A BIG day on "The Avengers" front for Marvel Studios with the release of a new one-sheet, a title change in at least one country, and the imminent premiere of a new trailer. First up Empire reports that the movie has just received a title change in the UK to the slightly more complicated "Marvel Avengers Assemble" The alteration is to avoid … [Read more...]
“Raid,” “Rivals,” “Dad,” “1000” Change Titles
February 25, 2012 by
There's been a few title changes this week according to Box Office Mojo. Indonesian action hit and film festival favourite "The Raid" has scored a new title within the U.S. - "The Raid: Redemption". Warners has changed the title of the Will Ferrell-Zach Galifianakis comedy from "Rivals" to "The Campaign". M. Night Shyamalan's sci-fi epic "1000 … [Read more...]
Teacher Talks: No change since last week
January 25, 2012 by
They've been at the bargaining table for more than 70 sessions now, and still no progress. That from the head of the BC Teachers' Federation, who says last week's modified proposal by the union, has failed in sparking any progress at the table. Susan Lambert says in her opinion, so far, only one side has been willing to bargain, "But we had hoped … [Read more...]
Peddling change
December 13, 2011 by
Collaboration is key to keeping cyclists safe, says a Vancouver city councillor. According to ICBC data released last week, there have been 1,695 cyclists injured in the city alone from 2006 to 2010, with an average of 338.2 reported crashes involving cyclists per year. Many more incidents go unreported. Coun. Geoff Meggs was one of those … [Read more...]
How would you change Motorola’s Droid Bionic?
December 4, 2011 by
Two Droid units, two weeks in a row here at HWYC? Say it ain't so! This go 'round, we've got Motorola's Droid Bionic, yet another LTE handset in Verizon Wireless' stable, and with a $ 300-on-contract asking price, we're pretty sure the early adopters will have some pointed things to say. Still feeling like your chunk of change was spent on … [Read more...]
How would you change Motorola’s Droid 3?
November 28, 2011 by
Believe it or not, Motorola's Droid 3 shipped back in July. That feels like about eight centuries ago, but for those who've spent the last few months toying with what used to be Verizon's latest and greatest, here's your chance to voice your opinion. Are you pleased with the keyboard? Satisfied with the software? Would you change up the form factor … [Read more...]
How would you change Sony’s Tablet S?
November 21, 2011 by
As far as tablets go, Sony's Tablet S is about as innovative and unorthodox as it got in 2011. The Honeycomb-based device shipped with Android 3.1, and while there's no word yet on an Ice Cream Sandwich update, you can bet that Sony's pushing for one. As is, it's still in possession of quite the edge given the PlayStation Suite inclusion, which … [Read more...]
Stone Resources to change hands
November 21, 2011 by
VANCOUVER - The controlling shareholders of Stone Resources Ltd. (TSXV:SRH) have a preliminary agreement to sell at least 51 per cent of the company's shares to Superb Summit International Timber Company Ltd. Stone Resources has majority control of the Brightstar gold exploration property in Western Australia. … [Read more...]
How would you change Olympus’ PEN E-PL3 and E-P3?
November 7, 2011 by
Canon's been focused solely on the top-end of things here recently, but it's obvious that the mirrorless and Micro Four Thirds markets are booming. Cute sells, right? And if you've taken the plunge on either of Olympus' newest PENs (that'd be the E-PL3 or E-P3), we're interested in knowing how you really feel about 'em. Would you have preferred a … [Read more...]
How would you change RIM’s BlackBerry Bold 9930?
October 30, 2011 by
There's no QNX (or BBX, we should say) here, but the Bold 9930 is still taking baby steps towards the future with BlackBerry OS 7. Now that you've had a few months to tinker with your latest and greatest, we're interested to hear how you'd tweak things if given the keys to Waterloo. Would you make it look a bit more like this? Change up the screen? … [Read more...]
