Toshiba has launched its Portege R600, 2.4lbs uber-light laptop. It is physically similar to the R500, which shares the same weight and 283 x 215.8 x 19.5-25.5mm dimensions. What’s new then?

• Faster CPU: 1.4Ghz Core Duo (vs 1.2Ghz mono-core)
• Twice the memory: 2GB vs 1GB
• Upper memory ceiling: 5GB max vs 1.5GB max
• Better graphics: Intel X4500 vs Intel 945GMS

At least, you can be assured that the R600 will be a bit faster than its predecessor (that would be lame if it wasn’t, huh?). I think that the higher memory capacity is the most important point here. 1.5GB on the R500 was just idiotic. At this price, the advantages that it has over the Macbook Air are the optical drive and the number of available ports (3xUSB, VGA) - that is, if you planned to use Windows to start with.

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“I’m most excited that it’s brought people into comics.” — Dave Gibbons, when asked what his favorite part of this Watchmen journey has been.

Last night, Cinematical was lucky enough to attend a private screening of Watchmen footage hosted by director Zack Snyder and Watchmen co-illustrator Dave Gibbons. There was a reception before and after (where they served this really great sushi), and in a separate room off to the side they set up a sort of Watchmen museum, with costumes worn in the film, as well as drawings, set design stuff, character posters — the works.

Once inside the theater, Snyder introduced the first twelve minutes of the film by giving us a little background on his past with comics (started reading Heavy Metal as a kid, and was immediately turned off when he read other graphic novels because there wasn’t enough “f**king or dying”). His work on Watchmen began while they were still finishing up 300, and originally they wanted to update Watchmen to the War on Terror. Eventually, though, Snyder chipped away and convinced the studio to remain faithful to the source material, which meant a film that took place in 1985, included the Vietnam War, Richard Nixon and all the scary realities which make the graphic novel so intriguing to read.

My thoughts on the footage and notes from the post-screening Q&A after the jump …

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Did you know that Paris Hilton is running for President? I know, I know, you haven’t seen any commercials on TV and she hasn’t participated in any of the debates and who knows if she even knows what the word incumbent means, but she wants to be the next leader of the free world. And she’s asked the best fake President we’ve ever had for some advice.

That’s right, Paris has asked Martin Sheen (aka Jed Bartlett) for advice on how to be a fake President if that day should come. At first Sheen seems rather confused at why he’s talking to Hilton (”I don’t usually come to this kind of party.”), but he eventually gives her advice, including how to solve problems in the kitchen (”During my fake Presidency, the kitchen was always my favorite spot to solve the great fake issues of our time), and why it’s harder to be a fake President today than it was when his first term started in the late 90s. Sheen is pretty funny: great delivery and he does it all with a mock seriousness. Also look for a cameo at the end by the highest-paid sitcom star on TV right now.

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Angelina Jolie can’t watch her own films.The actress hates seeing herself on the big screen because she is so critical of her performance.

She said: “I never like to watch myself ever. I still haven’t seen ‘Wanted’ - I heard it was fun.”

“I feel like I did something right if I can watch something and feel removed enough.”

The 33-year-old actor will soon be seen appearing in thriller “Changeling,” which was directed by Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood.

Angelina revealed working with Clint was “a dream” because he was always in control and she is hoping to team up with him in the future.

She told MTV: “I want to be directed by him again. I’m looking for a job!”

Clint is equally as enthusiastic about Angelina and even offered her a part in his new movie “The Human Factor,” which is based on former South African President Nelson Mandela’s life around the time of the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

He jokingly asked Angelina: “Can you play Mandela?”

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While it’s not exactly a huge surprise given that Nintendo doesn’t have an overarching account system for the Wii and DS, plenty of folks will no doubt still be disappointed to learn that the company’s new Nintendo Points won’t be transferable between the two consoles. Instead, when you buy a points card (available in 1000, 3000 and 5000 points versions), you’ll have to pick a console and spend all the points in that one place. Not exactly an ideal option, to be sure, but it seems like it’s one that we’ll be stuck with — unless Nintendo has some plans to make some major changes to the way the Wii and DSi do business.

[Via gamesindustry.biz]

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If you’re like us, at some point in time, you’ve come home alone after a long night of frivolity and felt, well… nostalgic. You stumble over to the computer, take a seat on that cable spool you keep around for a chair and launch into a long e-mail to your ex-girlfriend. You tell her everything you never told her. Everything. You wake up the next morning, drenched in sweat, head pounding, and a new piece of e-mail is in your in box. It says something about never talking to you again, or a potential restraining order.

Well, the good folks at Google have something for you. The new Mail Goggles application ensures that you’re in your right mind before you fire off that e-mail. Before you hit “Send,” a window containing five math problems will pop up. If you can answer all five problems correctly in the allotted amount of time, Google will deem your e-mail guilt-free and send it on. If not, well, you’ll be thanking them in the morning.

By default, Mail Goggles takes charge on late weekend nights. But, fortunate for graveyard shift workers who tie one on during the daylight hours, those time parameters are fully adjustable. [From: Gmail Blog]

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Our archenemy friend with the coolest name Xav de Matos attended the Sony Holiday event in Toronto, Canada and has written up impressions of upcoming PlayStation 3 titles on our sister site Joystiq. The Killzone 2 hands-on even includes a little bit of cam footage. And best of all, because it was a Sony event, all multiplatform games played were the PS3 versions, so it is definitely worth checking out:

• 30 minutes with Prince of Persia
• Killzone 2
• The beginning of Dead Space
• Revisiting the Quantum of Solace

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All that Crash dieting has helped the demure Minissha Lamba change into sexy siren. The beautiful gal has become more bold as she posed for Maxim in two bikinilicious avatars.

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Check out this hilarious essay, in which Slate’s Sarah Dickerman outfits her kitchen with molecular gastronomy tools in an effort to see whether her picky, veggie-shy 4-year-old is more likely to eat broccoli that’s been turned into a gelatinized orb.

Dickerman buys a $200 Texturas kit, produced by molecular gastronomy king Ferran Adria of Spain’s El Bulli, which contains calcium gluconolactate, powdered xanthan gum, agar agar, and lecithin, along with a giant syringe. She and her son mix and stir the various powders like mad scientists, producing tomato spheres and tadpole-shaped broccoli balls (pictured).

Does he like it? Not so much. Carrot juice “air” is more successful. Plus, all the weird, slippery gelatinized, foamed food, the kid’s ready for some real dinner.

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If Miley Cyrus was a dude, she would be douchebag of the day every flipping day.

Anyways, we need to shut the bitch down. Remember that whole ridiclous Disney birthday celebration she had? Well she’s not only pissed off tons of parents with the tickets being 250 a pop…but she’s also pissing of the locals. Some dude mailed perez saying:

as u probably know the fireworks at disneyland go off at 9:30 on most nights. apparently when u get tons of money for a private paty u get fireworks at 11:30 pm. on a sunday! we thought an explosion went off over there! (we live real close) when the fireworks go off normally they always start small and then esclate. last night it was just BOOM BOOM! and it was very late. most people im sure were in bed getting ready for a tedious work week to try to pay off a home that they may lose, but not miley. she got a fourth of july worthy fireworks show and so did thousands of anaheim residents who had no idea it was coming. love your site..peace!…kevin in anaheim

Annoying, annoying dumb bitches who worship the shit she walks on. They need to go home and turn off Hannah Montanah and start watching Charm School or some shit.

Someone punch Miley Cyrus in the face.

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