NO CLEVER WAY TO SAY HERE'S THE THURSDAY NEWS

NOT SO MUST SEE TV
According to TECHDIRT, several current studies on television viewing habits suggest that the audience is bored and are choosing to spend their time on the internet, watching DVDs and playing video games.

Meanwhile, Hollywood agents are picking up on this, realizing that the latest "flavor of the month" may not be a Hollywood starlet or a hot new filmmaker, but a video game maker who can land them big money with games tied into movies. This may be due to the suits who grew up playing games, and as such. consider it a more legit anscilliary market than their pre-80s predascessors.

ONE RING TO RULE THEM ALL ... THEN WHAT?
News that LORD OF THE RINGS director Peter Jackson may be considering THE HOBBIT prequel as one of his next projects has prompted some Rings fans to start without him.

SEX SELLS
As it drove the video market before it, there's money to be made in the porn biz. In Cybespace. And CNN TECH has a story of a web entrepreneur who can teach you to get your "piece" of the pie.

NO DUMPING HERE
With eWaste is a huge concern every year, Microsoft does the Lord's work by showing us how to RECYCLE our old electronica, rather than merely dump it.


WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO TODAY?
THE GIZ has a story of how executives can mount their laptops to the wheels of their cars. Laptops, cellphones, DVD players ... anyone understand the notion of DRIVING WHILE DISTRACTED?!

PHASERS ON STUN
Scientsts have figured out how to stop light cold.

A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
It seems that most of the consumer electronics industry is willing to do whatever Hollywood tells them in order to get the sacred movie tie-in - even if it puts a strangle hold on their industry. Only Phillips seems to think that ideas like the broadcast flag are just plain bad.