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Posted by Eugene Morton - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 4:45 PM
Gear heads, listen up! Car and Driver has released a list of The Quickest Cars of 2007 in the 25-30K range, sweet autos you won’t have to sell your babies to afford.
Although, nothing says you can’t sell your babies. There is a thriving market out there. If you’re interested, I know a guy. Anyway, scope the list below.
2007 Subaru Forester 2.5XT: 0-to-60-mph in 5.9 sec
2007 Pontiac Grand Prix: 0-to-60-mph in 5.7 sec
2007 Pontiac Solstice GXP/Saturn Sky Red Line (manual): 0-to-60-mph in 5.6 sec
Posted by Josh Lawson - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 4:13 PM
Don't know if you''ll be using this to get rid of those nasty cooties that your female friends are carrying, but it might do some good against some nasty germs.
Hammacher Schlemmer has made available a portable germ-slaying handeheld device that uses "UV-C light and nanotechnology to disinfect workplace keyboards or telephones (or mice), as well as items in the home that sustain germ vitality such as toothbrushes and cutting boards."
Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 3:47 PM
Carly Simon, TheFeed's Comback of 2007, releases TheFeed's 2007 Album of the Year, Into White, on QVC this Friday! Yes, James Taylor's former punching bag proves that she's so vain by getting on television and promoting her winning new album. What's that smell in the air, 2007? Anticipation? You bet it is! 'Cause when TheFeed gives you a superlative, Jack...you perform.
Posted by Matthew Bretz - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 3:46 PM
After a lengthy run as perhaps the world’s most inspired marketing tie-in, it looks like the Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine’s reign may be over.
In a move that no one could have foreseen, it’s been announced that the Prince fans at 4 Kids Entertainment have signed a licensing agreement to turn the colorful piñatas from their TV and videogame hit, Viva Piñata, into actual piñatas.
In addition to other agreements allowing for Halloween costumes and baking and cake decorations, 4 Kids will work with Unique Industries to produce the piñatas and branded foil balloons.
Posted by Josh Lawson - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 3:32 PM
Oh Apple, how you love to control our music consumption...
At this point, there are very few people out there who do not have an iPod or who are not familiar with Apple's iTunes. Isn't that supposed to be everyone by now?
Well, not everyone agrees with this idea. Specifically Melanie Tucker, who has decided to throw a class-action lawsuit against Apple claiming that "Apple violates antitrust laws by refusing to allow music bought in its iTunes store to be played on any digital music player besides the iPod."
Melanie continues with her lawsuit by claiming that she is stupid enough to NOT realize that iTunes is only compatible with iPods because Apple does not make it "clear" to their customers.
Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 2:33 PM
On February 22nd, The O.C. will air its final episode. This saddens me greatly, as The O.C. was pretty darn great in its first couple of seasons, and has returned to that high level of quality this year. It seems that the season that killed it was the overdramatic one with the whole Marissa-Johnny storyline, which sucked.
New episodes will start again tomorrow, January 4th, and continue until the series finale on the 22nd of February. What could happen between now and then? Probably Seth and Summer will get married, and at least one of our friends will die. Could it be? Who knows. I'll be watching, I'm sure of that.
Posted by Eugene Morton - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 2:32 PM
Anna Nicole Smith can’t seem to stay out of fights. Unfortunately, none of them (the litigation over her deceased hubby’s fortune, for example) have been of the sloppy, mud wrestling variety.
Now, she and Howard K. Stern, the alleged father of her new baby, have found themselves on the losing end of a legal battle with Larry Birkhead, an ex-boyfriend of Smith's who is claiming that he, not Stern is her baby's real father.
A Superior Court Judge has given Smith till January 23rd to submit her baby for paternity testing.
Never before have so many men vehemently claimed paternity for the offspring of a drugged up dolt… with big knockers.
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 2:07 PM
Filled with crushing defeats and stirring victories, 2007 has been one of the most awesome years since your mom invented the Julian calendar is 1088. Who could forget the way Nancy Pelosi and her adorable Democrats took over the congress and vowed to spend their first 100 hours creating legislation? And who doesn’t remember where they were when Gerald Ford was buried? And how about USC’s stirring victory over Michigan in the Rose Bowl? Those were, as they say, the days.
With the weight of history on our shoulders, TheFeed is proud to present the following best of 2007 list:
Best Video Game:Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol
2007 brought a tough choice for Best Game between the winner and runner-up, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX: Spirit Caller for the DS, but in the end, singing along with our American Idols won out over whatever Yu-Gi-Oh is.
Best Film: The Cleaner
The nation is in love with Cedric the Entertainer! His wit and girth has taken the lower 48 by storm and he didn’t even need to flash his self-addressed stamped envelope (like some people we know) to get our attention. This was definitely the movie of the year, if not the century. And man, that Lucy Liu is hot! WOWIE ZOWIE! She hasn’t aged a bit!
Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 2:05 PM
Mel Gibson is being sued by a Mexican director for stealing ideas for the film Apocalypto. The director, Juan Catlett, says that Gibson even requested a copy of his film, Return to Aztlan, during the filming of Apocalypto. Mel's not having the best few months of his life here. Sure, the movie is doing well, but if it's stolen, it's going to be another scandal for the racist director.
Oh well. Karma is, in fact, a bitch. Hopefully, Catlett will win, and Gibson will be exiled to an island where he won't be able to do any more damage to society.
Posted by Josh Lawson - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 2:03 PM
BMW wants you to enjoy your tunes in their cars, but with a catch...they want you to use their equipment to play them.
Who knows if this is indeed a BMW version of a media player, but the multimedia device being displayed supposedly "supports Bluetooth and USB and can play CDs, DVDs (via a 65,000-color LCD screen), MP3 files and interprets voice commands."
Having witnessed BMW's first foray into the world of gadgets with their BMW engineered skateboard, do you truly think that the German powerhouse could have you walking with one of these in hand?
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 1:31 PM
If you were following the news back in December, you remember the tragic fate of the Kim family. While on a family vacation, CNET tech writer James Kim, his wife Kati and his two children took a wrong turn in Oregon and ended up stranded on a deserted, snowy road. After nearly a week in the car, James struck out to bring back help for his family. His wife and children were rescued, but sadly, searchers weren't able to locate James in time.
The story shook everyone in the country, but hit us here at G4 particularly hard: James was a producer and and on-air personality on Tech TV, the cable station that merged with G4 a couple years ago, so many of our employees worked with James and were friends with him. By all account James was an unforgettably awesome guy.
The site is the brainchild of Lisa Congdon and Stephanie Barnes and their mother Gerrie Congdon. 100% of the auction proceeds will go to the The James Kim Memorial Fund.
So buy some art. Not only will you be doing some good in the world, you'll also get some mighty cool schtuff out of the deal, and you can't beat that with a bat.
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 11:25 AM
In a belated holiday gift to the game-playing masses, developer Bungie has announce a couple of new ways to get into the Halo 3 Beta:
Qualifying over Xbox Live and then being one of the first 13,333 “Halo 2” gamers to register for the “Rule of Three” program at http://www.halo3.com in early February
Purchasing the upcoming game “Crackdown™,” which hits store shelves in the U.S. on Feb. 20
Complete info under the cut, straight from the Halo creators
Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 11:22 AM
Here at TheFeed, it is our duty to provide you with all of the Rush news that's fit to print. Today, we are proud to tell you that Rush drummer Neil Peart has been cast as one of the voice actors in the upcoming Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie, opening in March.
In addition to being one of the greatest drummers of all time, Peart is an excellent lyricist, writing the lion's share of all of the lyrics for the band. He doesn't sing, however, so no one knows what his voice sounds like. For all you know, you've heard him talk several times before.
Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 11:13 AM
Masi Oka is one very lucky man these days. The star of Heroes, who still keeps a day job at ILM as a special effects artist, has signed on to co-star in 21, the story of a group of M.I.T. frat guys who learned to count cards and went to Las Vegas and made millions. Also, Oka just got nominated for a Golden Globe for his Heroes work.
It's going to be awful tough for Mr. Oka to have a better year this year than he did in 2006. Still, you never know. Sometimes momentum can be a wonderful thing.
Posted by Mike D'Alonzo - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 11:11 AM
Adding itself to the ever-growing list of sequels that never needed to be made (Air Bud 2 anyone? How about Curse of the Pink Panther? National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj?) comes the announcement that National Treasure 2 not only has a release date, but a subtitle as well. Are you ready? It's National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, and the book that title refers to is John Wilkes Booth's diary.
The first National Treasure flat out sucked. Sucked, I tell you. Sucked wind. Sucked on ice. So why make a sequel? I think there's some Hollywood conspiracy to make sure that Nicholas Cage continues to get work. Seriously, has the guy done anything worthwhile since Honeymoon in Vegas? And not just worthwhile, he's been in some of the worst films ever made. Remember Con-Air? I bet the executives that lost their jobs over that pile of sh*t do.
Posted by Eugene Morton - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 10:56 AM
According to her spokespeople, supermodel Kate Moss hasn’t tied the knot with Peter Doherty, singer for the British rock band Babyshambles.
It didn’t happen on New Years Day in a romantic and candlelit Buddhist ceremony. The location for the wedding wasn’t Thailand.
Giant dinosaurs made from the recombination of fossil scrapings and frog D.N.A. who wore tuxes were not in attendance. Aliens did not come down from the stratosphere in a saucer like spacecraft to impart the wisdom of the ages to the newly wed couple.
The earth didn’t tremble with anticipation at the hope of the couple siring a young male known in the ancient texts as "The Mosschild."
None of that stuff happened, so stop saying that it did!
