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Word on the street is that the new iPhone patch does exactly what Apple said it would do – it breaks unlocked iPhones.

Michael Bay has announced (as expected) that he’ll be back to direct Transformers 2.

The Knight Rider movie is all over scrapped, but a new re-working of the concept for TV is in the works.

Apple is rumored to be bringing back the Newton.

Halo 3 made $170-million on its first day. And that’s without me buying it.

Daring Fireball digs deep into the Amazon MP3 store (which I tried to use yesterday… sadly Amazon hates Canadians more than Apple).

Happy Bionic Woman day.

Amazon launches a DRM-free MP3 music store and Virgin kills it’s DRM-fucked WMA music store.

New Music
Weakerthans – Reunion Tour
Buck 65 – 1957 (Single) (iTunes link)

New DVDs
The Bronx is Burning
Knocked Up

Video Games
Halo 3

I’ve been on the fence about whether or not to unlock an iPhone for use on my Canadian network. Well, news that unlocked iPhones may become permanently inoperable down the road really has me leaning towards waiting for it to be released up here.

The intro for the new episode of the Simpsons picks up where the movie left off. Smart.

The Vinyl Cafe finally gets the podcast treatment on CBC.ca. And it’s the stories, not the lame other stuff.

Douglas Coupland waxes Helvetica in the New York Times.

The more I read about the new, live-action Justice League film, the more I’m afraid it’s going to be a complete and total clusterfuck. Anyway… they’ve hired a director.

The continuing Esquire Napkin Fiction Project.

Grant Hutchinson Twitters from his Apple Newton.

Book autopsies.

According to Slate (and Fimoculous), electronica has finally arrived.

NBC is striking back at Apple with their own, crappy download service.

Don’t tase me, bro!

Photoshop now has a (nasty) logo and tagline.

The entire archive of Siskel & Ebert (and Ebert & Roeper) reviews is available online.

The Sex Pistols are getting together for a concert. Sadly, it’s not in Calgary.

There’s a new Underworld album coming next month. Bitchin’!

Friday the 13th is getting yet another sequel.

New Music
Hard-Fi – Once Upon a Time In the West
The Donnas – Bitchin’
The Rakes – Remixed (iTunes link)

New DVDs
Jekyll
Superman – Doomsday (DC Universe Animated Original Movie)
Grindhouse Presents, Death Proof – Extended and Unrated (Two-Disc Special Edition)

The typographic heritage of the Toronto subway.

is 25 years old.

The eight secrets that make Apple #1.

As rumored a little while ago, the New York Times has dropped the paid TimesSelect content from their website.