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Here's what's on the schedule this fall on Comedy Central:

September:

Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity airs September 16 at 9:00 p.m. Dunham is a comedian and ventriloquist probably best known for his puppet character, Peanut. If you want to watch a special featuring a man who was mildly popular fifteen years ago, check this one out. Here's a clip from one of his acts.

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Affleck to star in Mike Judge's newest comedy called 'Extract'. Heeheeheehee! Cornholio!

Valkyrie faces another problem.

(InfoWorld) - Google has started to provide video clips in Google News, a feature it had been widely expected to add to its article search and aggregation site and which Yahoo and AOL already offer in their news sites.

"We're showing related news videos along with our news articles to give you a broader spectrum of info available," a Google staffer announced Tuesday in the Google News blog.

Google News is adding the feature through a collaboration with the company's YouTube video sharing site. The clips will come from channels that video news producers have set up on YouTube. Plus, with the YouTube video-playback technology, Google News users will not have to download any clips, and they'll be able to view the videos in any browser, according to Google.

"What we're announcing today is a test feature within Google News. We're beginning with a small group of partners who have news content on YouTube, and we're starting with a limited amount of content," said Google spokesman Gabriel Stricker in an interview.

"While we're starting out as a test, we hope going forward to access the thousands of content providers who use YouTube to reach a broad global audience, especially those who focus on news," Stricker added.

For now, Google will feature videos in the U.S., U.K., and Ireland editions of Google News. Video providers include CBS, Reuters, and a number of local Hearst TV stations, the company said.

Last May Google News Product Manager Nathan Stoll said that news video was an area the company would "like to make progress in."

"It's true that lots of publishers have asked us about our plans, whether or not we're planning [to include video] because they'd like to get added traffic to their video content. There's certainly a need out there," Stoll told IDG News Service.

Tuesday's announcement fits within the company's larger universal search initiative, which seeks to integrate links from its different engines within search results.

For example, in its main Google.com Web search engine, Google already collates results from its Images, Video, Maps, and News specialty search engines, if warranted by the query.

The news videos will play in their entirety right on the Google News page, a different approach from news articles and photos, for which the site only provides headlines, text snippets, and thumbnail images. To access an entire article and view photos in their original size, Google News users have to click on over to the site where they appear.

Google indexes articles and photos from the Web without necessarily obtaining permission from their publishers. Although this practice has been challenged in court as copyright violation in the U.S. and abroad by some news organizations, Google maintains that it is protected by the fair use principle. Many publishers actually encourage Google to index their material in Google News because they find they benefit from the traffic the site sends them.

In the case of the Google News videos, the approach is different because the clips have already been uploaded to YouTube by their owners, granting YouTube permission to stream them.

A huge hit at this year's SXSW, Hannah Takes The Stairs is an indie film with a cast consisting of other indie filmmakers Mark Duplass and Andrew Bujalski.

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History is turned on its head with a great story and compelling gameplay that keeps the tempo moving.

Non-US users hit in the pocket.

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Eleksen Group's wearable gadgetry kicks off this year's Horizon Award winners, allowing users on the go to view schedules and e-mails without powering up a laptop. Other honorees include inkless photo printing and mouseless Web-surfing with your eyes.

Fed up with dropped calls and a string of defective cellphones, Corey Taylor said he became irate when he learned he'd have to pay $175 to get out of his long-term contract with Verizon Wireless. So he resorted to a rather extreme measure. He faked his own death.

Where others use watercolors, one man uses metal. This artist (if you know his name, hit the comments) re-creates masterpieces using nothing but nails. The process appears to utilize a computer grid to map dots onto plyboard—we're betting a projector and pencil is used—after which the artist nails thousands of metallic dots onto his "canvas." He's the Monet of metal, in a sense, with yet another trick up his sleeve—toothpicks.
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Another awesome Official Gameplay movie for Sould Nomad & The World Eaters!

One of Shaun of the Dead’s more compelling aspects is Shaun’s resolute ordinaryness. His tactics are unexceptional, so he’s a useful proxy with which you share the same ideas and fears. When he reconfiguring his priceless LP collection as valuable ammunition against a growing tribe of zombies, you realize his hesitance and his intense paranoia, as well as the resultant outburst of triumph when he discovers that they’re capable of lodging in a zombie’s cranium with a proper whisk.

Simon Pegg’s Nicholas Angel is far more exceptional than Shaun. A much-heralded policeman-officer, his speech imparts stoic determination; when he speaks he’s short and to the point, saying nothing extraneous to his intent to sustain the law. And for all his responsible intentions, it is difficult to sympathize with him—he visits his ex-girlfriend prior to his relocation away from London in a scene that’s totally unnecessary, save for one of the most ingenuous cameos I’ve ever seen. Of course, he’s a caricature whose stoicism will crumble to the temptation to deliver clever puns (“Where’s the trolley boy?” “In the freezer.” “Did you say ‘cool off?’”) and dive through the air firing two pistols simultaneously, so although his extraordinariness alienates you he remains responsibly in service to good fun.

