If there’s one movie that has the geeks all excited, it’s the Star Trek re-boot being helmed by JJ Abrams. Not a lot of info is being given to the media in terms of the story but, thankfully, the cast has been announced. Chris Pine will play Kirk, with Heroes’ Zachary Quinto getting the role […]

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is currently developing the big screen “Shazam” adaptation along with director Pete Segal, and of course, comicbook fanboys are quite thrilled about this.
The great thing about the casting though is The Rock’s decision to let fans dictate which character they wanted him to play. As a big star, it would have […]

If you are interested in technology, the web, and the businesses associated with each, you’ll most likely enjoy the TechCanuck podcast, of which I am a co-host. James Cogan of Dailypixel and I try to come together on Skype every two-ish weeks to record.
The latest episode, episode 16, covers Automattic (the company that runs WordPress), […]

I finally found the time to watch Cloverfield yesterday.
And you know what? I actually liked it! Just to get this one minor detail out of the way, I didn’t get dizzy at any time during the movie. I never got bored, too.
The whole “shaky cam” theme was actually quite effective. It made the movie […]

Western Digital’s My Book range is excellent - and in fact is eponymous, as if you put it on a bookshelf you’ll find that it blends right in.  Well, Western Digital has gone one further.  The new release in their external hard drive family is the My Passport Essential.
This incredibly small, sexy drive is less […]

Well, there’s more Apple information about at the moment than you can shake a stick at, what with the new Macbook Air coming out and the iPhone still making headlines.  Finally, in what has been most welcome news, Apple has slashed the price paid for songs from 79p down to 64p.
This is of course brilliant […]

By now, I am sure everyone has heard of the Asus Eee, a brand that has been selling a fair number of small, portable laptops for the company.
I have been eyeing a their Eee line in hopes of having a really great blogging machine on the go. Something light, and reasonable for typing up […]

I still haven’t seen Cloverfield but I’ve been anticipating the movie ever since I got wind of it. JJ Abrams take on the monster movie is just something this geek is not going to let pass.
I’ve been reading comments about the movie from those who have seen the movie though and although I am not […]

The Nintendo Wii is the first new console (I won’t say next gen) in this generation to be successfully modded. Modchips for the Nintendo smash hit was made available already a few months ago much to the chagrin of Nintendo and the delight of geeks who have no qualms about “piracy”. Nintendo has tried to […]

 
There are growing rumors that the PlayStation 3 is about to make another shakeup in its lineup this year. The prevailing rumor is that the new 80GB version is going to be phased out in favor of a bigger capacity hard drive.
The company is still going to maintain its two-variant approach by keeping the 40Gb […]

A classic from the archives…..
A man by the name of Fabricio Zuardi has created an easy way to play MP3s on a site using a simple flash interface and Actionscript 2. His invention is called the XSPF Web Music Player, and what it does is it reads in a XSPF file to play the […]

If you haven’t heard, Electronic Arts is releasing a new version of Battlefield.  Before you get all excited (like I did), this one isn’t exactly for the hardcore gamer.  Instead, this is a game that will apparently even run on your granny’s laptop.  So say EA.
Battlefield Heroes will not be available in shops and instead […]

For a site that’s clearly meant for us geeks (and in fact written by us too), I’m really surprised that no one’s decided to cover the fact that Virgin Galactic has released the final design of their spaceship.  Of course, what I mean by that is that there are now official images of the craft […]

I’ve finally fixed my home theater system at home.
It took me more than a year to finally put everything in its proper place and I’m quite happy with the results. I currently have a 5.1 system with Mission speakers all around. I have now properly placed my surrounds at the back and I am […]

 
Someone posted a reply on my previous blog entry on the Nokia E61i asking for the forum that I found where the phone is discussed in depth. The URL is at http://www.philmug.ph/forum/showthread.php?t=21328, which is an online forum for Apple users in the Philippines. Asia is really the hotbed for mobile phones and these guys really […]

Amazingly, in a research laboratory in Japan, the public broadcast service is secretly beavering away at new technology that will go beyond HD. NHK calls this (so far) Super Hi-Vision – it’s all very Japanese isn’t it!
The future is around 2025 apparently and it requires a screen size of 60 inches – which really […]