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Indiana Jones, Capt. James T. Kirk and other movie heroes may have to toss off more ad-libbed wisecracks next year. By 2009, they could be positively tongue-tied if a strike by Hollywood writers drags on for months.
Thus far, the strike by TV and film writers has been relatively benign. Many of our favorite shows remain on the air and the cineplexes haven't changed a bit. But what if this keeps up?
Courthouse by day, batter's box by night for Barry Bonds? It could happen. Or, the home run king's career could be over altogether. Bonds didn't have a long list of suitors before being indicted Thursday. Now the slugger's best bet for 2008 might just be a move across San Francisco Bay to the Oakland Athletics — that is, if they still want him.
Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling is keeping busy this offseason: He wrote goodbye letters to some of his teammates, rode in the parade celebrating the team's second World Series title in four years, and filed for free agency on his first full day back in Boston.
After leaving the helm of the Internet's key oversight agency, Vint Cerf plans to stay busy as an executive, advocate and author.
On university campuses in three states, teams funded by Intel Corp. are exploring the future of computing — and of the market for Intel's industry-driving microprocessors.
With a sleek design and an even sleeker advertising campaign, Motorola Inc. is banking on its new Razr2 cell phone to pump up anemic sales and provide a rosier future after a yearlong slump punctuated by back-to-back losses.
Innsbruck — home to two Winter Olympics — is hosting a conference on how to cope with the warm winters and lackluster snowfall caused by global warming.
Palm Inc.'s death knell has been rung over and over — on Wall Street, in headlines, and by a growing number of discontented fans.
Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel, a thorn in his own party's side when it comes to Iraq, announced Monday that he would retire from the Senate and not seek any elected office in 2008.
Michael Vick now must wait and worry. Already looking at a possible five years in prison on federal dogfighting charges, the Atlanta Falcons quarterback also could be facing prosecution in Virginia.
Hendrick Motorsports has been practically unbeatable this season, with it's star-studded lineup racking up 10 wins through the first 14 races. Now they've got Dale Earnhardt Jr., and the four-car stable has turned into NASCAR's version of the New York Yankees.
Microsoft Corp. has taken the wraps off "Surface," a coffee-table shaped computer that responds to touch and to special bar codes attached to everyday objects.
President Bush hung out with his best political partner in the world the other night, hosting departing British Prime Minister Tony Blair for a rare White House sleepover and a farewell chat out on the Truman Balcony.
Future eastern United States summers look much hotter than originally predicted with daily highs about 10 degrees warmer than in recent years by the mid-2080s, a new NASA study says.
Clear Channel Communications Inc.'s meteoric rise from small-time radio station owner to colossal media company has often been tempestuous, with consumer and antitrust advocates hounding the giant. But these days, the loudest cries are coming from stockholders.
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's capture four years ago didn't shut down al-Qaida or bring the Americans to Osama bin Laden. But if his mega-confession is to be believed, his arrest was a crushing blow to bin Laden's plans for even more deadly attacks in the wake of 9/11.
The Pittsburgh Penguins are off the market, and owner Mario Lemieux says the team will look at relocating while it attempts to reach a deal for a new arena.
To the military and defense firms that make it, the F-35 Lightning II is a "next generation" fighter jet, a technological leap meant to replace several aging fighters and help America maintain its dominance in aerial warfare.
While a newly fit and fabulous Britney Spears appears to be staging a career comeback, her soon to be ex-husband, Kevin Federline, is hanging on by a very thin thread.
A no-decision for Roger Clemens. Clemens will file for free agency, but the seven-time Cy Young Award winner insists he hasn't decided whether he will pitch for the Houston Astros or anyone else next year.
Over one thousand internet experts will gather in Greece this week for the first UN-sponsored Internet Governance Forum (IGF) meeting, amid grumblings over the dominant position currently enjoyed by the US.
Joe Torre was in his office at Yankee Stadium on Tuesday, about to give the media his season wrapup, when general manager Brian Cashman walked in and handed him his cell phone. George Steinbrenner was on the line.
The Boss has left town, leaving the New York Yankees with their manager still in place — for now.
While George Steinbrenner decides whether to keep Joe Torre, Yankees players are supporting their manager.
