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Sunday, December 18, 2011

Daniel Craig Calls 'Dragon Tattoo' Very 'Adult' Movie

'Babysitters are going to get, hopefully, a lot of money out of this film,' Craig says, predicting the mature set will flock to theaters.
By Amy Wilkinson

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Rape, murder, intrigue ... the feel-bad movie of Christmas may not leave audiences feeling bright and merry but "Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" star Daniel Craig suspects the dark drama will inspire smiles among at least one group.

"Look, I'm a David Fincher fan, so it was an easy choice to make when accepting this film," Craig told MTV News at the film's New York City premiere. "It's a great story. It's an adult movie. The babysitters are going to get, hopefully, a lot of money out of this film. That's why I wanted to get involved."

The film, based on the novel by late Swedish author Stieg Larsson, follows journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Craig) as he tries to solve the 30-year-old murder of teen Harriet Vanger, with the help of asocial hacker punk Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara). Mara has been earning raves for her performance as the damaged heroine and even netted a Golden Globe nomination on Thursday. Craig said he had no doubts as to the newcomer's abilities.

"We all knew she was good. She's just committed as an actress, and she made all of the right choices with David's help and everyone else's help," he said. "She's just blossomed as somebody. As I said, we knew from the beginning that she was good enough — it was everyone else who had the problem."

Best known for her work in Fincher's "The Social Network," Mara returned the compliment, expressing gratitude for Craig's help and guidance on set. "Daniel is an incredible actor, and I don't think we've seen him in a role like this before, and he's brilliant," she said. "I couldn't have asked for a better person to sort of have my coming out. He was very patient and generous with me."

"The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" opens December 20, a day earlier than its initial release date.

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Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1676141/girl-wth-the-dragon-tattoo-daniel-craig.jhtml

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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Study: Xbox 360, PS3 owners are turning to video streaming over physical discs (Digital Trends)

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Based off a yearly comparison study of 3,000 consumers conducted by Nielsen, video streaming on gaming consoles is on the rise while the number of people watching physical media is dropping. During 2010, ten percent of Xbox 360 owners watched video-on-demand or streaming services like Netflix through the Microsoft console. That number has climbed to 14 percent in 2011. In a similar trend on the PlayStation 3, nine percent of PS3 owners used the console to watch streaming content during 2010, but increased to 15 percent in 2011. The Nintendo Wii had the most significant growth spurt growing from a fifth of all users in 2010 to a third of all users in 2011.

Increased video streaming usage is likely due to wider availability of more streaming applications like Vudu and ESPN3 as well as increase reliance on streaming content from Netflix and Hulu Plus. Alternatively, physical media suffered on gaming consoles. Viewership of DVD or Blu-ray discs on the Xbox 360 fell by two percent and dropped by five percent on the PlayStation 3. However, total time spent on gaming consoles has increased by about seven percent over the previous year. In addition, time spent playing online games has increased by five percent on the Xbox 360. Sony?s PlayStation 3 saw a three percent drop in online gaming, but offline gaming increased by eight percent over 2010. Nintendo saw a slight drop in both offline and online gaming over the previous year.?

One aspect of console usage that dropped across all platforms was listening to music or utilizing the Internet. While all consoles had approximately 11 percent of users utilizing these services during 2010, that number had fallen to approximately four percent in 2011. When it comes to watching downloaded movies or television shows, there?s been very little change year over year. It?s likely that more people are subscribing to streaming content through monthly fees rather than spending money on individual video purchases.

This article was originally posted on Digital Trends

LG Prada 3.0 peeks out from the curtain ahead of its catwalk launch (update: it's official)

While our shirt is still being pressed ahead of the launch event in London later today, yet more details have leaked on the LG Prada 3.0. Some decidedly realistic press shots have surfaced ahead of the phone's big debut, alongside some ~~concrete-looking~~ confirmed specifications. The dual-core OMAP 4430 processor seen last week is apparently clocked at 1GHz, with a high definition screen showing off a classy monotone Android skin, lying over Gingerbread version 2.3.7. The spec sheet also reveals 8GB of storage, expandable by microSD, with an eight megapixel auto-focus camera peering out from the textured backing. Interestingly, the slab with style will also pack NFC according to the leak. We've got a few more hours to wait until we can give it a personal going-over -- fashion phone obsessives, hold on.

Update: We've added the (Google-translated) press release after the break.

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Friday, December 16, 2011

Tom Cruise wants to make a movie with David Beckham

The ‘Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol’ star is currently on the lookout for an action packed script for him and his close pal as he thinks soccer superstar David would be great at kicking butt on screen. He said: “I’d love to do action movies with Beckham. He would be great, he could kick ass. [...]

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Turns Out Steve Jobs Wasn't the Driving Force of the Think Different Ads After All [Apple]

Click here to read Turns Out Steve Jobs Wasn't the Driving Force of the <em>Think Different</em> Ads After All

In his biography, Walter Isaacson portrays the late Steve Jobs as the primary inspiration and promoter of the legendary Think Different campaign. Not true, says Rob Siltanen, CEO of the Siltanen & Partners agency. Stiltanen claims he's the real mastermind of the campaign and has the evidence to prove it. Check out Forbes for the complete and exhaustive details. More »

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

UK stores see "appy" Christmas in the gloom (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) ? Mobile phone applications that allow online shopping on the move could give battered British retailers something to cheer about in what is otherwise set to be one of the toughest Christmas trading periods for years.

As the festive shopping season gets into full swing, demand for these mobile apps is growing fast, even though overall consumer purchasing is under severe pressure from high inflation, muted wage growth, fears over job security and government austerity measures.

"Mobile technology is changing the game this Christmas. The power is now well and truly in the hands of the consumer who will be dictating when, where and how they want to shop," said Natalie Berg of research group Planet Retail.

As the British sector becomes increasingly "multichannel," retailers such as Argos, Debenhams and ASOS are tapping into the growing popularity of mobile shopping in general and, in particular, mobile phone apps.

Research by IMRG, the British trade body for online retailers, found 24 percent of consumers have used their smartphone to access websites while out shopping.

It reckons Christmas 2011 will be the year when mobile shopping goes mainstream.

Its research found sales through mobile phones leapt from 0.4 percent of total sales at the beginning of 2010 to 3.3 percent in the second quarter of 2011, not least because retailers are increasingly embracing apps.

Apps offer convenience, allowing shoppers to shop virtually anywhere, and at anytime, from the palm of their hands.

"Within an app, consumers have greater control over setting their own preferences, so more personalization," said IMRG's Andy Mulcahy.

"Apps can be used offline and can utilize multiple mobile device capabilities, such as GPS, voice, camera, calendar and address book."

RAPID GROWTH

High street catalogue retailer Argos, owned by Home Retail, had a torrid first half to end-August with total sales slumping nearly 8 percent.

But the launch of a web platform for mobile devices and an app for Android phones, along with its existing Apple iPhone app, led to rapid growth of mobile shopping and at the end of the period the proportion of Argos' total sales from mobile shopping was about 4 percent, up from 1 percent a year ago.

"As we go into this Christmas I think that's going to continue to grow," said Home Retail Chief Executive Terry Duddy.

"I think it's potentially quite exciting. It suits our model (and) it clearly suits our customers who are shopping on the move. With the penetration of smartphones I think we're going to head towards a sort of double digit number some time or other."

ASOS, the fast-growing youth fashion Internet retailer, first launched ASOS mobile a year ago and in the summer added a range of apps for Apple mobile devices.

Currently some 10 percent of its traffic is through mobiles.

"I would be amazed if it (mobile shopping) wasn't between 20 and 30 percent of our sales within the next three to five years," said Chief Executive Nick Robertson, who plans to develop local language versions of ASOS's mobile sites and apps in the future to complement its local language websites.

Debenhams, Britain's second-largest department store group, sells its products through iPhone, iPad, Android and Nokia apps.

"It's very early days but we're evidently embracing new technology and new ways for people to shop because we see that as one of the growth strands going forward," said Chief Executive Michael Sharp.

(Reporting by James Davey, editing by Mark Potter)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20111205/wr_nm/us_retail_britain

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