Episode 96: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

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We start out this episode with some listener mail, general pleasantries and the like.

In video games, Tony talks about  Uncharted 3 and the Arkham City iPad companion app, as well as the Need for Speed: Run demo. Lou mentions Rage, the Divinity 2 demo and re-playing Plants vs. Zombies. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~31:55), the segment starts with the guys talking about Grimm, The Walking Dead and The New Girl. Tony talks about Boss, Revenge, Once Upon a Time, Dave’s Old Porn and Modern Family, and Lou talks about Top Chef: Texas, Smallville season 7, 2 Broke Girls, Ringer, Pan Am and the return of Chuck. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~1:18:35), Tony saw absosmurfly nothing, and Lou, conversely, saw  The Green Lanter, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger and Fast Five. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:36:10) the news this week includes:

  • GM will be selling trucks at Costco
  • A new rumor indicates that Apple will overhaul its entire product line in 2012
  • In other Apple rumors, there are strong indications that Apple will announce an Apple-designed & developed television next year for release in 2013
  • A professor at Columbia University has found out how to keep mosquitoes away from people using infrared light
  • A doctor in California has devised a way to turn brown eyes blue, permanently, using LASER beams. And $5,000 of each patient’s money
  • The 2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost has been recalled due to possible engine fires. That’s bad
  • Nokia has shown off a flexible smartphone concept, and now Samsung is saying they’ll release a smartphone with a flexible screen in 2012
  • NASA is funding research on tractor beams. Finally!
  • The six-man crew of the ESA’s Mars500 program finally came out of their simulator on Friday, after 520 days of isolation
  • A new, updated iOS5 should fix the iPhone’s battery issues
  • On November 28th, BBCA will air the first episode of Top Gear Top 40, featuring the show’s best and most loved segments
  • Lomography has come out with a new 35mm movie camera that you can buy for $100 including a viewer
  • Japan wants to build a backup city for Tokyo
  • It turns out Bill Gates is ultimately the person at Microsoft who killed the Courier
  • Boston Dynamics has shown off a new, bipedal, humaoid robot being designed for the military. Check out the creepy cool video here.

And of course keep listening after the Mash-Up to hear Tony & Lou’s votes for the Best & Worst Entertainment Moments of the Week!

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it.

Episode 95: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

Episode 95 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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This episode of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is brought to you by Yumbly. Search Chicago-area restaurants and menus to find exactly what you’re hungry for. Yum.

NOTE: To subscribe to the pause.com Entertainment Podcast on iTunes Click here to open iTunes to our podcast, then click the SUBSCRIBE button.

We start out this episode with some listener mail, general pleasantries and the like.

In video games, the guys talk about Rage, and Tony talks about Arkham City. Lou mentions, once again, not being able to talk about the Star Wars: The Old Republic Beta that he’s playing. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~22:45), the segment starts with the guys talking about The X-Factor, then moves on to Pan-Am and The Walking Dead. Tony talks about Revenge and American Horror Story, and Lou talks about Fringe, Doctor Who, Ringer, Supernatural season 6 and Smallville. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~59:25), Tony saw The People vs. George Lucas and Lou saw The Thing. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:16:25) the news this week includes:

  • Steve Jobs has died
  • The iPhone 4s was unveiled
  • Google took the wraps off of Android 4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
  • Researchers at a university in Tel Aviv have shown off their quantum levitation. You have got to see this video!
  • The Maserati Kubang will in fact most likely be called the Cinqueporte
  • RIM has partnered with Porsche Design to unveil a new Blackberry in Dubai next week
  • GM has denied the rumor that they’d be entirely bankrolling the new Cannonball Run movie that’s in the works
  • In other Videos You Have To See news, check out this Ditch Witch modified by Raytheon-Sarcos with “slave arms”. Want.
  • A bug in the iPad’s Smart Cover Unlocking feature means that anybody can break into your iPad. Oops.
  • The fuzzy objects seen in front of the sun seen by a Mexican astronomer in 1883 are now believed to be fragments of a comet with a mass of 9 trillion tons that came within as little as 438 miles from Earth
  • DeLorean is back, and they’re promising a new, all-electric DeLorean by 2013
  • Motorola’s new Droid RAZR is the world’s thinnest smartphone
  • The Lytro light field camera we talked about previously is now available for pre-order starting at $400
  • Sprint has just put a data cap on mobile hotspot users
  • The founders of Skype and Rdio are behind what appears to be a new company to challenge Netflix in streaming, called Vdio
  • You can now have your very own, adult-sized, Harley engine-powered Green Machine, for just $75k from Hammacher-Schlemmer

And of course keep listening after the Mash-Up to hear Tony & Lou’s votes for the Best & Worst Entertainment Moments of the Week!

