The Predator franchise of science fiction/horror/action films is coming back into the zeitgeist , this time without the Aliens . The trailer hit the web today; watch it to find out if the franchise is worth revisiting. The new film is called Predators (evoking Aliens , the sequel to Alien ) and the premise …

The e-book war between Amazon.com and Apple is getting uglier . Dennis Johnson cites a report in Publishers Marketplace (subscription required) that alleges that Amazon.com is telling publishers that if they switch to an agency model (ala Macmillan ) , they will lose Amazon as a platform for both e-books…

Google’s decision to cease its operation in China is edging closer to reality after months of negotiations. China Business News reports that Google plans to leave China on April 10. The report cites an unidentified Google China employee, but this information has not been confirmed by Google. Allegedly, Google gave its…

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As we’ve seen in the past, a music video can launch a band into the indie stratosphere when shared in the online space — YouTube even got hip to the trend with its Musician’s Wanted program. This state of affairs got us wondering: How do some of today’s…

Sex.com is the most valuable domain name in the world (for obvious reasons). Right now it’s up for sale, and two of the prospective buyers might surprise you: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and a California meat company called BullWhip. PETA published a letter requesting that …

Universal Music Group will drop the prices on the majority of its new CD releases to between six and 10 dollars. This plan — dubbed the Velocity program — will go into effect in the second quarter of this year. UMG hopes this plan will at least slow the serious decline…

Google has released the Google Buzz widget for Android , which will make updating your status or tagging your location easier. Google first launched Google Buzz for mobile about six weeks ago, and while the overall Buzz platform has undergone some changes and refinements, the mobile aspect of the service hasn’t …

Not everyone can afford a personal assistant to reschedule their meetings, but we can all use Smart Rescheduler. The new Google Calendar Lab gadget automatically works to suggest the best times to reschedule a calendar event. The experimental addition was added to Google Calendar today and can be enabled via the Labs section. …

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