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This Week, The Final Cut takes a closer look at two of this weekends nationwide releases- Flight Plan with Jodie Foster, and The Corpse Bride with Johnny Depp. Also out this Friday are Oliver Twist directed by Roman Polanski; Proof, starring Gwyneth Paltrow; Roll-Bounce with Bow Wow and Nick Cannon; and in limited release, Daltry Calhoun starring Johnny Knoxville. You can check out The Final Cut’s recommendations after the jump, and if you’ve had the chance to catch any of this weekends flicks, feel free to leave your opinion in the comments.
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I knew it was coming. When Opera was offering free registration codes for a day, but didn’t turn off the auto-generating code email address until way after the day was over, I sensed that it was going to become a freeware platform. The day has come, as Opera no longer had any integrated ad banners. I know, Firefox has been all the rage among the Internet elite, but I urge you to try Opera. It is blazingly fast, and just works. I have yet to experience an Opera browser crash, while Firefox blows up three or four times a day for me on both Windows and Mac OS’s.
EDIT: Here is a great wiki chock full o’ Opera tips.
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Here’s a cool web app that makes recommendations on what you should read based on books you’ve already enjoyed. I tried this myself and got the following results when entering Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:
These are our suggestions based on readers’ recommendations.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3): Adult Edition - J.K. Rowling
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal - Christopher Moore
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone - J. K. Rowling, Mary Grandpre
Two of those choices are obvious. Not bad for those always looking for something to read. It gets much better if you register on the site, since it consistently remembers what books you like already.
Read More | What Should I Read Next via Cool Hunting
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This product doesn’t have the fanciest name but it is straight to the point. It functions as an emergency light - no surprise there. Alas, there are three other things you can do with this gadget. First, you can deter insects and mosquitoes with one light which is cool for camping tents and summer BBQs I suppose, you can deter mice with a different setting, and - most uniquely - you can charge the internal battery and use it to power things, like a laptop. That’s pretty neat.
Read More | Kingland Multi Purpose Light Product Page via TRFJ
The PowerSquid Outlet Multiplier can be viewed as both geeky and creepy. Its design looks like some perverted alien hand, yet the functionality is brilliant. We are all for making life easier in any way possible, and while this may not be the most beautiful design, it definitely gets the job done. For $14.99 you get 5 grounded extensions that combine into one plug. Why? Don’t you have power adapters bigger than life that reside in the same room?
Read More | ThinkGeek
NES Bluetooth Handset For VOIP
Posted by Edwin Soto Categories: Smartphones, Mods / Hacks, Video Games,
This is awesome for the retro gamer in you. The NES Bluetooth Handset connects to your Bluetooth phone or VoIP application, like Skype. The Start button picks up and ends calls while the A and B buttons control volume. Pretty cool, but I’d like to see some Caller ID on the back, and with a How To as well. Here are the details:
Here’s how it works with cell phones:
• Keep the NES Bluetooth Handset in your pocket.
• Keep you Bluetooth phone in your bag or backpack.
• When a call comes in, press ‘Start’ on the NES Bluetooth Handset.
• Talk.
• When done, press ‘Start’ again to end the call.Here’s how it works with Skype:
• Keep the NES Bluetooth Handset on your desk.
• When a call comes in on your Bluetooth-enabled PC, press ‘Start’ on the NES Bluetooth Handset.
• Talk.
• When done, press ‘Start’ again to end the call.
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NEC has busted out with what they are calling the world’s thinnest camera flip phone - the L1. It certainly is compact, measuring just 47.9mm X 101.5mm X 11.9mm (folded) and weighing in at 96g. The phone supports GSM/GPRS and touts a 1.9-inch 65k color display along with a 1.3 megapixel digital camera (which can also record up to 2 minutes of video.) The NEC L1 is also feature-rich, supporting MP3 playback, polyphonic ringtones, PictBridge, Java, and Bluetooth. It is now being introduced in Hong Kong, followed by Italy, Russia, Australia and China.
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Google Sued For “Massive Copyright Infringement”
Posted by Devin Categories: Corporate News, Internet,
The Author’s Guild, a group of over 8,000 authors, has accused Google of “massive copyright infringement,” claiming that the search engine takes the works of the authors which have been licensed to particular public and university libraries and puts them in the public domain, therefore violating their copyrights. The New York-based non-profit organization says in the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Manhattan that, “By reproducing for itself a copy of those works that are not in the public domain, Google is engaging in massive copyright infringement. It has infringed, and continues to infringe, the electronic rights of the copyright holders of those works,”. So what’s Google’s response? “We regret that this group has chosen litigation to try to stop a program that will make books and the information within them more discoverable to the world,” the company said in a statement. Google also claims that authors and/or publishers can exclude their books if they don’t want their works included in the index.
Read More | USA Today
Taking all the fun out of those summer barbeque’s (but hey, summer’s over any, right?), the Corn Cob Cutter is available from Miles Kimball. Simply put, it’s an easy way to get the corn kernels off of the cob. The vinyl unit features a circular blade that should perfectly shave the corn away. Heck, you can even adjust the diameter of the thing. Baby corn anyone? Grab it for $2.49.
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Google Confirms Google WiFi Testing
Posted by Devin Categories: Internet, PC / Laptop, Wireless / WiFi,
Google confirmed Tuesday that it has begun a limited test of Google WiFi, it’s free wireless Internet service. A spokesman for Google, Nate Tyler, says the test is limited to a pizza parlor and a gym, both located in Silicon Valley. “Google WiFi is a community outreach program to offer free wireless access in areas near our headquarters,” Tyler said, “At this stage in development, we’re focused on collecting feedback from users. We’ll determine next steps as the product evolves.” Tyler also explained that the Google WiFi was created through the “20 percent time project” in which Google allows its engineers to spend 20% of their work time creating personal projects.
Read More | Reuters
