If you have a PC, Google TV, iOS or Android device and a couple of hours to burn, here’s something you might want to have to check out. Okay, you really don’t have to do it but since you have time to spare, just go for it. YouTube is serving up full movies for free. And we’re not talking about previews, teaser clips, or do-something-to-watch-them tricks here: we’re talking full-length films that you can burn a couple of hours with. Granted, we’re not exactly talking about premium Hollywood hits here either, but hey, if you like classics and B-Movies like Alice in Wonderland (the 1949 classic starring Carol Marsh; not the weird, trippy one that stars bug-eyed Johnny Depp), Supercroc and Horror of the Zombies, awesome for you.
Interesting tech-related stuff you might have missed the past week:
Around the net:
- Amazon: You know what Geiger Counters are for? They’re used to detect radioactive materials. Now you can buy radioactive uranium ore to test if your Geiger Counter works. $29.99 for a can. Check out the customer reviews for other creative uses. [Via CrunchGear]
- Gizmodo: This helmet checks your head for damage. Never mind that you were probably already crazy for doing anything that needed a helmet in the first place.
- Tech-On: If these batteries can be recharged using vibrations, how long can you run a vibrator or handheld blender?
- 1Up: After 7 years in the making and more than $100M in development costs, Starcraft II had better knock our socks off.
- HotHardware: Toshiba angers Spanish soccer fans by loophole-ing their way out of a World Cup promise. Angering a population of football fans = never a good idea.
Anything Apple:
- The Tech Report: Another instance of a burning Apple USB cable. No refunds this time.
- CNET: Free bumper cases to fix the problem? No-hassle return policies? Someone tell Whoopi Goldberg before she murders another iPhone in frustration.
- Engadget: Take a stroll into Apple’s inner sanctum, where the company tests antennas and wireless signals in cavernous, million-dollar rooms filled with pointy things.
(more weekend links, plus two awesome videos after the break)
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| Atticus Ross & Trent Reznor have signed on to provide the Facebook movie musical score. |
Industrial rocker and social media purveyor extraordinaire Trent Reznor announced that he has gotten on board the Facebook movie barge, saying that he’s been tapped to craft the film’s musical score. The announcement was made by the Nine Inch Nails (NiN) vocalist a mere few hours after we posted the official teaser trailer for The Social Network.
Last year, the rumor mills generated news of a Facebook movie in production. While it generated a considerable amount of interest from communities both off and online, the general public was skeptical about how it’ll fare on the big screen since the idea was rather ridiculous at the onset. The general consensus was highlighted with a “WTF” and an “are you kidding me?”
Those same sentiments continue to roll around the Interwebs even when the official poster was revealed. But now it’s blended with tingling intrigue and it even roused some mildly enthusiastic anticipation as the official trailer makes it way online. And now we’re skeptical about our skepticism: should we be cueing Keyboard Cat?
Remotely tech-related post and the trailer after the jump.
Movies made for the Blu-ray 3D format will be coming out this year, giving you a reason to spend a ton of money just to be able to play ‘em. If you’re looking to set up a new-millennium home theater, here’s what you’re going to need: an HDTV that supports 3D video, a Blu-ray 3D player to play movies with, and a set of digital 3D glasses to get the full eye-popping, in-your-face 3D effect. The first Blu-ray 3D movie title has been announced at CES, and it’ll be…
