Hunger Games Trailer

Much to the relief of "Hunger Games" fans worldwide, On Monday, the official trailer for Lionsgate's rendition of the first novel in Suzanne Collins' popular Hunger Games trilogy was released.

The new full trailer for "Hunger Games" is bright, clean, and full of introductory exposition. Basically you're looking at the first act of the film and nothing else -- brief teases of what most of the supporting characters look like, plus an emotional.

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Google X

It's called Google X, and many of us are wondering what in the world Google might be up to, given the company's rich history of technological innovation and quirkiness. Google X has a top-secret lab on the search giant's campus in Mountain View, California.

According to the report, Google is tackling a list of 100 “shoot-for-the-stars ideas.” If Google already has self-driving cars, what kinds of things could this mean? A few things mentioned in the piece include: web-connected refrigerator and plates, robots, and space elevators. Apparently, many of the projects involve robots.

Google X is the place where Google works on the driverless car and New York Times reports that Google is considering manufacturing the cars in the US. Many projects are related to Android at home, an initiative announced this year that tries to make everyday objects smarter. "We want to think of every appliance in your home as a potential I/O device," said Google's Joe Britt. Google tries to build the "Web of things" by connecting home accessories, wearable objects to the Internet.

But who knows just what is going on inside Google X? The company is reportedly pretty hush hush about it even internally. Of course, who can blame them with incidents like "before", where Google employees share messages intended for internal eyes only with the whole world?

Who knows what Google is working on that is “top secret” and wouldn’t want to get leaked, and with robots? A company of this magnitude, with the resources it has, and the thinking out of the box attitude displayed repeatedly throughout its history could be up to just about anything.
I don’t want to sound like a paranoid Sci-Fi nut here, butit does reminds me of Terminator.
Haha... :p

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iTunes Match Release

iTunes Match will set you back $24.99 per year. As expected, the launch of iTunes Match is now upon us, with today's release of iTunes 10.5.1. iTunes Match is available from the iTunes website. For those living under the proverbial rock, iTunes Match is the new service from Apple that gives you legal access to store all your music in iCloud, even those songs you didn’t originally purchase from iTunes.

In theory, iTunes Match is meant to pair up the songs in your library you ripped from CDs, but in reality, it means your pirated tunes can now be made legal for a mere $25/year. And if you have an extensive collection of indie artists, local bands or DJs that live outside the i-Universe, iTunes Match will upload those MP3′s to iCloud, too. Once in iCloud, music can b.e streamed to any device and stored at 256-Kbps AAC DRM-free quality – even if the original song was pirated purchased at lower quality.

The new service is just one of the features in iTunes 10.5.1, which also includes baked-in iCloud support, enabling you to access your songs, apps and books across all your Apple devices, without having to manually re-download the purchases on each additional device you own. The iCloud service lets you access and download past purchases, too, on whichever device you want.

The update to iTunes is out now, but iTunes Match is available only for U.S. users only

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College Basketball

Here are Preseason College Basketball Top 10 For 2011-2012;

10. Michigan – I think next year’s when they’ll be a legit Final Four contender.
9. Louisville - Good guard play.
8. Duke –
7. Vanderbilt –
6. Memphis –
5. Syracuse –
4. Connecticut – Didn’t have the Huskies Top 10 until Andre Drummond showed up in August.
3. Kentucky – Calipari’s last 3 seasons coaching.
2. Ohio State –
1. North Carolina – If they’ve discovered a legit 3-pointer or two by March

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Kentucky Basketball

With Kentucky Basketball best player on the bench to start the game and Marist shooting lights-out for most of the first half, the second-ranked University of Kentucky men’s basketball team had a bit of a soft opening Friday night.

The Wildcats trailed after 6½ minutes and led by just four points late in the first half before thoroughly dominating the final 20 minutes to beat the Red Foxes 108-58 in both teams’ first game.

That improved coach John Calipari’s record at Rupp Arena to 34-0, breaking the record for consecutive victories in the building.

Jones gave the Wildcats a lift late in the first half with a three-pointer and violent, two-hand dunk after an offensive rebound on consecutive plays to give UK some cushion at the break. He finished with eight points but grabbed nine rebounds and blocked a shot in 25 minutes.

After Marist hit 50 percent of its first-half shots — including four of its first five three-point attempts — the Red Foxes shot just 17.1 percent in the final 20 minutes, in part because of Kentucky’s 13 blocked shots.

Davis led the Cats with 23 points, 10 rebounds, five blocks and three assists. Teague had 16 points, four assists and three turnovers. Lamb and the Wildcats’ fourth freshman, Michael Kidd-Gilchrist, had 15 points apiece.

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