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'Titanic' and 'Star Wars' Going 3-D, No Ads on Twitter in 2009

by Thomas Houston on September 24, 2009 at 11:25 AM


Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • 3-D is inexplicably the rage again in movies, and if the Hollywood Reporter is right, we'll be seeing 'Titanic,' 'Terminator,' and 'Star Wars' in theaters in the coming years. [From: Hollywood Reporter/Reuters]
  • The leaders in the Twitter community gathered this week in Los Angeles for the 140: Twitter Conference. Co-founder Biz Stone said the micro-blogging site will stay ad-free until at least 2010. [From: Reuters]
  • Last year, Google launched the Life Photo Archive, bringing some of the past century's most iconic images to the Web. Now, Google Books is featuring over 1,800 full (and searchable) issues of Life Magazine. Read about everything from the Apollo 11 team to The Beatles. [From: paidContent]
  • Although Microsoft has been in the mobile space for years with its Windows Mobile OS, the Redmond-based company hasn't done much with hardware. Gizmodo recently posted what appears to be a new Microsoft phone, rumored to be part of the company's 'Project Pink' plan to create a cell phone for "regular people." [From: Gizmodo, via Engadget]
  • Remember the hype over Facebook vanity URLs from several months ago? Now, you can use your vanity url name to log in to the 'book, saving you from the strenuous task of typing in your full e-mail address and getting you to your all-important quizzes a millisecond faster. [From: DownloadSquad]

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