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Big Blue's new ePedigree feature might be drug companies' best weapon against counterfeiters.

George Lucas invited press to visit his Big Rock ranch in San Francisco where he unveiled the brand-new theatrical release, Star Wars: The Clone Wars .

Aspiring content distributor cuts 20 percent of staff but denies the Comcast-FCC issue has anything to do with it.

MailSteward will archive all of your email in a database for easy retrieval, without touching or modifying the email in your email client program. Just click on the Store Email in Database button and MailSteward will go to work storing copies of all your email, both text and HTML versions, and attachments, into a relational database file. You can then retrieve email and attachments from the database by searching on Date, From, To, Subject, Mailbox, or Body text.

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This release fixes a rarely occurring bug that improperly parsed date-times in email that had no time zone information in the headers. Account names are used in the email account list in Settings, rather than path names, and they are sorted alphabetically.

The owner of the building that housed Tony Soprano's favorite sandwich store is selling off the facade a brick at a time.

Sensible World of Soccer (X360)
Making sense of the mad world.

Our great British Liberators show us how to beat up children in Iraq. Hardly "cricket" eh old chaps? Don't forget to drink your "tea" as you watch this one.

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Sqeamish? Mom not like your violent video games? Then the new Gears of War 2 violence and profanity filter is right up your alley.

Yamaha, the innovator in home theater and digital audio and video reproduction, today announced the introduction of its flagship 11.2 channel digital AV receive...

Article: Now they get a look in.
If you can overlook the fact that we might not being playing it for another six months, there's plenty of good news behind Rockstar's shocker GTA IV delay.

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Cameron thinks this book is as edgy as Nickelback and in your face as Avril Lavigne!

Wal-Mart CTO Nancy Stewart and Jim Scantlin, director, enterprise information management, describe how they're using Hewlett-Packard's new Neoview system.

UK developer Ironstone Partners has confirmed it is working on a Dr. Who game for DS, PS2 and PC.

It was originally unveiled on the back of a pack of Top Trumps cards, and will apparently be based on the deck inspired by the popular science-fiction television series.

Unfortunately publisher Eidos was sticking to no comment, but Eurogamer expect more information to crop-up soon.

State intelligence fusion centers, which have received praise and federal funds as a tool for merging terrorism, law enforcement and all-hazard intelligence, are struggling to produce useful information as a result of tangled technology and unclear missions, according to a nationwide study.

The report, titled “Fusion Centers: Issues and Options for Congress” and completed this month by the Congressional Research Service, cited problems with the centers’ lack of connectivity with existing law enforcement databases and poor compliance with federally backed technical data-sharing standards. Federal agencies have contributed to the problems by spewing overlapping data at the centers via uncoordinated and insecure networks that are hard to use, the auditors said.

Thomas McNamara, program manager of the Information Sharing Environment at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, responded to the criticism by stating in a public meeting today that the CRS report had been misinterpreted...

Filed under: Programming, What To Watch Tonight

• At 8, NBC has a new America's Got Talent, then a new Singing Bee.
• FOX has a new On The Lot at 8.
• ESPN has two new episodes of the World Series of Poker at 8, then a new episode of The Bronx is Burning.
• At 9, ABC has the season finale of Shaq's Big Challenge, followed by the special Prime Time: Family Secrets.
• "Shark Week" continues on Discovery all night.
• CBS has a new Big Brother at 9.
• PBS has a new Wide Angle at 9.
• Larry King interviews Vice President Dick Cheney on CNN at 9.
• There's a new Eureka on Sci-Fi at 9, then a new ECW.
• At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, then a new Criss Angel: Mindfreak.
• At 10, Bravo has the premiere of Flipping Out.
• FX has a new Damages at 10 (repeated at 11).
• At 10:30, Giada has one of her Weekend Getaways in Santa Barbara, CA. It's on Food Network.

Check your local TV listings for more.

 

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At the Develop Conference Joystiq had the opportunity to sit down with Rhianna Pratchett, script writer and story designer for Heavenly Sword. They discuss the story of the game, her inspiration, the role of storytelling in video games and, among other things, her dad's (author Terry Pratchett) influence on her work.

Joystiq: I was going to ask, what do you as a writer think of people who skip cutscenes?

Rhianna Pratchett: They should be flayed alive! Only joking. It's horses for courses, isn't it? I personally, never skip cutscenes, because I wouldn't want to miss any part of a game's story. I mean would you go and see a movie then close your eyes and cover your ears every half an hour? Actually that's pretty much what I wanted to do with Crank through the entire movie! But that's a different story! I say, skip cutscenes if you like, but don't complain that you don't understand the nuances of the story. Having said that, I think a good writer actually tries to embed the story in the interactive narrative as well as cutscenes. In Overlord there's a lot of narrative that doesn't stop gameplay and I think that's very important.

