Wilson Tang is back in the house today, along with the lovely and ever-gracious Natali Del Conte. She's just come back from her vacation, and we find out how she stalked Tom Hanks from the film "Angels & Demons" (check out her Loaded piece this Thursday). And Justin disappears from his first ever hate-on during the show.
Watch out boys.
(Credit: Natali Del Conte/CNET)On today's show, we've got Wilson Tang backers calling to defend the man. Lots of e-mails as well from supporters, who think finding out Tyler Perry is in a movie is about as much of a non-spoiler as you can get. But if you really want spoilers, check out Wilson's lastest Tumblr post, where he finds many faults in the new "Star Trek."
In more stories from the Interwebs, Craigslist has finally acquiesced to state attorneys general, who wanted the erotic service section taken down. Now, a new section will appear, which will be moderated by Craigslist employees. We think it's too bad that all it took was one bad apple to ruin it for everyone. Now, Jeff has to find a new side job.
Speaking of bad apples, Microsoft has been running these "Laptop Hunter" ads on television, and Apple comes back with its own "Megan" ad. We just think it's hilarious that these customers end up buying a 10-pound monster with a 22-inch screen. Wilson thinks it's even funnier that a "filmmaker" would buy a PC to edit her film on. What's she going to use? Windows Movie Maker? Come on, if you can afford Avid, the price difference between a Mac and a PC is trivial.
Natali's best contribution to the show today is that she says the words "penis phone" on air and teaches us the Spanish slang for "schlong." Apparently, Venezuela's leftist president Hugo Chavez is releasing a government-subsidized cell phone named after a certain male body part. It's because of the vibration function we suspect.
Finally, "404" shows up in some of the most random places. Check this out. It's a demolished building with a 404 sign. Be sure to send in your favorite 404 signs around the world at the404 (at) cnet (dot) com. Or drop us a voice mail with more Wilson love at 1-866-404-CNET (2638).
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A report out of Italy Monday suggests that Apple is planning to revamp its business model with the launch of the iPhone in that country.
The Italian iPhone might be more expensive if Telecom Italy doesn't have to share data revenue with Apple.
(Credit: CNET Networks)It's always tough to correctly interpret translations, but check out the report from La Repubblica and read it for yourself. In short, the report claims that Apple is getting ready to launch a 3G iPhone in Italy with Telecom Italy, and that the carrier will not have to pay Apple a share of the data revenue earned from iPhone users, nor will it have an ongoing exclusive. As a result, the iPhone will be more expensive there than in other countries.
So far, Apple has cut exclusive deals with four carriers to sell the iPhone: AT&T in the U.S., O2 in the U.K, T-Mobile in Germany, and Orange in France. In exchange for their exclusive right to distribute the iPhone, those carriers give Apple a share of their data revenues earned over the life of the contract, believed to be around $18 a month per user in AT&T's case.
It's long been thought, however, that at some point Apple would have to open up the iPhone to other carriers to increase the size of the official market for the device. After all, tons of iPhones are already being used unofficially across the world, with more than 400,000 in China alone. In February, Apple COO Tim Cook suggested the company was open to cutting iPhone deals with more than one carrier per country.
Telecom Italy's supposed agreement with Apple is not exclusive per se, but the carrier will have an "advantage" of several months over its competitors, according to the report. I wonder if several such agreements are being readied ahead of the expected launch of the 3G iPhone in June.
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As we in the U.S. prepare to stuff ourselves silly with turkey and fixin's on Thanksgiving, here's a neat view of another famous meal from the past: Leonardo da Vinci's painting The Last Supper. The map approach allows you to zoom in to tremendous detail and pan around, so close can you get in fact that cracks in the paint appear like roads in a landscape. View it here.
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Tetramine Day! All Tetris lovers should get over to Bologna Italy for this giant meetup September 30. The catch? All you have to do is bring a tetramino made out of 60x60x60-centimeter squares, like the one you see here to the left. Designers, i think this means you can get creative on it, and decorate your tetramino as you wish... Still baffled as to how to make a giant tetris piece? Check out the video!
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Did you cry during "March of the Penguins?" (I heard a rumor that fellow Crave expert Mike Yamamoto did.)
Are you going to head to the local cineplex to see "Happy Feet" while all your friends are lining up to see "Casino Royale" next weekend?
Are you into the idea of cute light-up electronic animals, but are kind of creeped out by the "smart" Nabaztag bunny?
Do you think the Nabaztag bunny would've been a little cooler if it were, say, a penguin?
Sadly, there isn't a "smart penguin" yet. But here's the next best thing. An Italian company called KoKo Design has created penguin-shaped lamps that give off a soft glow and "waddle" back and forth when you give them a nudge. Plus, each purchase of a KoKo penguin benefits Australia's Penguin Foundation.
Sadly, it doesn't look like you can obtain them in the States yet. But that's okay. I'm sure that with the release of yet another penguin movie, there will be plenty of flightless-Antarctic-bird-inspired merchandise around here, too.
(Photo: KoKo Design. Referred via Notcot's .org site.)
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