This camera is 7-megapixels strong, has a 1.5-inch LCD display for one reason or another, and has a microSD card slot for those of you not planning on instantly transferring your pics over to the iPad. Indeed you do not have to have the camera attached to the iPad to take photos, but if you want to hold the most awkwardly broad shooter in the world, complete with the most famous mouse in the world as well, feel free! This device will set you back $60 USD and works with a free app you can download from the iTunes Appstore.

The app allows you to do basic edits and add all sorts of Disney-themed graphics and backgrounds and all that good stuff, the transfer process from camera to app to Facebook, email, etcetera, seeming to be quite simple. You can do a similar transfer process if you’ve got Apple’s Camera Connection kit, but it’s not nearly as fun then is it? In this Mickey Mouse shooter you’ve got as close to an iPad-based quality camera experience as you’re going to get (until the iPad 3 rolls around, of course.)

[via Gizmodo]

Netflix already had an agreement in place with Disney-ABC, which saw the company offering streaming access to shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Lost, Ugly Betty and Hannah Montana. This new deal extends that back-catalog access, as well as adding new Disney and ABC shows to the line-up. These will include Private Practice, Brothers and Sisters, Switched at Birth, Secret Lives of the American Teenager, Make It or Break It, Phineas and Ferb, Shake It Up, Pair of Kings and Kick Buttowski.

Amazon’s new contract, meanwhile, will also see Marvel animated shows on offer, though the exact titles are yet to be confirmed. Amazon Prime members will be able to stream them to their Kindle Fire tablets, which will begin shipping midway through next month, as well as to PCs, Macs, and TVs with the relevant hardware.

Blair has also recently been honored via a lecture by the name of “Mary Blair’s World of Color – A Centennial Tribute” as given at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences by a collection of big contemporary names. On the panel for this lecture were Eric Goldberg who was a supervising animator for Disney’s “Aladdin” and the director of “Pocahontas,” Peter Docter who was the director of the movies “Monsters, Inc” and “Up,” and many more. This was not a woman who was destined to be forgotten.

Included in the gallery below is a small collection of Mary Blair works, most of them from Disney films. This sort of painting and illustration was to influence generations of artists and remains a staple in illustration teachings in design colleges today. Truly a master of her tools was Blair, and Google is good to note it! For more Mary Blair work, head to http://magicofmaryblair.com/ where there’s loads of prints to purchase and colors to look upon.

It was July that Microsoft dropped out of the bidding war, no more Windows on the Glee! toter. July also had Amazon, AT&T, and Verizon Wireless thinking about bidding on Hulu, but as it turns out, carriers and keepers of the books and movies of the world not ending up able to reach any sort of agreement on the big H. DirecTV, Starz, and Netflix got in on the war, but they clashed opinions and wants to the max.

Then there’s the most recent news from September where we heard that there were too many low ball bids to continue the sale successfully. Turns out that was probably pretty true, as today Hulu and crew have released the following statement:

The following is a joint statement from Hulu owners News Corporation, Providence Equity Partners, The Walt Disney Company and the Hulu senior management team:

“Since Hulu holds a unique and compelling strategic value to each of its owners, we have terminated the sale process and look forward to working together to continue mapping out its path to even greater success. Our focus now rests solely on ensuring that our efforts as owners contribute in a meaningful way to the exciting future that lies ahead for Hulu.”

What will they do next?! We shall see!

None of the games look like direct copies of the park rides, but some of them, like Peter Pan’s Flight, seem to have similarities. Overall, it looks like most of the mini-games are completely new creations that just use the Disney themes for inspiration. One of the other mini-games revealed at E3 today was based on Alice in Wonderland which we believe will be titled Through the Looking Glass.

All of the mini-games appear to be very similar. Basically characters travel though a variety of different levels via rolling, running, flying, or jumping to collect coins. Like other Kinect titles, the players will use their body, or bodies in multiplayer, to maneuver through or around obstacles. Definitely a family/children’s game, this is no doubt Microsoft’s attempt at capturing more of that segment of the market share. With the Disney name attached, this title has a good chance to draw away some of the Wii audience.

The National Geographic Channel has a new show premiering this fall called “How Hard Can it Be?” and in one episode the project will be to lift a house using balloons like in the animated movie “Up”. The producers didn’t build an actual working house, but really just a shell of a house that measured 16-feet wide x 18-feet tall. The crew went to a private airfield just outside of Los Angeles to perform the experiment, constructing the house and outfitting it with 300 8-feet tall colored weather balloons. Each balloon took an entire helium tank to fill up.

