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LG to Launch Windows Mobile 7 Smartphone in September? [Windows Mobile 7 is Alive; LG Android 2.1 Smartphone Also in the Works]

18 Jan 2010

Although it’s the weekend, ladies and gentlemen, and we’d expect people to actually rest during these days, it would look like the tech world doesn’t have time to pause. And neither do we!

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DIY Quadrocopter Might Be Out of My Realm of Expertise [DIY]

In: gadgets

14 Jan 2010

If you’re bored over the weekend, you could while the hours away playing video games. Or you could build yourself a badass Arduino quadrocopter. You know, either way. [Quaduino via Make]

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Avatar Catching Up With Titanic: Earnings Hit $1.3 Billion

In: web resources

11 Jan 2010

When Avatar hit the 1 billion dollar milestone, we asked you whether you believe it has what it takes to surpass Titanic on the all-time biggest earners list. Most of you thought that it has a very good chance of doing so, and judging by its 4th weekend box office results, you were right.

This weekend, Avatar once again shattered the previous record for the best 4th weekend at the box office, earning 48,500,000 dollars. On its fourth weekend in cinemas, Titanic made 20 million dollars less. If the trend continues, Avatar will not only surpass Titanic; it will set new records far above the popular historic love story.

One detail strikes me as odd, however: I don’t see the movie industry complaining much about Avatar being pirated. According to Torrentfreak, it’s by far the most pirated movie right now, but it still managed to earn over a billion dollars in cinema, and it’s showing no signs of stopping. Could it be that all that interest and buzz around the movie, even on torrent sites, actually helped propel Avatar into one of the biggest earners ever? Also, for an analysis of how social media helped Avatar become the second most watched movie of all time, check here.

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