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V/H/S/94 Is a Grimy, Gory Found-Footage Throwback

Gizmodo

The first V/H/S movie came out in 2012, arriving at the tail end of the low-budget found-footage horror craze ( Paranormal Activity and REC came out in 2007; Cloverfield was 2008) and capturing the last moment in culture before VCRs became totally obsolete.

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Amazon will officially merge Comixology with Kindle in December

GeekWire

Comixology was founded in 2007 as a cloud-based digital distribution platform for electronic copies of American comics and manga. While it did and does notoriously charge full retail price for individual issues, Comixology’s frequent giveaways and flash sales made it an attractive option for readers on a budget.

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Every PC can now run Crysis

The Verge

The vast majority of PCs on the market today, and even some of the budget gaming PCs that existed in 2007, can run Crysis by streaming it from GeForce Now. The original Crysis , released in 2007, had a reputation for having high system requirements, and struggled to run on many PCs at the time of its release.

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iSpot acquires Ace Metrix to bolster TV ad measurement tech

GeekWire

Ace Metrix had raised more than $20 million since launching in 2007. The pandemic caused some brands to cut their advertising budgets, creating a headwind for a company such as iSpot. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Daboll will join iSpot as chief strategy officer. But CEO Sean Muller also called out some encouraging trends.

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Chinese tech giant NetEase plans new game development studio based in Seattle

GeekWire

Its studio head and CEO, Paul Ehreth , is a veteran game developer who worked at Microsoft and 343 Industries on games like Halo 4 and 2007’s Shadowrun. NetEase calls Anchor Point a studio that will produce “AAA” games, which is industry slang for a big-budget production. based startup NC2 Media.

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Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge Worker: Office 2007 in "Classic Mode"

Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

Over a year ago, at the very first presentation to customers of Office 2007, at "Sneak Peek" events we put together, the very first question I fielded from a customer after demonstrating the new user interface was: "Is there a Classic View? Enterprise 2.0 Well, these migrating users are in luck. Mapping workbooks.

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Death Stranding: Director’s Cut isn’t a director’s cut, says director Hideo Kojima

The Verge

Based on Kojima’s tweets, it seems that the new content coming to Death Stranding: Director’s Cut isn’t missions or mechanics that had to be cut out due to time or budget. Scott was able to produce a version of the film with total artistic control in 2007, known as Blade Runner: The Final Cut.).

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