A moment three years in the making is finally here: the official Red Dawn trailer! And it looks surprisingly awesome, but maybe because this one actually had a budget. The campiness of the Brat Pack-driven original is impossible to match -- same could be said for Patrick Swayze's over-acting -- but the trailer appears to support a faithful re-imagining. In the end, as long as someone yells "avenge me!" everyone will be happy.

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Google and Microsoft aren't the only ones to jump on the tablet-train these days, as a South Korean newspaper has reported that their wacky neighbors up north are developing their own. The tablet, slated to be called Samjiyeon, has no camera or internet capabilities. It will, however, contain books, maps and games. It wouldn't be surprising if their app store gets Upset Birds For The Glorious Leader, or Draw Something, And By Something We Mean The Glorious Leader. Those games rock.

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Yesterday's North Korean rocket launch was a failure, officials in Pyongyang confirmed today.

U.S., Japanese and South Korean observers all reported that the rocket broke up just over a minute into its launch, after its first stage had already separated.

"Initial indications are that the first stage of the missile fell into the sea 165km (105 miles) west of Seoul, South Korea," the North American Aerospace Defense Command (Norad) said in a statement.

North Korean officials say the rocket launch was intended to deploy a satellite in honor of the 100th anniversary of the birth of national founder Kim Il-sung, but the U.N. and White House both raised concerns that the launch was test of long-range missile technology, which North Korea has been banned from conducting.

The White House condemned the launch in a statement, and U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called it "deplorable."

The U.N. Security Council is due to meet later today to discuss the event.

[bbc.]