Release: 20 July 2012 (USA)
Director: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Gary Oldman
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MIT students turn whole building into huge game of Tetris
By Paul Ridden
The two-hundred and ninety-five feet (ninety meter) tall Building 54 on MIT’s Cambridge campus has become the canvas for a number of carefully planned and daringly executed visual displays over the years, not strictly allowed by the administration but often looked upon with some appreciation. The building is home to the Institute’s Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science (EAPS) and has a host of meteorological instruments and radio communications equipment on its roof – but its the grid-like windows to the front that have become the main attraction to hackers, as they are known. The latest hack is the successful realization of a long-standing challenge, a huge playable game of Tetris.
New Orleans concert marks International Jazz Day
By STACEY PLAISANCE | Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As the morning sun spilled over the New Orleans’ skyline Monday, jazz musicians Herbie Hancock, Ellis Marsalis and others kicked off International Jazz Day with a sunrise concert that included ritual drumming and a string of performances, a day that culminated in the evening with a grand all-star concert at the United Nations.
In the morning, trumpeters Terence Blanchard and Kermit Ruffins, singer Stephanie Jordan and others performed “On the Sunny Side of the Street” and “Afro Blue” as the sun rose on Congo Square, an area near the French Quarter neighborhood where slaves once gathered on Sundays to play music.
‘The Good Wife’ Leaves for Vacation
By Richard Lawson | The Atlantic Wire
The Good Wife (CBS)
Trailer of the Week: Lawless
US Weekend Boxoffice top 10 (April 27-29, 2012)
Three Areas Samsung Will Focus On To Avoid Smartphone Complacency
by Ewan Spence
Congratulations Samsung, you made it. Top of the heap, number one, head honcho, the big man in the room, the all conquering mobile phone manufacturer. The King that was Nokia is no more, Samsung are now the number one mobile phone manufacturer on the planet.
That was the easy bit. Now they need to stay there, which is a different challenge altogether, and one that many companies have had to face up to before. One slip up in strategy and planning can start a chain reaction that could be masked by the market until the cliff face is reached. Just ask Nokia.
Samsung have many things to be careful of over the next few years, but there are three that cover the biggest areas of risk and opportunity.
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Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of May 05, 2012
1. Gotye f/ Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
2. fun. f/ Janelle Monae, “We Are Young”
3. Maroon 5 f/ Wiz Khalifa, “Payphone”
4. Justin Bieber, “Boyfriend”
5. The Wanter, “Glad You Came”
6. Flo Rida f/ Sia, “Wild Ones”
7. Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”
8. One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
9. Nicki Minaj, “Starships”
10.Kelly Clarkson, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)”
Huawei: Touch-free Smartphones and Infinite Cloud Storage Are on the Way
Huawei Technologies is aiming to bring touch-free smartphones and more inexpensive cloud storage to users, as the company boosts its research and development spending in order to bring “disruptive” technologies that will alter the market landscape.
“We are focused on disruptive technology and taking interesting ideas and turning them into something exciting,” said John Roese, general manager for Huawei’s North American research and develop center, on Friday.
Hubbub over content rights greets Google Drive
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google is already facing spasms of suspicion and confusion as it tries to persuade people to entrust their personal documents, photos and other digital content to the company’s new online storage service.