| Wii releases full version of internet channel
The full version of the internet channel on the Wii video game console is available for download across North America, Nintendo said Thursday. The channel lets people with a high-speed-internet-connected Wii explore the World Wide Web through a special version of the Opera web browser, which is available to console owners as a free download. Nintendo on Thursday released the full version of the internet channel for its Wii video game console, sporting additional and upgraded features in the web browser by Opera.(Nintendo/Opera) The updated browser adds a manual zoom feature that lets users focus on a particular portion of a web page and keeps the previous automatic zoom, a built-in search feature that defaults to a person's preferred engine, refined text rendering and scrolling, collapsible toolbars and multiple cursors and sounds.
Flames plain road kill
CALGARY - The autopsy will begin in earnest in the next few days, but it won't take somebody like Quincy M.E. to figure out what killed the Calgary Flames this season. They died a slow death on the road. "Our play on the road speaks volumes," defenceman Rhett Warrener said after Sunday's 2-1 overtime loss at home to Detroit, sending the Flames packing after six games in their Western Conference quarter-final series against the Red Wings. "When you lose (Game 5) 5-1 and your goalie is still a star ... something's not right. You guys do the math. We're open to being dissected now. It's not up to me to say what the problem is, but I think it's fairly obvious." The Flames lost all three series games in Detroit, following their dreadful pattern all year when they lost a whopping 31 times on the road.
Sprint and Suave Partner with Leah Remini to Create Consumer ...
NEW YORK, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Actress Leah Remini knows all about the real-life stresses of modern moms as a busy TV sitcom star who also juggles her role as a wife and a mom to her 3-year-old daughter. Remini's latest venture will literally take her motherhood expertise to a new level as she partners with Suave, Sprint (NYSE: S) and MindShare Entertainment for In the Motherhood, a first-ever, mom-focused web series, which will appear on MSN from April 17 through June as well as an integration partnership with the Ellen DeGeneres Show. Beginning in April, moms across the country will have the unique opportunity to write and collaborate with Hollywood screenwriters to create a series of web-based films starring Leah Remini, best known for her comedic role in the "The King of Queens," which is completing a successful nine-year run this year.
ACCLAIM LAUNCHES ONLINE DANCE GAME
Acclaim Games today announced the launch of the online game DANCE! Online, a free-to-play multiplayer online dancing game. In an industry first, DANCE! Online will feature top talent and master recordings from Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG), making it the first free multiplayer online dance game to feature major label content and artists. With the start of Open Beta testing this week, thousands of U.S. PC users will have the opportunity to dance virtually to songs from select WMG artists. "This is by far the closest collaboration any major music label has ever had with an online game" said Howard Marks, CEO of Acclaim Games. "DANCE! Online has started the music based game revolution which has captured the minds of hundreds of millions of players in Asia", said David Perry, the game's director and industry superstar designer.
Gaming: Which is the best system for you? The online experience
The Xbox Live network, which was established in the days of the original Xbox, is a thriving online community where players can establish an online identity (gamer tag), send and receive text, voice and video messages with people on their Friends lists, view online leaderboards and, with a $60 subscription to the Gold network, can also play games online against friends or strangers. You can count on all Xbox 360 games to have some kind of online component, whether it's online leaderboards or multiplayer modes (co-op or vs.). So far, the 360 has proven to be the king of micro-transactions. The Xbox Live Marketplace offers a range of downloadable content, some free and some for purchase. Items offered for download include themed skins and avatar packs, game demos, additional game content like levels, maps and characters, movie trailers, music videos and other video content.
Komets reach 100 points
Fort Wayne, IN --- The Komets have 3 games remaining in 2006-07 and find themselves 3 points behind Muskegon in the race for the Tarry Cup and 3 points ahead of Rockford in the battle for the Western Conference title. This final week of the UHL season will be needed to determine who grabs the regular season championship and who can claim bragging rights for the West. Last week the Komets won all 3 games played extending their win streak to 4 games while earning 6 points and improving to 48-21-4 for 100 points on the season. It's the third time in 8 UHL seasons the Komets have reached the 100-point mark. The Komets started last week's slate with a 6-2 victory at Flint. Friday the Komets turned back the Generals 6-4 in Fort Wayne to give the K's a 6-1-0 season series win over Flint.
'Super Paper' miraculously resurrects the legend of Mario
A one-time carpenter, he is now, in Super Paper Mario, a prophesized savior who must rescue the universe from apocalypse. Merely 5-foot-1, Mario seeks to stop a devilish figure of nobility, the blue-faced Count Bleck, who wishes to spin his evil powers and cram all existence into a rip in the fabric of space, and kill us all. Our savior's journey is demanding. For starters, Mario is only two-dimensional this time, merely an animated piece of paper running left to right, navigating secret tunnels and mazes of 2-D towns and deserts. How can a paper man save the universe? Standing in between Mario and the count are piranha plants and other deceptively dangerous creatures. Mushrooms walk and bear down upon Mario with furrowed brows and sharp fangs. Their mere touch is a poison.
Stephen Lendman Reviews John Ross' Zapatistas
"The Zapatistas are Mayans and the Mayans are the People of Maize, not just because it is the center of their universe but because they are actually made from it. And like the maize....the people the color of the earth return, renew themselves, are reborn and flourish."
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