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The plug won’t be pulled on Saskatchewan’s government-owned TV station after all – at least not immediately.
Whether you agree or disagree with him, Roger Ebert’s opinion matters. If it didn’t, he wouldn’t be Roger Ebert. And that’s exactly why our ears perked up and our noses began twitching when we came across his most recent Newsweek piece, in which he absolutely slams something so near and dear to our hearts: 3-D technology.
First, Ebert argues that human beings don’t actually need 3-D, since when we’re watching a film in 2-D, our minds automatically construct a third dimension anyway with our ability to understand perspective. The only thing 3-D does, in his opinion, is create distractions, and increase the chances of an audience being sent home with headaches. Ebert’s biggest gripe with 3-D, though, seems to be the profit-based motivations he sees as spurring the entire movement. Citing the surcharge that 3-D movies allow theaters to slap on ticket prices, the critic outlines his belief that studio executives have begun exerting undue influence over directors, and have gone to absurd lengths to force the technology upon viewers — at the expense of quality filmmaking. As Ebert says, “I’m not opposed to 3-D as an option. I’m opposed to it as a way of life.”
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Roger Ebert Hates 3-D, and Thinks You Should Too originally appeared on Switched on Fri, 30 Apr 2010 16:05:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Saskatchewan’s educational TV network will become an ex-broadcaster at midnight Friday night unless a last-minute buyer comes forward.
With Motorola’s latest quarterly sales of 8.5 million, the former biggest phonemaker in the US lost its lead to Apple, who sold 8.8 million iPhones last quarter. A moment of reflection, please. [AppleInsider] More »
Microsoft on Thursday reiterated their support of HTML5 and H.264 for Internet Explorer 9. Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager of Internet Explorer, posted on the IE blog that HTML5 will be the future of the web and that IE9 would only support H.264 for its video tag.
For H.264, Hachamovitch…
A lesbian high school student in Mississippi who fought with education officials over her wish to wear a tuxedo in her yearbook photograph has found herself left out of the book entirely.
Microsoft has canceled their internal Courier project, according to sources close with the project. Gizmodo reports that CEO Steve Ballmer put the brakes on the project this past Wedensday.
The innovative new tablet concept gained internet fame through its dual screen book design which combined both finger and stylus input. The leaked…
Bloomberg reports that Sony is planning to introduce new TVs with Intel chips and Google software next month.
According to the report, Sony and Google plan to discuss the new products at a conference sponsored by Google in San Francisco on May 19 and May 20. The trio…
Though an official announcement hasn’t been made by either Youtube or their parent company Google, the video sharing site has started to roll out a new design for its video player today.
Following this month’s earlier redesign which overhauled the overall look of the page, today’s new refresh concerns just the…
Canadians tend to lead longer, healthier lives than Americans, say researchers who point to lack of universal health care as one reason.
HP has just announced that it’s acquiring Palm to the tune of $1.2 billion, which works out to $5.70 per share of Palm common stock. The deal is planned to close by July 31, which marks the end of HP’s third fiscal quarter of the year. Current Palm CEO Jon Rubinstein is “expected to remain with the company,” though it’s not said in what capacity. Press release after the break. There’ll be a call to discuss the acquisition in more detail (well, we hope in more detail) at 5PM ET, so we’ll keep you abreast as we learn more.
Update: PreCentral‘s managed to grab a copy of Rubinstein’s letter to Palm employees.
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Following the announcement that Hans Pandeya is having a second shot at buying The Pirate Bay after last year’s failed attempt, it appears he has a rival bid. Media reports state that the GGF boss will now buy the site for $10 million, but TorrentFreak has managed to get $11 million together and will buy the site tomorrow afternoon at 3pm.
Details have yet to be confirmed about the Google TV service being planned, but Samsung’s jumped the gun and is already talking about full-blown Google TVs which run Android. More »
Through Webkit’s new draft notification API, Chrome now has support for text and HTML desktop notifications.
Posted on his blog, Mohit Muthanna outlines how developers can now incorporate native desktop notifications into their web-based software. Specific usage examples include online email, instant messaging, calendaring, task management, monitoring systems, and…
The New York Times have confirmed with Apple that they have indeed finalized a deal to acquire mobile chip maker Intrinsity for $121 million.
Located in Austin, Texas, Intrinsity specializes in creating high performance chips with low power output for mobile devices. The company has previously partnered with Samsung…
Hockey players weren’t the only ones who scored when the world junior hockey championship was held in Saskatchewan last December.
Last week we asked you to share your favorite music discovery service, and then we rounded up the top five contenders for a vote. Now we’re back with the most popular music discovery service. More »