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Marvel meets the Mouse: Comic characters set to invade Disney parks

Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Cinderella. The Green Goblin. Funny as it may sound, these characters now inhabit the same world of fantasy.

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<em>Hunger Games</em> star Liam Hemsworth discuses film, family, and love for Suzanne Collins’ novel

You may not be familiar with Liam Hemsworth today, but after March 23, that may change.
Hemsworth costars in what is slated to be the next big film franchise, The Hunger Games, based on the best-selling trilogy of books by Suzanne Collins. Both film and novel focus on a post apocalyptic world severely divided by class, where the rich force the lower class’ 12 districts to choose one boy and girl to take place in the Hunger Games, a televised event with the prize being food for their district.

From left: Liam …

Gaming, PC, Technology »

The new iPad arrives

In Apple’s first product launch since the death of the company’s co-founder Steve Jobs, the third iPad was revealed.
And much like the launch of the iPhone 4S, it was kind of a downer.
Its main new feature include a Retina display with 3.1 million pixels in a 2048×1635 arrangement, which Engadget reports is 264ppi, which could be the highest amount of pixels of any tablet on the market. Supporting this brilliant new screen is an A5X processor and quad core graphics chips. Simplified, all this this means things will look better load faster …

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Oscars: The third-screen experience

Preston Carter Melbourne-Weaver: Sunday’s Academy Awards broadcast felt more like going through the motions than something that actually elicited emotion, other than disappointment maybe. Despite this sentiment, I was so overwhelmed with content, I was too distracted to be bored.

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Disneyland: App now available to all iPhone users guides you through the magic

Tech is my mistress when it comes to my love of all things Disney, but sometimes, that relationship can be a little progressive and all three of us can have a good time together.
I love Disney, and I love apps, and sometimes, the two work together in harmony, like the new Disneyland Explorer app for the iPad. I wrote a review for it (which was up here, until I tried to edit it on my phone and deleted the whole thing somehow) and it’s a great free app, offering a …

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[ 13 Feb 2012 | Comments Off | Preston Carter Melbourne-Weaver ]
With iPad 3 on the way, weigh costs of a quick deal on older model

Just as the sun rises and sets, if you have an iDevice, it will become outdated on an annual basis. This time of year, it’s the iPad, with the third version rumored to be released sometime in March. But if you’re ok with having semi-outdated technology (which, if you are reading this, you probably aren’t) you can get some good deals on the most popular tablet on the market. With all the rumors flying around (or facts that Apple has spread as “rumors,” probably to the Wall Street Journal), the …