Anthony LaMolinara Directs Live-Action Bubblegum Crisis – Anime News Network

The Anime News Network is reporting that the Live Action BubbleGum Crisis movie is still in production…

The Screen Daily industry news source reports on Wednesday that animator and director Anthony LaMolinara will helm Bubblegum Crisis – Knight Sabers, the live-action film adaptation of the Bubblegum Crisis anime franchise. The defunct ARTMIC studio created the original 1987-1991 video anime series about four women who protect a cybernetic future Tokyo with powered armor. LaMolinara will begin shooting the new film in stereoscopic 3D at China’s Hengdian World Studios next May.

LaMolinara directed the animation sequences in several films, including Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, and Hollow Man. He was also an animator on Toy Story and Stuart Little, and he wrote and directed a 2005 short called “Lonesome Matador.”

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Google sues feds over Microsoft-centric bidding requirement

So the government, is asking for bids, from multiple vendors for a product that can only be created by one vendor.  So if anyone else wants to win the bid, they have to purchase services / product from Microsoft.  Yes indeed.  This is your money at work, within the government.  Especially since there are tons of alternatives out there, from Google Apps / Docs, to Zimbra…

In its Request for Quotes RFQ, a document asking companies to design a solution and quote the department a price, the DOI restricted the candidates to using the Microsoft suite only. The problem is that such a restriction is akin to putting money directly in Microsofts pocket, as the contract cant be completed without Microsoft taking part at some point.

According to the lawsuit Google filed, the DOI tried to justify the requirement by saying its suite offered consolidated e-mail and “enhanced security.” The 37-page filing details several volleys between Google and the DOI, wherein Google points out that Microsoft products still have downtime issues and makes a case for its own Google Apps as a suitable alternative.

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Allow the Mac DVD Player to skip the commercials…

Why won’t the DVD player in OS X allow me to skip certain content or change audio/subtitle tracks on certain DVDs? you ask.

Well, the first answer is UOPs, or user operation prohibitions, and the second answer is probably some sort of licensing blah-blah-blah that prohibits Apple from ignoring UOPs in their software.

But the real answer is that there’s nothing preventing you and me from modifying the DVD player software however we like. So here’s a patch to disable those annoying UOPs. It’s a simple bash shell script, easy to modify in a text editor should you be so inclined.

Warning: This modifies your DVD Player application, I did not create this, nor is anyone responsible for any issues that may arise.

Please remember to backup your DVD Player application before you applies this patch!

Here’s the link to the DVD Player patch.

Free Mac anti-virus – Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac

Sophos is now offering free copies of it’s anti-virus software, to Macintosh users…

Technical Specifications are as follows:

  • Mac with Intel or PowerPC processor
  • 256 MB of memory
  • 150 MB of available disk space
  • Mac with OSX 10.4 (Tiger), 10.5 (Leopard) or 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
  • Supports All Apple Mac hardware including iMac, MacBook, MacBook Pro and the new MacBook Air

The set-up process is simple:

  1. Visit the website cited above.
  2. Click on the download button.
  3. Accept the terms of the EULA license during the installation.

After that is complete, you can use the tool for as long as you like.

According to Sophos, this is the same version as the Enterprise edition, just with a different “home” license.

Take a look here…