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Disney’s live-action Aladdin remake is set to pass the $900 million mark at the worldwide box office. This summer has been particularly unkind to major studio tentpoles, with the likes of Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Dark Phoenix, and Men in Black: International posting all-time worst opening weekends for their respective franchises. More recently, the marketplace rebounded nicely with the one-two punch of Toy Story 4 and Spider-Man: Far From Home, but overall it’s been a pretty disappointing stretch at the movies....

Dialog Semiconductor yesterday announced its Q1 earnings, and CEO Jalal Bagherli played down the possible loss of future business with Apple. The company designs power management chips used in iPhones, and the Cupertino company is estimated to account for around 70% of its income. Announcing revenues up 23% year-on-year to £332M but profit down 25% to $17.4M, Bagherli tried to strike a positive note as the company waits for news from Apple …...

Since my mom is making me wait for a 32GB iPhone,(I’m 14) I was not stuck in those jaw-dropping lines. (By the way, when is the 32GB coming out? Most seem to say before Christmas. I’ll have to stay on top of that). If I was to wait in those lines and experience what thousands went through that day, I would have shot myself. (But only in my foot so I could still get my phone!...

While Disney’s princes don’t quite get the same limelight as their respective princesses, there’s no doubt that they’re just as important. Some are the focal point of their movies, while others are in supporting roles, but all of them have an impact on their respective films. The princes are often portrayed as the ultimate heroes who save the day or do countless good deeds for their princesses, but that isn’t actually always the case....

An all-new short film featuring The Simpsons will screen before theatrical showings of Pixar’s Onward. It’s become standard practice for Pixar to put their animated shorts before their feature-length films. Many of these shorts have gone on to win Oscars for the Best Animated Short Film. In 2019, Bao, the short film shown in front of The Incredibles 2, took home the award. The Simpsons have dabbled in short films before as well....

UPDATE: A representative of Lucasfilm Games and Disney has since reached out to confirm that the former remains committed to third-party licensees, including its relationship with EA. The representative also stated that the job listings are a sign of the studio, which has existed in its current form for several years, growing larger, but not that it would stop serving third-party licensees. Original story, in its entirety, follows. Disney appears to have resurrected the long dormant Lucasfilm Games....

Disney has released the poster for Finding Neverland director Marc Forster’s Christopher Robin a day ahead of the release of the film’s first teaser trailer. On the heels of Disney’s successful live-action updates of some of their classic animated features (Maleficent, Cinderella, The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast) and preceding even more of them (Dumbo, Aladdin, The Lion King, Mulan) comes Christopher Robin, which is more of a reimagining of A....

What is a DLL? A dynamic-link library (DLL) is a library that contains reusable code. Other programs can invoke code available in the DLLs without rewriting it. According to Microsoft: “A DLL is a library that contains code and data that can be used by more than one program at the same time. For example, in Windows operating systems, the Comdlg32 DLL performs common dialog box-related functions. Therefore, each program can use the functionality that is contained in this DLL to implement an Open dialog box....

The ten-year-old lawsuit over whether Apple violated antitrust law by locking the iPod to its own iTunes software has finally gone to trial. In its first day before a jury, the case has yielded several new emails between Apple executives as well as a videotaped deposition of Steve Jobs, which was recorded in 2011 shortly before he died. In the video, according to Reuters, Jobs was asked if he had heard of Real Networks, the company behind the RealPlayer software Apple had blocked from working with the iPod....

Device imaging in the IT world has been commonplace for a very long time. It’s the process of taking a purchased laptop/desktop and applying a custom setup before deploying it to the end-user. This custom setup will include items like corporate applications, corporate policies, etc. Once a custom image has been applied to the machine, it can then be deployed to the end-user. For many years, this practice has been the standard operating procedure for corporate IT departments....

. Some are saying that just because the Kindle sits atop the BestBuy.com “Best Selling” tablets category, it is outselling the iPad 2. Not so fast. There is exactly one model of Kindle Fire, while there are about 16 models of iPad, two of which are second and third on the list and iPads make up a majority of the top 15 list. Did number 1 outnumber #2+#3+#5+#6…? Could the Fire be the top selling tablet at Best Buy still?...

