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Mobile Video App Montaj Makes Editing As Easy As Shaking Your Phone

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RYAN LAWLER The latest entrant into the mobile video segment is Montaj, a new app launching next week which seeks to be a kind of “Instagram for Video.” Montaj was founded by Demir Gjokaj and Dan Long, a couple of New York-based entrepreneurs who had originally been focused on making a more engaging travel site. Key to that experience would be video, but they had to tackle the video problem first. The…

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In The Fight Between Netflix And Cable Operators, High-Quality Streaming Video Is Being Held Hostage

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As reported on TechCrunch. by RYAN LAWLER Last week at CES, Netflix announced that a number of ISPs had adopted its Open Connect technology, which provides a more direct connection between it and a cable operator,lowering the cost of delivery and increasing the quality of its streaming video. And for those who do participate, Netflix has a bonus: Due to those efficiencies, it will be able to offer up Super HD and 3D video to their broadband subscribers.…

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Bloodline: Leatherface Gets a Facelift in Texas Chainsaw 3D

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As reported on Wired. BY WIRED STAFF With Texas Chainsaw 3D ushering in a new chapter to the mega-franchise, Jordan Crucchiola and Jay Dayrit bravely ingested all six previous films — that’s a lot of splatter, even for them — and are here to weigh the new movie against the old. Does TC3D branch out, or is it just a retread of the same old clichés? Find out now in the latest Bloodline.

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Entertainment Film Story

Video: Sam Raimi on the Wizard’s Origin Story in Oz: The Great and Powerful

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As reported on Wired. BY ANNALIZA SAVAGE Best known for his work on horror films like Evil Dead and action blockbusters like the Spider-Man films, Sam Raimi may not be the first director who comes to mind for Disney’s new Wizard of Oz film. But Raimi says Oz: The Great and Powerful is like nothing he’s done before. Raimi calls the original Wizard of Oz ”one of my favorite movies of all time,” but instead of following Dorothy down the Yellow Brick Road, Oz: The Great…

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Art Entertainment

Broken Skateboards Become Stunning Wooden Sculptures

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As reported on Wired. BY MIKE SENESE View as gallery   Self-taught sculpture artist Haroshi uses the discarded leftovers of broken skateboards to create striking wooden creations. The 35-year-old Tokyo resident, who prefers to not use his full name, began skating at age 15 in Kanagawa, amassing a growing stack of broken decks and parts. Ten years later, his collection overflowing, a friend suggested he find a way to do something with them. Cutting into one…

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Entertainment Random Story

How a 40-Year-Old Skater Is Bringing the Punk Credo to Digital Music

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As reported on Wired. BY BRIAN RAFTERY Forty-year-old skater Ian Rogers has a message for the record labels: Get the fuck out of the way. Photo: Eric Ray Davidson It’s a cool, early spring night in Santa Monica, California, and Ian Rogers is sitting cross-legged on the floor of his house, a glass of red wine at his side, a Minor Threat record on the stereo. The lean-framed Rogers, a few months shy of 40, is dressed…

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Application Entertainment Games

CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS DECLASSIFIED REVIEW: DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE

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As reported on Polygon. By Russ Frushtick Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified is the lowest point in the series’ history. A lot of elements work in Declassified‘s favor. More powerful hardware, solid online support and the inclusion of dual analog sticks should provide the opportunity for an easier transition to the portable space. But something has gone wrong in the process. Developed by the former Nihilistic Software (now rechristened nStigate), Black Ops Declassified attempts to fill in the blanks…

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‘The Avengers’ visual effects reel reveals how ILM built a fictional New York City

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As reported on The Verge. By Kimber Streams In celebration of its Oscar nomination, ILMVisualFX has released a video breaking down the slew of effects used in Marvel’s The Avengers. The reel shows how the company built and rendered the city of New York as well as the process of animating Tony Stark’s Ironman suit and Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk. In the comments, ILMVisualFX has answered a few questions about its visual effects process, saying that the…

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Entertainment Hardware Dev

Zoom iQ5 professional stereo microphone hands-on Hands-on

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As reported on Engadget. By Kevin Wong Earlier at CES, we got our hands on the Rode iXY 30-pin stereo microphone iPhone add-on that left our Lightning users a bit sad. Cheer up! The folks over at Zoom got us over to their booth to take a peek at the company’s new iQ5 professional stereo microphone. The iQ5 is a different beast than its aforementioned competition in that it works in conjunction with native iOS applications. What this means is…

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Meet The Booth Babes Of CES

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As reported on Businessinsider.com by Kevin Smith Kevin Smith/Business Insider See Also The Bizarre Truth About The Largest Gadget Show On The Planet 11 Great Stephen Hawking Quotes For His 71st Birthday The 13 Most Surprising Stories From The Oscar Nominations The Consumer Electronics Show isn’t just all gadgets and tech.  In a sea full of tech nerds and reporters, exhibitors have long since realized that having an attractive lady present at your booth will…

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