ALICE IN WONDERLAND RELEASED TO DISNEY DVD AND  BLU-RAY 1 JULY 2010! 

In one of the most anticipated DVD releases of 2010, TIM BURTON brings to extraordinary life one of the most celebrated stories of all time when ALICE IN WONDERLAND is released to Disney DVD and in a Blu-ray ^TM /DVD Value pack, 1 July 2010!

In a modern twist to the fabled tale, Alice (Australia’s own MIA WASIKOWSKA) is a grown woman of 19- years trapped in a world of stifling etiquette and still struggling with the death of her adventurer father Charles. As a child her barmy dreams of a place called Wonderland would be consoled by her father; yet even now Alice feels like she does not belong in the real world.    

About to be proposed to in a lavish garden party by Hamish (LEO BILL), son of her late father’s business partner, the ‘madness’ begins again when Alice inexplicitly sees a rabbit in a waistcoat. Giving chase, Alice falls down a hole, again about to re-enter that magical, mysterious and dangerous world known as Wonderland.

Once  shrunken to fit through a small door at the bottom of the hole, Alice is greeted in Wonderland by the White Rabbit (MICHAEL SHEEN), the Dormouse (BARBARA WINDSOR), a Dodo bird (MICHAEL GOUGH), and the Tweedles (MATT LUCAS), all of whom are unsure as to whether they have the found the ‘right’ Alice.

The decision is made to take Alice to Abosolom the Blue Caterpillar (ALAN RICKMAN) to consult the scroll that contains the history of Wonderland. Abosolom advises that the scroll reads that on the Frabjous Day, Alice will slay the Jabberwocky; something Alice immediately declares not possible!

But before anything further can be determined the Knave of Hearts (CRISPIN GLOVER) and the red-carded soldiers arrive with a beast aptly named a Bandersnatch, causing everyone to run. Alice, believing she is still in a dream, stands her ground and is badly scratched, saved only by the Dormouse who pokes the creature in the eye, plucking out one of the eyeballs.

Now in possession of the scroll, the Knave of Hearts informs the Red Queen (HELENA BONHAM CARTER) about the prophecy of Alice killing the Jabberwocky, the most powerful creature in the land and the key to her reign.

Alice, continuing her journey into Wonderland, encounters the Cheshire Cat (STEPHEN FRY) and the Mad Hatter’s (JOHNNY DEPP) who is overjoyed to see her, knowing that Alice is the best chance to end the Red Queen’s terror across Wonderland.

But when the Hatter is captured, Alice enters the Red Queen’s court unrecognised, advising the queen she is actually ‘Um’ from Umbridge, to attempt a daring rescue. It is here that Alice discovers the whereabouts of the vorpal sword, the mystical instrument needed to slay the Jabberwocky.

With Alice’s identity discovered, she escapes with the sword to the White Queen’s (ANNE HATHAWAY) castle on the eve of Frabjous Day, and the scene is set for the battle for the liberty of not only Wonderland, but for Alice’s ability to return to the real world.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND on DVD and Blu-ray is a must-own for any family and includes fabulous extras: The Mad Hatter, Finding Alice and Effecting Wonderland. 

To keep up with the latest information on the DVD release, be sure to join the ALICE IN WONDERLAND AUSTRALIAN FACEBOOK FAN PAGE, the central hub for all things Alice at http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/AliceInWonderlandAustralia

Don’t miss the chance to bring the wonders of Wonderland home to share with your family when ALICE IN WONDERLAND is released: 1 July 2010 on DVD and in the Blu-ray/DVD Value Pack™*.

 * Value pack contains a Blu-ray Disc plus a DVD copy of the film in a single package.

Available to own: 1 July 2010

    Rated: PG

     Running time:  104 Minutes (DVD)

                                                                           109 Minutes (Blu-ray)

Media Release: Belkin designs new range of iPad cases

In the lead up to the launch of the Apple iPad, Belkin have developed a range of new cases and sleeves, designed to add comfort, and protect your new Apple iPad while you’re on the go.

