Rumours of Steve Jobs' Demise are Greatly Exaggerated

Stev Jobs is not dead, despite what the Bloomberg Newswire says. We have a copy of the obituary here; read it before they force us to take it down forever.

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Heavy Metal 3 directed by Snyder, del Toro and Verbinski?

They've all expressed interest in directing segments for the third installment of the cult classic, in this talk with Kevin Eastman, who also says that HM2 sucked 'very badly'. David Fincher is executive producer of the as yet untitled new anthology movie, and may direct one segment.

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Fan Expo 2008 Day 1: Through a Convention Centre, Darkly

A roundup of day one events, including video interviews with the director of Frag, the guys from fantasyprone.com and some straight up fans of the show.

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Photosynth Isn't Your Aunt's Vacation Slideshow

Consisting of the main software and a browser plug-in, Microsoft's Photosynth is now available for Windows users. Photo stitching on 3D steroids, it gives new life to old vacation photos, and even gives those 'so-so' pics a new lease on life.

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Pure Pwnage Premiere Coverage

Shot during the premiere of Pure Pwnage episodes 17 and 18 in Toronto, includes an interview with Jarett (aka Jeremy - the pwnerer), talks with fans around the world, and a marriage proposal!

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Bell Canada should be smashed up like Ma Bell in the US!

Bell wants to charge its wholesale customers usage-based-billing (UBB). This throws a new wrinkle in the relationship between the telco giant and the wholesalers, who are still waiting to for a decision from the CRTC regarding Bell's BS throttling practices. Break 'em up I says!

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Apocalipstix Interview With Ray Fawkes and Cameron Stewart

This past Wednesday, we at rgbFilter went to the Toronto launch party for the new comic The Apocalipstix by writer Ray Fawkes and artist Cameron Stewart. Ray and Cameron were kind enough to give Alex some time to talk to them about the comic, and other projects they have coming up. Enjoy!

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Bell launches a new ad campaign, just in time for Olympics

Tomorrow Bell will unveil its new branding with a 60-second television ad during the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Summer Olympics.“This is a significant rebrand from the basement up,” said Rick Seifeddine, senior vice-president, brand strategy for Bell during a conference call on Wednesday.

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Canadian Band The Craft Economy hates bill C-61

IN an effort to let the world know that they think copyright laws are teh stupid, Toronto indie band The Craft Economy has decided to get around the whole issue by giving its music away for free.

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