On March 5th the tiny house was lifted into the air and reached more than 10,000 feet, staying up in the air for about an hour. The show won’t air until this fall, but the cameras of ABC’s Good Morning America were there to capture the event. It’s pretty amazing they actually got a house to float and stay up there for that long. You’ll have to watch the entire episode when it airs to see just how they did everything.

[via Inside The Magic]

“We can confirm that The Walt Disney Company has acquired Rocketpack, an integrated solution for plugin-free browser game development. Through a merger agreement, Rocketpack is now a wholly owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company reporting into Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG)” Disney spokesperson

Since it’s HTML5 based rather than Flash, it means even Apple devices can access the games, and with iOS 4.3 bringing the new Nitro JavaScript engine to the mobile Safari browser, titles should be even faster )as we’ve seen suggested in early benchmarks of the iPad 2). Games can also be packaged as native apps, if preferred, and there’s potential for integrated with social networks too.

There’s an example of a title created with the Rocket Engine, Warimals, which you can try now.

Togetherville allows parents to monitor their kid’s activity and gives kids a more secure environment to socialize online. Parents can approve their kids friends request and can even connect with other parents of children on Togetherville if the parents are on Facebook. Parents can choose pre-selected messages for their kids or have those messages checked by the parent before being sent out.

Kids can form “neighborhoods” with their Facebook friends where they can form their own group of friends and watch videos, play games, and create art. Parents and children can connect to their school communities, which will allow parents and children to interact with friends from school without having the parents to connect through Facebook.

[via TechCrunch]

R3 Media Network

Editor’s Choice
NOOKcolor firmware v1.1.0 adds pinch-zoom, more
Sony PlayStation Suite brings gaming to Android
Official Android 3.0 Honeycomb Logo Revealed
Square Enix announces Crystal Defenders for Android [FINAL FANTASY FOREVER]
Ballistic trots out new cases for Droid X, HTC Evo, and Samsung Fascinate
Sony’s first bizarre NGP PSP2 trailer revealed [Video] [WEIRD]
HTC smartphone caught in wild ahead of MWC 2011 debut
Android Disney Phone Detailed [Video] [WANT]

SlashPhone
Sony Confirmed Bringing PlayStation Suite for Android Smartphone
Google US Accepts Mobile Number Porting to Google Voice Service
Samsung Galaxy S 2 Unveiled on MWC

Android Community
HTC Verizon smartphone latest to leak
Awesome Super Mario Android wallpaper
NOOKcolor firmware v1.1.0 adds pinch-zoom, more
Android app for ATM repair techs launches
Square Enix announces Crystal Defenders for Android
HTC smartphone caught in wild ahead of MWC 2011 debut
Sony PlayStation Suite brings gaming to Android
Official Android 3.0 Honeycomb Logo Revealed
Notion Ink Customer Service Purposely Stalling Past 7 Day Return Period? [WATCH OUT]
Samsung Galaxy S 2 vs Galaxy Tab 2 THURSDAY NIGHT BRAWL [BATTLE]
RunKeeper Now Indefinitely Free
Android Disney Phone Detailed [Video]
Motorola XOOM 3G Launch Might Slip To March
Sidekick 4G Spotted in the Wild
Motorola Atrix 4G Launching at the End of February, Droid Bionic in Q2
Samsung to be Manufacturer of New SideKick? [Update: Confirmed]
Android 3.0 Honeycomb Wallpapers [FROM THE FORUMS]
XPERIA Play vs Sony NGP (PSP 2) ULTIMATE SMACKDOWN! [BATTLE]
Facebook Denies Phone Rumors, Again – Hints at HTC Utilizing APIs
Further Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc Photos and Video Published
White Nexus S Spotted in the Wild
AAA Roadside Assistance App Now Available in the Android Market