Belkin’s new assortment of sleeves and cases give you instant access to your iPad, making it easy to use in your hand, on your lap, or at a desk or table.

Below you’ll find product details, and links to high res images for the Pleated Sleeve, Grip Vue, Leather Folio, Leather Look Envelope and Leather Sleeve cases.

All Belkin iPad cases and Sleeves will be available from the end of May 2010, www.belkin.com/au

THE FOLLOW-UP TO THE REVOLUTIONARY GAME FOR NINTENDO DS  HAS AN OFFICIAL NAME PLUS MORE WORDS, ADJECTIVES AND LIMITLESS CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES FOR GAMERS OF ALL AGES 

Sydney, Australia – May 18, 2010 – Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announces Super Scribblenauts as the title for its follow-up to the groundbreaking hit video game. In the first game, players use their imagination to write any word to bring that object to life and use it to solve puzzles.  The original Scribblenauts for Nintendo DS has sold in more than one million units in North America alone since its launch in September 2009.

Available in spring 2010, Super Scribblenauts for Nintendo DS expands the innovative elements from the acclaimed first title, offers upgraded controls and provides gamers with hours of original entertainment with ingenious, fun-filled new features. In Super Scribblenauts, created and developed by 5TH Cell, players use the stylus and touch screen to help Maxwell, the game’s hero, acquire the “Starite,” the prize earned from solving the puzzle in even more robust challenges and redesigned levels. 

All-new for Super Scribblenauts, players now have the ability to write any object that comes to mind and modify it in any way they desire using adjectives to reach the goal in many levels.  Adjectives can change the colour, size, style, behaviours and many other aspects of the object they are describing.  Multiple adjectives can be combined together to produce incredibly creative objects, such as gentlemanly, flaming, flying zombies and purple, obese, winged elephants allowing the player’s imagination to run wild for an even more inspired and individual experience than ever before

DENIABLE OPS INSURGENCY pack DLC AVAILABLE THIS MONTH FOR XBOX 360® and windows® pc                                                                                                                       

AUSTRALIA- May 18^th, 2010 – Ubisoft announced today that the Deniable Ops “Insurgency Pack” downloadable content (DLC) for Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction™ for the Windows^® PC games and the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft will be available for download on May 28^th, 2010. The DLC will be available for 800 Microsoft Points.

The critically acclaimed Stealth-Action hit takes aim at Xbox LIVE® with additional content this month. The Insurgency Pack delivers brand-new missions for Archer and Kestrel on four additional maps for Deniable Ops modes. Take on challenges in Hunter, Face Off, Infiltration or Last Stand to unlock new achievements and play in settings from the docks of San Francisco to a New Orleans cemetery, a prison in Portland to a hidden research complex in Salt Lake City. Sam Fisher may have his conviction, but Black Arrow is still out there – waiting for him.

The achievements hunters will be glad to know that 250 new points can be unlocked in this DLC.

For more news and information on Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction, please visit the game’s official website at http://splintercell.uk.ubi.com or the Australian press extranet:  http://aussiepress.ubi.com/  

About Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction:

Sam Fisher returns as a fugitive and enemy of the state. Now Sam is being ruthlessly hunted by the very government he served, and the friends and colleagues he once knew may have masterminded the entire plot. Working outside Third Echelon puts Sam in the uncomfortable position of having to obtain vital resources via different means (aka the underground black market) as he learns to use the environment around him to his advantage. 

Where light and shadows were key to gameplay in the original Splinter Cell, stealth action and improvisation help drive Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Conviction, making it an adrenaline rush of blood-pumping chase sequences, close combat, crowd interaction with real-world dynamics and intense gun battles. 

About Tom Clancy:
With more than 80 million books sold, Tom Clancy is arguably the world’s most recognized author. His works include fiction such as The Hunt for Red October, Clear and Present Danger, The Sum of All Fears, Rainbow Six, Red Rabbit, and The Teeth of the Tiger. Clancy also writes non-fiction works about weapons and various military units. Four of his books have already been adapted into highly successful feature films.

