Next Batman Movie gets a title

According to IGN, Christopher Nolan has finally released the title of his third Batman movie: "The Dark Knight Rising".

Nolan also says the villain will not be The Riddler. The Riddler was thought to be the main villain by many in the next Batman movie.

In other news, the movie will not be shot in 3-d. Can anyone else says thank God???

Zemeckis going ahead with Yellow Submarine remake

According to Cinematical Director Robert Zemeckis says his remake of the classic Beatles animated movie Yellow Submarine is "All ahead full".

The original Yellow Submarine was released in 1968 by MGM. The movie is very much a product of its time, with psychedelic designs and, of course, some awesome Beatles songs to back it all up. It certainly doesn't date the movie though, it's a classic. Definitely check it out.

The new film is rumored to use 3d performance capture that Zemeckis has fallen in love with of late. It will star Cary Elwes as George, Peter Serafinowicz as Paul, Dean Lennox Kelly as John, and Adam Campbell as Ringo.

While I don't know how well 3 of the above actors can imitate their Beatle, Peter Serafinowicz has a brilliant Paul McCartney impression (warning: some bad language).

Here's to hoping Zemeckis can pull this remake off.

Newest Version of Mac OSX Available Next Summer

The newest cat member of OSX is named Lion. Coming in the summer of 2011, Lion will add a handful of new features to Apples Operating system. With their slogan "Back to the Mac", Lion is focused on bringing the best parts of iOS, the operating system that runs Apples mobile devices, and bringing them to your desktop and/or laptop. Lion will have an all new App Store, applications specifically tailored for the Mac that will open the doors for developers to create some fantastic desktop programs that can be held on your home screen. Lion introduces the use of "Mission Control", a swipe of your trackpad and you will be able to see all open programs and be able to manage them all from the home screen. OSX Lion is focused on bringing more of the iOS touch capabilities to the Mac, but instead of making touchscreen desktop and laptops, the hints point to a new version of the mouse trackpad for next years refresh of computers that will make touch based computing on a Mac easier than ever. While these are only a few of the new features debuting next summer, the new operating system will be bringing a lot more goodies once it's released. Stay tuned all semester for the latest news and mac rumors!

New Macbook Air Released in 11'' and 13'' Models

On Wednesday October 20th, on the Apple campus in Cupertino, California, Steve Jobs introduced 2 amazing new products. The first being a refresh of the 2 year old Macbook Air. The newest model trumps the first generation by using less power, instant-on capabilities, and a new type of storage. The new thin notebook type computer introduced to take on the netbook, the Macbook air is less than an Inch thick and has a 7 hour battery with a 30 day standby time. The new computer has a cheaper price point than it's predecessor and uses flash storage to use less space and gives the user instant on capabilities, meaning once they open the screen, they do not have to wait for the laptop to load its software. Starting at $999 for the 11'' it is $300 less than the previous model. Steve Jobs emphasized that the Macbook Air is for professionals who love the form function of the iPad, but need a full keyboard to make their life easier. Available now at the Apple Store

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Apple Event October 20th

On Wednesday October 20th, the folks at apple are holding a press conference to introduce a few new Apple products. Rumor is Apple will include a refreshed Macbook Air, possibly a 10'' version besides the 13.3'' version. Also a new version of OS X should be introduced. With the last two titles being linked to big cats, Leopard and Snow Leopard, this glimpse of a lion in the photo gives us a hint of the new OS most likely named Lion? Stay tuned on Wednesday at 9 am Pacific through your favorite websites and feel free to check out the following who will be liveblogging the event.

Engadget

Gizmodo

Internet Explorer Falls Below 50% of Worldwide Market, Google's Chrome Triples

According to StatCounter, Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser has fallen below 50% of the worldwide market. Google’s Chrome has more than tripled from 3.69% in September 2009 to 11.54% in September this year, says reports from StatCounter.

"This is certainly a milestone in the Internet browser wars," commented Aodhan Cullen, CEO of StatCounter. "Just two years ago IE dominated the worldwide market with 67%." 

Google’s Chrome has surpassed the popularity of Safari, a popular browser on Apple’s products, for the first time in June. StatCounter Global Stats are based on data collected by StatCounter on a sample exceeding 15 billion page views per month, collected from across the StatCounter network of more than 3 million websites.

More information and larger graph here: http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser-ww-monthly-200909-201009

WD 3 terabyte Hard Drive

WD has announced a three terabyte hard drive the size of a passport. 500 GB, 750 GB and one TB versions are also available for those who don’t need the massive amount of data storage that three TB has, but it’s always better to be safe than sorry! The hard drive has a USB 2.0 and introduces a USB 3.0, which allows up to three times faster data transfer than the 2.0. The hard drive also has the same sleek black design that has been the staple of many WD products. According to the press release, the new product comes in various colors including black, silver, metallic blue and metallic red. It uses WD SmartWare visual backup software. This will be on my Christmas list.

New Remote app for iPad and iPhone

Finally! To those who have downloaded the Remote application for the iPhone when it first came out will be happy to know that it has updated to 2.0. I have been using the remote app since 2008 on my iPod Touch and it is a great tool to remotely access your media libraries and play your songs or videos through wifi, anywhere in your house or apartment. It turns out an Apple engineer created the application in less than 15 minutes and then was switched to another platform, so no updates have been done since it was first created. Somebody got the hint and has reintroduced the app with some amazing features. My personal favorite has to be the new feature that can tweak and choose what speakers you want to use, as long as they are wireless or are connected to your mac. If you don't have this app I suggest you download it and give it a try! Available on iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad.

Hologram app for iPhone?

A funny joke with some clever video tricks. will this app ever come to fruition? not with a regular LCD screen that the iPhone uses, but you never know... iPhone 7 anyone?