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It’s official, Dream Theater announces Mike as their new drummer, replacing their old drummer Mike. That’s Mike Mangini who replaces Mike Portnoy.
The audition process was documented with title “The Spirit Carries On” and can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/roadrunnerrecords.
For those in Germany can view the videos here:
For sure the rest of the band would have no problem calling their new drummer the wrong name. It has always been Mike. Eddie Trunks knew this for a while.
Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax are going to play the Yankee Stadium on September 14th, 2011. Ticket goes on sale May6 at 10:00 AM through TicketMaster.com. For more info head to facebook.com/TheBig4.
The show takes place the day after Dave Mustaine birthday.
Previously The Big 4 show was held in Indio, California. You can find details of the first US Big 4 show at TheBig4Festival.com.
For those who are expecting an uncensored version of South Park: The Complete Fourteenth Season might be disappointed.
First, you would instantly noticed that the packaging did not say “Uncensored” anywhere on the packaging. South Park: The Complete Eleventh Season was the first to be released uncensored. Both Twelfth and Thirteenth Season DVD and Blu-Ray were also uncensored. So, what about the Fourteenth Season?
Second, there’s a sticker that said “Includes All Episodes!” on the Complete Fourteenth Season packaging. Fans are concerned that both episode “200” and “201” would not be included in the set. As a matter of fact both episode “200” and “201” are still not available on iTunes Store and Amazon Instant Download. Well, “All Episodes” are included but Episode “201” is heavily censored just like the broadcast version. Adding insult to the injury, the commentary by Trey Parker and Matt Stone is also censored with long beeps. According to PArker and Stone, Comedy Central is the one behind the censorship and might not release the Complete Season if Episode “201” was uncensored.
So, you are a South Park Fan? You must be angry about Episode 201 and all those unnecessary beeps. Well, you must be thrilled to know that all the beeps are included in South Park: The Complete Fourteenth Season DVD and Blu-ray.
You must have wondered why.
Well, apparently Comedy Central would not release the uncensored episode in any form as Trey Parker and Matt Stone have explained.
Stay tuned for more updates.
Apple officially announces the availability of the elusive White iPhone 4 on Thursday April 28th, 2011. It took roughly 10 months after iPhone 4 initial release.
June 23rd, 2010
Apple announced the first delay to White iPhone 4 which was pushed back to the second half of July 2010.
July 23rd, 2010
White iPhone 4 release was pushed back again to late 2010.
January 11, 2011
Apple removed references to White iPhone 4 from its website.
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According to person who really familiars with the matter and is not Phil Schiller, White iPhone 4 will give Apple about 6-month buffer till the next generation iPhone is release. In addition to that White iPhone 4 includes minor design change from its original and CDMA counterparts.
Apple answers questions regarding iPhone Location Data through its Press Release page. To summarize Apple’s answers:
Apple also mentions:
Software Update
Sometime in the next few weeks Apple will release a free iOS software update that:
- reduces the size of the crowd-sourced Wi-Fi hotspot and cell tower database cached on the iPhone,
- ceases backing up this cache, and
- deletes this cache entirely when Location Services is turned off.
In the next major iOS software release the cache will also be encrypted on the iPhone.
“Next Major iOS Software Release” could mean iOS 5.
PlayStation Network went down on Wednesday April 20th, 2011 as a result of “external intrusion” that prompted Sony to take down the service. As many have feared, the problem was worse than just malfunctions.
From PlayStation.com:
We have discovered that between April 17 and April 19, 2011, certain PlayStation Network and Qriocity service user account information was compromised in connection with an illegal and unauthorized intrusion into our network. In response to this intrusion, we have:
- Temporarily turned off PlayStation Network and Qriocity services
- Engaged an outside, recognized security firm to conduct a full and complete investigation into what happened
- Quickly taken steps to enhance security and strengthen our network infrastructure by re-building our system to provide you with greater protection of your personal information.
We greatly appreciate your patience, understanding and goodwill as we do whatever it takes to resolve these issues as quickly and efficiently as practicable.
According to official statement from Sony, an authorized person managed to obtain information provided by PlayStation Network users including:
Sony also added that user’s credit card number (excluding security code) and expiration date might have been compromised.
Sony has suspended PlayStation Network indefinitely.
The group Anonymous stated that they had nothing to do with the breach nor the outage.