About Ubisoft:

Ubisoft is a leading producer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment products worldwide and has grown considerably through a strong and diversified line-up of products and partnerships. Ubisoft has teams in 28 countries and distributes games in more than 55 countries around the globe. It is committed to delivering high-quality, cutting-edge video game titles to consumers. For the 2009-10 fiscal year, generated sales of 1.058 billion Euros. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

© 2010 UbisoftEntertainment. All Rights Reserved. Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell Conviction, Sam Fisher, the Soldier Icon, Ubisoft, Ubi.com and the Ubisoftlogo are trademarks of UbisoftEntertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries.

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Available on PlayStation®3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) Hundreds of movies available, to rent or to own, at the click of a button 

SYDNEY, 18th May 2010: Sony Computer Entertainment Australia (SCE Aust.) further expanded its PlayStation® entertainment offering today with the announcement of the imminent launch of the PlayStation®Network video delivery service for Australia on Thursday 20th May 2010. The service, available to PlayStation®3 (PS3™) users from 1AM on Thursday 20th May, allows film fans to download hundreds of movies, including the latest releases, straight to their PlayStation 3 and PSP® (PlayStation®Portable).

Hundreds of movies will be available to rent in High Definition (HD) or Standard Definition (SD) (from AU$3.99) or purchase (from AU$7.99) in SD. The films come from major movie studios and distributors including 20th Century Fox, ContentFilm, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM), Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, Walt Disney Studios, Universal, Roadshow Entertainment, and Warner Bros. Digital Distribution.

Titles available at launch include Avatar, Capote, Dreamland, Inglourious Basterds, Up In The Air, Ninja Assassin, Sherlock Holmes, Surrogates and Twilight New Moon. Additional content will be added on a weekly basis.

“The launch of the PlayStation Network video delivery service in Australia this week extends the PlayStation entertainment offering and provides our consumers with another way to access and enjoy their favourite movies, whether at home or on the go,” said Michael Ephraim, Managing Director, SCE Aust.

AVG Warns Adware Uses Subterfuge to Entice Facebook Members to Click 

Melbourne, 18 May 2010.  AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd today revealed research by AVG Technologies into a very aggressive, expansive push by rogue applications on Facebook this past weekend. AVG researchers indicated that from midnight to 9am EST on Saturday, 15 May 2010, AVG software detected and blocked more than 300,000 rogue applications. That rate was more than three times the rate of the number two for the day for rogue anti-spyware.

“This latest issue really underscores how powerful, while at the same time vulnerable, social networking applications are. This attack was actually stunning in terms of scale,” said Roger Thompson, AVG’s Chief Research Officer. “Facebook is very responsive to threats when we identify them, removing these applications as soon as they find them, but the rogue applications are still able to generate huge traffic, just because of the viral nature of social networks. It is staggering how many threats were propagated before they were stopped.”

Ironically, the attack, which offers a picture of a girl in a bikini to entice the victim to install an adware-supported viewer, was not viral according to AVG researchers, and was first seen in different forms last week. AVG’s system is set to alert the research team when certain nefarious behaviours and activities are detected.  By 9 am EST, AVG’s servers had detected more than 200,000 of this particular threat. By comparison, the second highest detection at that same time was about 24,000 of a particular rogue anti-spy, so at one point, this push was nearly ten times the number two detection.

Last week’s rogue push peaked at about 80,000 for the day, and had dwindled to just a couple of hundred per day by Friday, May 14, 2010. At that point AVG researchers were hopeful that the adware attack would cease; however, all indications point to the fact that they were just gearing up for a fresh start… and a powerful one at that.

Thompson added, “Interestingly, they launched it on a Saturday. I guess they figure we don’t watch on the weekend, but malcode researchers are all cut from the same cloth as Inspector Gadget… we’re always on duty.”

