The Chronicles of Narnia

The Chronicles of Narnia was a film series based on the books by C.S. Lewis; produced by Walden Media, with Walt Disney Pictures for the first two movies and 20th Century Fox for the third.

The first film was The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, its sequel, Prince Caspian, and completing the Pevensie trilogy The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
The series has grossed at $1,164,662,685.

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe was released in US theatres the 9th of December 2005 and later on DVD, and had a limited Extended Edition version with flubs, etc, that was distributed until January 31, 2007. It has a total worldwide gross of $745,011,272.

Set in 1940 during the Blitz, the Pevensie children: Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, were evacuated from Finchley, London, to the country home of Digory Kirke. One day while they were playing Hide and Seek, Lucy discovered a wardrobe and, through it, entered a world called Narnia. Soon thereafter, the othere entered this magical world. They found out that an evil witch cursed Narnia, and it had been winter for a century. Three of the children plotted to end her rule over Narnia, while Edmund betrayed them all because of the witch's power of temptation. In a journey to the Stone Table to find help from Aslan, they ran into Father Christmas who gave them gifts which the used in the battle to free Narnia. Edmund was rescued by a group of Narnians and Aslan payed the penalty for his betrayal, and then in an epic battle, defeated the White Witch forever. Edmund was forgiven and was crowned King of Narnia alongside High King Peter, and ruled with his Queen sisters Susan and Lucy. Many many years later while hunting an enchanted deer, they found there way back into the wardrobe room. 

Prince Caspian

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian was released in US theatres the 16th of May 2008. It has a total worldwide gross of $419,651,413.

The four Pevensie children return to Narnia, only to discover that hundreds of years have passed since they ruled there, and the evil King Miraz has taken charge. With the help of a heroic mouse called Reepicheep, and the exiled heir to the throne, Prince Caspian, they set out to overthrow the King, once again with Aslan's help.

The four children will soon meet an intriguing new character: Narnia's rightful heir to the throne, the young Prince Caspian, who has been forced into hiding as his uncle Miraz plots to kill him in order to place his own newborn son on the throne. With the help of the kindly dwarf, a courageous talking mouse named Reepicheep, a badger named Trufflehunter and a Black Dwarf, Nikabrik, the Narnians, led by the mighty knights Peter and Caspian, embark on a remarkable journey to find Aslan, rescue Narnia from Miraz's tyrannical hold, and restore magic and glory to the land. 

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader was released December 9th, 2010 in the United Kingdom, and December 10th in the United States. it was released in 3D. The total worldwide gross is expected to be close to that of Prince Caspian. 

Edmund and Lucy come back to Narnia with their cousin in a ship called The Dawn Treader. Peter and Susan will not return because they have learned all they need in Narnia. Filming wrapped up in late November, 2009, and is now on the 4th stage of films: post production. It was filmed in Queensland and the Gold Coast in Australia.

Starring: Skander Keynes, Georgie Henley, Will Poulter and Ben Barnes

The Silver Chair

The Silver Chair would be the fourth film in the series. Andrew Adamson, the director of the first two movies in the series indicated that he wanted films two through four to be released closely together, which implies that The Silver Chair will most likely be made if The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a bigger box office hit than Prince Caspian. However, pre-production has not yet started. Like the third Narnia film, this film would be currently distributed by 20th Century Fox.

As noted above, Ben Barnes was expected to reprise the role of Caspian X due to the terms of his contract, and Will Poulter had been cast as Eustace; however, the movie will be released 2011.

The Horse and His Boy

20th Century Fox and Walden Media currently plan to make The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy in the future. It will most likely be released in 2012-2013.

The Magician's Nephew

20th Century Fox and Walden Media currently plan to make The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew in the future. No one are sure yet when The Horse and His Boy will be released, however it will probably be released around late 2013 or mid 2014.

The Last Battle

20th Century Fox and Walden Media currently plan to make The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle in the future. The Last Battle may be released in 2016 or 2017.

Source: http://narnia.wikia.com/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia_(film_series)

IE9 vs Firefox 4 vs Chrome 10

Cloud computing brought the browser wars back: Microsoft, Google and Mozilla have been rewriting JavaScript engines, improving their support for web standards and improving their user interfaces.

The result is the big three's best browsers yet: IE9, Chrome 10 and Firefox 4 RC. So which one deserves a place on your desktop?

Chrome isn't just a browser, it's a platform - so it gets its very own iTunes-style app store

IE9 vs Firefox 4 vs Chrome 10: appearance

The trio keep on-screen "chrome" to a minimum and don't look bad at all. From a purely aesthetic point of view IE9 looks nicest, but having everything on one line quickly gets cluttered.