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 10:52 AM
Okay, Dick Clark has an excuse for blowing his lines at this year's New Years Rockin' Eve. The guy had a stroke three years ago and that could cause anyone to forget that ten comes before nine. Tara Reid, to the best of my knowledge, has no such excuse. Judge for yourself:
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 10:39 AM
Life is tough for codeine addicts. Sure, you have the sweet, sweet narcotic haze of everyone's favorite medical-grade opiate to look forward to, but scoring the little white pills can be troublesome.
Just ask Farmington, Conneticut's newest superstar, Kymberly Smith. Smith is facing many drug charges for endevearoring to obtain her favorite drug, but she's blaming it on her dog.
The woman is alleged to have request animal-grade hydrocodone from several local vets by using the name "Zack Smith," her dog, and claiming the drugs were for him.
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 10:14 AM
Sony's PlayStation 3 console is available now on Best Buy's website.
The hard-to-find system's technology is advertised thusly: "As its digital soul, the Cell BroadBand Engine represents a tour de force in parallel processing, which means a gaming experience that is beyond what you know today."
How long the item will be on sale and for how long remains to be seen... so if you missed it for the holidays, pick it up right now! Quick!
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:32 AM
Sony has been catching a lot of shrapnel from the internet lately, but today's news from the tech company is good, good, good.
It has nothing to do with videogames, but may be even cooler. The company has patented the design for a new kind of powered skateboard. The Segway-like device has two wheels and will be steered by your center of gravity and may be employed in bicycles and other devices.
Sadly, there's no word on when or if the unnamed thing will actually be produced, but I promise, I'll be in line for one as soon as they're available. It's practially a freakin' HOVERBOARD!
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 9:04 AM
Old-school telephone giant AT&T announced today they are merging with Cingular, the world's largest cell phone company, and BellSouth.
"AT&T will be an engine for innovation, competition, and growth for our customers at home and abroad," said AT&T Chairman and CEO Edward E. Whitacre Jr. in a press release. "In the Southeast, we will build on BellSouth's excellent record of serving customers and communities. And we are ready to lead the way in a new era of integrated wireless services nationwide."
So, get set for a name change, you Cingular customers.
Posted by Stephen Johnson - Wednesday, January 03, 2007 8:35 AM
The Netherlands has banned the use of the Segway.
The quaint European nation with a charming history of liberalism has decided that the high-tech scooter system is too dangerous because it lacks brakes.
The two-wheeled thinger will be banned "on all public roads, sidewalks, and bike paths," because the lack of an onboard braking system prevents it from being categorized as a "vehicle" by the Royal Traffic Agency.
Thanks, The Netherlands, for keeping all of your educated, prosperous citizens safe from the menace of the Segway.
Below is a photo of our president being attacked by one of the infernal machines:
Gear heads, listen up! Car and Driver has released a list of The Quickest Cars of 2007 in the 25-30K range, sweet autos you won’t have to sell your babies to afford. 
Don't know if you''ll be using this to get rid of those nasty cooties that your female friends are carrying, but it might do some good against some nasty germs.
Carly Simon, TheFeed's Comback of 2007, releases TheFeed's 2007 Album of the Year, Into White, on QVC this Friday! Yes, James Taylor's former punching bag proves that she's so vain by getting on television and promoting her winning new album. What's that smell in the air, 2007? Anticipation? You bet it is! 'Cause when TheFeed gives you a superlative, Jack...you perform.
After a lengthy run as perhaps the world’s most inspired marketing tie-in, it looks like the Snoopy Sno-Cone Machine’s reign may be over.
Oh Apple, how you love to control our music consumption...
On February 22nd, The O.C. will air its final episode. This saddens me greatly, as The O.C. was pretty darn great in its first couple of seasons, and has returned to that high level of quality this year. It seems that the season that killed it was the overdramatic one with the whole Marissa-Johnny storyline, which sucked.
Anna Nicole Smith can’t seem to stay out of fights. Unfortunately, none of them (the litigation over her deceased hubby’s fortune, for example) have been of the sloppy, mud wrestling variety. 
Mel Gibson is being sued by a Mexican director for stealing ideas for the film Apocalypto. The director, Juan Catlett, says that Gibson even requested a copy of his film, Return to Aztlan, during the filming of Apocalypto. Mel's not having the best few months of his life here. Sure, the movie is doing well, but if it's stolen, it's going to be another scandal for the racist director.
Masi Oka is one very lucky man these days. The star of Heroes, who still keeps a day job at ILM as a special effects artist, has signed on to co-star in 21, the story of a group of M.I.T. frat guys who learned to count cards and went to Las Vegas and made millions. Also, Oka just got nominated for a Golden Globe for his Heroes work.
Adding itself to the ever-growing list of sequels that never needed to be made (Air Bud 2 anyone? How about Curse of the Pink Panther? National Lampoon's Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj?) comes the announcement that National Treasure 2 not only has a release date, but a subtitle as well. Are you ready? It's National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, and the book that title refers to is John Wilkes Booth's diary. 
According to her spokespeople, supermodel Kate Moss hasn’t tied the knot with Peter Doherty, singer for the British rock band Babyshambles. 
