March 28, 2024

Editorial: Windows Phone 8 looks good, but can it uproot those entrenched in other ecosystems?

At the tail end of Microsoft's marathon Windows Phone Summit keynote, the company's own Kevin Gallo said the following: "Everyone in the Windows ecosystem benefits." He was waxing poetic about the myriad new features coming to the outfit's latest and greatest mobile operating system, and nothing about his quote was incorrect. Developers will adore … [Read more...]

Ward looks back at Missing Women inquiry

Now that BC's Missing Women inquiry is officially over, a key lawyer asking questions during 93 days of hearings continues to take issue with how everything played out. "The year went by before it actually started the hearings and then, when they did start, the commission put a great deal of stock in internal police reports -it got started on the … [Read more...]

Christy Clark looks back on tough year as Premier

Christy Clark says her first year as BC premier has been a tough one. But Clark says she won't shy away from the challenges she says she inherited. Clark says you're not a good role model for your kids if you turn away from doing things becayse they're hard. Clark says it's been a tough job, no question about it, but it's also been rewarding, and … [Read more...]

Heigl Looks Into “Happytime Murders”

Katherine Heigl is in final negotiations to join Jim Henson Co.'s noir puppet comedy "The Happytime Murders" reports Variety. The story is set in a world where puppets and humans live together, but the puppets are viewed as second-class citizens. When the puppet cast of an 1980s kids TV show gets murdered one by one, a disgraced … [Read more...]

Samsung looks to borrow $1 billion to expand production capacity in Austin, Texas

When you're producing chips for the iPad and iPhone, you need a serious facility to meet those demands. And evidently, Samsung's not foreseeing its legal battles with Apple to cause any wrinkles in said plans. In fact, Bloomberg is reporting that Sammy has "sent requests for proposals to banks to borrow as much as $ 1 billion to expand production … [Read more...]

“Bates Motel” Looks At Psycho’s Origins

A&E is developing "Bates Motel", a prequel series based on the famed hotel featured in Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho" says The Live Feed. The series would offer insight into how Norman Bates' psyche developed and would tell the back story of his relationship with his mother Norma and her lover, eventually transforming him into a serial-killing … [Read more...]

“Crossface” Looks At WWE’s Chris Benoit

SRG Films have announced plans to adapt a biopic based on Matthew Randazzo's book "Ring of Hell: The Story of Chris Benoit and the Fall of the Pro Wrestling Industry". Entitled "Crossface", the thriller explores the pressures WWE superstar Chris Benoit faced throughout his wrestling career. A combination of drug-use, depression, and head trauma … [Read more...]

iPhone 4 combusts on Australian flight, looks madder than a spurned Qantas employee

On an airline that's actually serving the great country of Australia these days, an iPhone 4 decided enough was enough. Shortly after Regional Express flight ZL319 landed in Sydney from Lismore, "a passenger's mobile phone started emitting a significant amount of dense smoke, accompanied by a red glow." What happened next is a bit of an Aussie … [Read more...]

Defiant Chu looks forward

Mistakes were made on handling the June 15 Stanley Cup riot but let’s not dwell on the ‘what ifs’, Vancouver Police Jim Chu said Thursday. “I agree in hindsight, we should have used more police officers,” Chu said following the release of the provincial review. “If I had known there was going to be a riot that night, I would have added way more … [Read more...]