Chrome is stripped back to the point of near invisibility, and Firefox 4 is the prettiest Firefox yet. Yes, that's a bit like saying "the smartest thing Charlie Sheen has ever said" but after years of blocky ugliness the new UI is a vast improvement, and this refined version is starting to grow on us. At least, it is on the PC. The default Mac interface doesn't quite work.

PRETTIER: Firefox's new UI is a dramatic improvement. It doesn't take up much room and it's a nice place to spend time

IE9 vs Firefox 4 vs Chrome 10: speed

Chrome 10 was the slowest on our test PC, running through the SunSpider benchmarks in an average of 346.0ms, with Firefox 4 achieving an average of 308.5. IE9 had the edge, though, with an average of just 288.8ms.

Let's try another one: version 6 of V8, Google's own benchmarking suite. You'd expect Google to do well here, and it did. Bigger numbers are better, and Chrome achieved 7,101 compared to 3,269 for Firefox and 2,053 for IE9.

So far so meh - "Google browser does well in Google benchmark" isn't a surprise - but it does demonstrate how the gaps between browsers are disappearing: in 2008, Chrome would routinely score ten times more than Firefox and IE wouldn't even feature.

One more? Let's give Mozilla's Kraken, the hugely demanding set of web-app tasks based on SunSpider, a go. Firefox powered through the enormous testing suite in 9,224ms and IE9 19,136ms. Firefox in "Mozilla has the best browser on Mozilla benchmarks" shocker? Nope: Chrome was narrowly ahead, coming in at 8,794ms.

It's clear that the browsers have been optimised for their preferred benchmarks, but what about real-world stuff? From hitting enter to finishing loading the TechRadar home page on a 20MBps DSL connection, Chrome took four seconds, Firefox five and IE nine (no pages were cached and we didn't have extensions, add-ons or other goodies installed or blocking content).

Fark.com took four seconds in Firefox, four in Chrome and six in IE. Online banking's login page took two seconds in Chrome, two in Firefox and three in IE.

Let's try something more challenging. Loading and starting to play Radiohead's Lotus Flower video on YouTube was three seconds in Firefox, three in IE and four in Chrome. Opening an existing file and having it ready to edit in Google Docs took four seconds in Firefox, four in Chrome and six in IE9.

There's clearly a pattern here. Firefox and Chrome are generally neck and neck in everyday performance, and IE9 lags narrowly behind. However, there really isn't much in it - and in most cases the ads are the bits that take the time, with pages' text, navigation elements and form fields appearing almost instantly.

Source: http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/ie9-vs-firefox-4-vs-chrome-10-935792

Mozilla Firefox 4

Mozilla, a global, nonprofit organization dedicated to making the Web better, is proud to release Mozilla Firefox 4, the newest version of the popular, free and open source Web browser. Firefox puts users in control of their Web experience, providing a streamlined user interface, fun new features, a boost in speed and support for modern Web technologies.

Firefox 4 is available to download for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux in more than 80 languages. Firefox 4 will also be available on Android and Maemo devices soon. Firefox 4 is the fastest Firefox yet. With dramatic speed and performance advancements across the board, Firefox is between two and six times faster than previous releases. Major enhancements to the JavaScript engine make everything from startup time to page load speed to graphics and JavaScript performance screaming fast in Firefox.

The latest version of Firefox introduces a sleek new look that lets Web content take center stage. With features like App Tabs and Panorama, Firefox makes it easier and more efficient to navigate the Web. Firefox delivers industry-leading privacy and security features like Do Not Track and Content Security Policy to give users control over their personal data and protect them online.

Firefox Sync gives users access to their Awesome Bar history, bookmarks, open tabs and passwords across computers and mobile devices. Firefox also offers hundreds of thousands of add-ons, extensions and Personas and a new Firefox Add-ons Manager to make it easy for users to manage and discover add-ons to customize their Web experience.

Firefox supports modern Web technologies, including HTML5. These technologies are the foundation for building amazing websites and Web applications.

Nintendo Wii 2

For all of you who cannot have enough of the Nintendo Wii, there is a great piece of information. The next generation Nintendo Wii or the Wii 2 is supposedly as close to commercial launch as 2011! And this despite Nintendo going on record to state that the next Wii is still a ‘long way’ away.

While Nintendo has not confirmed or denied these latest Wii ‘rumors’, you can be sure that something is surely in the works. And Nintendo may simply be keeping mum over the issue, to take gamers all over the world by surprise and hence add to the novelty value of the Wii.

What’s new in Nintendo Wii 2 Console

The current reports suggest that the Wii 2 will have HD output and also a Blu-ray drive built in, among other upgrades which are yet to be revealed. This is obviously good news if you have thus far been using the Wii on an HDTV without actually being able to play HD games, while your friend with a PS3 has been happily enjoying 3D gaming on his console, much to your agony!

