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Get Your James Bond Blu-Ray Fix For 32 Percent Less Off Amazon

Elaine Chow — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 21:00:00 EDT

Excited about the quintessential Bond collection coming out on Blu Ray in October? Amazon's giving you an even greater reason to be excited—a 32-percent discount on several James Bond films, including a Sean Connery three-pack of Dr. No, From Russia with Love and Thunderball. The perhaps less venerable three-pack of Pierce Brosnan's Die Another Day and Roger Moore-manned Live and Let Die and For Your Eyes Only is also on sale. Each Blu-ray will cost $24. [Amazon]

The Real James Bond Comes to Blu-ray October 21

Jason Chen — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:40:00 EDT

The best (read: Sean Connery) James Bond is finally coming to Blu-ray when six older Bond flicks are released later this year. Dr. No, From Russia With Love, Thunderball, For Your Eyes Only, Live and Let Die and Die Another Day are hitting Blu-ray on October 21, the same time as the new Daniel Craig movie Quantum of Solace. There are a couple Brosnan and Moore flicks in there too, if you like that sort of thing. No pricing info yet. Expect to pay hundreds of dollars for the entire Bond series on Blu-ray, which you'll have to re-buy again in about 15 years when the next, better format/encoding standard is out.

Russia Launches Final Global Positioning Satellites, None of Them of Love

Jesus Diaz — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 06:24:17 EST

Russians have finally completed GLONASS, which means "Vodka without hangovers" or "global navigation satellite system." This military project began in the mid-'70s as a response to the US-based GPS to languish in the post-Soviet economic crisis until the always nice and charming ex-KGB Vladimir Putin decided to push it big time. They launched the last three satellites yesterday, and the network will be fully operational in 2009. The Russians will use GLONASS alongside the GPS network, just in case our friends in the Pentagon decide to shut some areas out, like they did in Iraq. Next in Gizmodo: How to build nuclear shelters from Campbell's Tomato Soup cans. [Reuters - Image from English Russia]