Entries for July, 2009

Review of the new Amazon Kindle DX

The DX does everything as promised. It downloads books. It stores books. It displays books. And the large (actually, around the size of a netbook) screen displays text very nicely. Properly formatted black and white images look rich and have excellent contrast. I’m just not sure why anyone would want one.

Photos of the new Jaguar XJ

Here are some photos from the launch for the new Jaguar XJ, To see the rest of the pictures from the launch event Click Here. Autoblog.com

Episode 27: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

Episode 27 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live! NOTE: To subscribe to the pause.com Entertainment Podcast on iTunes Click here to open iTunes to our podcast, then click the SUBSCRIBE button. In this (rather short) episode: In Video Games, Lou talks more about Fallout 3‘s latest DLC, Point Lookout and its crashiness. Tony talks about Rock Band II. […]

Natlie Portman Will Be Captain Kirk’s Mommy – No, no, no…but she WILL be Thor’s First Love

It’s a good thing that characters from different movies starring the same actors don’t cross over (unless you’re talking about Aliens vs. Predator) because that could get confusing. Natalie Portman, who of course played Luke & Leia’s mommy in the alleged Star Wars prequels, will now play Jane Foster, first love to Thor, in Marvel’s […]

Ryan Reynolds is playing Green Lantern

After a long search, Warner Bros. have picked Ryan Reynolds as its choice to play Hal Jordan for the new Green Lantern movie. The film is being directed by Casino Royale director Martin Campbell and produced by Donald De Line and Greg Berlanti. Ryan Reynolds was up for the role against Bradley Cooper, Jared Leto, and just […]

Episode 26: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

Episode 26 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live! NOTE: To subscribe to the pause.com Entertainment Podcast on iTunes Click here to open iTunes to our podcast, then click the SUBSCRIBE button. In this (rather short) episode: In Video Games, Lou talks more about Fallout 3‘s latest DLC, Point Lookout, as well as the Beta of Aion on the […]

Sony-Ericsson’s Rachel Android Phone Video Makes Rachel Look Like Fun

But you be the judge…

New Full-Length ‘District 9’ Trailer

Now I’m more excited about this again. Yay! New, original sci-fi! At the movies! (Note that the button at the far-right of the playbar will switch it to full-screen mode at the correct aspect ratio)

Will Your Netbook Run Windows or Google Chrome OS?

Well, it’s official. Over the last few years in particular, especially given Windows Vista’s lackluster image in much of the mainstream computer buying landscape, a number of companies have been suspected of developing their own OS to compete with Windows, most notably among them HP. But late yesterday, Google officially announced that they’re developing a […]

Top Gear + Bugatti Veyron + McLaren F1 = Awesome

Nuff said.