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it.

Episode 94: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

Episode 94 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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This episode of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is brought to you by Yumbly. Search Chicago-area restaurants and menus to find exactly what you’re hungry for. Yum.

NOTE: To subscribe to the pause.com Entertainment Podcast on iTunes Click here to open iTunes to our podcast, then click the SUBSCRIBE button.

We start out this episode with some listener mail, general pleasantries and the like.

In video games, Tony talks about Burnout Crash. Lou mentions, once again, not being able to talk about the Star Wars: The Old Republic Beta that he’s playing, despite requests for info. He also mentions Rift but hasn’t played it enough to have an opinion yet. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~22:10), the segment starts with the guys talking about The X-Factor, then moves on to Ringer, The New Girl, Terra Nova and Modern FamilyTony also talks Playboy Club, 2 Broke Girls, Whitney, The Office, Parks & Recreation, Glee, The Chew and Up All Night. Lou talks about Pan Am and Supernatural Season 6. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~55:40), Tony saw Cedar RapidsLou saw Drive, Contagion and watched most of Bridesmaids and about half of Young Frankenstein. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:22:50) the news this week includes:

  • Sony’s NEX-VG20 full-HD camcorder has interchangeable lenses
  • Masterati is entering the SUV market with the Detroit-built Kuband
  • Brookstone is selling an iPod / iPhone / iPad-controlled spy tank for $150
  • Google has opened a little retail space called the Chrome Zone
  • And Google’s Chrome web browser will soon make its way to Android-powered smartphones
  • Apple’s announced the iPhone 4s
  • There’s a rumor that Amazon may buy WebOS
  • Craftsman has a garage door opener you can control with your iPhone or Android phone
  • BMW’s 2012 has recorded engine sounds pumped through the car’s stereo system into the cabin
  • Hey guys! Lonely? Try the new service FakeGirlfriend.co, which will send you fake text messages from you “girlfriend”

And of course keep listening after the Mash-Up to hear Tony & Lou’s votes for the Best & Worst Entertainment Moments of the Week!

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it.

Episode 93: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

Episode 93 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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This episode of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is brought to you by Yumbly. Search Chicago-area restaurants and menus to find exactly what you’re hungry for. Yum.

NOTE: To subscribe to the pause.com Entertainment Podcast on iTunes Click here to open iTunes to our podcast, then click the SUBSCRIBE button.

We start out this episode with some listener mail, general pleasantries and the like.

In video games, Tony and Lou both talk about Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Tony also talks about Crysis 2 and Jetpack Joyride. Lou mentions, once again, not being able to talk about the Star Wars: The Old Republic Beta that he’s playing, despite requests for infoMiscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~30:40), the segment starts with the guys talking about Take the Money and Run and Top Chef: Just DessertsTony also talks True Blood, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Ringer. Lou talks about Smallville. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~51:55), Tony saw The Switch and, for Tony’s Classic Film Project, watched Hannah & Her Sisters. Lou saw Apollo 18, and watched Paul. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:17:25) the news this week includes:

  • Microsoft has revealed a bunch of stuff about Windows 8 and has let journalists test-drive it on tablet computers
  • NASA has unveiled its most powerful rocket ever, the Space Launch System
  • China is building an airport outside of Beijing so big, it’s roughly the same size as the island of Bermuda
  • A German artist named Robert Gulpen has built a 1:8 scale Lamborghini Aventador model that’ll auction off for $4.8 million
  • Intel is working on a new laptop chipset that’ll run on solar power
  • The iTwin is a USB device that’ll connect two computers wirelessly so that you can share / edit files between the two
  • HP just released a 3D scanner called the TopShot Laserjet Pro M275 for just $400
  • Foxconn is currently building 150,000 iPhone 5s per day
  • The 6.5 ton UARS satellite will be coming back to earth at some point…but NASA isn’t sure exactly when or where
  • Nike has unveiled their real-life Back To The Future sneakers with LED lights, currently selling on auction on eBay

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it.

