Category: Linklog

101 different versions of “Stairway To Heaven”… From Dolly Parton to the London Symphony Orchestra, quite an interesting listening experience.

When Sony announced that its PlayStation 3 would be backwards compatible with both PS2 and the PSone, it was thought (and Sony indicated) that the next-gen console would provide this functionality through emulation. However, a new report in the Japanese technology magazine Ultra One (partially translated by IGN) suggests that backwards compatibility with the PS2 is actually achieved through physical hardware, not emulation.

Why there are no indie video games and why that’s bad for gamers. Did you know the average PS2 game costs $8M to make? I didn’t, and that will rise to around $15M to $20M once the PS3 comes around. Add in another $10M or so for marketing, crazy numbers.

Snoop Dogg has been banned from entering the United Kingdom ever again following his arrest for affray and violent disorder at London’s Heathrow Airport last month. You could say he got Heathr0wned! But seriously, a lifetime ban is harsh!

Flickr finally moves out of beta to become Flickr Gamma. Some nice changes, some not so nice changes, can’t please all the people all the time I guess…

ABC announces it is moving Grey’s Anatomy to Thursday nights at 9pm. This seriously blows, Desperate Housewives and Grey’s Anatomy was the perfect end to a weekend, now it’s up against CBS’ powerhouse CSI and possibly the double whammy of NBC’s My Name Is Earl and The Office if they stay in their current timeslots. [via]

University of Georgia President Michael Adams objects to the phrase “World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party” to describe the annual Georgia-Florida football game. And he has asked CBS Television and the city of Jacksonville to not use the phrase when promoting the game the network televises each year. The request is part of Adams’ push to curb on-campus alcohol abuse and change UGA’s image as a party school.

Scotland 5 – 1 Bulgaria. Holy crap, Scotland in “world beater stunner!” But seriously, check out the goals, the 4th one was an awesome, and very un-Scotland like passing move that had shades of the imfamous Brazil goal in 1970 to it, get in!

Fonts on football jerseys. Ever wanted to know what font teams like Real Madrid and Bayern München use on their jerseys? Well it’s most likely Peignot™ and Industria™ respectively… [via]

Wal-Mart is embroiled in a legal dispute over the smiley face image which it wants to trademark in the US. What would Forrest Gump say?

The Beatles have lost their court challenge against Apple Computer over its iPod and iTunes download service. They claimed the US firm broke a deal aimed at ensuring there would not be two Apples in the music industry, but Mr Justice Anthony Mann ruled that the computer company used the Apple logo in association with its store, not the music, and so was not in breach.

Mike Metzger broke the world record for longest motorcycle backflip Thursday, flying 125 feet over the fountains at Caesars Palace and becoming only the second person to clear the pool on two wheels. The jump, aired live on ESPN, was made legendary when motorcycle stuntman Evel Knievel suffered a 29-day coma crashing on a New Year’s Eve 1967 attempt with no backflip.

The original unaltered Star Wars Trilogy is to be released on DVD this September. Yay for no dodgy Jabba scene, Han shooting first and an assortment of bad special effects (orange blob under Luke’s speeder anyone?). Just like the old days…

Superman Returns Trailer. A little insight about the plot, a lot of Lex Luthor, some cool flying scenes and a whole heap of “OMG, this is gonna be AWESOME” (my reaction).

AT&T plans to kill Cingular brand. So, let me get this straight, AT&T broke up into the baby bells and thus Bellsouth was formed, Bellsouth Mobility formed as the cellular/paging arm of Bellsouth, Bellsouth Mobility got renamed to Cingular when Bellsouth Mobility merged with Southwestern Bell (SBC) Wireless, AT&T wireless was taken over and merged into the Cingular brand owned by SBC and Bellsouth, SBC takes over AT&T in a weird child buys out the parent deal to become the new AT&T, meanwhile Bellsouth and the new AT&T are possibly combining to become AT&T all over again thus Cingular is becoming AT&T again… Its no wonder the US telecom industry is confusing.