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Friday, June 3, 2011
Scarlett Johansson and Sean Penn split, Cameron Diaz and A-Rod follow suit
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Hangover 3 to be set in Ireland?
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It looks like The Hangover is about to confirm that Ireland is the party capital of the world. Actor Bradley Cooper has let slip a possible plot point for 'The Hanover 3', speaking to The Herald he said Hollywood bosses were considering Dublin as a setting for the next installment in the hit comedy franchise.
Kim Kardashian said she`d love to double date with Ryan Seacrest
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The 30-year-old reality star recently got engaged to Kris Humphries and said she said she'd love to meet up with Seacrest, who is dating Julianne Hough, so they can get to know each other's partners better.
Jessica Biel: ‘Total Recall’ is “Ripe For A Remake”
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Riding high on recent remarks by ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake calling her “the most significant person” in his life, the big screen beauty flashed her million dollar smile in a rare camera-friendly moment.
'X-Men: First Class' Star Calls Prequel 'Metaphor' For Real Life
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Lucas Till tells MTV News why the flick stands out in a summer stacked with superheroes.
During our recent sit-downs with the cast of "X-Men: First Class" a prequel and the fourth film in the "X-Men" franchise the talk focused not so much on how the latest installment differs from the first three, but rather what separates "First Class" from all the other superhero-style movies opening this summer.
Microsoft: Windows 8 Won't Require a New PC
Having learned its lesson the hard way with Windows Vista, Microsoft offered assurances Thursday that its upcoming Windows 8 operating system won't require users to buy a new PC.
"We've extended the trend we started with Windows 7, of keeping our system requirements either flat or reducing them over time. So Windows 8 will be able to run on a wide range of machines because it will have the same system requirements or lower" as Windows 7, said Michael Angiulo, the Microsoft executive who showed the new software at a press event in Taipei on Thursday.
"Another thing we did is build intelligence into Windows 8 to adapt the user interface based on what hardware you have. So whether you're upgrading or buying a new PC, Windows will adapt itself for your hardware," he said.
The new OS is designed to be touch-enabled, so people without touch screens obviously won't get all the benefits of the new OS. It will also work with a wider variety of sensors for detecting things like motion and proximity, and those sensors will not be present in existing PCs.
But Angiulo said the new interface, which has large colored icons and resembles Windows Phone 7, can still be navigated smoothly using a mouse and a keyboard. The page up and page down buttons can move through the application tiles on the screen, a mouse click will open applications, and the Windows shortcut key on a keyboard will take users back to the desktop.
To prove the point he showed Windows 8 running on a handful of existing PCs, including a Samsung Series 9 laptop and an L Series Sony Vaio.
"When you're reimagining a system that a billion people around the world use it's a big responsibility," Angiulo said. "Windows 8 is for hundreds of millions of computers with all different screen sizes, whether they're touch-enabled or not. Windows 8 is an upgrade for the entire ecosystem of PCs."
It's an important message for Microsoft to get across. If people believe they need to buy a new PC to run Windows 8 it would slow the transition to the new OS and hurt Microsoft's business.
Still, there are features in Windows 8 that won't work with existing hardware, and Microsoft is being more prescriptive than usual about how hardware makers should design their PCs for the new OS.
The optimal screen will have 16:9 aspect ratio and minimum resolution of 1366 by 768 pixels, Angiulo said. A 1024x768 display will also be able to show the new interface, he said. But a netbook with a low-resolution screen will have to switch to the standard desktop mode, he said.
Microsoft learned its lesson about system requirements with Vista. Many PCs in use at the time wouldn't run the OS properly. People reported a lousy experience with the software and it became about the most unpopular OS in Microsoft's history. The company will be keen not to let that happen again.
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