Does anybody remember what the Web looked like in 1999 when IE 5 was all the rage and it came bundled up with Windows 98 SE. Apart from the most obvious things like better design, usability along with standards there are 7 main things about the way a website just looks and feels different in 2007.
I really miss a lot of the old internet. Like all the fancy colored bullets and the animated gifs that flooded webpages. The slow loadingness of the majority of the internet along with the blinking text. Those were the days. Actually scratch that.. I prefer the way it has advanced.
When was the last time you sat down and thought to yourself how badly the world needs another Freddy Kruger movie? If you answered today, then you’re in luck. We can expect to see our favorite clawed child-predator back on the silver screen sometime next year. They are hoping to get the film under production before the end of 2007. Now, it leaves people wondering.. is it a Freddy Vs. … movie or just a solo Freddy movie?
Menu Foods Income Fund (TSX: MEW.UN) took a steep plunge today after they announced that they are recalling about 60 million cans of wet dog and cat food. The recalled food has been linked to numerous deaths in pets, affecting their kidneys. This is turning into a very big issue since this company makes pet food for 88 different brands. For a complete list of recalled food you can check out Menu Food’s site for dogs and for cats.  I wonder how long before there is a class-action lawsuit filed against Menu Foods and these pet owners sue for emotional damages of a lost pet.
So today after the news has become widespread, Menu Foods faced the music, it fell $1.35 (24.55%) to $4.15, although my feeling is that it will continue to slide. Many of the customer who had previously bought dog food from these brands will no longer feel they can trust this company, thus many people will switch. This should increase the demand for the competitors products, such as the Purina brand which is owned by Nestle, and Meow Mix which is owned by Del Monte Food Company (NYSE: DLM).
After years anguishing as a ghost of gaming year’s gone-by, Commodore is looking to get back into the market with it’s line of high-end custom gaming PC’s. They have a wide assortment of pictures straight from the all-new Commodore Gaming, plus a sample hardware run-down of it’s top-of-the-line Cxx system. I remember way back when I got my first 486 and it was manufactured by Commodore. These new Gaming PCs definitely look pretty sweet. I don’t know if I would actually buy one since gaming on PC can be rather expensive and I already have a 360.. maybe in a few years though.
Gmarket Inc. (ADR) (NASDAQ : GMKT) shares has been steadily decreasing in value for the last week after they announced their 4Q profit being up 78 percent. The shares have found themselves just above the $15 mark, which is getting closer and closer to their 52 week low of $12.28 and a far cry from their 52 week high of $28.00 which makes me wonder why is the stock slumping. Could it be that the auction market for Korea isn’t that big? Could it be that, even though they are making a profit, it just isn’t that much revenue? Whatever the case, with the stock readjusted to its current pricing, it seems like it could be a takeover target. The current lower demand for Asian stocks is surely just temporary and this stock is bound to bounce back sooner than later.
…so far, at least. Cynamite tested the top 12 PS2 titles in Europe (including such faves as God of War, MGS 3: Snake Eater and Guitar Hero 2) only to find that the sole game on the list that would even launch was Eragon. The other titles popped up a screen telling users to hope on future software updates and to refer to Sony’s compatibility list. I don’t know what Sony is thinking by releasing their console to Europe in its current state. This type of news will only hurt sales of the Sony Playstation 3 over in Europe. As well, if Sony plans to cut costs in North America, they will probably switch all production over to the lower cost chipset. So future gamers will have a choice.. do you want it cheaper or do you want it with more features? Sony just keeps making bad press for itself.
This is similar to what they did with The Hand that Feeds and Only files. You now have the ability to completely construct / deconstruct Survivalism however you want to. They plan to release every song off of Year Zero like this. I have so much respect for NIN because of how much they respect their fans. By releasing their garage band files, anyone can look at the songs, analyze them, or even modify them. Although I would say for more bands to do this, I have a feeling that not a lot of bands actually make their music in Garageband. Nonetheless, this is a very cool gesture by NIN and should definitely receive huge props.
Thats right, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles will be making their way to the Xbox Live Arcade this week. On Wednesday, March 14, you will be able to buy the game for a mere 400 points. I believe that the timing on this arcade game is partially to coincide with the upcoming Turtles movie which is due to be released March 23, 2007 and is looking pretty good I might add. Also coming out right away is the TMNT game for the Xbox 360 which should be released March 20, 2007. This is a great time for Turtles fans! With all these Turtles announcements, it makes me want to buy the old TV shows and get out my action figures…
Freakonomics is a rather unique book written by an economist named Steven D. Levitt. He isn’t the normal stereotype that fits the economist profession, he fits the nerd description and sees economics through a very different point of view. The book goes through mysteries in everyday life and then uses economics to help explain these mysteries. I haven’t yet read the book and recently just ordered it. So far, it has received very good reviews so far and is well recommended.  The author was on the Daily Show a while back and his interview really made me want to purchase the book. Amazon currently has the book on sale for $17.48 with a regular price of upwards of $34.95, although that regular price seems rather high. As well, you can request a signed bookplate from the author!
Microsoft announced that they will be releasing a new 512mb memory card for $49.99 on April 3rd. With the announcement also comes a price reduction on the older 64mb memory cards from $39.99 to $29.99 which still seems overpriced. My comment on the new memory card is, why stop at 512mb? They could have easily released a 1gb or 2gb card for a little more and it would have allowed for more flexibility on the part of the consumer who enjoys a choice.
The increase in memory card sizes allows for Microsoft to increase the limit on Xbox Live Arcade titles from 50mb to 150mb. This should allow for developers to create more impressive and more freedom when creating their live arcade titles. This increase was probably asked for from developers as Microsoft’s competition, Sony, does not have such a small limit. Although this new limit still pales in comparison to the Playstation 3, these two services are completely different. Sony just in the last week, released a downloadable stripped down Tekken 5 game that was close to a 555mb download. This is basically Tekken 5 minus a lot of the features. Microsoft has been releasing original new games and classic titles.