Filed under: Fiber Be still our hearts! The rumors were indeed true, and U-verse TV has at long last arrived in the Triangle to combat the monopoly that is Time Warner Cable. A breaking report from WRAL has it that the carrier is "offering its U-verse TV service as well as high-speed internet service in the Triangle," but fails to elaborate on specific service areas. We've heard from locals that Cary, NC will be one of the first locations with access, but until AT&T issues its own confirmation, it's hard to say for certain. Obviously, those who sign up will...
Filed under: Industry, Stargate, Casting, Reality-FreeRobert Carlyle is a fine actor with an impressive resume (The Full Monty, 28 Weeks Later, 24: Redemption to name a few), but he'll always be the hard-drinking, C-word screaming, Ewan McGregor-slapping Begbie from Trainspotting to me. Which is why it comes as a surprise that he's been cast as the lead in the next Stargate series, Stargate Universe.Carlyle will play Dr. David Rush, leader of a group of scientists and civilians trapped on a ship traveling through space. Word is that Dr. Rush, charged with finding a way to return his crew home, might...
Signal Patterns is one of those services that tells you more about yourself. Today, they launched two new applications: Personality Patterns and Music Patterns. The latter is basically a music discovery service akin to Pandora, while the former enables you to gain “deep insight into your unique personality traits.” Both applications are connected to Facebook; you can set up a Facebook widget and connect with other users, discovering those with similar personality traits and characteristics or music taste as yours. The developers at Signal Patterns put great emphasis on the scientific, psychological foundations of their applications. From Personality Patterns: “The...
Today’s HP Magic Giveaway sites are CiberPrensa and Unión de Bloggers Hispanos. Bear in mind that each site will have their own requirements for the giveaway, and they may also have their own rules that will not apply on other sites. Here’s a quick synopsis of today’s giveaway sites’ details… CiberPrensa: After thinking I have decided much it that I am going to distribute the great package in two great prizes, and have made this decision by two reasons: first it is that the complete prize is until pornographic, too much for a single person although it is urged to...
Consumerist reader Marjan returned her Hewlett Packward laptop for an in-warranty repair. The problem? A broken letter 'P.' HP's solution? To fix the 'P'... then nuke the hard drive. In truth, this isn't uncommon: back when Joel and I wrote The Consumerist, we got these same kinds of stories all the time. Most laptop warranty programs seem to require a technician to return the laptop to the customer in factory condition... which means with your half-finished novel deleted and factory-default crapware re-installed to the system tray. For all my problems with Apple's Genius Bar warranty service, this is something they...
Running a streaming video site isn’t cheap. Yahoo realized this and shutdown its Yahoo Live service, while YouTube’s lack of profitability is the constant ire of many. Stickam has apparently taken note, and is launching an API that enables other websites to utilize its service to add live streaming video. Sites that implement the API can let their users record, watch, or collaborate on videos, all without leaving. Stickam envisions the API being ideal for social networking sites, online learning, and customer support. The company explains the basics and offers a few other example uses in the video below: While...