Episode 92: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

Episode 92 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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This episode of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is brought to you by Yumbly. Search Chicago-area restaurants and menus to find exactly what you’re hungry for. Yum.

NOTE: To subscribe to the pause.com Entertainment Podcast on iTunes Click here to open iTunes to our podcast, then click the SUBSCRIBE button.

We start out this episode with some listener mail, general pleasantries and the like.

In video games, Tony talks about Torchlight, Alice: Madness Returns and Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Lou mentions, once again, not being able to talk about the Star Wars: The Old Republic Beta that he’s playingMiscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~31:00), the segment starts with Tony talking about Master Chef and both guys talking about Take the Money and Run. Tony also talks True Blood and A Ton of Cash. Lou talks about Smallville. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~55:15), Tony saw Crazy Stupid Love and, for Tony’s Classic Film Project, watched Kramer vs. Kramer. Lou saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and watched Adjustment Bureau. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:28:40) the news this week includes:

  • HP has killed off WebOS
  • Europe and Russia are teaming up to be the first to send humans to Mars
  • An R2-D2 planetarium projector is available in Japan
  • Cadillac will in fact produce what it showed off as the Converj concept car
  • A Chinese propaganda video accidentally showed off planned, government-sponsored cyberattacks against the U.S.
  • Sprint, Verizon and of course AT&T will all be getting the iPhone 5 in October
  • Apple is secretly installing AT&T LTE equipment in some of their stores
  • DARPA wants to kickstart a plan to send people to another star
  • Economist Paul Krugman suggested that if the government faked an impending alien invasion, our economic woes would be over in 18 months
  • Sony’s NEX-7 DSLR has a ginormous HD sensor and lots of other fun features…out in November
  • Windows 8 will have an app store integrated into the OS
  • Officials in Seoul, Korea will implement women-only subway cars to try to stave off quickly-rising incidents of sexual misconduct on the subway
  • Samsung is defending itself against Apple’s tablet lawsuits by showing that the basic design for the tablet computer has been around since at least the early ’70s
  • The recent earthquake in the Washington DC area cracked the Washington Monument, which is now closed indefinitely
  • A guy named Mike Laub baought an old casino in Lake Tahoe and found a 4′ tall safe completely sealed inside walls under a stairway. His son plans to open it live on the intarwebz

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it.

Episode 91: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

Episode 91 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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This episode of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is brought to you by Yumbly. Search Chicago-area restaurants and menus to find exactly what you’re hungry for. Yum.

NOTE: To subscribe to the pause.com Entertainment Podcast on iTunes Click here to open iTunes to our podcast, then click the SUBSCRIBE button.

We start out this episode with some listener mail, general pleasantries and the like.

In video games, Tony talks about Test Drive Unlimited 2 and Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet. Lou mentions not being able to talk about the Star Wars: The Old Republic Beta that he’s playingMiscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~15:10), the segment starts with the guys talking Falling Skies (but not really)and Master Chef, as well as Take the Money and Run. Tony talks about It’s Worth What? and True Blood. Lou talks about Smallville, Storage Wars and a few other things. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~42:40), Tony saw Rise of the Planet of the Apes, and saw The Dirty Dozen as part of Tony’s Classic Film Project. Lou watched Fair Game, Gene Generation and Wargames: The Dead Code. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:16:40) the news this week includes:

  • There’s finally going to be a Star Trek theme park!
  • Seagate’s new GoFlex Turbo drives include free data recovery
  • Apple has blocked the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in most of the EU
  • We’ve just discovered a 1000-foot asteroid in Earth’s orbit
  • Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner will include electronically-dimming windows instead of shades
  • Vision Research’s v1610 video camera can shoot at a million frames per second
  • NASA think they’ve found liquid water on the surface of Mars right now
  • Nokia’s U.S. phones will only be available with Windows Phone 7 from now on
  • A couple of scientists have developed a sensor that can be built into straws to detect date-rape drugs
  • New Wi-Fi standard 802.22 can cover 12,000 square miles from a single base station
  • Scientists have discovered that two of the building blocks of our DNA definitely came from outer space
  • Nokia ran an ad with a woman talking on a cell phone…but the phone she’s using is an iPhone

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it.

