Sony unveils slimmer PS3 for $300
19 August 2009 | Technology, Interesting | No Comments
Hardly a surprise, but Sony got on stage today at GamesCom and confirmed what weve all known deep down in our hearts: the new, slimmer PS3 is really real. It’ll be out in the first week of September September 1 in North America and Europe, September 3 for Japan, and will retail for $300 or 300 Euro, or 29,980 Yen. Its smaller and lighter, has a 120GB HDD, and packs “all the same features” of the regular PS3 while consuming 34 percent less power and taking up 32 percent less space.
Sony unveils slimmer PS3: $300, lands in September
Friendship - The Laws of Attraction
9 August 2009 | Interesting, Psychology | No Comments
When people are asked, “What gives meaning to your life?” friendship figures at the top of the list. Yet the dynamics of friendship have remained mysterious and unquantifiable. Like romantic love, friendships were thought to “just happen.” New research shows that the dance of friendship is nuanced—far more complex than commonly thought. With intriguing accuracy, sociologists and psychologists have delineated the forces that attract and bind friends to each other, beginning with the transition from acquaintanceship to friendship. Theyve traced the patterns of intimacy that emerge between friends and deduced the once ineffable “something” that elevates a friend to the vaunted status of “best.” These interactions are minute but profound; they are the dark matter of friendship.
Friendship: The Laws of Attraction | Psychology Today
Adidas sees profits plunge by 95%
7 August 2009 | Interesting, Sports | No Comments
Sportswear giant Adidas has reported a fall in profits for the April to June period of 93% as consumer spending fell during the economic downturn.
But the company was upbeat about its prospects for the rest of the year. “I believe we have seen the bottom in our financial performance this year,” said Adidas boss Herbert Hainer. “We did not see any fundamental deterioration in our business since publishing our first-quarter results… I am confident that our results will improve as we go through the remainder of the year,” he added. Sales grew in the US and in Latin America, but fell in most major European and Asian markets.
BBC NEWS | Business | Adidas sees profits plunge by 95%
What Is JJ Abrams Trying To Tell Us?
19 May 2009 | Interesting | No Comments
Fans of Lost, Fringe and the new Star Trek may have noticed a couple of recurring themes running through JJ Abrams’ work, making us think that he’s trying to tell us something. But what?
“Hulk” screenwriter gives Megan Fox the role of a lifetime
19 May 2009 | Interesting | No Comments
Screenwriter John Turman turned a childhood love of comic books and science fiction into a career writing for TV and features. His HULK pitch to Universal ended up with his first big studio gig and a co-writing credit on the 2003 film. An acclaimed unproduced draft for SILVER SURFER wound up being used as the story for…