If there’s one franchise that wholeheartedly lives up to its title, then it’s Die Hard. Despite a series of highs and lows, the iconic action franchise has remained a fairly consistent presence in cinemas ever since 1988. Over the course of almost three decades, audiences have watched New York detective John McClane (Bruce Willis) go from being a tougher than average every-man, to a nearly invincible, bona fide superhero. After so much chaos and destruction, Die Hard 6 (or Die Hard: Year One) will literally take the franchise back to its roots....

Disable Animated GIFs Firefox Type: about:config in the address bar and hit Enter. If the “This might void your warranty message comes up, click that you’ll be careful. Next type: anim in the search box to find image.animation_mode. Double-click on image.animation_mode and type in none and click OK. Or, type one if you want the GIFs to play them once). Disable Animated GIFs Google Chrome Chrome is a bit different, so your best results are to use an extension....

Disney has made some wise acquisitions in recent years, bringing such crowd-pleasing powerhouses as Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm into their fold. These investments have already paid massive dividends to the House of Mouse and the partnership hasn’t exactly hurt the acquirees. Disney seems to know not to meddle creatively with what works and nobody is better at marketing and distributing a film to maximize profits. This year has seen a number of high profile Disney releases, such as Captain America: Civil War ($1....

There is still a lot we do not know about Apple’s new hybrid SSD/HDD Fusion Drive option available for the new iMacs and Mac minis. Today we get a little bit of insight into how Fusion Drive will function thanks to a few blog posts by developer Patrick Stein detailing how he was able to build his own Fusion Drive solution on his Mac Pro running 10.8.2 (via MacRumors). Stein was able to get OS X to recognize an attached 120GB SSD and 750GB HDD as a single drive using diskutil and, surprisingly, exhibit Fusion Drive-like functionality with little configuration....

Destruction has a long been a staple of DICE’s games, but Battlefield V will allow players to defend and rebuild their location as well. Players will now be able to reinforce walls, board up windows, and create several fortifications in-game to provide a defensive counter to destruction. This will add additional strategy to the competitive multiplayer in the already complex first-person shooter. Multiplayer will be one of Battlefield V’s three main pillars....

AWS vs DigitalOcean What is DigitalOcean? DigitalOcean is a simple cloud service provider. It has a simple set-up and very affordable in price. It allows developers to accomplish a task like spinning up a server(droplet) in a fraction of time it takes on other platforms. What is AWS? DigitalOcean vs AWS Difference between DigitalOcean and AWS Why DigitalOcean? Here, are the most prominent advantages/benefits for using DigitalOcean: Allows you to create multiple server instances using the same account Offers great performing servers Easy to set up and provides support of various operating systems DigitalOcean is an ideal option for those people who provide managed hosting services for web applications or websites in shared environments Great tool for tech-savvy start-ups Works on What You See Is What You Pay model User-friendly management interface Pricing is very affordable and scalable Offers well documented FAQ and tutorials...

From 9to5Toys.com If Apple’s Beats acquisition prompted you to fire up a free trial of the music service then its probably just about to run out. Luckily, Target is running a promotion on Beats Music gift cards, which you can leverage to sign up for the service at a discounted rate. For a limited time, you can get 25% off Beats Music $50 and $25 gift cards (and REDcard holders save an additional 5%)....

Disney’s live-action Lady and the Tramp remake has its first trailer, and it’s already clear that it’s fixing The Lion King 2019’s mistakes. The Lady and the Tramp teaser trailer was revealed as part of D23 Expo, and showcases the new take on the animated classic, with Tessa Thompson and Justin Theroux lending their voices to the titular canines. Directed by Charlie Bean (The LEGO Ninjago Movie) and written by Andrew Bujalski (Computer Chess), Lady and the Tramp will re-tell the story of two very different dogs who end up meeting and falling in love....

It’s not quite a longshot to say that Disney runs the world in many ways. This franchise has grown significantly since its start in 1923. Having once been known only for a singing, dancing cartoon mouse, Disney now owns multiple parks, studios, channels, and production companies. Disney is also a major part of just about everyone’s childhoods, creating some of the most well-known, beloved, and iconic films in history. Before Disney became the mega-franchise it is today, the film company was notorious for producing socially unaware, politically incorrect, and sometimes, downright offensive movies - even if the intent was usually in the right place....