SlashGear
Pandora open-source console goes on general sale
Qualcomm First Quarter Results Report $1.17 Billion in Net Income, Up 39% Compared to Last Year
OWC Media Center bundle turns Mac mini into a home entertainment system
Facebook denies HTC phone rumors
Skype for Mac drops beta, charges for group video calls [Video]
Nokia “must build, catalyse or join a competitive ecosystem” says CEO
Verizon HTC Android phone latest to leak
RIM insists “no possibility” of BlackBerry backdoor for India
Assero Defender will make you look like an asshat
Apple will support TD-LTE standard says China Mobile
AT&T finances: 4.1m iPhones & 442k tablets activated
Trimble Ranger 3 rugged outdoor computer debuts
Yahoo Mail gets YouSendIt integration
Parrot names Horizon Hobby as distributor for AR.Drone in the US and Canada
Tesla launches battery recycling program in Europe
iKit AutoCharge + USB keeps USB gear powered on the go
MSI GT680R-008US Gaming Notebook uses Sandy Bridge
Nokia market share drops; needs to “change faster” says new CEO
SAVANT unveils new 16-channel multi-room amp called AMP-1640
Scosche flipSYNC II keychain charge cable ships
New HTC Android phone caught in wild: HTC Desire replacement?
PS3 update v3.56 released; blocks unofficial firmware
Renesas 16MP smartphone SoC does Full HD, 15fps stills
Ballistic trots out new cases for Droid X, HTC Evo, and Samsung Fascinate
Sony’s first bizarre NGP PSP2 trailer revealed [Video]
Everything Everywhere contactless phone payments due Q2 2011 in UK
Hulu facing free show cull as “virtual cable operator” plans considered
Motorola sales dip under Verizon iPhone 4 pressure
MacBook Pro stock shortage could point to imminent Sandy Bridge refresh
Sony unveils 82-strong NGP studio support list
Sony PlayStation Suite & PS Store for Android gaming
Sony NGP is “next generation portable” PSP2
Notion Ink Battles Insinuations of Unevenly Bright Screens, Broken Cameras, Customer Service Stalls
Samsung will ship half of its processors to Apple in 2011
Speck Debuts new Covers and Sleeves for the MacBook Air 11” and 13”
Official IRS App for iOS and Android
“Touch the Magic” as Disney launches its own Android phone
State of the Internet 2010
iPhone 4 Class Action Lawsuit after “Glass Gate”
George Lucas Mines Star Wars Movies for Last Scrap of Un-merchandised Content in “Frames”
Coconut fiber concept iPad case straight out of Gilligan’s Island
AT&T grabs #1 spot from Verizon as nation’s largest carrier
Verizon iPhone – New pre-order details available
Lenovo and NEC team up for PCs and smartphones
More Action And Fewer Cutscenes In Video Games, Please
Double USB – It goes both ways
Netbook shipments expected 18% decline
Sony NGP to come in 3G and WiFi-only versions
Verizon HTC Thunderbolt to do simultaneous voice & 3G data?
Sony Ericsson XPERIA Play caught in wild [FEATURED]

To see more Daily Slash posts, click here: [The Daily Slash] or here: [SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up]

The Disney phone packs a 3.8 inch screen with some sort of 3D capability, a 9.6-megapixel camera, possibly TV tuner, and an app that puts the popular sticker booth in your hand as it lets you add bows and cat whiskers onto your own original photos.

The phone has plenty of Disney exclusive features such as live wallpapers that change depending on your time zone, Disney emoticons to impress your friends, and seven different Disney designs: Disney castle, Minnie Mouse plant print, Minnie Mouse polka dot, Star white, and mouse-patterns in pink, white, and gold.  The phone is only available in Japan and is not planned for a US release.

[Via Android Community]

Designed by Ben Rousseau and Ian Douglas–Jones, of the UK-based Extreme Design, the new room is called the Legacy of the River, and it was created to bring the world of TRON to life. Just, in an ice hotel. The new room is part of the Art Suite within the world’s largest ice hotel, which is located in Jukkasjärvi, Sweden. The designers used “futuristic” lighting sources, which are aimed to use far less power and energy than traditional lighting, throughout the room, as well as through the furniture itself.

Here’s what Douglas-Jones had to say about the project:

“We are both massive TRON fans, so the timing of the release of Disney’s new 3D high-tech adventure, TRON: Legacy, this month was absolutely perfect. The suite itself takes most of it’s influence from a nightclub scene in the film involving one of our favorite music artist Daft Punk, who wrote the score for the film.”

Check out the video below to see the room, and some of the set-up process that went into it. And if you’re interested in stopping by, or staying fo awhile, the room will officially open tomorrow.

