Interesting Interestings, 2007-08-31

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.”

Princess Diana
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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.

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