Via. CNN An era in American broadcast television will end Friday as the nation finishes its delayed transition to digital TV. By 12:01 a.m. Saturday, broadcasters must have shut down their outdated analog transmitters, leaving static to watch for those who are not ready. Stations all over the country will be making the historic switch [...]
Via. WDBO Ever wish you could know the wait times of the rides at Magic Kingdom without having to schlep half way across the park to find out? Well, now there’s an APP for that… Brent Pope says he wanted something like this iPhone APP for years. Finally, he got with some programmers and launched [...]
Via. CNN A new, faster version of the popular iPhone will hit stores June 19, Apple said Monday. The iPhone 3GS is billed as a more powerful, feature-laden follow-up to the 3G, which the company says revolutionized the way people use mobile phones. The 3GS features a similar look to the current iPhone, complete with [...]
Via. The Orlando Sentinel Walt Disney World is now more than a month into the seven-month rehab of Space Mountain, and details are trickling out about the changes in store for the venerable roller coaster. The resort last week filed a construction notice thought to be tied to the Magic Kingdom’s indoor coaster; it calls [...]
Via. The Orlando Sentinel Luxo Jr., the hopping desk lamp that serves as the mascot for Pixar Animation Studios, is coming to Walt Disney World. Disney officials confirmed today that a 6-foot-tall animatronic version of Luxo will soon take up residence in the Pixar Place section of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. He will appear on an [...]
Via. The New York Times LOS ANGELES — Barack Obama was standing on a riser inside a warehouse here, delivering an inspirational speech about the blessings of freedom, when his left index finger began to twitch uncontrollably, unnerving his aides. The nation’s 44th president was in obvious distress. At least it looked like him. But [...]
Via. Digitaltrends.com Researchers have come up with a new optical recording method that could see 1.6TB – or 300 DVDs – fitting on a single disc. Researchers at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia have come up with a new optical recording method that could allow a giant 1.6 terabytes of information – the equivalent [...]
Via. CNN Technology Is the world finally ready for the mobile minitablet? It’s become quite clear over the last several months that Apple is ready to bridge the mobile computing gap, with plans to develop a device that fits somewhere in between the iPhone and the MacBook. A recent Wall Street Journal article proclaimed that [...]
Well we all knew that it was coming, and here it is the worlds first Mac virus: Via. CNN Mac computers are known for their near-immunity to malicious computer programs that plague PCs. But that may be changing somewhat, according to computer security researchers. It seems that as sleek Mac computers become more popular, they’re [...]
This blog was started with the sole purpose of letting me get out my ideas some were. And what better place then a blog. As the title says, this blog can be about anything. I am a huge Disney fan, so most of the posts will be about Disney, but they are not limited to only that as I will post anything that I come across that sounds interesting.