $200s will break the (definitely profit-free) $100 barrier, at least temporarily.
While the Sub one-hundred dollar price tag is not the only discount [...]

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You can make a difference in the fight against global warming. By sponsoring tree growth you can help offset your carbon footprint, and make a real difference. Unlike other services that invest in future technologies that may or may not make a difference, or services that plant a coniferous sapling and hope that it grows [...]

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Sylar's back!  So are Niki and Micah, but more importantly, Sylar!   We knew he wasn't dead… Why no one has figured out that if you want one of these characters to stay dead you have to smush their brains is beyond me… That works on Zombies to… Maybe Heroes and Resident Evil Extinction are the [...]

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If you are looking for a way to get that Sexy Vista Media Center PC look on your Home PC but aren't ready to make the move to Vista, this is an amazing alternative.  Much like a Mash up of the best UI elements of Apple TV, and Vista Ultimate, Team Media Portal has created [...]

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Saw 4 is still a little ways out but this Halloween release movie is airing some creepy commercials late at night on Comedy Central.
The Saw IV ads run a little like this:
1. A general commercial is played. 2. White noise briefly follows, with colored lines and dead air. Silence. Billy appears briefly. Image [...]

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Halo 3 is the third game in the Halo Trilogy and will provide the thrilling conclusion to the events begun in Halo: Combat Evolved.  Master Chief is back on Earth and Fighting a new enemy.  And unlike Halo 2, it seems this time around the game has an appropriate fit and finish.  Playing along side [...]

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Avenue Q is not for everyone.  While most of the songs have an overall good message, like "Everyone's just a little bit racist", and "Sucks to be me" , other songs like "The Internet is for Porn" might not resonate with all theatre goers.  That said if you enjoy it, you will really enjoy it.  The [...]

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 I may not have your cool photo application, but my Helio now Syncs with Outlook / Microsoft Exchange, and does so as well as any CrackBerry.  With a great browser and a QWERTY keyboard and the whole dual slider thing… Helio's Ocean is sexy, and practical.

 
For the first 60 days the beta [...]

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I saw this trailer before Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix the other day, and thought it might interest people.
First teaser for the new movie from Roland Emmerich (The Day After Tomorrow, Independence Day, Godzilla), the guy who surely inspired the people behind the marketing campaign of 11-1-08.A prehistoric epic that follows [...]

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I saw Transformers the Movie last night and it was easily the best adaptation of a TV series I can recall.  Movies have a hard time doing character development, you have to love the heroes, and often when you adapt a TV series the depth of the characters doesn't come through.  Transformers solved this by [...]

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Pipes is a hosted service that lets you remix feeds and create new data mashups in a visual programming environment. The name of the service pays tribute to Unix pipes, which let programmers do astonishingly clever things by making it easy to chain simple utilities together on the command line.
Similar to building a flow chart [...]

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There is a downloadable upgrade for UMPC's running Vista which gives a very Media Center in less screen real estate experience.  It is actaully pretty cool even on my not quite an Origami.  Very small PC.

 
 
Or see the Demo Video here.

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An alright free plugin for IE7 to let you know when your favorite site has new content via RSS.
Feeds Plus is an Internet Explorer 7 add-on that makes your feed reading experience easy and efficient.  You can read your feeds in a combined view (aggregate feeds) and get pop-up notifications when there are new items [...]

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Microsoft Research launched a Preview of photosynth which is an awesome technology.   Imagine looking at your Photos as thought they were spatially placed around a 3d world…
Imagine it this way.  You take family photos around the house, and the software uses similarity in the images to position them in a 3d model of your [...]

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My mom needed a new TV.  Her last TV cost almost nothing and came from Wal-mart. 
The requirements:

Has to fit a 36 inch wide cabinet.
Must have an ATSC tuner
Must cost under $1000
Must have an amazing SD picture because she only has an aerial so there will be a good deal of static on many of [...]

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Derek Flickinger of CEPro Quotes me in an article titled "Microsoft Misleads on Xbox 360 IPTV".   But we didn't.   We very clearly stated in the keynote that we were deploying IPTV with a long list of partners.  No one thought it deceptive of us when we announced cable card support for MCE that it meant [...]

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ArtistDirect.com is giving away songs to promote the use of Zune.  Here are the onese that are free right now.  The Files are MP3 so they happen to also work with your ipod, PMC, Rio, or any other MP3 Player… No Lyrics, and the ID3 data is not as complete as I'd like, but all in [...]

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I bought a Microsoft vx-6000 because it promised to do 1.3 megapixel video. Well… it does do 640×480 at 30fps it does 800×600 at up to 15, and 1280×1024 at 15. So this is not the cheap build it my slef HD Cam I was hoping for. Still a cool camera, and not bad for [...]

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Several people have asked me if I would buy a Vista Ready or Capable laptop, and I tell them no.  While Vista Capable may mean it will run Vista it may not run it well.  My Libretto which I love dearly, has definite power issues under VIsta, because Toshiba doesn't support things like Screen Dimming on [...]

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You know the story, you go home and in front of all the cousins, aunts, uncles and grandchildren your "Favorite" relative asks, "So when are you getting married?"  And you realize you aren't that sersious about the person you are seeing, or you aren't seeing anyone, and at that moment you make a New Year's [...]

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I went to the Great Dickens' Fair today.  It was great.  Everyone should go.   There was dancing, drinking, kissing games, burlesque shows.   My feet hurt, my vision is blurry, and my heart's a flutter.  
There should  be more of these type events.  It is very interesting to walk around a place where everyone talks to [...]

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 I have to point out going into this I was expecting that Xbox Live Video Marketplace to be better than DirectTV, but to pale next to HD-DVD.  This doesn't appear to be the case.
What Marketplace got right:
Lets start with the Basics.  HD-DVD has the potential to be 36.55 Megabits per second, but tends to average [...]

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Inlet's Fathom encoding solution can be best summed up as a super computer on a PCI card. Inlet has put six Texas Instruments DSP's on to a PCI board and ported the Windows Media 9, and VC1 encoder. The result is the ability to encode 1080i content in real time or Standard definition content at [...]

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