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American Idol Performances Now Available Exclusively on the iTunes Store

February 19th, 2008 | Related entries: Entertainment, General, Ipod

January 15th 2008, saw the return of American Idol. The show which is now in its seventh season has witnessed enormous highs and lows, amidst quite a few controversies. You may love it, hate it, but one thing’s for sure – you simply can’t ignore it. And well, here’s some great news for all those […]

Xbox LIVE Marketplace now gets Hit Movies from Paramount Pictures

February 18th, 2008 | Related entries: Entertainment, Gaming

Paramount Pictures has confirmed its partnership with Microsoft to offer its catalogue of films to the Xbox LIVE Marketplace video store in the UK.
This will enable Xbox 360 users to access download-to-rent movies from Paramount Pictures in both high-definition and standard definition directly on their consoles.
According to Robin Burrowes, Xbox LIVE Marketing Manager, UK, […]

Manga Bible: From Genesis to Revelation released for Manga Comic Fans

February 12th, 2008 | Related entries: Entertainment

Manga comics are a favorite with all age groups, right from teenagers to the older crowd. Filled with action, exaggerated body language and spikey hair, these graphic novels are surely treated as though they are holy books by the niche crowd who are totally addicted to them. Now, the real “Manga Bible” has arrived, courtesy […]

NASA to beam Beatles 1969 Song Across the Universe into Deep Space

February 4th, 2008 | Related entries: Entertainment, Science

Today, one of The Beatles songs “Across the Universe” will be beamed into deep space by NASA, literally across the universe! This event has been organized to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the day the Beatles first recorded the song.
NASA will transmit the 1969 hit song at 7:00 p.m. EST using the space agency’s Deep […]

HBO on Broadband launched as Downloadable Movie, TV Service in the US

January 23rd, 2008 | Related entries: Entertainment, Internet

US TV Channel HBO is now testing a new download service called HBO Broadband which will enable subscribers to download movies and TV shows over the Internet on to their computers.
HBO on Broadband will debut with a much larger library than its cable-based on-demand Pay TV service. It is also known that it is […]

India’s First Digital Entertainment City to be set up in Hyderabad

January 22nd, 2008 | Related entries: Entertainment, General

India may soon get itself the very first ‘Digital Entertainment City’ which will be located in Hyderabad. This city of the future is expected to house animation and gaming companies, film production houses, music and TV studios, training academies, regulation support office and even an entertainment and an exhibition complex.
The Government of Andhra Pradesh […]

Virgin Comics announces Panchatantra: The Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma

January 16th, 2008 | Related entries: Entertainment

Virgin Comics, known for its colorful and wildly exaggerated renditions of Indian mythological comics has come out with yet another comic book series called Panchatantra: The Tall Tales of Vishnu Sharma that has been inspired by India’s very own Panchatantra fables.
Nowadays, young children are exposed to newer forms of entertainment such as video […]

Goldeneye 007 XBLA release cancelled over Financial Brawl between Microsoft, Nintendo

January 14th, 2008 | Related entries: Entertainment, Gaming

GoldenEye OO7, Rare and Nintendo’s classic James Bond first-person shooter game is one of the much-awaited games that was rumored to arrive on Xbox Live Arcade. However, reports have surfaced that the game will NOT be coming to XBLA.
The GoldenEye port has been in development at Rare for a couple of months now. Incidentally, […]

Sony BMG DRM-free Music Downloads introduced on Amazon MP3 Store

January 14th, 2008 | Related entries: Entertainment, Internet

In recent times almost every major music label has begun selling music online without any form of copy protection, allowing the music to be burned onto various media. The only one left was Sony BMG Music Entertainment, who had refused to sell its songs without Digital Rights Management (DRM) coding, preventing them from being […]

Napster to offer MP3-only Music Download Format Soon

January 8th, 2008 | Related entries: Entertainment, Internet

Napster has revealed that it is in the works of shifting the complete download sales catalog on its renowned PC service to the MP3 format by Q2 of 2008. With this new change, all single track and album sales will be made available ONLY and ONLY in the MP3 format, which will support practically […]

 
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