There’s no need to present Monopoly, but did you know that the upcoming online version names Monopoly City Streets is the result of a collaboration between Google and Hasbro? It will be possible to use Google Maps as the game map to trade properties on a real city map. New structures will be added and for example, it will be possible to build stadiums – or even a prison in your competitor’s neighborhood! Monopoly City Streets launches tomorrow (Sept 9).

According to HitFix, workprint of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” has allegedly leaked online.

The movie won’t hit theaters until May 1st, 2009 and bad news for 20th Century Fox, people can now watch the workprint on several kinds of websites out there.

The bootleg is purportedly a DVD quality video of the Fox blockbuster without a timecode or studio watermark, but with several visual effects shots unfinished.

The only missing elements to the pirated copy seems to be scenes from director Gavin Hood’s recent reshoots of the film, which, according to actor Hugh Jackman, was the result of scheduling conflicts with the cast/crew, and not problems with the movie itself.

At the moment, Fox Legal is no doubt sending their legal troops throughout the web trying to pull the movie down, but at this point, gentlemen, good luck.

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Mygazines is a new community-driven website that allows users to upload magazines for other users to read. The site is free to use and contains hundreds of magazine. I think it’s a great idea and allows users to read magazines that they may have missed or haven’t got access to. For me, it wouldn’t stop me from buying magazines but it could affect an already struggling industry.

Do you like buying things on the Internet with your credit card? Think other people wouldn’t like buying things with your credit card, too? Have you given out personal information to register for “contests” and “events?” Beware. Sometimes the wizard making the promises is only a little man sitting behind a curtain pulling levers and talking through microphones. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Protecting Yourself Online makes sure that you take the necessary steps and precautions when registering, ordering, or even just conversing on the Internet. Keep people out of your personal life by creating hacker-proof passwords, removing your name from databases, and eliminating a third party’s ability to accumulate information about you-such as address, Social Security number, credit card numbers, and more.

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RescueTime is like Google Analytics for your time. It automatically tracks where you spend your time while computing and helps you become more productive by showing you where your time goes.. or you can use it to log how much you game during the week, your call.

The best part about RescueTime compared to other time tracker/management tools is that I don’t have to do anything. It’s all automatic. At most I just go in and add some tags, such as tagging Gmail communication, TextMate as work and Google Docs as school.

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