That's right folks, if you add up all the individual hours people have played Halo 3, it comes out to over 64,000 years. The billionth game of Halo 3 was played last Saturday. Bungie then calculated the play time of every online match - not counting custom maps - and it reaches 2,023,153,340,764 sec...

And I apologize if you’re expecting a punchline of some sort. Hot Tub Time Machine is written by Josh Heald, and is described as “probably the greatest gift anyone’s ever given the world. Time will show that it ranks up there with the Statue of Liberty and free Internet porn.”...

Well, I was going to put together a snazzy PhotoShop masterwork for this bit of casting news, but I spent the last hour debating Devin at CHUD about globe-spanning Watchmen embargoes0101. Any readers want to give it a shot in the comments? The trades report that a fine cast has mounted up for a nove...

Back in December, I told you about a new film that was about to go into production under the title Hot Tub Time Machine . You agreed with me that Hot Tub Time Machine is a fantastic title for a movie. You also loved the premise: three grown-up guys visit the hot tub where they once partied, discover...

…what is it? Click here to view the embedded video. I get the feeling that they are going to be sticking with the name now. I like the name, though some think it’s retarded, and I like what I’ve heard so far, sounds a bit Montrose-y. It’s what 2009 needs a hard rocking super-...

As much as I would like to cry, it will not help. As I was ingesting footage from a recent shoot my G5’s main hard drive crapped out on me. 2 weeks ago I backed up my main hard drive because Apple’s Time Machine kept having errors and wouldn’t backup my main hard drive automaticall...

I just picked up a Western Digital 1 TB Element hard drive for under $100 from Dell SB. As a hedge against data loss, I’m using it as an inclusive backup for my Macbook (via Time Machine) as well as some important media files on my Windows/Ubuntu box. There are two reasons I want to partition ...

If there's one thing my grandpappy taught me it's how to make gin in the bathtub. And, if there's another, it's how to bury your money in coffee cans. So he would probably scoff at paying $20 for the Backyard Safari Underground Time Capsule. And, to make matters worse, you're only supposed to bury t...

Backing up your computer is an essential task that many of us neglect until something goes horribly wrong. With OS X Leopard, Apple has made it much easier to ensure that your data is always backed up and protected through a feature called Time Machine. Time Machine is an application that automatica...

Filed under: Hardware, Peripherals, Mac OS X Server We've talked about the Data Robotics Drobo storage solution here on TUAW a few times, but there hasn't been a hands-on review of the device on this blog...until now. The Drobo is a mass storage solution that takes advantage of RAID -- Redundant Arr...