[via Design Boom]

And if you’re taking a break from the trailers, you can indulge in the surround-sound mix of Daft Punk’s soundtrack for the movie as it’s included in the box! The LED Light Drive System that lights up your head to look like you’re on the Grid is a first for Monster headphones. This set also has noise-isolation and can double as a headset with its removable boom mic which can be attached to either ear. And they cost $350 USD.

[Via iPodNN]

Netflix is promising that content will be available as little as 15 days after initial broadcast, which is still less timely than many online catch-up sites but certainly better than nothing. Access will be included in Netflix’s $7.99 per month streaming-only package.

Press Release:

Netflix and Disney-ABC Television Group Announce Deal to Stream Array of ABC Network, Disney Channel and ABC Family Shows to Netflix Members

Agreement Includes Prior Seasons of ABC Hits ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ ‘Desperate Housewives’ and ‘Brothers & Sisters,’ plus Favorites from Disney Channel and First-Time Netflix Access to ABC Family Shows

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. and BURBANK, Calif., Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — Netflix, Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) and Disney-ABC Television Group today announced a new licensing agreement between the two companies that will allow Netflix to stream hundreds of episodes from the ABC Television Network, Disney Channel and – for the first time – ABC Family over the Internet.

The agreement, brokered by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, will add significantly to the growing selection of movies and TV episodes that can be streamed from Netflix. Once made available to Netflix from Disney-ABC – which, for relevant programming, will be no earlier than 15 days after initial telecast – episodes can be streamed instantly with Netflix memberships starting at $7.99 a month.

Among the highlights, Netflix members will be able to enjoy:

Prior season episodes of current ABC hit series “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Desperate Housewives” and, for the first time on Netflix, “Brothers & Sisters,” all of which are among the network’s most successful and popular TV franchises in recent years.
Every episode of recent ABC favorites “Lost” and “Ugly Betty,” the latter making its streaming debut at Netflix.
Each season of several hit series from ABC Studios, including “Scrubs” and “Reaper,” which are both new additions to Netflix.
A host of content from the Disney Channel, including the hits “Phineas and Ferb” and “Good Luck Charlie,” which are also new to Netflix; updated and expanded offerings of “The Suite Life on Deck” and “Wizards of Waverly Place;” and library offerings from the smash hits “Hannah Montana” and “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody.”
A wide range of content from ABC Family, marking the introduction of ABC Family content streaming from Netflix. Included are the hit series “Greek,” “Make It or Break It,” “The Secret Life of the American Teenager” and “Melissa & Joey.”

“TV content streamed from Netflix has proven to be immensely popular with our members,” said Ted Sarandos, the company’s chief content officer. “Adding to our existing Disney-ABC lineup with great network and cable shows, and opening up ABC Family for the first time, are important steps in creating a wide and diverse selection of content Netflix members of all ages can watch.”

In addition to the hundreds of TV episodes included in the agreement, Disney Channel and ABC Family movies such as “High School Musical,” “High School Musical 2,” “Camp Rock,” and “Beauty & the Briefcase,” as well as new releases “Avalon High,” “Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam” and “Revenge of the Bridesmaids,” will also be available to watch at Netflix.

Interestingly enough, Disney cancelled another Pirates-based game earlier this year, but this one was more of a full-fledged title, and not based on the LEGO universe. The new title, which will launch along side the latest installment in the movie franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, will focus on Jack Sparrow again, but you’ll also be able to choose up to 70 playable characters.

The events in the game will take place during the first three movies (The Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man’s Chest, and At World’s End), but will also have some moments from the new movie, too. TT Games will be launching the title on every major console, including the PC, and mobile consoles. It’s set to hit shelves in May, 2011.

Press Release

Disney Interactive Studios, TT Games and The LEGO Group Announce LEGO® Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game

Jack Sparrow and Crew to Embark on a Swashbuckling Adventure in LEGO Brick Form

BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Disney Interactive Studios and TT Games today announced that they are joining with The LEGO Group to bring Jack Sparrow and other familiar characters to life in virtual LEGO® adventures with LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game. The video game is being developed by TT Games, the group behind a portfolio of critically acclaimed, best-selling LEGO video games, and will be published by Disney Interactive Studios for the Wii™ console, Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, Games For Windows – LIVE and the Nintendo DS™ family of hand-held systems. The video games will be released simultaneously with the highly anticipated new film “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” in May 2011.

“Combining the excitement of playing as Jack Sparrow and other recognizable characters from the franchise will make the game fun for players of all ages throughout the world.”
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game will be based in the world of the globally successful film franchise, incorporating storylines, locations and characters from the first three films (“Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”) as well as the upcoming fourth film, “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.”

LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game will re-create the action, adventure and memorable moments of the Pirates of the Caribbean mythology in LEGO form, incorporating the humor of LEGO minifigures and fantastic worlds built from LEGO bricks and elements for players to explore. Players can take on the roles of more than 70 characters and experience the pirate adventure, irreverent humor and amazing creatures of the Pirates of the Caribbean films, through action-adventure gameplay and hilariously quirky LEGO cut scenes. Throughout the game, players will also have the freedom to explore environments from the highly acclaimed movie series in more than 20 levels. The game features two-player cooperative mode, in which players each control a character to experience the story together, and freeplay mode, which lets players return to levels to discover new items.

“Pirates of the Caribbean is a globally successful franchise based in action, adventure and humor perfectly suited for a LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game adaptation,” said Graham Hopper, executive vice president and general manager, Disney Interactive Studios. “Combining the excitement of playing as Jack Sparrow and other recognizable characters from the franchise will make the game fun for players of all ages throughout the world.”

“The action-packed world of Pirates of the Caribbean is a perfect fit for LEGO video games,” said Tom Stone, Managing Director of TT Games Publishing. “With so many wonderful characters, in such amazing environments, our teams are having great fun – and we’re sure that players will, too.”

To date, the Pirates of the Caribbean movies have generated more than $2.5 billion at the global box office while the multiple Pirates of the Caribbean video games have sold more than 6 million units globally.

In a companion release today, Disney Consumer Products and The LEGO Group announced an upcoming collection of LEGO brand Pirates of the Caribbean construction sets that will launch in conjunction with the video game and film release in Spring 2011.

About TT Games

TT Games, wholly owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment, is the combined publishing and development group behind the hit games LEGO® Star Wars™, LEGO® Batman™: The Videogame, LEGO® Indiana Jones™: The Original Adventures, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 and BIONICLE® Heroes. Incorporating renowned UK developer Traveller’s Tales, TT Games has a distinctive focus on console, handheld, mobile and PC games of the highest quality, aimed at young gamers and their families. For more information, please visit www.ttgames.com.

For Gowalla, the opportunity is to expand their 500,000 strong user base, and hopefully encourage some of those who try out the Disney check-ins to keep using the service after they get back home. Disney, meanwhile, gets to further publicize its parks and build social network engagement.

Gowalla expects to have around 200 locations outfitted with stamps by the end of the year, and those who have already visited prior to the deal’s announcement will retroactively get the stamps if they checked in while at the parks. You can see the most popular places – and examples of Passport pages – here.

[via CNN]

That includes the company’s PC and Mac clients, or indeed the Boxee Box when that arrives this month.  Toy Story 3 is available to buy from Walmart now, priced at $15.98 for the DVD version or $24.98 for a four-disc Blu-ray box-set.

Sony Pictures, Disney, and Warner Bros. are all named specifically to be in talks with In Demand (a partnership with Cox Communications), as well as Time Warner Cable and Comcast Corporation. The talks are in hopes to somehow create new sales numbers from movies, as the numbers in sales from DVDs are beginning to decline. The studios are trying to figure out a way to charge consumers for viewing movies “early.” Instead of waiting the three to four months, and sometimes longer, to get your hands on the DVD copy of a movie you enjoyed, the studios would let you watch them right on your TV, sooner, but for a higher price.

To make matters more interesting, Disney is contemplating the option of providing this premium service on Internet-connected devices, like Sony’s PlayStation 3 or Microsoft’s Xbox 360. The premium services on these devices would be the same on others, and still make the consumer pay upwards of $30 to get their eyes fixated on a new release movie, before it releases on DVD.

The tests are supposed to begin later this year from Time Warner, but there’s no word on how the tests will be rolled out, or how consumers would be able to gain access to the movies. While it would make sense that the movies would be made available through services already put in place, and by setting up a premium channel of some kind, that movie is completely up to the studios and those they are talking with. As for Disney, they are thinking about setting up tests which would start in the first half of 2011, and be centered around the release of one particular movie. Which movie is probably still up for grabs.

And while Sony has tried the same deal, but cheaper, in the past with single movies, like Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs in 2009, it seems that the company isn’t saying what their new test would be quite yet. Sony also didn’t comment on allowing the premium services on their PlayStation 3. And Microsoft didn’t respond, either.

