• Michael Bay and James Cameron Discussing 3D in Transformers 3

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    James Cameron and Michael Bay talking about the future of 3D technology. Both directors sat down for the first time to have an extended public conversation about the technology and its use in the new movie industry. Here is the full 15-minute version of that video courtesy of THR.  check out the video below:

    Here is a snippet from the video above of Bay talking about the cost of 3D:

    The bottom line is, if you want to do good 3D, it’s very expensive. The camera equipment is expensive because it comes with a lot of techs, the labor. When you’re doing special effects, you have digital artists, but they have to do about a third more work when they have to match two eyes. So depending how many shots you have, that incrementally increases. And there’s a lot of tech fixes — it’s not easy shooting 3D. It’s never technically perfect, like where you shoot film and you get it back from a lab and it’s like, “Oh, that’s great.” It doesn’t come out like that with 3D….Bottom line in terms of financial impact, it’s about $30 million to the budget.

    For the full transcript of the event click here.

  • Hideo Kojima Says NO Metal Gear Solid 5

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    Metal Gear creator Hideo Kojima recently answered listener questions during a segment on his company’s latest Kojima Productions podcast. Kojima addressed several rumors and speculation, answering with a simple “yes” or “no.” Read the full Q&A below:

    • Will you appear at the Microsoft E3 press conference?
      Kojima: No
    • Will you announce Metal Gear Solid 5?
      Kojima: No
    • Will Metal Gear Solid 3DS be released at the end of 2011?
      Kojima: Yes
    • Is Doctor Lautrec the new title from the Metal Gear staff?
      Kojima: No (laughs)
    • Did Kojima Productions Not Work on Metal Gear Arcade?
      Kojima: Yes
    • Is Gray Fox the main character in Metal Gear Solid: Rising?
      Kojima: No
    • Will MGS Rising’s multiplayer be shown?
      Kojima: No
    • Is MGS Rising’s release date November 1, 2011?
      Kojima: No
    • Will Metal Gear Solid 4 be ported to NGP?
      Kojima: No
    • Are you planning something big for Metal Gear’s 25th anniversary next year?
      Kojima: Yes

    Translated by Andriasang.

  • Apple Gets Early Access to Unreleased Samsung Prototypes Over Copy Infringement

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    The legal battle between Apple and Samsung has taken a new ride. Apple is suing the Korean corporation over alleged copying the “look and feel” of the iPhone and iOS with its Galaxy range, and a federal court is forcing Samsung to hand over samples of new phones for Apple to pore over. Only Apple’s legal team for this case will see the products, so no-one from Apple or even Apple’s in-house lawyers will see the rival devices.

    Samsung Galaxy S 2 and Infuse 4G are on sale now, the other three devices Droid Charge, Galaxy Tab 8.9 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 aren’t yet on the market. As noted by Cnet UK

    Apple’s legal battle with Samsung has taken a new twist. The California outfit is suing the Korean corporation over alleged copying of Apple products in Samsung’s Android range, and a federal court is forcing Samsung to hand over samples of new phones for Apple to pore over.

    Normally, there’d be three months before Samsung had to hand over samples, but San Jose Judge Lucy Koh has decided that Samsung has already been shooting its mouth off about the unreleased phones and can’t claim they’re secret models, Courthouse News reports. Apple points out that Samsung even gave away a Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet to all 5,000 people at the recent Google I/O developer conference.

    Apple claims Samsung is causing confusion in the minds of the phone-buying public by copying the look and feel of the iPhone and iPad in the design of phones and tablets, the interface and even the packaging. Samsung even has its own version of the iPod touch, which strips out the phone functions — the Galaxy S WiFi 5.0 and Galaxy S WiFi 4.0.

  • Sony Music Japan Hacked Through SQL Injection Flaw

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    Another day, another attack on Sony. Just when you couldn’t imagine it getting any worse for Sony, a new attacks on the Sony Music Japan and Greece websites (SonyMusic.gr, SonyMusic.co.jp), exposing databases using SQL injection techniques. Sony has suffered from two hacks last month lead to compromising over 100 million accounts along with usernames, password, credit cards info.

    The good news? The database information that was published does not contain names, passwords or other personally identifiable information. The attackers noted that there are two other databases on the site that are vulnerable and it remains unclear whether they contain sensitive information.

    It isn’t clear whether the hackers are able to inject data into the database, or simply access the tables and records it contains. If they are able to alter the records, this could be used to insert malicious code that could be used to compromise people browsing the site.

    While there is an enormous target on Sony’s back as a result of these very public attacks it is unclear why this is happening. Is Sony taking security seriously or are there simply so many flaws from the past that exist in their public facing sites that it will take them a long time to patch them all?

    I hope this is the last time to report on a flaw at Sony. Sony has announced they are working with several professional organizations to get their security house in order and for their sake I hope this happens sooner rather than later.

    [via nakedsecurity]