Stephen King’s The Mist Trailer
Three-time Oscar®-nominee Frank Darabont (”The Green Mile,” “The Shawshank Redemption”) reunites with horror-master Stephen King to write and direct this chilling adaptation of the author’s original short story.

Motion control done right: the doors of Metroid Prime 3
Over the last few days, I’ve been playing through the retail version of Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. While I’ll save the majority of my thoughts for the big review we have slated for next week, I thought I’d pass along a little something in the game that truly shows how immersive Wii games could be if developers put time and effort into them.

Phosgene From Iraq Found in UN Office
U.N. weapons inspectors discovered a potentially hazardous chemical warfare agent that was taken from an Iraqi chemical weapons facility 11 years ago and mistakenly stored in their offices in the heart of midtown Manhattan all that time, officials said Thursday.

Colo. School Bans Tag on Its Playground
An elementary school has banned tag on its playground after some children complained they were harassed or chased against their will.

SKorean Hostages Recount Abduction
Newly freed South Korean church workers apologized to their government Friday for causing trouble in Afghanistan by being kidnapped by the Taliban for six weeks.

Actor playing Brutus stabs himself
Julius Caesar lay dead and Brutus was talking to his co-conspirators about swords and blood when he paused and excused himself, saying “I seem to have stabbed myself.”

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Royal Family Marks 10th Anniversary of Diana’s Death
Prince William and Prince Harry led a somber memorial service Friday marking the 10th anniversary of the death of their mother, Princess Diana, whose status as a beloved global icon remains a source of both pride and bewilderment for the British.

Rendering for an Interactive 360º Light Field Display
We describe a set of rendering techniques for an autostereoscopic light field display able to present interactive 3D graphics to multiple simultaneous viewers 360 degrees around the display.

NBC Will Not Renew ITunes Contract
NBC Universal, unable to come to an agreement with Apple on pricing, has decided not to renew its contract to sell digital downloads of television shows on iTunes.

Microsoft lays down smack on AutoPatcher service, users not pleased
Let’s face it, even those who do like using Windows (us included) aren’t too fond of Windows Update — and don’t even get us started on what sysadmins have to go through keeping Windows boxes up to date (yeah, we used to do that too). Which is why we’re so glad there’s always a healthy 3rd party ecosystem in place to help fill in the gaps and get users get what they need and how they need it. Like AutoPatcher, the popular Windows Update substitute that’s been around for the last four years. Well, kiss it goodbye.

Apple accused of short-shrifting disabled retail shoppers
Two San Francisco women have filed a lawsuit that accuses Apple of largely ignoring accessibility laws at one of its retail stores, making shopping or service trips all but impossible for those confined to a wheelchair.

Japan’s Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future
Americans invented the Internet, but the Japanese are running away with it.
Broadband service here is eight to 30 times as fast as in the United States — and considerably cheaper. Japan has the world’s fastest Internet connections, delivering more data at a lower cost than anywhere else, recent studies show.

12 South Koreans Freed in Afghanistan
Taliban militants on Wednesday released 12 of 19 South Korean captives they promised to free under a deal struck with the South Korean government to resolve a nearly six-week hostage crisis.

U.S. Troops Release Detained Iranians
Eight Iranians, including two diplomats, were released by U.S. forces Wednesday after being detained because unauthorized weapons were found in their cars, the U.S. military said. An adviser to the top U.S. general in Iraq called the detentions “regrettable.”

UK Tries Pictures to Discourage Smokers
Cigarette packs will be required next year to display such graphic images as diseased organs in a bid to scare smokers into snuffing out their butts, the government announced Wednesday.

Edwards: Americans should sacrifice their SUVs
Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards told a labor group he would ask Americans to make a big sacrifice: their sport utility vehicles.

An inconvenient fact
Despite the anti-forestry scare tactics of celebrity movies, trees are the most powerful concentrators of carbon on Earth Dr. Patrick Moore is a co-founder of Greenpeace and chairman and chief scientist of Greenspirit Strategies Ltd. in Vancouver.

It’s on: Apple event slated for September 5th
Well the rumors have been floating around for a few days, and now we’ve gotten official word — in the form of the invite you see above — that Apple will be holding a “special event” on September 5th. Let the speculation begin!

NASA shuttle to launch Luke’s lightsaber
When the space shuttle Discovery launches the STS-120 crew in October, the force will be with them.