TOKYO—Japanese government officials confirmed Monday that the damage wrought on Japan's national infrastructure by the July 16th earthquake—particularly on the country's protective force field, quantum teleportation system, zero-point fusion energy broadcasting grid, and psyc …
We have five senses and we like to use them. All the 1s and 0s in our digitized lives are ultimately translated into some combination of sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing. Of those, sight, touch and hearing are currently well-covered, digitally speaking.
The point is that we need to prepare a safe future for our children. They will have to adapt to events as they unfold just as we have to do. But it is criminal to push off solutions to problems, for them to inherit, so that we don t have to deal with them in the here and now.
A great article written after spending time with Matt Groening and David Cohen, the two creators of the Fox television show, Futurama.
The device will primarily be made available for military use, allowing soldiers to break through conventional barriers of human endurance.
TRADE unions fear there is a lack of vision about the future for the sprawling Sellafield nuclear complex. They have been urging Sellafield Ltd to pursue more reprocessing contracts from Japan and the continent to maintain production and retain jobs.
We won't all be driving around hovercars any time soon, but the developers of new cars like the Venture Vehicle and Phoenix are being innovative. The field of designing cars is a risky one and these entrepreneurs are risking lots of money and fame by investing into them.
Some people use it to play music. Others marvel at the photo-browsing interface, and some of its users just want to look cool. I don't care about any of those things when I look at the iPhone. What I see is the breakout of the next major enterprise computing platform.
"Rumours of a nuclear power renaissance have been greatly exaggerated. So says an audit of the nuclear power industry released on Wednesday.
What are your hopes for the future? Make a tidy little profit in the property market? A romantic liaison with someone at the office Christmas party? When you live in a refugee camp in a part of the world beset by hatred and conflict, your aspirations are somewhat different.
When people first started using the term Web 2.0 in 2005, I was tolerant, and even used the term myself quite a bit. Then it become some sort of massive worldwide buzzword of utter annoyance.
Winsome Cowboy recently published an article asking whether we couldn't be using Vinemeets for something a little more constructive than meeting strangers and sitting around getting plastered.
Some cool things we may see by 2020 and beyond.
Is Western civilization bound for collapse? How apt are comparisons between the U.S. and the Roman Empire in its final days? In the November-December issue of THE FUTURIST, I broach the issue with celebrated editor and historian Lewis Lapham
Why are we so burdened by guilt? And we are we so easily manipulated by those who tell us that our mistakes are not our fault?
Before you get your hopes up that YOUR side of the family will evolve into the "better" of the two predicted species, consider that the "goblins" of this scheme will most likely be comprised of today's Republicans, and those who live in the "red" states.
Tawnshi, You say that Chief Seattle (c 1784 - 1866) in a letter to then U. S. President Franklin Pierce in 1858. In January 1855 Ceded his lands in Washington State to the United States Government by the Treaty of Point Elliott.
PSX Extreme: 9.0 Gamernode: 9.5/10 Gaming Age: A- Excellent GameZone: 9.3/10 Pro-G: 9/10 1UP: 8.5/10 IGN: 9.4/10 Dutch Official PlayStation Magazine: 89% PSM3: UK 9.3/10 PSM: 9.5/10
Barring a last-minute intervention by the Supreme Court, the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize will be shared by Albert Gore Jr. Admittedly, Gore has been less of a menace to world peace than some previous laureates (think Henry Kissinger).
Religion, throughout history, has been a cultural and political flashpoint; too often a good idea gone bad. Inner thoughts of love and peace too easily turn to hatred and violence.
Get ready to say 'I do' to R2-D2, because robots are going to be the perfect marriage material. A British scientist claims humans and cyborgs will tie the knot in the not too distant future.
A futuristic scheme to collect solar energy on satellites and beam it to Earth has gained a large supporter in the US military.
On Sunday, it was announced that Newsvine had been purchased by MSNBC. The resulting uproar was somewhat quieter than might be expected, with a lot of congratulations going around, some well-considered questions, and a few temper tantrums.
Don't let the fact that this is from Cracked.com fool you. This is a very detailed and interesting write-up on the future of video games.
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