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Eat your heart out Steve Jobs. While you slowly roll out slightly different versions of the iPod to meet quarterly earnings, Creative is truly innovating the portable device market. The 30GB Zen Vision:M is killer w/ "more features, cooler design, 262,144 vivid colors, longer battery life and supporting numerous subscription and download music sites. It can carry up to 15,000 songs, 120 hours of video or tens of thousands of digital photos, and it comes in five gorgeous high-gloss colors."

iTunes is still ahead of the game in having the most downloadable video content but we're betting on Google Video to start getting aggressively acquiring content for their service.

For all your Apple lemmings here's a DIY way to increase storage capacity of the Nano.

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Overall Grade: B+

Kung Fu Mahjong reunites the comedic duo of Yuen Wah and Yuen Qiu, who made a hit together in KUNG FU HUSTLE. This movie centers around the game of mahjong, which for those unfamiliar with it, has similar rules to Gin Rummy, and is probably the most popular gambling game in Asia.

The movie is directed by Wong Jing, who directed the original God of Gamblers, which starred Chow Yun Fat and became an instant cult hit as well as spawning off multiple sequels. Kung Fu Mahjong is both funny and well-paced but what else would you expect from Wong Jing who directed numerous Stephen Chow hits in the past.

The fight choreography was surprisingly good as one scene put Yuen Wah against Yuen Qiu. Also Yuen Qiu pays homage to Bruce Lee in her final fight scene, which leaves me amazed how Hong Kong Cinema can make a lady her age move like a professional fighter. American movies with their huge budgets still can't make young actors like Ben Affleck or Jennifer Gardner look like they can actually hurt a fly.

The story is typical of many HK comedies and can get a bit silly and illogical at times. Also, for those not familiar with Mahjong, you can get a little confused by the fast pace play throughout the game. However, the actors and the comedy are what really sets the movie apart and you will find yourself along on one enjoyable ride.

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1st: Vaughn Gittin (USA)
2nd: Tatsuya Sakuma (Japan)
3rd: Toshiki Yoshioka (Japan)

This event showcased the best Americans vs the best Japanese drivers, and on this day it was the USA standing on the top of the podium. Jr let it all hang out in his Ford Mustang GT with his pedal to the metal drifts aggressively pushing the other competitors to the max defeating D1 series champions Kazama and Imamura in the process.

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D1 news...our photographers took 4 DVDs worth of images from the event and we'll have them posted up once we sort through everything. Here are your top 3 finishes.

1st: Vaughn Gittin
2nd: Tatsuya Sakuma
3rd: Toshiki Yoshioka

Check out the AEM crash vid from D1. Dibs on all parts before it hits the junkyard.

JR won the event in the falken mustang. we saw some of his tandem runs and he plain killed it with balls to the wall speed off the banking into the turns. Screw the conspiracy talk of the event being rigged; nobody at the event can argue that he didn't win this contest on his own merits. The japanese drivers did well but couldn't hang w/ him. If he did this in a mustang; imagine what he could do in a real drift car. ha!

Rumor has it that HKS and Tanaguchi is screwing D1 and their politics to run Formula D next year. Tanaguchi wants to promote his NOB line of apparel and specialty products here in the US next year so this would be a good fit for them. Look for more japanese drivers to come out of the woodworks to run in Formula D next year as well.

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Suenaga fought his way up to the semi finals this round and went against Youichi Imamura in the APEX Rx7. Nobushige Kumakubo of Team Orange was matched up against Tatsuya Sakuma for the other semi final battle. Kumakubo lost the match due to an unfortunate spin on his first run. The finals consisted of Imamura and Sakuma. Imamura closed in on Sakuma all throughout the S turn, and stayed right on his tail. Imamura had come up to first place in the Tsukuba Circuit Final round and third overall in the points series.

At the end of the series, Kazama had stayed on top with 97 points but Suenaga was just a hairline away at 96 points. Now that the points season is over and the USA vs Japan All Star Event is just weeks away, the big question is will Kazama take the crown once again at the notorious Irwindale Speedway?

Kazama and his famous green Kei Office S15 has defeated many US and Japanese drivers at the Irwindale track. He has won first place in both the 2004 and 2005 D1GP opening rounds at Irwindale making him the candidate to do so again. “Kazama owns the bank” said Keiichi Tsuchiya, D1 chief judge, while commentating on the 05 race. Can he climb to victory once again? Will a new competitor challenge him to take that honor? With a handful of new cars and new faces, the battles will be fierce. Make it a point to be part of this memorable event! December 17th will go down in history as the best International drift battle of 2005.

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Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure adaptation as a feature project promises to be an homage to graffiti’s rich culture. Told through an alternate reality in a futuristic universe, the game represents the culmination of seven years of story and character development by fashion pioneer Marc Ecko, the visionary behind several of today’s most respected youth lifestyle brands. Mr. Ecko will serve as producer on the project with MTV Films’ Gregg Goldin, who brought the project to the company. Jason Weiss and David Gale will be developing on behalf of MTV Films. “Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure” will be distributed by Paramount Pictures.

“We are eager to continually tap into the unique culture that exists in the video gaming world because these types of projects have a unique connection to the MTV audience,” said David Gale, Executive Vice President, MTV Films. “Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure is an incredibly cool and different title – and one that we believe will redefine the industry. We are extremely excited to join forces early on and tap into the creativity of Marc Ecko and Atari on this unique project.”

“When I first began working on ‘Getting Up’ seven years ago, I wanted to create a storyline that provided a rare look inside of one of the most influential, yet often overlooked, artistic movements in recent history. Today, graffiti is a global cultural phenomenon and few understand its impact better than MTV, pioneers in its use as a motion graphics tool nearly two decades ago. I am delighted to have the ability to bring the depth of our story to life on film and look forward to working with the great team MTV has assembled,” added Marc Ecko.

About “Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure”
Set in the city of New Radius, Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure features a world where freedom of expression is suppressed and graffiti has been outlawed by a tyrannical city government. In the game, players assume the role of Trane as they learn and master various graf skills as they journey from toy (beginner) to legend. During their quest, players find themselves with an even greater burden – to use their high-wire graffiti talents to expose the oppressive mayor and rid the city of his stranglehold.

An incredible lineup of Hollywood talent is providing voices for the characters featured in Marc Ecko’s Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure. Sean “Diddy” Combs, Rosario Dawson, Brittany Murphy, George Hamilton, Giovanni Ribisi, Adam West, Andy Dick, Charlie Murphy, The RZA, and Michael “M.C. Serch” Berrin will all add their voice to the first truly authentic video game based on urban culture and graffiti art. Hip-hop artist Talib Kweli is the voice of Trane – the game’s lead character.

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