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After tense negotiations with the voice acting cast for renewal, Fox announced that the animated series would get a 24th and 25th season.

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Patrick Kevin Day
The performer who voices Mr. Burns, among other characters, says he’s willing to go lower than the studio’s proposed cut, so long as he gets a share of the show’s profits.

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DICE’s Patrick Liu has told Gamerzines that if you intall the Battlefield 3 Xbox 360 discs to your hard drive, you’ll get to see higher res textures than you would if you didn’t.

I think Rage did it as well, where you can install content to stream higher res textures.

We’re pushing that technology to the limit, and compared to our competitors, I would argue that we’re the best looking game.

How nice of you to say that about your own game. You’re probably right, though, given the massive monster PC that will be required to run the game at max settings. So I won’t ding you too much for tooting your own horn, as it were.

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The provincial Crown corporation SaskTel is facing criticism over its wireless service, Geoff Leo reports.

‘Tis the season for company recognition awards, we’ve seen the “Top 100″, “Rich 100″ “Top Brands”, “Most attractive employer” and “Canada’s Top Employers for Young People” all be announced over the past couple weeks… today is no different. Mediacorp has come out with the annual “Canada’s Top 100 Employers” list, which is now in its 13th year.

To make it on this list it’s noted that “Any employer with its head office or principal place of business in Canada may apply for our national competition. Employers of any size may apply, whether private or public sector”. Winners who were in the top 100 were graded on the following eight criteria: Physical Workplace; Work Atmosphere & Social; Health, Financial & Family Benefits; Vacation & Time Off; Employee Communications; Performance Management; Training & Skills Development; and Community Involvement… so how did out Canada’s telecom/wireless player fair? Two have made the cut: SaskTel and TELUS. Others such as Rogers, Bell, WIND, Mobilicity, Videotron, MTS etc. were shut out.

The reasons why SaskTel became one of the Top 100 was because of their downtown location, they encourage employees to stay in shape, employee development, training, scholarship program for children, retirement planning assistance and contributions. As for TELUS, some employees receive year-end bonuses, signing bonuses, training and development, work-from-home program, maternity leave top-up payments and retirement assistance planning.

Perhaps next year we’ll see others make the list.
Congrats to SaskTel and TELUS!

Source: Top 100

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Lenovo’s IdeaPad A1 now on sale: a slice of Gingerbread for under $200 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Oct 2011 10:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Color us a disappointed shade of blue, but it appears that Samsung and Google have decided not to launch the Galaxy Nexus (or Nexus Prime, or whatever it’s called) and Ice Cream Sandwich at their October 11th Unpacked event. The two companies sent out a joint announcement reading:

Samsung and Google decide to postpone the new product announcement at CTIA Fall. We agree that it is just not the right time to announce a new product. New date and venue will be shortly announced.

The press event on the 11th was expected to be not only the debut for the successor to the Nexus S, but our first good look at the next version of Android. For whatever reason the companies have decided to delay that launch. But, if Eric Schmidt is true to his word, we shouldn’t have to wait too much longer… he did promise us that it would launch by November. We’ll let you know as soon as we get a new date to expect “something big.”

Update: A Samsung spokesperson issued a follow up statement to CNET, confirming speculation that the reveal was postponed out of respect, following the passing of Steve Jobs. “We believe this is not the right time to announce a new product as the world expresses tribute to Steve Jobs’s passing,” the spokesperson explained.

Samsung and Google postpone Ice Cream Sandwich and Galaxy Nexus originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 07 Oct 2011 07:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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An explosion and fire at a refinery in north Regina forced the evacuation of 1,400 people from the facility, and sent seven people to hospital with burns.

Federal Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq has announced new rules for caffeine drinks such as Red Bull and Monster, but sales to minors won’t be banned.

Ready for the latest scoop of Android Ice Cream Sandwich future? A report over on BGR details specs for the next pure Google phone we’ve come to know and love as the Nexus Prime. Quoting a “trusted source,” the insider dish paints a familiar contoured picture of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy family member. The screen has been purportedly bumped to a 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED display, and lurking just beneath its chassis should be a dual-core 1.2GHz TI OMAP 4460 processor. As for the rest, the supposed Verizon exclusive packs 1GB RAM, 32GB of storage, a 1,750mAh battery, 1.3 megapixel front-facing / 5 megapixel rear shooter capable of 1080p HD video, WiFi a/b/g/n, NFC and possible LTE / HSPA bands. So does this handset measure up to your (by now) impossibly high standards? We’ll soon find out if any of this pre-release gossip holds its water when we’re live at Unpacked next week.

Update: A new batch of rumored specs have surfaced over on GSM Arena, and these seem to be more in line with what we’d expect of a new Nexus. According to an anonymous Google employee, that 4.65-inch Super AMOLED HD display mentioned above is just about the only spec to make the final cut. The processor, however, is more likely to be a dual-core 1.5GHz Exynos (that’s right) with an accompanying dual-core PowerVR SGX543MP2 graphics chip. That rear facing camera? Try 8 megapixels with a newly beefed up sensor. The handset should also ship with a girthy 2,050mAh battery fully capable of juicing this apparent LTE / CDMA / GSM Android monster.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus specs leak, headed to Verizon as an exclusive? (updated) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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From the commencement address of Stanford University 2005.

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

    — Steve Jobs

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Gather ’round, everyone, because a fresh batch of ComScore numbers has just arrived. According to the research firm, Android remains in firm control of the smartphone platform market, commanding 43.7 percent, followed by Apple (27.3 percent) and RIM (19.7 percent). In fact, Google extended its share by nearly two points over last month’s figures, while Apple’s iOS grew by just 0.3 points, but further distanced itself from RIM, which now sits 7.6 points behind. On the manufacturing side of the equation, Samsung remains top dog, accounting for 25.3 percent of all mobile subscribers (including both smartphone and feature phone users), followed by LG (21 percent) and Motorola (14 percent). Apple, meanwhile, sits a distant fourth, at 9.8 percent, followed by RIM, which rounds out the top five with 7.1 percent market share. Number crunchers can find more fodder in the full PR, after the break.

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ComScore: Android extends lead over Apple, holds 44 percent of smartphone market originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:27:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remembering Steve Jobs: we all pay tribute originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Whether you login to Google+, Facebook, Twitter, or any other social network, you will find your feed is full of memories and praise for the brilliant Steve Jobs. His passing has been a shock to all of us, and he has been an inspiration to so many in the tech world. Google CEO Larry Page chimed in with the following statement:

I am very, very sad to hear the news about Steve. He was a great man with incredible achievements and amazing brilliance. He always seemed to be able to say in very few words what you actually should have been thinking before you thought it. His focus on the user experience above all else has always been an inspiration to me. He was very kind to reach out to me as I became CEO of Google and spend time offering his advice and knowledge even though he was not at all well. My thoughts and Google’s are with his family and the whole Apple family.

Google CEO Larry Page: “His focus on the user experience above all else has always been an inspiration to me”