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Check out the teaser trailer for Oliver Stone's new film "W." starring Josh Brolin is now online.

BeyondUnreal member Princess_Die had the opportunity to visit Comic-Con and take some shaky-cam footage of one of the hourly UT3 deathmatches.

PlayStation-maker goes extreme, mobile developer posts profits, and THQ enlists aid.

Electronic Arts, going wide and deep with in-game advertising, announced Wednesday that it will use Microsoft's Massive in-game advertising division to put ads in its sports titles. The titles include the Xbox 360 and/or PC versions of the biggest sports video games coming in the fall, including "Madden NFL 08," "NASCAR 08," "NHL 08," "Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08" and "Skate."

She will (most likely) play Narcissa.

Pure, unadulterated, relentless filth.
Why would anyone want to reissue a 1996 FMV-based adventure-game in the current climate, when the last time either FMVs or, indeed, adventures really held any cachet with gamers was, well, 1996?

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Really enjoy God of War? Then Gizmodo Buddy Ramon, who created the ultimate DS Lite Zelda mod and the ultimate Legend of Zelda Wii mod, has something for you. It's the, dare we say it, ultimate PSP God of War Mod (Mod of War).

There are red LEDs, golden chains (the game is Chains of Olympus), and a blood red and gold finish that adorns both the front and back. A lot of this stuff is hand sculpted as well. He's even throwing in a display case that looks like an old battle chest. The best part is that proceeds go to the Child's Play charity, which is Penny Arcade's charity to help out sick kids. What better way to play the upcoming God of War game than on this thing? [eBay - Thanks Ramon!]

Gallery [Gizmodo]

These are some new images of the Nintendo Wii game Star Wars The Clone Wars Tags: Nintendo, Wii, Star Wars The Clone Wars

Looks like fifty-two year old former Sex Pistols lead singer Johnny Rotten still has some punch left in his fists and hate in heart. Information on what exactly when down is still a little hazy but a fight broke out between Rotten, real name John Lydon, a few members of his entourage and Bloc Party lead singer Kele Okereke backstage Saturday at the Summercase Festival in Spain

Quick MMA fight ends after swift kick

3 minute long video of gymnasts making mistakes.

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Keith delivers a powerful special comment about the leaked Bush Administration letter which blames Senator Hillary Clinton and all war dissenters for Bush’s own failures in Iraq.

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The Palm Z Micro Plane is a lightweight flier controlled by infrared remote control. What's really awesome is the plane's bi-wing design and flaming paint job. Then there's the remote's tri-band functionality, allowing for three of the planes to fly in the same space, so you and your friends can trail one another under the dinner table and try to knock the planes out of the sky.

Since the Palm Z is made out of foam, you don't have to worry about crashes, either. Each flier will set you back over $40, though, and the controllers take six AA batteries. Cheap for an RC plane, but maybe not a tiny one. The planes include a lithium polymer battery inside that holds a ten minute charge for five minutes of flying. [Firebox via Shiny Shiny]

Kotaku posts:
" OK, you've had an hour or so to argue, debate and decide which games you thought should receive which nominations, including the cherished Best of Show accolade. Now it's our turn. Before you hit the jump to see our picks know this, there was a whole lotta arguing that led up to these final selections and on more than one occasion it came down to votes... on one occasion that vote tied and we had to debate the issue for awhile. Also keep in mind that we made these choices based off of the very specific definitions that The Game Critics Awards follows. So Best of Show gives a lot of weight to buzz. Also, there were two categories that we didn't feel had three worthy nominations, so we didn't include them. They were fighting game and simulation game."

Monday night's ratings. FOX comes in first with Hell's Kitchen having 4.3/12. Not far behind in second was NBC’s Dateline NBC having 2.7/8. Coming in third was CBS’s CSI:Miami having 2.4/7. And coming in forth was NBC's Victoria Beckham: Coming to America (Special) having 2.3/7. You could consider CBS's Two and a Half Men as coming in third with 2.5/7, but it was a repeat.

Catch around after the jump, no cosmic questions today just things that look like a chart, but NOT as Borat would say.

While AWC IT staffers rewrite the company's main VIPS software application in Java, Parallels Desktop will enable AWC to boot Apple's OS X operating system on Intel Macs and run Windows apps like they were native to the Mac.

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With only his feverish imagination and his terrified dog for company, Johnny finds ways to amuse himself in the dark.

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Our 800th news article on the next X-Files movie.

The military is so underfunded, theyre using spare troops to up-armor their vehicles.