And if the new Wii is HD enabled it will be able to take on the PS3 and Xbox much better. Although the Wii has managed to sell more than 30 million units till date, it needs to bulk up and not rest on its laurels, if it wants to maintain the same sort of track record.

Considering that the current Wii only supports 480p video, it is about time that some upgrading is done.

But what is the rationale of putting in a Blu-Ray drive?

Certainly Nintendo is aware of the fact that Blu-ray as a optical media has not been able to make the sort of impact it was touted to. Moreover, the future of console gaming is digital downloads from online stores. So, perhaps this is just an option rather than a major feature in the Wii 2.

If Nintendo is really planning this HD Wii, it will have to bring out the product soon, because if the price of the PS3 drops below $299, Nintendo will have a tough time in putting a competitive price tag on the Wii. Add to that the fact that the PlayStation Move Controller is coming soon to give the same motion controlled gaming experience to users as the Wii, and you have Nintendo between a rock and a hard place. Hopefully they have a trick or two up their sleeves!

Source: http://blogote.com/2010/gaming/new-nintendo-wii-2-launching-in-2011.html

Top 5 Unique Restaurants

1. Sky Restaurant - a massive table, seating some 20 people, with waiters moving in the middle. While based in Belgium, the table can be shipped anywhere...


2. Ithaa Undersea Restaurant in Maldives - it's an aquarium-style restaurant, siting over 16 feet under the Indian Ocean’s surface just between a coral reef and a lagoon.


3. Sarnıç Restaurant in Turkey - an ancient style restaurant set in an extraordinary building which is built and cleaned out of the 1600 years old Roman Cistern.


4. ‘s Baggers in Germany - the first ever automated restaurant in the world. Orders are taken by touch screen monitors on the table and served by gravity. All over the restaurants are spiral conveyer belts which deliver the food to customers.



5. Modern Toilet Restaurant in Taipei

iPad 2

Is Apple finally ready to roll out its next-generation iPad? The Cupertino company will hold a media event on March 2--just over a week from now--to unveil its new tablet, according to a Tuesday report from All Things D. The Wednesday event will likely take place in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Apple's preferred location for major product announcements.

The new tablet, which many Apple watchers are calling the iPad 2, has been a hot rumor-mill topic for weeks now. Reports from numerous sources claim the upcoming iPad will be thinner and lighter than the current (and original) model, which began shipping last April.

Apple's second-gen slate will reportedly feature a dual-core processor, a better screen, more RAM and storage, a front-facing camera, and possibly a rear-facing camera. It'll run on both GSM and CDMA networks. And it'll ship late...or perhaps not. As if that weren't enough, iPad 3 gossip is now the rage, with some stories predicting a late-2011 launch for Apple's third tablet.

Whew! Pick and choose whichever predictions you find most believable. But if today's All Things Dstory is correct, we'll only have to wait a few more days to learn the truth about the iPad 2.

Unlike the original iPad, Apple's new tablet will face real competition in both the consumer and business markets. Motorola's highly-toutedXoom, one of many Android 3.0-based slates expected to ship this year, will be available this week from Verizon Wireless. The Galaxy Tab 10.1, a larger version of Samsung's original 7-inch tablet, debuted last week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It also runs Android 3.0 and will ship in some markets in June.

Meanwhile, Research In Motion (RIM) plans to launch versions of its 7-inch PlayBook tablet for LTE (Long-Term Evolution) and 3G HSPA+ networks by the end of the year.WiMax and Wi-Fi editions of Playbook should be available next month. And Hewlett-Packard will ship its WebOS-based TouchPad tablet this summer.

Nintendo 3DS

Real 3D Graphics.
No Glasses Needed.

Introducing the Nintendo 3DS system. Experience incredible gameplay featuring real 3D graphics, with no need for special glasses. Nintendo 3DS is a breakthrough in portable entertainment, a truly cutting-edge piece of hardware. It has to be seen to be believed.

Choose Color:  Aqua Blue  Cosmo Black

3D Screen

The Nintendo 3DS system opens up a whole new world of eye-popping 

gameplay possibilities. The stereoscopic 3D display of the upper screen 

gives objects within the game world a feeling of space and depth that 

extends far into the back of the screen. It becomes easier to see the position of characters and obstacles in the world, 

making many game experiences even more intuitive  for all types of players.

3D Depth Slider

A built-in 3D Depth Slider allows you to immediately adjust the intensity of 

the 3D settings on the Nintendo 3DS system to your liking. The 3D effect 

can also be turned down completely—all Nintendo 3DS games and 

applications can be played in 2D, and look better than any Nintendo

 handheld before it.

Source: http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/hardware