Beijing, China – With the Beijing Olympics only days away, the government of china has unveiled a yet another restriction in their effort to keep the city clean while they are the focus of the world’s attention. Scrape TV
Guildford, England – Sony has announced that the upcoming PS3 exclusive ‘Little Big Planet’ will feature exclusive PS3 exclusive downloadable content when the title release this fall. The highly anticipated title, which has been on the lips of gamers since its announcement over a year ago, has pledged to be one of the most unique and versatile titles ever released. The announcement today ensures that the high profile title will receive the exclusive attention Sony has been craving. Scrape TV
New York, NY – With the Sirius XM merger now official, focus now turns to how the new company will handle its combined business assets, specifically the star programs such as Howard Stern, Opie & Anthony, and range of exclusive sports programs. While much criticism was levied against the idea of the merger, the two companies made assurances that programming will not suffer. Now that the merger is a done deal, it’s time for the satellite radio giant to put up or shut up. Scrape TV
Los Angeles, CA – A 5.4 earthquake shook Los Angeles and San Diego earlier today, shaking some houses, breaking some windows, but causing no significant injuries. The quake was the first major tremor in the region in a number of years, the last was a 6.7 in January of 1994, sending shudders as far away as Tijuana and Las Vegas. Scrape TV
Winnipeg, Manitoba – The Manitoba Curling Association has announced plans to begin using a broader brush made of a new polymer composite in an attempt to speed up movement on the ice surface. The plan is to test the new brushes and, if successful, present the new brushes to the World Curling Federation. Scrape TV
San Francisco, CA – Digg’s most recent dance at the big ball may have come to an abrupt end, with Google leaving the building after working the web 2.0 start-up into a frenzy, but Kevin Rose and company aren’t through with their flirtation. Back on the horse and ready to take another shot, the move to mainstream is essential for the long term success of the company, especially so Yahoo! Buzz on the way, threatening to take over the sweetheart status for good. Scrape TV
Richfield, MN – Best Buy has unveiled a plan to massively restructure the layout of their 1400 U.S. based stores in an effort to turn around sluggish sales performance over the last two quarters. The company announced on Friday that the layout change, which has been in development for the last two months, will be implemented in all stores by the end of August. Scrape TV
Hollywood, CA – With the death of Estelle Getty, Sylvester Stallone has announced that he will discontinue plans for a follow up to the 1992 hit “Stop! Or my Mom will Shoot”. Scrape TV
Kyoto, Japan – With their lacklustre showing at E3 it would have been safe to assume that Nintendo might be running out of ideas. They seem to have played a lot of their cards already, with particular attention on the Wii, one might think that the ever inventive house that Mario built might be running a little dry these days. Scrape TV
Hollywood, CA – With the runaway success of the newest Batman film one would think that the movie was doomed to some kind of karmic repercussions, and with the assault charges laid against star Christian Bale, it was thought that maybe it’s time had come. Not so, at least according to Warner Brothers. Scrape TV