What do you think? Charging $30 for a movie, before it comes out on DVD may seem like a lot, but is it something you’d pay?

[via Bloomberg]

According to “three people familiar with the plan,” Apple is supposedly in “advanced talks” with News Corp., hoping to get Fox TV shows included in the deal. This is coming from Bloomberg, speaking with the unnamed sources. According to the report, Disney and CBS are included in the conversations as well, but there’s no word on how those talks are going.

According to the sources, the episodes would only be viewable for 48 hours, and that’s probably before you view them. Most “rentals” usually only last about 24 hours, once you hit that play button. No mention, though, of streaming-only episodes, either, which would make a lot of sense for devices like the iPad. We’ll see if this turns into anything, or if they’re just more rumors spinning the old mill.

[via Bloomberg]

Two of the products are Wii related. These Wii accessories include a stand and a paintbrush for the nunchuck. Both are themed after the Epic Mickey game set to launch. One holds the Wii Remote in the grasp of some sort of black blob that appears to be the gulf oil spill trying to kill the Wii. The other is a paintbrush cover for the nunchuck.

My favorite are the Tron Legacy controllers that are going to be offered for the Xbox 360, PS3, and Wii. The controllers have the Tron name and blue glowing lines. The Tron gear will sell for $50 each and land this fall. The cool Mickey gear doesn’t have price or launch info just yet.

Only the metallic blue version of the netbook is available, rather than the pink model, and aside from the child-friendly branding there’s little new in the hardware.  As with other 8.9-inch Eee PCs, the Netpal has a 1024 x 600 resolution display, Intel Atom N270 processor and 1GB of RAM, while storage is courtesy of a 16GB SSD.

There’s also WiFi b/g/n, three USB 2.0 ports and a 0.3-megapixel webcam, and the whole thing weighs in at 2.20lbs.  No sign of the tipped 160GB version.  OS is Windows XP, which ASUS and Disney then augment with various parental-control features, access to Radio Disney, and custom themes from Cars and Toy Story.

[via Portable Monkey]

Modeled after the Eee PC, this netbook will have Wi-Fi, an Intel Atom processor, Windows XP and an 8.9-inch display. The interface, however, will feature custom Disney themes like Cars, Toy Story, Mickey Mouse and others.

Parental controls are included as well, allowing you to control web browsing, e-mail and more. Other programs include a memo pad, stopwatch and calculator plus access to Radio Disney. There’s a 16GB SSD and a 160GB HDD version and several color options including “Magic Blue” which features Mickey Mouse logos on a blue background and “Princess Pink” which features a pink base with flowers. You can get the Netpal in July for $349.99.

[via ZDNet]

The added movies are mostly from Disney’s maturer studios and include movies like No Country for Old Men. However, they are also offering very popular kid’s titles like High School Musical 3. What makes this special is VUDU is apparently the first device that is offering permanent, downloadable versions of Disney movies in HD.

So far, other movie providers can only offers these movies as rentals. The movies will be in 720p and the VUDU HDX formats. This should be interesting to watch, especially since iTunes doesn’t yet allow you to purchase HD movies.

Announced this morning, the deal makes it so three Disney suits are put on the Hulu board. This means they’ll now have an equal say as the original execs from News Corps. and NBS Universal. But the part of this deal users will actually be able to notice is the inclusion of Disney videos on the site.

The majority of video posted by Disney will include Disney and ABC TV shows like Lost plus popular items from the company’s catalog. So now the real question is, will CBS be jumping on board anytime soon? Will this move help Hulu overtake YouTube? We’ll be keeping our eyes on this one.

TV shows like Lost might be making their Hulu debut soon. But Disney Channel shows and other Disney network programming could be shown as well. There’s no word on how close Disney and Hulu might be to making a deal, but the company is much more interested than before, now that Hulu has jumped in popularity.

Should this deal go through, Hulu would then have three of the four major networks on their web video service. This could make the site a more viable option than even iTunes. However, Steve Jobs is on Disney’s board of directors, so we’ll just have to see how this one turns out.

[via CNET News]

Star Guitarist works with your PC or Mac, and comes with a six-string Washburn guitar.  The cool thing about this guitar is that each string has a different color, making it easier for first-time guitar players to learn the instrument.

No word yet on when Disney’s Star Guitarist will be released, but expect it to cost you around $200+.  That’s a small price to pay to start your career as a rock star.

[via T3]