Usenet is a not so popular method of obtaining new scene releases, but it’s actually one of the faster and more convenient. All you need is a NZB file, which is often linked with new posts here at Releaselog (or you can search the files directly as well). There are virtually hundreds of different Usenet providers, but if you want to try this service for the first time and enjoy some advanced functions, Binverse is a good place to start.

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Here are the winners from our Hotfile & Rlslog Giveaway. Congratulations to all of them! We will send them e-mails & instructions how to activate their premium accounts. Winners don’t forget to check your e-mails Expect new giveaway soon (very soon)

List of the winners below:

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Giveaway CLOSED. For further information read THIS post. Winners will be announced there.

Finally we have something good for our Rlslog visitors/users/fans. You are thinking what? A giveaway! Hotfile will give prizes to our luckiest visitors. We are planing to give 10 Hotfile premium accounts. Anyone can participate. You need to do only 2 steps mentioned below. Giveaway will be open only for 3 days to enter so dig in right away.

P.S. Expect more giveaways in the future.

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When you’re done send us your Hotfile username on this e-mail: Giveaway closed!

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That’s it! Sit and wait… You have entered in Rlslog’s Giveaway. We wish you best of luck!
After 3 days (starting from today) we will accept no entries anymore, and winners will be picked randomly - means, anyone have equal chances to win. Giveaway will be closed on 26.06.09′.

Prizes:

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Here is Something i am posting you might find usefull

Is it simple? Yes. Risky? A bit. Legal? We’ll leave that to the lawyers ’cause we know that you’re aching to give tethering a spin over your newly downloaded iPhone OS 3.0 update. We’ve seen several guides to enable tethering ever since OS 3.0 was first released into beta (and into the wilds) oh so many days ago. However, these were always carrier/country specific and required a bit more command line tampering than the common man could stomach. Now an automated solution has come to our attention that just works, is global, and doesn’t require a jailbreak. Essentially, you use your iPhone to browse to a site that you’ve never heard of (help.benm.at), download a file that promises to reconfigure your local carrier profile, and then switch on tethering as you would had you tithed a monthly tethering fee to your carrier. We’ve confirmed that it works on T-Mobile NL and on O2 UK. There’s obvious risk here so be careful and backup your iPhone first before giving this a shot. And don’t go nuts either — remember, your unlimited data plan likely contains a “fair use” clause and you can bet that carriers won’t be happy to see their bandwidth diminish without compensation. Now brace yourselves and hit the read link for the full procedure… ready, go!

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Here is my first News post. I will try and keep you in touch with the latest movies and TV show news. I won’t fill the news with celebrity gossip and crap but interesting news about the latest stuff. So enjoy.

Seth Rogen is Paul

Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and director Greg Mottola have picked a solid comedy support team to their alien road trip comedy Paul. Top of the list is Seth Rogen, who will voice the titular character, an alien that two sci-fi fanatics (Pegg and Frost) encounter on a trip to Area 51. While Paul will largely be CG, Rogen’s voice means he should also be suitably chucklesome. Also joining the roster is a healthy crop of current comedy talent – Bill Hader (who worked with Rogen and Mottola on Superbad), Jason Bateman, Kristin… (Continue/Source)

Fox to remake Alien?

We’ll serve one this up straight: a reliable source has tipped off Bloody Disgusting that Twentieth Century Fox is remaking Alien. Some days, we just wish the world would end to spare us further suffering. The tipster appears to be reliable, after previously leaking news that Robert Rodriguez would be producing a Predator reboot way back in January this year. According to him/her, Michael Costigan, Ridley Scott and Tony Scott are on board to produce. They have even tapped commercial/music video director Carl Rinsch to direct. Rinsch… (Continue/Source)

DreamWorks Animation has eight movies planned

In one of those big, grandstanding events designed to please the moneymen, DreamWorks Animation boss Jeffrey Katzenberg has announced eight films that the company is working on. Some we already knew about – Viking fantasy comedy How To Train Your Dragon arrives next spring, while Shrek Forever After (formerly Shrek Goes Forth) is planned for May across the pond. But it looks like 2010 will be a crowded 12 months, since the DreamWorks team seems convinced that audiences will lap up three films from the company. So November… (Continue/Source)

Toy Story 3 Teaser Hits The Net

In the most exciting toy-based event since we got our Ninja Turtle action figures back in 1990, a new teaser trailer for Toy Story 3 has been posted online. It’s a decade since the first sequel, Toy Story 2, hit screens and since then Pixar has been bought by Disney, and churned out some of the best films of the naughties. All the Pixar buzz so far this year has rested on the shoulders of the sure-to-be-outstanding Up, which is released in October. But with debut of this teaser, tongues will surely be wagging in anticipation of… (Continue/Source)

Jay Leno Ends Tonight Show Run by Repopulating the Earth

“Goodnight, everybody,” Jay Leno began when it appeared doubtful that the rabid standing ovation would ever cease. After more than a minute of hoots and applause, the audience finally quieted down so that Leno, after 17 years behind the wheel of the late-night staple, could welcome the crowd to “the exciting season finale of the Tonight Show.” “I want to thank all the people that made it possible—Michael Jackson, Monica Lewinsky and Bill Clinton.” But as the Leno faithful know, it was the easygoing charm and spot-on delivery of the prominent-chinned, uniquely coiffed comedian who kept millions (Continue/Source)

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Well it’ been a while since I’ve posted anything on here but I figured I’d share this read with you all. It’s something most of have known for a while, but here it is none-the-less.

The RIAA, whose officers are generally reviled, continues to do a disservice to its members—if research data is correct.

According to a study done by the BBI Norwegian School of Management, those who freely download music from file-sharing sites and elsewhere buy ten times more music (yes, they actually pay for it) than people who do not participate in file-sharing systems. In fact, the figure that the report cites for the amount spent by the file-sharing subculture is so high that the record industry doesn’t believe it. Well, I sure do, mainly because of an observation I made back in the late 1990s. And I’ve harped on this observation ever since. This research just confirms my suspicions.

The simple fact is that during the Napster era—a period in which there was no significant musical movement that would trigger any excitement in the business—CD sales increased. As Napster got bigger, sales continued to increase. As Napster was shut down, you could see CD sales decline, and once they put the lid on open file-sharing, the industry went into a tailspin. I never believed this to be a coincidence.

The RIAA and the music industry in general blamed the tailspin on Napster and piracy, harping on the concept of “stealing.” The overlooked fact in all this was that with the advent of national radio syndicates and the niche programming that began to flourish in the ’90s, people were not easily introduced to new music. There were fewer ways to discover bands and music you liked so that you could go buy those CDs in the first place. This coincided with the demise of the disc jockey (a music nut who kept tabs on trends). The record industry was essentially doomed at this moment of change.

With its ability to show and share collections of music, Napster became the ersatz virtual DJ, letting you self-select bands and singers who appealed to your individual taste. You did this by looking at the collections of like-minded individuals using the system. And in many ways, except for the downloading time, it was more efficient than radio since you didn’t have to slog through commercials and could skip a track not to your liking.

No wonder CD sales increased and business was on the upswing. But apparently not a single person working at the decision-making levels of the recording industry understood the sociology or the mechanism—and that’s still the case.

by John C. Dvorak

PCmag

I ask this simple question: If there’s a band out there whose CD I would buy, how am I supposed to discover this band? Tell me how! Is Rush Limbaugh going to play them?

The current mechanism for discovery is arcane and getting worse by the day, as thousands of incredibly mediocre musicians muddy the water with MySpace pages, free downloads, and Web sites. The worst bands of the old punk-rock era sound like Mozart compared with some of the no-talents flooding the market with their wailing.

The music industry, having painted itself into a corner, has decided to take the easy way out. The labels identify the very few highly promotable acts and pump all their resources into them. Thus we end up with the Britney Spears era. And while these essentially Broadway products do sell CDs and concert tickets, they’re not refining musical taste or helping the market for music as a whole.

So the music industry hopes to survive by suing into oblivion the file-sharers, who are, coincidentally (as mentioned earlier), the only ones supporting the industry by buying CDs. The irony of this is too rich to ignore. It’s just funny, really, kind of like chopping off your legs because you’re tired of their following you around.

Oh, and by the way, back in the ’90s, when Napster was helping CD sales increase, the industry was told a pay-for-downloading model would work, too. They didn’t see how. What a bunch of boneheads.

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We just launched a new website! ZitZot is a portal bringing you the latest Tech news in similar manner you are used to from Releaselog. The category Tech news here at Releaselog has always been just a small extra to our main content, but it gained quite some popularity over the time. So we realized there might be need for more Tech news from our readers and that’s where the idea for ZitZot was born.

As the intro post at ZitZot says, you shouldn’t expect tons of boring news, but rather a few hand picked and really interesting posts a day. We plan to reprint some content from ZitZot from time to time here at Releaselog and there are many more plans for the site itself, but you should already check it now and bookmark it. And don’t forget, we’ve been always relying on you, our readers, so if you have something interesting to say or post, just contact ZitZot team!

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With the beginning of a new month, here comes the updated list of movies you can expect in April. The first part includes R1 retail dates and the second part covers Russian R5 releases. As usually, the date of scene release can oscilate a bit within the range of few days prior or after the retail date. Thanks for the list go to our reader Primo!

R1 dates

• The Spirit (2008) - April 14
• The Caller (2009) - April 14
• American Swing (2009) - April 14
• Fatal Rescue (2008) - April 14
• Fear the Forest (2009) - April 14
• In Your Dreams (2009) - April 14
• Lost in Austen (2008) - April 14 [TV mini seris]
• Frost/Nixon (2008) - April 21
• Kicking the Dog (2009) - April 21
• Laid to Rest (2009) - April 21
• The Last word (2008) - April 21
• Notorious (2009) - April 21
• The Wrestler (2008) - April 21
• Bride Wars (2009) - April 28
• Hotel for Dogs (2009) - April 28
• The Gray Man (2009) - April 28
• Mulligans (2009) - April 28
• The Uninvited (2009) - April 28
• What Doesn’t Kill You (2008) - April 28

R5 dates

• Largo Winch (2008) - April 7
• The International (2009) - April 7
• The Wrestler - April 16
• Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) - April 30
• The Pink Panther 2 (2009) - April
• Dragonball Evolution (2009) - April 30
• Fast & Furious 4 (2009) - May 5
• 12 Rounds (2009) - May 14
• Crank: High Voltage (2009) - May 14
• X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) - May 28

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I dont usually post Off-topic/Tech news kind of stuff but i thought there would be quite a few people interested in this since the previous F1 post had a nice and positive response. Click source link below for the full story.

Lewis Hamilton has been stripped of his third place finish in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix after the world champion and his team were judged to have provided ‘misleading’ evidence during a post-race stewards’ hearing.

The British driver had finished fourth on the road, but was moved up a position when original third place finisher Jarno Trulli was handed a 25-second penalty for having overtaken Hamilton behind the safety car.

However, following the discovery of new evidence, believed to be radio transmissions from the Toyota and McLaren teams, the race stewards convened a fresh hearing in Malaysia this afternoon to discuss the matter.

It is believed the radio transmissions contradicted the original statements presented to the stewards by Hamilton and McLaren.

Source: AutoSport.com

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It’s been quite a while from our last R5 release dates post but I received a list of new titles for March 2009 so we will publish them here for you. As usually, this list is actually quite inaccurate and it’s often possible to see an R5 rip before these dates. These dates reflect the Russian DVD market while sceners have often other ways to get a high quality pre-retail video source. There’ve been many DVD screeners lately, which offer a great image quality as well. Anyway, here’re the expected flicks for next month, including retail R1 release dates:

The Unborn (2009) – March 3, cam

New in Town (2008) – March 12, cam

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009) – March 19, dvdscr

Twilight (2008) – March 23, telesync

Bride Wars (2009) – March 26, telesync

Bolt (2008) – retail R1 DVD March 20, dvdscr

Quantum of Solace (2008) – retail R1 DVD – March 24, r5, dvdscr

Marley & Me (2008) - retail R1 DVD available from March 31, telesync

Yes Man (2008)– retail R1 and R5 DVDs available from April 7, scr

Doubt (2008) – retail R1 DVD available from April 7, dvdscr

Bedtime Stories (2008) – retail R1 DVD available from April 5, telesync

The International (2009) – retail R5 DVD from April 9, cam

The Spirit (2008) – retail R1 DVD from April 14, cam

If you understand Russian, you can check the whole list which includes also Russian movies. Thanks to primo77 for the dates!

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Alright, haven’t watch the Oscars yet but here are the winners, read more to find out. Discuss at the forums here!

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Here’s a paid review of new free service for all of you: Pict.com is a free image hosting with numerous interesting features. The website offers what hundreds of others do: a storage for your image files, which can be later used on your weblog, as a signature on a forum or simply as a method of sharing picture with your friends.

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Slumdog Millionaire were the big leaders at the announcement of this year’s Academy Awards, receiving 13 and 10 nominations, respectively.

Both films are up for the Best Picture award, as well as director and screenplay honors, and will compete for the top honor against Milk, which received eight nominations, and Frost/Nixon and The Reader, both of which were nominated for five awards. The Reader, a holocaust drama starring Kate Winslet, was the surprise of the announcements, snagging a Best Picture nod (seemingly away from The Dark Knight) as well as director, adapted screenplay and Best Actress for Winslet. It had been widely speculated that Winslet would be submitted in the supporting actress category for The Reader and lead actress for Revolutionary Road (which only nabbed three nominations), as she was at the Golden Globes, where she won for both films. The other big surprise of the nominations was the absence of The Dark Knight from any major categories save an expected Best Supporting Actor nod for Heath Ledger, though the box office hit did get eight nominations in all, mostly in technical categories.

Brad Pitt received his second Oscar nomination for Benjamin Button, and will go up in the Best Actor category opposite Richard Jenkins (The Visitor), Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Sean Penn (Milk) and Golden Globe winner Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler). Winslet will compete opposite two actresses from independent films, Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married) and Melissa Leo (Frozen River), and two previous winners, Angelina Jolie (Changeling) and Meryl Streep (Doubt), who received her 15th nomination. The supporting nominations were pretty much as expected, with the surprise of Michael Shannon up for Revolutionary Road; other supporting actor nominees include Ledger, Josh Brolin (Milk), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt), and Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder). Doubt also received two supporting actress nominations for Amy Adams and Viola Davis; the other contenders are Penelope Cruz (Vicky Cristina Barcelona), Taraji P. Henson (Benjamin Button) and Marisa Tomei (The Wrestler). In what’s usually a rare feat, all five Best Picture nominees had corresponding director nods. And the Best Animated Feature nominees were Bolt, Kung Fu Panda and WALL-E (which received six nominations overall, including original screenplay); expected animated nominee Waltz with Bashir was left out of that race, but the Israeli film did receive a nomination for Best Foreign Language film, as did The Baader Meinhof Complex (Germany), The Class (France), Departures (Japan) and Revanche (Austria).

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