Author: Tommie

  • Blizzard merge with Activation

    Combination Brings Activision’s Best-Selling Video Games, Including Guitar Hero®, Call of Duty®, and Tony Hawk, Together With Vivendi Games’ Portfolio of Leading Franchises, Including Crash BandicootTM and SpyroTM, and Blizzard Entertainment’s® StarCraft®, Diablo® and Global #1 Subscription-Based World Of Warcraft®

    Vivendi to Contribute Vivendi Games Valued at $8.1 Billion, Plus $1.7 Billion in Cash in Exchange for Approximately 52% Stake in Activision Blizzard at Closing; Total Transaction Valued at $18.9 Billion

    Activision Blizzard Will Commence Post-Closing Cash Tender Offer for Up to 146.5 Million of its Shares at $27.50 per Share, Representing 31% Premium for Activision Stockholders Based on 20-Trading Day Average

    Transaction Will Unlock Value of Blizzard Entertainment’s Massively Multiplayer Online Games Business and Will Be Accretive to Stockholders of Activision and Vivendi.

    Hello World Of Guitar Hero! 🙂

    Via: http://www.businesswire.com

  • James Cameron, to uncover the truth of Jesus?

    jesugrav.jpgIt’s all according to Times Magazine:

    In a new documentary, Producer Cameron and his director, Simcha Jacobovici, make the starting claim that Jesus wasn’t resurrected –the cornerstone of Christian faith– and that his burial cave was discovered near Jerusalem. And, get this, Jesus sired a son with Mary Magdelene.

    When Israeli construction workers were gouging out the foundations for a new building in the industrial park in the Talpiyot, a Jerusalem suburb. of Jerusalem. The earth gave way, revealing a 2,000 year old cave with 10 stone caskets. Archologists were summoned, and the stone caskets carted away for examination. It took 20 years for experts to decipher the names on the ten tombs. They were: Jesua, son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Mathew, Jofa and Judah, son of Jesua.

    The Lost Tomb of Jesus will soon air on Discovery Channel (March 4th), Britain’s Channel 4, Canada’s Vision, and Israel’s Channel 8.

    Source:
    http://time-blog.com/middle_east/2007/02/jesus_tales_from_the_crypt.html

  • Unique video of 9/11 attacks released

    Filmed 36 floors up and about 500 yards from the North Tower and depict what happened after impact.

  • Kareem Amer sentenced to four years in prison for blogging

    kareem1.gifDalia Ziada, a human rights activist and blogger, informs that Kareem is sentenced to FOUR years in prison: three years for contempting religion, and one year for defaming the president.

    His appeal will be launched on Saturday by his lawyers, but probably it won’t do much.

    My previous post:
    http://blog.tommie.nu/2007/02/20/egyptian-blogger-face-up-to-11-years-in-prison/

  • Lucasfilm in trademark-dispute with Digg.com

    pierson_digg1.gifAccording to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the digg trademark is in opposition by Lucasfilm Entertainment Company’s game “The Dig”.

    Opposition here:
    http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91175510

  • Joost to carry Viacom

    joost1531.jpgViacom Inc and Joost™ (www.joost.com), the world’s first broadcast-quality Internet television service, announced today that Viacom will be a key content partner and will offer a full range of brands and programming for free to consumers on the innovative Joost distribution platform. Under the agreement, Viacom’s divisions – MTV Networks, BET Networks and Paramount Pictures – will provide television and theatrical programming on the Joost platform.

    More at pressrelease:
    http://www.viacom.com/view_release.jhtml?inID=10000040&inReleaseID=227591

  • Egyptian blogger face up to 11 years in prison

    egypt_blogger1.jpgAbdul Kareem Suleiman Amer was arrested by Egyptian authorities for posts on his blog that were considered to be anti-religious and insulting to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. If convicted, he will face up to eleven years in prison. He faces his third trial hearing on February 22, 2007, during which a verdict is expected to be delivered.

    More info at wikipedia:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Amer

  • Yahoo! Pipes

    logo-yahoo1.jpgPipes is an interactive feed aggregator and manipulator. Using Pipes, you can create feeds that are more powerful, useful and relevant.

    Check it out at:
    http://pipes.yahoo.com/

  • Introducing gearpilot.com

    It started out with a co-operated gadgetblog between me and Jezper. And it ended with 5 published items and realization of the dullness of re-write already published content. It’s more or less impossible to compete with the bigboys of gadgetblogging, so what do you do? Yepp, if you can’t beat em – join em.

    Gearpilot is now a syndicated rss aggregator which tracks all changes on the nets gadgetblogs. Using top-of-the-line technology (by me! 🙂 ) its now possible for you to stay up to date with the, way to fast moving, gadget community.

    http://www.gearpilot.com