Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up

• MySpace is teaming up with Google in a campaign to extend MySpace's reach and counter the expansion of their common rival, Facebook.
• "Fed up with earbud-wearing, cell phone-yakking motorists who don't heed sirens, police across the country are turning to a new attention-getting tool—low-frequency sound waves so strong they can actually be felt up to 200 feet away." The device generating the sound waves is called a Rumbler, and Wired describes it as a seismic siren.
• A new study seems to show that dogs have a sense of fairness. Treat your pooch well, or he will know it, and he will seek... vengeance!
• A team of Japanese scientists have performed an experiment that seems to show it's quite possible that life arose on Earth thanks to the impact of meteorites into an early ocean.
• Cinematical lists seven memorable December films.
• Rumor has it that Chris Weitz, director of The Golden Compass, has been offered the job of directing the Twilight sequel, New Moon.
• Now here's a gift idea: a personalized poster of the Hoff!
• Cinematical collects together a bunch of first look screenshots from upcoming Sony Pictures films, including Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.
• 20th Century Fox has decided to adapt a nine-year-old's book into a film. It's a 46-page self-help book called How to Talk to Girls. We really enjoy Cinematical's headline for this story: "Fox Gives Up, Will Adapt Fourth Grader's Book."
• Here's a Windows app that lets you save web videos you've watched.
• Wow, Microsoft is launching a clothing line. So when can we get our official Blue Screen of Death T-shirts?
• Check out Sci Fi Wire's coverage of a special press conference with the cast and creators of The Day the Earth Stood Still. Then cower in horror at the thought that the film may be the first thing aliens know of us, as it will be transmitted into deep space on the day of its release.
• Frank Langella talks about a couple of his upcoming projects: The Tale of Despereaux and The Box.
• Some more details on the upcoming video game Halo Wars.
• Free Watchmen stuff on iTunes!
• Game|Life got the info on the bonus content that will be included in the North American console version of Street Fighter IV.
• The system requirements for the PC version of Mirror's Edge. Also check out this pretty sweet 2D version of the game (via).
• The Wii game Rygar: The Battle of Argus, scheduled to be released this week, has now been delayed until February 3, 2009.
• As one might expect, a video game tie-in to the upcoming film X-Men Origins: Wolverine is on its way. It will be released in May of 2009.
• Lev Grossman at Nerd World talks about Mamoru Oshii's new film, The Sky Crawlers, posting a trailer, his incorrect interpretation of same, and a corrected plot summary.
• As many scientists and astronomers suspected, there is indeed a black hole at the center of our galaxy.
• We can expect the first Transformers 2 trailer in February.
• Broccoli Kitten Loves Broccoli! It's the video of the year! Okay, maybe not. But it is terribly cute.
• When writer for Battlestar Galactica Bradley Thompson got married recently, Admiral Adama himself (okay, it was really Edward James Olmos) officiated, and the ceremony ended with a rousing chorus of "SO SAY WE ALL!"
• Reprints of Star Trek comics are now available on iTunes for reading on the iPhone and iPod Touch.
• Heh. Apparently the Wii is a big hit in Japan's love hotels, which are exactly what you think they are.
• More videos from Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, and the news that some folks who imported the game received it ahead of the ship date.
• According to Gamestop, the Wii and PS2 versions of Rock Band 2 will ship on December 18th.
• Super Punch's latest link roundup has some fun stuff in it, including a cathedral as a hot air balloon, Google's pick for the worst band in the world, a weird story about a kiss that made a woman temporarily deaf, and an amusing mock poster satirizing the auto bailout.
• The ED-209 from Robocop, in LEGO form.
• In case you were curious, the arcade version of Guitar Hero will be based on Guitar Hero III.

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