Your Sat-Nav Nightmares Over… Maybe
New signs are warning motorists to ignore their sat-navs on narrow Welsh lanes - but drivers may have a tricky time working out the symbols on the design.

Wal-Mart owes back taxes, state says
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has avoided millions of dollars in state taxes by paying rent on 87 Wisconsin properties in a way that the state Department of Revenue calls an “abuse and distortion of income.”

Aliens vs Predator - Requiem (18+)
This looks closer to the feeling in the original movies. Hopefully an improvement from the last AVP.

Taliban Agree to Free SKorean Hostages
The Taliban agreed Tuesday to free 19 South Korean church volunteers held hostage since July after the government in Seoul pledged to end all missionary work and keep a promise to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year.

Iraqi city cleared after clashes
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have been ordered to leave a Shia festival in the Iraqi city of Karbala after heavy shooting broke out in the city.

Teen Trades Hacked iPhone for New Car
The teenage hacker who managed to unlock the iPhone so that it can be used with cellular networks other than AT&T will be trading his reworked gadget for a new car.

Iran Prepared to Fill Iraq Power Vacuum
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned Tuesday that a power vacuum is imminent in Iraq and said that Iran was ready to help fill the gap.

Junk sleep ‘damaging teen health’
Too many teenagers are damaging their health by not getting enough sleep and by falling asleep with electrical gadgets on, researchers say.

‘Ninja’ teens in Oregon not as swift as those in movies
The three teenagers in hooded black outfits were scampering over rooftops, climbing trees “just like a squirrel,” and breaking into houses and cars, police said.

Free Iphone for Money
Good Morning Guys? $100,000 usd and let’s give it away to the world.. No issues with AT&T etc…

100-year-old celebrates her birthday by smoking 170,000th cigarette
An iron-lunged pensioner has celebrated her 100th birthday by lighting up her 170,000th cigerette from a candle on her birthday cake.

Iraq Weapons Are a Focus of Criminal Investigations
Several federal agencies are investigating a widening network of criminal cases involving the purchase and delivery of billions of dollars of weapons, supplies and other matériel to Iraqi and American forces, according to American officials. The officials said it amounted to the largest ring of fraud and kickbacks uncovered in the conflict here.

China dad denies abuse of marathon girl, 8
The father of an eight-year-old Chinese girl who ran 3,560 km (2,212 miles) to Beijing to celebrate the 2008 Olympics on Tuesday denied accusations of child abuse.

Stanley Kubrick was an amazing talent, an artist working in the medium of moving pictures. The film Paths of Glory marked the beginning of a nearly 30 year period of continuous greatness ended only by death, not by failure of his vision or ability.

I’ve wondered from time to time what made him great at what he did. This article offers a partial answer to that question. Absolutely fascinating peek into the mind of a master.

“I Will Survive” is a song first performed by Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. Now it is on the banjo, YES!

Another great rendition: CAKE performs ‘I Will Survive’ live at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, September 8th, 2004.

Arm-Wrestling Game Recalled in Japan
Distributor Atlus Co. said Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, it would remove all 150 “Arm Spirit” arm wrestling game machines from Japanese arcades after three players broke their arms grappling with the machine’s mechanized appendage.

Apple secures Europe iPhone revenue deals
Apple has succeeded in committing European mobile phone operators that want exclusively to sell its new iPhone to share parts of their revenues with the technology group.

Seniors May Get Doughnuts After All
Hoping to quell complaints about pastry paternalism, county officials have offered a limited comeback for donated doughnuts that were recently barred from senior citizens’ centers because of health worries. But some seniors immediately soured on the plan.

MTV, RealNetworks Challenge Apple Music
Viacom Inc. (VIAB)’s MTV Networks and digital media company RealNetworks announced Tuesday a digital music joint venture that will compete with Apple’s dominant trinity of the iTunes store, iPod player and iPhone.

Tots Getting Internet Identity at Birth
Besides leaving the hospital with a birth certificate and a clean bill of health, baby Mila Belle Howells got something she won’t likely use herself for several years: her very own Internet domain name.

One in Four Read No Books Last Year
There it sits on your night stand, that book you’ve meant to read for who knows how long but haven’t yet cracked open. Tonight, as you feel its stare from beneath that teetering pile of magazines, know one thing _ you are not alone.