Lloyd Borrett, Marketing Manager of AVG (AU/NZ), said:  “We recognise the power that social networking brings to our professional and personal lives and we certainly don’t advocate giving up on the technology altogether. However, AVG does have some recommendations on how to best protect yourself.”

• Make sure you practice safe surfing. AVG LinkScanner® safe search and surf protection is a free web tool that can identify threats in real-time and let you know if a page or link is poisoned, before you click.
• If you ever have to install a viewer to watch a video, something is probably not right. Go to the video player application’s official website and download the application there. Never download through a link.

• Make sure your anti-virus and security software is up to date. If you don’t have anti-virus software, you can download AVG Anti-Virus Free. For greater protection, there is AVG Internet Security 9.0.

Borrett advised, “As with any online activity be smart, be aware, be careful, and you can stay as safe on Facebook as anywhere else online.”

For more AVG security tips, see http://www.avg.com.au/resources/security-tips/.  

Also, the Australian Government website, Stay Smart Online, has some useful tips at http://www.staysmartonline.gov.au/smart-online/social-networking

About AVG Technologies  www.avg.com                                          

AVG is a global security software maker protecting more than 110 million consumers and small businesses in 170 countries from the ever-growing incidence of web threats, viruses, spam, cyber-scams and hackers on the Internet. AVG has nearly two decades of experience in combating cyber crime and one of the most advanced laboratories for detecting, pre-empting and combating Web-borne threats from around the world. Its free, downloadable software allows novice users to have basic anti-virus protection and then easily upgrade to greater levels of safety and defense when they are ready. AVG has nearly 6,000 resellers, partners and distributors globally including Amazon.com, CNET, Cisco, Ingram Micro, Play.com, Wal-Mart, and Yahoo!

About AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd — www.avg.com.au

Based in Melbourne, AVG (AU/NZ) Pty Ltd distributes the AVG range of Anti-Virus and Internet Security products in Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific. AVG software solutions provide complete real-time protection against the malware, viruses, spam, spyware, adware, worms, Trojans, phishing and exploits used by cyber-criminals, hackers, scammers and identity thieves. AVG protects everything important and personal inside computers — documents, account details and passwords, music, photos and more — all while allowing users to work, bank, shop and play games online in safety. AVG provides outstanding technical solutions and exceptional value for consumers, small to medium business and enterprise clients. AVG delivers always-on, always up-to-date protection across desktop, and notebook PCs, plus file and e-mail servers in the home and at work in SMBs, corporations, government agencies and educational institutions.

AVG products actively protect over 110 million users worldwide, including more than 4.6 million users in Australia and New Zealand.

AVG (AU/NZ) has more than 3300 resellers across Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific.

London (18^th May 2010) – Wargaming.net reveals two awards the company received at the annual Game Developers Conference (KRI 2010) that took place in Moscow from May 14^th till May 16^th where the studio presented its new massively multiplayer online action game World of Tanks.

Conference participants and the jury panel expressed their high opinion of World of Tanks gameplay features and graphics that let the studio won the following awards:

Best Game Developer of 2010. The award is given to the company with outstanding achievements and stable progress in videogame industry.

Best MMO Game of 2010. The award is given to the best title that requires a client and is based on online gameplay.

Victor Kislyi, CEO of Wargaming.net, says: “Getting the ‘Best Developer of the Year’ award is a big honor and responsibility for us. It’s great to realize that World of Tanks is evolving in the right way drawing more and more fans to the virtual battlegrounds we’ve created.“

For more information on WORLD OF TANKS, visit www.worldoftanks.com.

About World of Tanks 

World of Tanks is the first and only team-based massively multiplayer online action game dedicated to armored warfare. Throw yourself into the epic tank battles of World War II with other steel cowboys all over the world. Your arsenal includes more than 150 armored vehicles from America, Germany, and the Soviet Union, carefully detailed with historical accuracy. 

