Archive for November, 2008

Australia tanks at the US Box Office

November 29, 2008

Baz Luhrmann’s wannabe epic Australia has tanked on its first day at the US Box Office. According to news.com.au, Variety and the Herald Sun, the film made $3.4 million on its first day (Thanksgiving). This works out to an average of $1318 per screen. Compare this to Twilight’s takings of an average $35.055 per screen [...]

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Vodafone offers $0 laptop plans

November 28, 2008

This was a pretty neat little article in the Sydney Morning Herald. Also, if you go to the Dell site you could win a computer. Dell and Vodafone take a leaf out of the mobile phone handbook and offer $0 netbook computers on a 5GB wireless broadband plan. Source: Sydney Morning Herald Go to Source

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New Geek Actually Poll

November 27, 2008

Love to hear what you have to say. Take a second to answer the poll. n n {democracy:2} EDIT-I don’t think the poll is working. If it is, put an answer so I can see. – David

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Forget Australia – Wolverine’s Back!

November 27, 2008

Empire magazine has revealed some new shots (including the cover) from “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”. Forget the movie “Australia,” Hugh Jackman was born to play Wolverine! He had this to say about the new film, ”There’s a scene in the first X-Men movie, where Wolverine’s introduced in a bar, fighting in a cage, and you felt that [...]

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It’s Back! New Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Promo!

November 27, 2008

Geeks of the world unite! Battlestar Galactica is almost back. As we discussed on this weeks podcast (episode 16), SCI FI Channel has revealed a new promo for the second (and final) part of the fourth season for “Battlestar Galactica.” The season continues January 16, 2009. As everyone knows, the series is going to go [...]

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Update: Twilight Dominates with $69.6 Million

November 27, 2008

Summit Entertainment’s Twilight , an adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s novel, dominated the box office earning $69.6 million from 3,419 theaters. The opening marks the fifth-biggest ever for the month of November, surpassing this month’s earlier releases Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ($63.1 million) and Quantum of Solace ($67.5 million), and trailing only 2004′s The Incredibles ($70.5 [...]

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Obama wants to hang on to his BlackBerry

November 26, 2008

Adding on to a previous conversation on the podcast, I found this article in The Sydney Morning Herald. Click the link at the bottom to read the full article. US president-elect Barack Obama is trying to work out how he can hang on to his beloved BlackBerry once he moved into to the Oval Office [...]

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Geek Actually Episode 16 – Cinematic Television

November 26, 2008

Hosts: David McVay, Mirren Lee, Jacob Oberman and Nicholas McVay This week we are flooded by tech and movie news. We discuss internet censorship, Nicole Kidman’s baby, Stephen Colbert’s comic book appearance, Google’s new search tools, Princess Leia’s new book, Russell Brand’s a pirate, Obama adds to his geek credentials and much, much more. We [...]

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