Another Test in Iraq: Our Aid to Refugees
The Bush administration correctly asserts that the entire Middle East, from royal palaces to terrorist camps, is watching the eventual outcome in Iraq to determine the state of American resolve. But the region is also taking a more immediate measure of America’s commitment to its friends: our response to the Iraqi refugee crisis. And this, too, is a matter of national credibility and honor.

Norway’s Moose Population in Trouble for Belching
The poor old Scandinavian moose is now being blamed for climate change, with researchers in Norway claiming that a grown moose can produce 2,100 kilos of methane a year — equivalent to the CO2 output resulting from a 13,000 kilometer car journey.

54 illegal aliens arrested at border, crossing in motor home
Border Patrol Agents arrested 54 illegal aliens stashed inside a motor home Sunday.

Accredited Shuts Down Much of Company
Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co. plans to shut down most of its business to survive the troubles in the home lending industry, the company said Wednesday.

Taliban chief says Bin Laden alive: video
A top Taliban commander said Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden is alive and well, according to US-based analysts monitoring extremist publications.

Most US adults in the dark about world politics
Two-thirds of US adults admit to being in the dark about political issues outside the United States, and only a third are well-versed in US politics, the results of a poll published Tuesday showed.

RAF Jets Intercept Russian Bomber
Two RAF jets have intercepted a Russian bomber over the north Atlantic.
Typhoon interceptors shadowed a Russian Tupolev-95 “Bear” reconnaissance aircraft last Friday.

A Fear of Foreign Investments
For years, the Bush administration has shrugged off concerns about the trillions of dollars that the United States owes to China, Japan and oil-producing countries in the Middle East, arguing that these debts give no undue leverage to foreign governments.

Green Roofs: An Introduction with Pretty Pictures
It’s not just for hobbits anymore. The logic of green roofs is becoming more apparent. We can minimize our bills while maximizing the beauty of the urban landscape. And every day it’s becoming a little easier to live in a house that just happens to have plants growing on it.

A Monster Trojan
Yesterday, we analyzed a sample of a new Trojan, called Infostealer.Monstres, which was attempting to access the online recruitment Web site, Monster.com. It was also uploading data to a remote server. When we accessed this remote server, we found over 1.6 million entries with personal information belonging to several hundred thousand people. We were very surprised that this low profile Trojan could have attacked so many people, so we decided to investigate how the data could have been obtained.

Move over Jason Bourne!
Master these 15 simple techniques and hacks, and Jason Bourne will have some serious competition!
Knock someone out with a matchbox; create a complete new identity; burn holes through one inch thick steel; open any door; listen to conversations hundreds of yards away… Real Bourne Identity stuff which has been tried and tested.

Please check out these links. They illusrate how our “Western” media, in the name of “news”, is a propoganda machine for extremist views:

Fauxtographic Narratives

Credulous photojournalism of the day Update: Type of round identified? Update: A typical MSM “correction”

Apple cans AppleWorks
AppleWorks’ last breath was masked by last week’s iMac, iLife and iWork announcements - Apple has discontinued the product.

Chocolate Toothpaste Better than Fluoride, Researcher Says
For a healthy smile brush between meals, floss regularly and eat plenty of chocolate? According to Tulane University doctoral candidate Arman Sadeghpour an extract of cocoa powder that occurs naturally in chocolates, teas, and other products might be an effective natural alternative to fluoride in toothpaste. In fact, his research revealed that the cocoa extract was even more effective than fluoride in fighting cavities.

how to navigate a multi-mini roundabout
this is an actual roundabout in swindon…

Scientists break the speed of light
It was supposed to be the one speed limit you cannot break.
But scientists claim to have demonstrated there is the possibility of travel faster than the speed of light.

Violent Femmes Embroiled in NY Lawsuit
Fresh off their latest tour, 1980s folk-punk favorites the Violent Femmes are headed for a surprise gig in federal court.

US and Israel in $30bn arms deal
US Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns has signed a deal that will provide Israel with $30bn (£14.8bn) of military aid over the next 10 years.

US agencies boost satellite use
The US is giving its domestic agencies greater access to images from spy satellites, in a move strongly criticised by civil rights groups.

Couple Tries to Name Baby ‘At’ Symbol
A Chinese couple seeking a distinctive and modern name for their child chose the commonly used Internet ‘at’ symbol, much to the consternation of Chinese officials.

Man Arrested After Trying to Rob a Nun
A would-be thief came up empty-handed after trying to rob a nun who had taken a vow of poverty. Madison police arrested the man later in the day. They gave the following account: