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PDF files are very useful if you want your documents to look perfect in any situation, but PDF editing solutions do not exactly come cheap. PDF Studio from Qoppa Software provides some of the tools needed when dealing with PDFs and tries to be a cost efficient solution.Sharing data using the PDF format is quite effic... |
24 November 2010
12:11 GMT |
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This Halloween brought another – the seventh and presumably last – “Saw” movie in theaters around the world. Unlike the previous installments in the once very lucrative franchise, the final one comes in “eye-popping” 3D. “Saw 3D” means to tie up all the loose ends of th... |
31 October 2010
08:01 GMT |
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Much has been said about “Twilight” star Kristen Stewart and whether she can do more acting than just her hallow-eyed, absent-minded impression of Bella. “Welcome to the Rileys,” her latest film, should answer all those questions. The star, whom many stars identify with the mortal girl in the ... |
30 October 2010
04:12 GMT |
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Whether you get frenetic when asked about your eBook collection, or happen to be a peaceful eBook reader, the software used for handling these files can greatly influence your efficiency. And by handling, I don't just mean organizing or reading them. I also mean sorting, converting, creating, reading and actuall... |
28 October 2010
07:31 GMT |
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“I kill people, dear,” Helen Mirren’s Victoria says in the 2010 film “RED,” which stands for, Retired, Extremely Dangerous. In spy-talk, on a need-to-know basis, that’s almost all moviegoers need to know – and remember – before going in the theater to see it. Directed b... |
25 October 2010
14:31 GMT |
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With a name that puts Picasa in the Google family tree, this photo management software creates a lot of expectations among Linux users even before it's tested. So let's see how this software helps users organize their image collection, edit photos and shared them on the web.InstallationIn order to install P... |
16 October 2010
14:31 GMT |
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Earlier this month, a new product came to media attention because it promised and boasted of the ability to revolutionize the fashion industry. Fabrican or “clothes in a can” is everything it says it is – and even more, one reviewer says. Hearing of Dr. Manel Torres’ invention and especially o... |
30 September 2010
14:31 GMT |
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“Greed is good” was the message of the original 1987 “Wall Street” movie that made of Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) the dark angel / antihero / icon of a generation. In this light, greedier is even better would be the motto of the sequel “Money Never Sleeps” – if only the fi... |
25 September 2010
09:31 GMT |
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One of the thrills that come with being a Linux user is that of testing a new distribution. While more often than not we go back to our actual distribution after the test, don’t deny yourselves the anticipation of possibly discovering that worry-free, perfect Linux flavor every once in a while.All this can be p... |
24 September 2010
05:10 GMT |
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Last night saw the release of the latest installment in the “Resident Evil” franchise, “Afterlife.” Shot with 3D technology also used in James Cameron’s “Avatar,” the fourth film does justice to the franchise – but fails to be inviting to newcomers.The first reviews for... |
11 September 2010
05:14 GMT |
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Ben Affleck is making a comeback to the silver screen with “The Town,” which he directed and stars in. More than that, Affleck is also getting critics talking about the film’s Oscar potential. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival the other day and, perhaps not surprising, is already gettin... |
9 September 2010
09:24 GMT |
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Fans hoped this year’s Venice Film Festival would bring some answers as to Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck’s past year or so, with the premiere of their film / documentary / mockumentary / hoax, “I’m Still Here.”It didn’t but, as ScreenCrave informs, it brought only excellent rev... |
8 September 2010
04:15 GMT |
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Robert Rodriguez’s fans know just how much pleasure the director takes in depicting violence in the most unreal way and in creating a distinct B-movie atmosphere, but this has never been more true than with “Machete.”The star-studded flick opened worldwide last night, on September 3, telling the sto... |
4 September 2010
03:47 GMT |
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Eli Roth is making his return to the horror genre with the Daniel Stamm-directed “The Last Exorcism,” which will see the light of day in the US on August 27 and is already getting positive reviews. For those who love the horror genre and specifically this type of movie, “Exorcism” delivers as ... |
27 August 2010
06:35 GMT |
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Julia Roberts is making her comeback to the big screen in a much-hyped production, one based on an equally hyped book, Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Eat Pray Love.” The movie fails to rise to the pre-release hype, a first review says.
We also noted yesterday that, despite the fact that we were talking ab... |
13 August 2010
06:59 GMT |
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Though boasting a bona fide A-lister as the lead, “Eat Pray Love” comes with an embargo on critics’ reviews until Friday release. The few reviews that did get out are negative.It’s not unusual for movie studios to bar critics from printing reviews of early screenings of a film, though that usu... |
12 August 2010
16:16 GMT |
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Quite some time ago, visionary director Robert Rodriguez decided he wanted to try and bring “Predator” to its former glory, with a reboot that would erase from fans’ memories all those pointless and lackluster sequels and spinoffs. With him as producer and Nimrod Antal as director, “Predators&... |
9 July 2010
11:26 GMT |
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Ask anyone but a Twi-hard how they feel about “Twilight,” either the books or the movies made so far, and they’ll probably laugh in your face. Or they would have until today, when “Eclipse,” the third film based on the third original book by Stephenie Meyer, is running in theaters all ov... |
3 July 2010
09:41 GMT |
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“The Twilight Saga” is undoubtedly the biggest phenomenon in today’s movie industry, leading to the emergence of a genuine cultural phenomenon as well. With massive support from the fans, characters that seem to transcend the big screen and the ability to move various items of related merchandise in... |
29 June 2010
06:29 GMT |
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It’s been quite some time that Disney darling Miley Cyrus announced a change in style and, most importantly, sound. Said change was supposed to come with her newest album, the aptly titled “Can’t Be Tamed,” which came out yesterday but which, according to a review by USA Today, is not really w... |
23 June 2010
10:33 GMT |
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Today, what was supposed to be one of this summer’s biggest winners at the box office, arrives in US theaters and, from what early reviews are saying, it may perform much worse than anticipated. “Jonah Hex,” starring Josh Brolin, Megan Fox and John Malkovich, tells the story of a former confederate ... |
18 June 2010
05:06 GMT |
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“Releasing the Sand turns back time. Only the holder of the Dagger is aware of what’s happened,” Prince Dastan says in the latest video game-inspired film, “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.” A collaboration between Walt Disney Pictures and Jerry Bruckheimer Productions, the film come... |
29 May 2010
09:21 GMT |
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The world remembers Robin Hood as the merry bandit who, accompanied by his Merry Men and occasionally receiving a helping hand from Maid Marion with whom he engages in delicate flirtatious conversations as befits decorum of the age, stole from the rich and gave back to the poor. Robin Hood was charming, lively and, a... |
15 May 2010
09:21 GMT |
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This year’s Cannes Film Festival marked the premiere (out of competition) of two of the most anticipated movies of this year: Ridley Scott’s “Robin Hood” and Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” or, simply put, “Wall Street 2,” the sequel to the 1987 c... |
15 May 2010
06:06 GMT |
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One of the hottest ranges of products now available for cellulite reduction and weight control is making the kind of claims that would run the fitness and diet industry out of business. Control knickers are taking over the stores and women are buying them like crazy because they promise a decrease in cellulite and ev... |
11 May 2010
14:31 GMT |
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If you want a Mac game, all you have to do is write a review and submit it, Aspyr Media, the renowned Mac-game publisher having made headlines last year for reportedly firing half of its staff, claims. The company has announced an initiative that enables Mac owners to get free copies of game titles, although Aspyr fa... |
11 May 2010
04:36 GMT |
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When “Iron Man” came out in 2008, it wasn’t just another comic book story turned into a long feature film: it became the underdog sensation that got to re-write history on how such films should be made. Under the inspired hand of Jon Favreau, Tony Stark and his alterego Iron Man acquired human dimen... |
8 May 2010
09:41 GMT |
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A handful of very lucky “Twilight” fans had the chance of a lifetime when they were invited by none other than the Queen of Television Oprah Winfrey to private screenings of the upcoming installment in “The Twilight Saga,” out this June, “Eclipse.” Though bound by a non-disclosure ... |
7 May 2010
09:47 GMT |
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When Platinum Dunes announced it had started work on a reboot of the classic 1984 “A Nightmare on Elm Street,” fans were skeptic, to say the least. Hollywood does have a tendency to ruin all good things in the past, they said, and chances were high the same would happen with this film too. Then hype start... |
30 April 2010
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Coming on all theaters screens across the world starting May 7, “Iron Man 2” is definitely one of the most hyped releases of this year – and this includes any and all productions that might come out this summer. Part of the hype is due to the immense success the first film had, which clearly came as... |
28 April 2010
10:14 GMT |
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The European leg of Whitney Houston’s much-anticipated tour is not going as well as fans and her management might have expected, what with lukewarm reviews and a few dates being pushed back because of a respiratory infection already. Over the weekend, the diva performed live at London’s O2 Arena and that ... |
27 April 2010
04:36 GMT |
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In May 2010, the fourth and final installment in the “Shrek” franchise will see the light of day, arriving in theaters in 3D and IMAX. Until then, though, fans should know that the film has already premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and initial reviews are anything but positive, though there’s l... |
23 April 2010
10:55 GMT |
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After being more or less unceremoniously kicked off from The Tonight Show and replaced by Jay Leno, Conan O’Brien went into hiding. He wasn’t planning on staying out of sight for too long though and, in March, he announced The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour. Initial reviews, after ... |