Episode 90: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

Episode 90 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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This episode of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is brought to you by Yumbly. Search Chicago-area restaurants and menus to find exactly what you’re hungry for. Yum.

NOTE: To subscribe to the pause.com Entertainment Podcast on iTunes Click here to open iTunes to our podcast, then click the SUBSCRIBE button.

We start out this episode with some listener mail, general pleasantries and the like.

In video games, Tony talks about Red Faction: Armageddon. Lou has played a smidge of World of Warcraft as a TaurenMiscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~22:20), the segment starts with the guys talking Falling Skies, and Master Chef. Tony talks about Hell’s Kitchen, Inside the Actor’s Studio and Arrested DevelopmentLou talks about Alphas, Smallville and Storage Wars. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~59:15), Tony saw Captain America, and saw Niagara as part of Tony’s Classic Film Project. Lou watched Unstoppable. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:31:30) the news this week includes:

  • Singer Amy Winehouse, dead at 27
  • A German fashion designer and microbiologist has made clothing…out of milk
  • Freq will let you relive your boombox days, but with your iDevice
  • Check out TechCocktail.com for a different perspective than sites like Gizmodo or Engadget
  • Ferrari will include free scheduled maintenance for 7 years on its new cars
  • Bill Gates is helping to fund Terrapower, a company making reactors that burn all sorts of uranium
  • Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wants a World of Warcraft-like game to teach Russian history
  • Korean Air will be adding three bars to its Airbus A380 aircraft
  • Russia is planning on de-orbiting the ISS by 2020
  • Fujitsu-Toshiba’s IS12T will be the first phone to run Windows Mobile 7 “Mango”
  • Apple rumors: There’ll be a 15″ Macbook Air, the iPhone 5 will have a curved back and bigger screen, next-gen Macs may get retina displays, Apple might buy Hulu
  • Scientists are close to figuring out how to make transparent batteries
  • Tokyo retailer The Clone Factory will make a 3D scanned, hyper-realistic doll of you for $1,800
  • A Chinese couple sold each of their three kids for money to play games at internet cafes
  • Top Gear co-host Richard Hammond will have a new show here in the U.S. called Hard Drive with Richard Hammond
  • NASA will send its Curiosity Mars rover to Gate Crater
  • Google+ will soon have games like Farmville etc. etc. etc.
  • Russia has declared that this is the new Soyuz era
  • The Fiat 500 Abarth will in fact be coming to the U.S., officially, at the 2011 Los Angeles Auto Show in November

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it.

New Trailer: Contagion

If you’ve seen ‘Captain America’ you may have seen this already, otherwise, be prepared to be creeped out:

Episode 89: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

Episode 89 of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is live!

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This episode of The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is brought to you by Yumbly. Search Chicago-area restaurants and menus to find exactly what you’re hungry for. Yum.

NOTE: To subscribe to the pause.com Entertainment Podcast on iTunes Click here to open iTunes to our podcast, then click the SUBSCRIBE button.

We start out this episode with a tiny smidge of listener mail, general pleasantries and the like.

In video games, Tony talks about Dead Space 2 and The Akinator. Lou mentions the new World of Warcraft patch aka 4.2 aka Rage of the Firelands. But he didn’t actually play any of it. Lou also STUMPED The Akinator THREE TIMES before it finally guessed the character he was thinking ofMiscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~22:10), the segment starts with the guys talking Falling Skies, and Platinum Hit. Tony talks about Wilfred, True Blood, Master Chef, 101 Ways to Leave a Game Show and The Big C. Lou talks about Smallville, House Hunters International, House Hunters on Vacation and Torchwood. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~58:30), Tony saw Horrible Bosses, and saw Some Like it Hot and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover as part of Tony’s Classic Film Project. Lou watched Unknown, Black Swan and Drive Angry. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:31:30) the news this week includes:

  • The Apple rumor mill says that the iPhone 5 and iPad 2b (not the official name) will both be out this fall
  • Aston Martin is officially putting the V12 Zagato into production with a $525,000 price tag
  • A cancer patient has received a replacement trachea grown from his own stem cells
  • Switch Lighting will soon release their new LED incandescent-replacement bulbs for about $20 each
  • Lamborghini is ditching manual transmissions, at least for the foreseeable future
  • Sony’s new HDR-PJ50 digital camcorder also has a projector built in
  • A 1939 GM Futureliner is available on eBay for a starting bid of $500k
  • Researchers in the U.S. and U.K. have come up with a vaccine that successfully cures prostate cancer in rats
  • Sony has finally pulled the plug on the MiniDisc format
  • Gateway’s new ID47 laptop has loads of great features for only $700
  • LEGO has unveiled a massive Super Star Destroyer set for about $400
  • LEGO has also unveiled a VW Camper Van with 1,332 pieces
  • The ESA will be launching a spacecraft called Gaia with a 1-billion-pixel digital camera sensor, hopefully to spot up to 10 new extra-solar planets per day

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it.

 

Episode 88: The pause.com Entertainment Podcast

Episode 88 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.

We start out this episode with a tiny smidge of listener mail, general pleasantries and the like.

In video games, Tony talks about Super Stardust HD, Dead Nation and Outland. Lou talks about playing demos of Dungeon Siege III and Bulletstorm. Miscellaneous video game news follows.

In TV (~28:20), the segment starts with the guys talking The Voice, and then Falling Skies. Tony talks about First 48: Missing Persons and Master Chef. Lou talks about Smallville and The Glades. Random TV news tidbits after that.

In Movies (~1:03:55), Tony and Lou saw X-Men: First Class together, and both of them saw Super 8. Tony also saw Fantastic Mr. Fox and, as part of Tony’s Classic Film Project, saw THX-1138. Lou also watched The Tourist. Miscellaneous movie news follows.

In the Mash-Up segment (~1:38:20) the news this week includes:

  • A new camera called Lytro can capture the “image field” of a scene and allow you to modify focus, zoom and even perspective after the fact.
  • Nokia’s first Windows Phone, the “Sea Ray”, is essentially the N9, but with Windows
  • Google Chromebooks are in stores. For between $380 and $500 you can get a machine that does nothing but surf the web. Hmm.
  • iOS 5 has been announced, and Tony says that I shouldn’t bother writing or even talking about it because everybody who cares already knows all about it. Ok then.
  • Mac OS X Lion has also been announced, and is the first step in Apple’s plan to de-centralize the PC and move everything to the cloud
  • Lamborghini may be working on an SUV based on the Porsche Cayenne platform
  • An Australian guy named Chris Malloy has built a prototype hoverbike
  • Hacker group LulzSec took down the CIA’s website last week. Ouch.
  • Tumblr has surpassed WordPress as the blogging platform of choice, with nearly 21 million Tumblr blogs out there
  • Eatensil is a sort of Swiss Army Knife for foodies, including a fork, knife, spoon, chopsticks, toothpick, pizza cutter and bottle opener. Unfortunately, still a concept at this point.
  • The Consumer Electronics Association wants the spectrum used for free, over the air TV broadcasts to be auctioned off. Which means about 25 million people would be without TV.
  • Petra Ecclestone has purchased the most expensive home in the U.S., Aaron Spelling’s former mansion in Holmby Hills
  • China is building the world’s largest radio telescope
  • Facebook is working on an HTML5 version of their site, which means lots of games and other stuff on your iDevice without having to go through the App Store
  • If you’d like to help save SETI’s telescope array, and let SETI keep using it, you can make a donation at setistars.org
  • Apple has released unlocked iPhone 4 without 3G or 4G. Huh?
  • A paleontologist named Jack Horner is trying to create dinosaur-like creatures by regressing DNA of chickens. His team has already succeeded in creating a chicken with teeth. Yipes!

The pause.com Entertainment Podcast is hosted by long-time friends Tony Incopero and Lou Zucaro. Join them as they discuss all sorts of fun things in the world of entertainment, gaming, gadgets, cars and more with a healthy dose of their sense of humor.

iTunes subscribers! If you’re not seeing this episode on our iTunes page (linked at the top of this post) never fear! Just make sure you’re subscribed and your iTunes software on your computer will retrieve the latest episode. Just hit the refresh button in your library’s Podcasts page if you don’t see it.