Archive for January 14th, 2008

Kenny Ortega Set to Direct Feature Film Beginning in Spring 2008

 

LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–All principal cast members from Disney’s ”High School Musical” – Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, Corbin Bleu and Monique Coleman – will be reunited on the big screen for Walt Disney Pictures’ upcoming feature film, “High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” it was announced today by Oren Aviv, president, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Production.

This highly anticipated feature film is set to begin production in spring 2008 with DGA Award-winning director and choreographer Kenny Ortega returning to direct from a screenplay by Peter Barsocchini, who wrote the scripts for the smash hit Disney Channel Original Movies “High School Musical” and “High School Musical 2.” The musical film’s producers are Bill Borden, Barry Rosenbush and Don Schain.

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ATI HD 2600 Pro 256MB Video Card Reviewed @ TheTechLounge

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“ATI’s HD 2600 XT is a pretty nice card.  It plays games acceptably well, consumes a negligible amount of power, and has flawless video acceleration.  It’s my first choice for the mainstream.  So where does that leave the HD 2600 Pro?  Being a cut-down, budget version of a cool card, what, then, is missing? The HD 2600 Pro is targeted to anyone who wants a discreet video card, the casual gaming ilk, but doesn’t really want either the lowest-end model or to spend over a hundred dollars.  All that seems reasonable, but it’s just not true.  I think the GDDR3, 256MB HD 2600 Pro should be skipped altogether.  It does a couple things right, but misses the mark too often.”

Article Link:

http://www.thetechlounge.com/article/483/ATI+HD+2600+Pro+256MB/

 

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OCIA.net has posted their 2008 CES Coverage: Logitech article.  Below is a direct quote from the article:

Logitech released five new or improved products at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show. The five products that were unveiled: Harmony One Advanced Universal Remote, diNovo Mini Keyboard, Z Cinema Advanced Surround Sound System, Squeezebox Duet Network Music System and the Cordless Desktop MX 5500 Revolution.

Direct Link:  http://www.ocia.net/articles/logitech/page1.shtml

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Title: CoolIT Water-Cooling Products
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/515
Category: First Look

Summary:
A quick look on current and forthcoming water-cooling products from CoolIT: Pure, Freezone Elite, Reference Series, Boreas and a prototype for rack-mount servers.

Here is a snippet:
“At CES 2008 we could see the complete range of current and forthcoming water-cooling productsfrom CoolIT, including the prototype of a water-cooling solution for rack-mount servers. Check it out.”

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OCIA.net has posted their review of the Lite-On LH-20A1S 20x DVD+/- RW Drive.  Below is a direct quote from the review:

With all of this ballyhoo about HD-DVD-this and Blu-Ray-that, it’s easy to forget that regular old DVDs and even our old faithful CDs are still quite posh. Not only is your box nearly unusable without some sort of compact disc reader for software, but most forms of entertainment such as movies and music still sells predominantly on these “old” formats of DVD and CD.

Direct Link:  http://www.ocia.net/reviews/liteondvdrw/page1.shtml

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Title: Gigabyte 3D Mercury Water Cooled Case @ Phoronix
Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=11693
Summary: “Water cooling used to be a very daunting task for all but the
most experienced enthusiasts. It required time, dedication, and
knowledge of many different types of components, and installing them in
an orderly, professional matter was a very time consuming process. Many
have simply jumped ship, including me, and returned to air-based cooling
solutions over the past years. But nowadays, water cooling is becoming
more and more accessible. Just about every vendor involved in the
cooling business provides all-in-one systems, 5.25″ bay contraptions,
and integrated case solutions. Today we have Gigabyte’s 3D Mercury
integrated water-cooling case for review. The 3D Mercury is built around
Gigabyte’s 3D Galaxy water cooling system but is built into a large
chassis that is compatible with even Extended ATX motherboards.”

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