The website says that the new game is, “ ”a completely new with innovative new gameplay, but with some of the familiar Angry Birds elements that fans already know and love – plus some surprises.”

There is a sneak preview video that shows none of that, but does show the now ever-present Angry Bird eyes that have become the modern day equivalent to Mickey Mouse’s ears.

Prepare to lose your family and friends.

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Certainly people unfamiliar with the game probably thought it was another Michael Bay action movie.  And it also probably took people a while into the trailer to realize it was all CGI and nary a real human or thing was actually in it.  The up close shot on the little girl’s eye is pretty mind bendingly real.

oh yeah, the game hits in March, but you can play a co-op demo now.

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With this release it is more clear than ever that Apple is working to make desktop/laptop/handheld all to be very similar experiences.  When we used to see desktop computing features and capabilities ported to handhelds, now we are now seeing things we find on handhelds brought over to the desktop experience.

This version of OSX brings a notification center, Game Center, Messages, and AirPlay Mirroring to the desktop, and in fact you can already try out Messages as a beta download.  Once available in the summer, users will only get it via the App store and there are product models past a certain age that would take Lion, but will not be able to run Mountain Lion.

Mountain Lion was supplied early to several places and you can check out their early reviews The Verge, The Loop, Macworld, Laptop Magazine, Engadget, CNET, and PC Magazine.

In my list of geek oriented movies for 2012, I mentioned “Abe Lincoln, Vampire Hunter” as one to watch, but at the time there wasn’t a trailer.

Now there is.  For most of you, this probably sounds like a terrible idea, but it is based off of a much loved comic book and with Tim Burton involved there is hope it could be kinda cool.

Not a massive jump in hardware, but it will have Ice Cream Sandwich/Android 4.0 the moment you turn it on.  That’s the big news.

It will have a 1Ghz processor, 1GB of RAM and a 1024×600 LCD screen, which you will notice isn’t exactly super high resolution and somewhat surprising in that the only thing we can all agree the iPad 3 will have is a Retina Display to match the iPhone 4s.  There will be wi-fi only and wi-fi + 3g version, and cameras on front and back.  No release dates or how much, but it does look to be a nice little seven inch tablet.

If you are using Google Wallet, you should be very aware of this issue.

Google has issued a statement:   ”We strongly encourage anyone who loses or wants to sell their phone to call Google Wallet support toll-free at 855-492-5538 to disable the prepaid card. We are currently working on an automated fix as well that will be available soon. We also advise all Wallet users to set up a screen lock as an additional layer of protection for their phone.”

new update 2/1:  Google has suspended the provisioning of pre-paid cards into its electronic wallet, preventing the use of stolen cards but equally preventing new customers from signing up.

Check this out from TheSmartphoneChamp …

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Felix Baumgartner and Red Bull announced on Tuesday that the once much hyped event, then cancelled due to legal wrangling, will take place in 2012.  The event will see Baumgartner ride a space ballon to 120,000 feet (the edge of space) and then jump out of the capsule into free fall, reaching speeds in excess of Mach1 (690 mph) before finally opening a parachute that will result in a 10 minute decent back to Earth.

A recent set of vacuum testing of the space suit Baumgartner will wear was one of the final hurdles in getting the jump back on track.

This is an attempt to break the record set back in 1960 of retired Air Force Col. Joe Kittinger who jumped from 102,000 feet and approached Mach1 speeds, but did not surpass it.  Many people have talked about attempting another jump, but Red Bull appears to be the financial and marketing engine needed to make it actually happen.

The dangers of this jump are obvious, but when you really hear the details – its a downright freak out.  No man has ever broken the sound barrier without being inside a capsule or craft.  If the smallest thing goes wrong at those speeds, Baumgartner’s body will be torn to shreds, just after his blood literally boils from the temperatures he will be surrounded by.

The Red Bull Stratos site has tons of videos, diagrams and interactive pages that really explain this in great detail.  Spend the time.  If this actually happens it will be an event watched by the world with the highest of drama.

via MSNBC

The Kinect Star Wars Bundle will go on sale April 3, 2012 it celebrates the release of the Star Wars game, Kinect Star Wars.  Yes, that means there is now going to be a game where you are the motion controller, using your whole body for:

o Space battles: As you travel the Galaxy to face an evil that threatens to undermine the fabric of the Republic, you’ll engage with forces of the Empire in intense space battles

o Speeder Bikes and Landspeeders: Pilot iconic Speeder Bikes and Landspeeders on your epic journey

o New duels: Battle opponents like Count Dooku and Darth Vader on your journey to become a Jedi

· New Duels of Fate mode, a battle-by-battle experience to sharpen your Jedi skills against the Dark Side.

· NewGalactic Dance Off mode loaded with Star Wars-themed pop tunes where those still honing their Jedi skills can take a break to battle Darth Vader on the dance floor or bust a move “Solo style.”

Yes, there is a dancing Jedi segment of the game.  In fact, there is a C-3PO dance mode exclusive to this bundle.

Of course the console is dressed up in the R2D2 colorway, and the controller is a wonderfully shiny C-3PO gold.

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Then tablets came back in vouge when Apple told the world it was ok to like them with the iPad and its 9.7″ screen.  Of course there was immediate talk of smaller screened iPads and other manufactures began making tablets with 7″ screens.

But with smartphones the size wars went back to trying to find that ideal dimension.  The iPhone’s 3.5″ screen was a standard, but now the most popular Android phones are hitting stores with screens about an inch larger.  Which is best?  That is for the consumer to decide individually, but now there is even a tweener segment beginning to emerge.

The Samsung Galaxy Note is now up for pre-order at AT&T for $300.  With that you get either a giant smartphone or tiny tablet with a 5.3″ screen, and now we’re even back to suppling a stylus with the device so you can write notes and draw stuff on the screen without your fingers.

The Note was shown off in a Super Bowl commercial that continues to poke fun at Apple fans, but I did find the line, “it comes with a pen?!?!” to be high on the irony scale as I thought we were trying to get away from the stylus a few years ago… Remember the Palm?

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There was actually an accident, as told to me 3rd hand, that a woman in a maroon Camero SS had a seizure and ran into a blue Z06 Corvette, which pushed it into another Z06, this one yellow… There are a few pics of the aftermath… No word on the woman’s condition, but I can tell you the owners of the two ‘vettes was in terrible mental condition.

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