“You don’t need to invent anything, you just have to do traditional research where you look at history and then compliment that with scientific research where you’re trying to do something new. That can lead to a lot in the business and technology sectors these days” – Bill Buxton
A chat with Microsoft Principal Researcher Bill Buxton, Part I
Today, Toyota and Lexus announced the Biggest-ever Vehicles Recall. An approximate 3.8 Million Cars and Trucks could experience safety problems with a removable floor mat that could interfere with the vehicle’s accelerator and cause a crash. Here’s the recall list:
What you should do:
Owners should take out the floor mats on the driver’s side and not replace them. When Toyota develops a “fix” for the problem, the affected cars and trucks will be recalled to dealerships for replacement or retrofitted floor mats.
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-parker/biggest-ever-toyota-recal_b_303520.html
Yesterday, after their selling debut, “This is It!” Michael Jackson tickets are going fast. The documentary that features footage from the rehearsals for the 50-show series in London – went on sale Sunday Sept. 27th from different internet sites but mainly at www.thisisit-movie.com
The film will debut simultaneously on October 28th in 15 cities around the globe, which it will be the last farewell for America’s late King of Pop. Many people were looking forward to seeing Michael Jackson on stage again in his last concert series that was set to start in London three weeks after his death. Instead, people will now get to see this documentary.
Not only are “This is It!” Michael Jackson tickets taking the World by storm, a previously unreleased song “This is It” will be released on October 12, with the full album following on October 27th, a day before the worldwide “This is It” premiere.
“This is It” Michael Jackson tickets are only the latest in Michael Jackson’s news. Ever since the King of Pop’s death on June 25, the world has been glued to their TV’s and to the Internet looking for the latest Michael Jackson news.
“This is It!” Michael Jackson tickets may lead some Michael Jackson fans to the theatre at odd hours of the night. “This is It!” Michael Jackson tickets sold for the debut of the series will be shown simultaneously. This means a 9 p.m. showing in Los Angeles, a midnight showing in New York City, and a 4 a.m. showing in Berlin.
Those purchasing “This is It” Michael Jackson tickets on the secondary market should take the same precautions as those purchasing sports tickets on the secondary market. Expect scalpers to take advantage of the “This is It” Michael Jackson ticket hype.
For best results, purchase “This is It” Michael Jackson tickets at www.thisisit-movie.com or check your local movie listing for more information.
Couldn’t help noticing the amount of Twitter streams regarding Halo 3: ODST. This is the new game saga from Bungie, based on the successful game Halo 3. Now, people on twitter and pretty much all gaming forums are talking and playing non-stop. It is like an addiction that I think it’s just starting. I haven’t had the chance to play it but so far, reading and listening only “good comments” it looks that I will need to get a hands on on a Xbox 360 and try it myself.
Anyways, for those that would like to get a first hand review, Joystiq.com made a really good mini FAQ explaining almost all details related to Halo 3: ODST.
This Baby became supporter number one for Kanye West and his incident at the VMAs with Taylor Swift and Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” video nominations. To my opinion, one of the best videos so far:
Baby Dancing on Beyonce – Single Ladies
Anybody has any clue regarding the impact of this recall in Canada?
NEW YORK – Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil unit is voluntarily recalling 57 lots of infants’ and children’s liquid Tylenol products because of possible bacterial contamination.
The products being recalled were made between April and June and include nearly two dozen varieties, including Children’s Tylenol Suspension 4 oz. Grape, Infants’ Tylenol Grape Suspension Drops 1/4 oz. and Children’s Tylenol Plus Cold/Allergy 4 oz. Bubble Gum…
While browsing on the internet I came across with this site: wowowow.com, which includes stories written by the wowOwow contributors, as well as wowOwow “Friends,” in the “A Friend Stopped By” section of the website. Their stories vary from one or two sentences in response to the “Question of the Day” feature to several pages of commentary, diary format reporting, or transcribed conversations and interviews. You can find among their contributors names like Whoopi Goldberg, Ashley Judd, etc.
From my perspective, it seems like a quite popular social site that was launched over a year ago. Do we (Guys) have something similar? A site meant for men where we can talk about men-related subjects in just one place.
As an example, here is the question of the day for wowowow.com:
What living American woman has had the biggest impact on our lives?
Can we have something like?
What type/brand of automobile has had the biggest impact on our lives?
Yesterday, I had the chance to download and play the Fifa 2010 demo for quite a bit. Even though I’m a huge soccer fan, I will try to keep this short review as objective as possible.
Overall, the game looks solid and improved. It will be one of those “must-have” games for all soccer fans out there:
What I love:
- Player control and maneuverability: EA has improved this considerably. You now have almost total control of your player.
- Players AI: One thing that you will notice immediately is that your players are not “morons” when waiting for a pass, trying to tackle or intercepting a pass. But the HUGE improvement was made to the goalkeeper – WOW!
- Players visuals and details
- Gameplay workflow
- Referee: The way he pulls a yellow/red card out…kudos for EA
Needs improvement:
- Visuals for Stadium/fans surroundings – still look like 2 generations ago.
- Default view made the players look small. I know you can switch to different views but this one – which I like because it gives you an overall view of the field – make the players tiny.
- Slow? Even though the gameflow is great, I feel is a little bit slower than previous version.
So far, I have not found something major for a negative comment. One thing though, tonight I will try to uncover some of the old tricks and cheats that a lot of people complaint when playing online with their counterparts.
I tested the demo on a PS3 so I could not tell if there’s any difference on the XBox 360. In the past, EA has developed these titles quite similar (if not identical) for both platforms.
Enjoy!
Highly anticipated Playstation 3 title Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will include Twitter integration when it hits stores next month. Awesome!
Via Kotaku
Update: Konami confirmed today that the PES 2010 demo is on the way and hits live tomorrow. Playable teams: Liverpool FC, FC Barcelona, Germany, Italy, France and Spain. PES 2010 demo will be released for PC, Xbox 360 and PS3
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It seems that the Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 demo will be released on September 23rd. You will be able to play the first match using Barcelona and Liverpool, at the Anfield Road stadium.
This is likely the version that was presented at the fair in Cologne (GAMESCOM). According to the creators, PES10 is about 70-80% of the final the game.
via Fifacz.com
Eurogamer Portugal published some exclusive Fifa 10 screenshots comparing the two versions.