A flexible system of authentic vehicle upgrade and development allows you to try any of the vehicles and weapons in the game. Whether you prefer to exhaust your foes with fast and maneuverable light tanks, make deep breaches in enemy lines with all-purpose medium tanks, use the force of giant tanks to eliminate opposing armored forces, or become a heavy sniper with long-range howitzers, each unit type has its own advantages and can be extremely effective when operated by a true tank ace. 

About Wargaming.net

Based in London, with development in Belarus, Wargaming.net is a game development company operating since 1998. The company developed the highly acclaimed Massive Assault series, including Massive Assault, Massive Assault Network, Massive Assault: Phantom Renaissance and Massive Assault Network 2. Wargaming.net has also developed Galactic Assault, a turn-based strategy set in the famous sci-fi universe of the Strugatsky Brothers. In November 2007, Wargaming.net acquired Arise, an independent PC game developer. In 2008 the company’s first RTS game Operation BAGRATION was awarded Best Strategy Game at the 6th International Game Developers Conference in Russia. In 2009, WARGAMING.NET released a new World War II Action-Strategy game Order of War, which was published by Square Enix.  At KRI 2009 and 2010 Wargaming.net was awarded Best Developer of the Year and received

OrangePixel today announced TimeChaos available on the Android Market for FREE! Go pick it up now!  

For more information, please visit www.orangepixel.net/timechaos/  

TimeChaos is a fun packed, retro style, and free Android game from OrangePixel! So give your Droid some love with TimeChaos. 

OrangePixel is the mobile application developer that brought you DynamoKid, Mini Plane, Gulp!, Firby, and so much more!

New design, powerful bass and Audio Alignment™ technology combine to deliver big sound 

Sydney, Australia – May 19, 2010 –Altec Lansing today announced the local availability of the latest member of its computer speaker line – the Octane 7 (VS4621) 2.1 speaker system. The Octane 7 is geared for computer and laptop sound in addition to being able to connect to CD, DVD and MP3 players. The new system is tuned for music, movies and gaming sound with a powerful subwoofer, down-firing three inch mid-range and dual one inch micro-drivers.

The Octane 7 features unique down-firing mid-range drivers which blast the sound waves down onto a hard surface, where they are reflected and evenly distributed throughout the room for well balanced sound. Altec packed this exceptional sound dispersion into a small footprint with contemporary design.

“With digital media playing a bigger role in our daily lives, we designed this compact computer speaker with a wide range of users in mind,” said Chris Brown, Regional Sales Director, Altec Lansing. “The implementation of the down-firing drivers combined with a compact design delivers a well balanced sound regardless of what you’re into, music, movies or gaming.”

The Octane 7’s powerful bass is provided by its six and a half inch Altec Lansing custom designed subwoofer. Experience explosions, kick drums or thunder the way they were intended to sound with Altec’s musician-tuned technology.

Features

• Full, accurate sound – Two one inch micro-drivers and a down-firing three inch mid-range in each speaker deliver clear, full-spectrum sound.
• Deep bass – Six and a half inch side-firing, long-throw woofer delivers low-frequency impact
• Bold, contemporary design – Designed to take up minimal space and increase sound dispersion.
• Audio Alignment™ – Drivers, enclosure and electronics are balanced for optimum sound.
• Control – Separate bass and treble controls allow you to fine tune audio  
• §  Aux in jack – For MP3 players and second device connection, including CD and DVD players.

Pricing and Availability

The Altec Lansing Octane 7 (VS4621) is available now for a recommended retail price of AU$149.00. Please contact Amber Technologies for your nearest stockist. For more information please visit www.alteclansing.com .

About Altec Lansing
For more than 70 years Altec Lansing has been viewed among audiophiles as one of the world’s most valuable and innovative audio brands and boasts a unique history of innovation that includes the introduction of first talkie film speakers, the first iPod docking station and the first “Works with iPhone” speaker system. Altec Lansing makes a wide range of audio systems for the home and office; a line of headphones for personal listening; and the popular line of inMotion speaker systems for portable digital players. Altec Lansing LLC is headquartered in Milford, PA.