14 April 2010
07:03 GMT |
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At the end of February, Whitney Houston was performing the opening show in Australia to such negative reviews that many even believed she would not continue with her tour after them. The other night, the diva brought her international tour to the UK, after some delay due to health issues and the reactions to the firs... |
14 April 2010
06:29 GMT |
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A while ago, teen idol Miley Cyrus announced intentions to pursue a career in feature films, even if that meant putting her music on the second place. She wasn’t going to stick with the Hannah Montana franchise anymore either, saying she planned to make her debut in more “serious” roles starting wit... |
2 April 2010
03:47 GMT |
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The first iPad reviews are out. Apple’s tablet has been declared a winner by pretty much every tech journalist lucky enough to get a review unit from Apple, starting with the intuitiveness of the device, and ending with its long-lasting battery, which reportedly exceeds even Apple’s own expectations. The... |
1 April 2010
03:02 GMT |
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The latest romantic comedy, with some claims to the action genre as well, to arrive in theaters in many territories is “The Bounty Hunter,” starring two very promising names in terms of funny potential, Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler, under the direction of Andy Tennant who gave the public, a few year... |
27 March 2010
10:31 GMT |
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Lewis Carroll did not envision his “Alice” stories, “Alice in Wonderland” and “Through the Looking Glass,” as children’s stories, no matter how much our teachers tried to make us love the absurdities presented in them when we were kids. Tim Burton’s take on the classic ... |
13 March 2010
09:21 GMT |
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Robert Pattinson is not a man of many words, being one of the few young actors to avoid media attention almost completely unless he’s not promoting new material. Speaking with Parade magazine in a recent interview, the star, who is now seen in the romantic drama “Remember Me,” reveals how he’s... |
11 March 2010
04:04 GMT |
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Robert Pattinson’s latest movie, the romantic drama “Remember Me,” a film about a typically forlorn and brooding 22-year-old man who feels the entire world is at odds with him, has just premiered. Aside from the fact that both Pattinson and alleged belle Kristen Stewart attended the New York premier... |
2 March 2010
10:00 GMT |
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US review site Yelp was cited in a class action lawsuit by two law firms representing a veterinary hospital from Long Beach, California. The lawsuit was filed at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California and is still pending approval. The main claim is for unfair business tactics, citing extortio... |
25 February 2010
10:35 GMT |
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Movie critic Roger Ebert became famous for the unique way he had of telling movie directors and actors that they would be better off doing something else, whether in books, television shows or in the reviews he wrote for several major publications. It’s been almost four years since Ebert has not been able to sp... |
17 February 2010
10:00 GMT |
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2009 is about to end and, as is customary, critics are already going public with their choices for do’s and don’ts in terms of music, film and celebrities in general. Reviewers for Times Online, for instance, have comprised an extensive list of the top 100 worst movies, films that moviegoers would best av... |
29 December 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Better late than never is what they say and, in my case, I’m actually glad I waited for it this long. Getting my hands on the all-new Magic Mouse around the holidays made me feel like I got an early Christmas present, and one that I didn’t even deserve. But, a review is a review. So, here’s why I&rs... |
24 December 2009
08:58 GMT |
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Come April 2010, Jennifer Lopez will officially be making her comeback on the music scene after almost three years in between materials. “Love?” is the name of the upcoming album and, as Rap-Up informs, it will stick to the same formula that the singer has employed in the past with so much success. That i... |
22 December 2009
10:31 GMT |
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Director James Cameron spent the last 15 years thinking of a film that, as he put it, would help him step up from “king of the world,” a distinction he more than earned with the blockbuster “Titanic,” to “king of the universe.” Clearly, coming from any other filmmaker now working i... |
19 December 2009
09:21 GMT |
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Over 200 television and long feature films throughout time have had as only purpose that of bringing something new for the audiences with the story of world’s most famous and loved detective, Sherlock Holmes. Yet none of them has managed to do what British director Guy Ritchie has done with the fictitious chara... |
18 December 2009
08:47 GMT |
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James Cameron has been working on “Avatar,” his latest film for about 12 years. It is not only a very ambitious and personal project, but also the most expensive movie to date, with a budget estimated at $300 million (production and marketing) – therefore pressure is huge, the kind cinema has never ... |
12 December 2009
05:57 GMT |
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As we all know, “War. War never changes.” And as a cog that's part of the system, the console wars will go on forever. The latest installment in the saga seems to be a bash against Sony and its PlayStation 3 controller, the DualShock 3. Yahoo has recently posted as part of the “Grinch's Gi... |
9 December 2009
04:15 GMT |
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For those who somehow managed to go through 2009 without once hearing the name of Susan Boyle, her debut album, “I Dreamed a Dream,” will probably not mean that much. Her diehard fans, though, will see it in an entirely different light, as the material comes to show that all these months they’ve spe... |
28 November 2009
09:41 GMT |
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