♦ Stealing America: Vote by Vote

With the upcoming election looking to be similarly close, the time has come to ask the questions: What happened in 2000 and 2004? What, if anything, has changed since? And what can be done to ensure a fair and honest tabulation of votes in 2008? This film brings together behind-the-scenes perspectives from the U.	1 vote

♦ Big Brother 9: Housemates' cider roulette

The 'Big Brother' housemates played Cider Roulette last night. The aim of the game was for Mohamed or Darnell to drink from the winning cup which unbeknown to them was being held by Kathreya with the first person to choose it receiving a can of cider. However, in order to get to the cup the pair had to down drinks being held by other housemates...	1 vote

♦ Critic's Corner Thursday

Here's a challenge for fans of Ugly Betty (ABC, 8 ET/PT). Watch tonight's entertaining episode from November, and then try to figure out how the show got itself so badly twisted around by May. What happened, for instance, to the dedication shown here by Daniel and Alexis (and, in a sweet, surprising change, Amanda) to putting out the magazine? Yes, the writers' strike intervened...	1 vote

♦ Vivica Fox Slams Anderson Over Simpson Insult.

Vivica Fox Slams Anderson Over Simpson Insult.... Vivica A. Fox has defended her friend Jessica Simpson after Pamela Anderson insulted her on a radio show.	1 vote

♦ Top Spin 3 demo hands on, by a tennis game virgin

Earlier today, Major Nelson announced the free demo for Top Spin 3 from 2K Sports, so I promptly downloaded the game and proceeded to play my first tennis video game ever. Top Spin 3 is the latest entry in the popular series of tennis games, and it looks like the title won't leave fans disappointed. Visually, Top Spin looks pretty decent.	1 vote

♦ WiiWare and Virtual Console releases for this week

Both WiiWare and the Virtual Console get a pair of additions this week. City Connection (1985, NES, 500 Wii points) : City Connection is one of the first "chase" games to have you running from the law. Use your arsenal of various road-weapons to throw them off track in this unique action game based on the arcade classic. Metal Slug (1996, NeoGeo...	1 vote

♦ Indiana Jones: He's Everyman, with wit and a whip

What is it about the guy in the hat that makes us dig him so much? Gonzo archaeologist Indiana Jones may be the world's most admired scientist, even though he never does any digging and has been known to steal artifacts, a huge no-no. Yet he has inspired a generation of young archaeologists — respectable, genuine scientists, some of whom actually own Indy-style bullwhips.	1 vote

♦ John Grisham's pizza movie

Another of John Grisham's novels is to be turned into a movie. Best-seller 'Playing For Pizza' is the latest of the 'The Broker' writer's books to hit the big-screen, following adaptations of 'The Pelican Brief', 'The Client' and 'A Time To Kill' amongst others.	1 vote

♦ Eastenders-Bianca and Ricky

When itís clear this is off limits Ian puts his foot in it and asks the question where have you been living? She leaves the table and heads upstairs. Just as Clare is cutting a deal with Arnold to keep certain pieces of jewellery, Bradley bursts in and frogmarches the beaten Arnold out of the house. Clare smiles Clare is spinning a web of deception. As kind-hearted Bradley listens...	1 vote

♦ If You Do It and You're Still Unhappy, Then You Know That the Problem Is You

I just received, but haven't yet watched, the pilot screener for CBS's Swingtown, which debuts June 5. The ensemble drama is about a group of married friends and their encounters with the rising era of sexual experimentation in suburban Chicago in 1976. "The title Swingtown," says a letter from the producers...	1 vote

♦ Larrabee engineer on personal blog: Larrabee is all about rasterization

Tom Forsyth, a developer working for Intel on their upcoming Larrabee GPU, posted a very interesting entry on his personal blog several days ago, in which he clarified some details on the purposes for which Larrabee is being designed.  PCPerspective has the scoop.  The product will, Forsyth avers, be primarily aimed at "the conventional rasterization pipeline"...	1 vote