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A U.S. official overseeing a probe of potential White House misconduct declared through a spokesman yesterday that he will not give federal investigators copies of personal files that he deleted from his office computer.
I’ve never watch the show 'A Shot At Love with Tila Tequila' but maybe I should start. I’m a sucker for asian girls that act like whores and give lap dances. Even if the lap dance is performed for an old hag. It makes it all the more kinkier. And knowing that Tila is a [...]
1960s folk giants The Back Porch Majority tear up the small screen with an upbeat sing-a-long about The Big Muddy.
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The DSC-T70 looks flashy, but its image quality leaves room for improvement, and we found its touch screen frustrating to use.
Lionsgate has released the official synopsis for Punisher: War Zone , which reads.
This weekend, ComingSoon.net has been in London for the international press junket for New Line's The Golden Compass based on the first book in Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" series, and we had a chance to talk to Daniel Craig, who plays the evil Lord Asriel in the film. Of course, talk quickly turned to Craig's more famous role as the newest James Bond 007, because everyone wants to find out what we can expect from the follow-up to the blockbuster Casino Royale , which is scheduled to start shooting very soon.
The iPhone has virtually no buttons but it has already emerged as a significant threat to Nintendo and Sony in the portable games market.
Why? "BATMAN '89" is a classic! Well, "BATMAN RETURNS" does suck to high heaven.
Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox 360, First Person Shooters, Online
As part of their month-long
Halo 3 marathon, 1UP sat down with a few Bungie developers to talk up the upgrades being made to the upcoming shooter's online matchmaking system. The central focus of their system will be parties and how to get your friends to play with you in both ranked and unranked matches. This method differs from the current XBL king
Gears of War, which does not (officially) allow friends to play ranked matches together.
Gears developer Epic
has stated that the reason its title lacks a clan-friendly matchmaking system for ranked play is Microsoft's certification process. Bungie producer Allen Murray counters that notion in the interview, however, by explaining that Microsoft does allow parties of friends in ranked matches but does "not provide that feature as part of the core set of matchmaking services." In other words, it's up to the developer to program the system, and Bungie feels it has learned enough from its
Halo 2 experience to optimize the system they already have in place.
The interview talks a lot about custom rules matches and their efforts to promote the play. There aren't a lot of specifics, and much of what is said is subject to change between now and then. If you want to get a feel for the general design philosophy Bungie has, this should satiate you.
[Thanks, RGuy]
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MacMice today began shipping its new Danger Mouse Red USB laser mouse, and announced that $3 of every mouse sold will benefit the new other red program for assisting orphans in Africa. The Danger Mouse Red USB laser mouse features a glossy red outer shell, and is functionally identical to the Danger Mouse USB laser mouse with the same 1,600dpi lase...
Pirates: Constructible Strategy Game (Web)
Get your first look at the pirate life sim.
It's time to fire the cable guy. And the satellite guy. If you have a high-speed Internet connection, you have so many new ways to watch shows and movies on TV that you don't need those guys any more. I can connect my laptop to my TV to watch YouTube videos and network shows -- NBC, CBS, ABC -- online.
Ubisoft's medieval roof-hopper blitzes UK sales chart, Mario enters at five.
Despite mixed review scores, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed has managed to blitz the UK sales charts, becoming the second fastest selling new IP on an individual format since 2002's The Getaway.
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All the analyst talk is about who will win the important 2007 holiday sales, Nintendo Wii or Sony PlayStation 3. Can it really be all over for the Xbox 360? So where does that leave the poor old Microsoft Xbox 360, the one with the year head start, the excellent online service and the deep and ever broadening library of games?
Perhaps only Australians know the Xbox 360's charm, or perhaps it is due to the ever-perplexing exchange rate (PS3) and supply chain (Wii) conundrum that leads Australians to the Xbox 360. Whatever it is, for Australians it seems the favoured current-generation console for the beach house this summer is the Xbox 360. But that probably won't please Microsoft too much, Australian sales figure by comparison to other markets are miniscule.
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17Lamp.net: "I was honered to be a guest at the founding meeting of the Freedesktop Group Bejing (which is part of the College Open Source Society) last Saturday, November 8, 2008 at Tsinghua University and to introduce LXDE to some of the brightest IT students from universities in Beijing."
GPS products maker Garmin has pulled out of its bidding war to buy digital maps company Tele Atlas, and instead extended its contract with rival maps company Navteq.
Garmin's announcement Friday comes at a time of rapid consolidation in the market for digital mapping services, which are licensed by online companies such as Google and Mapquest, but are also vital to companies that make GPS (Global Positioning System) navigation equipment.
Garmin had been battling for Tele Atlas with GPS products maker TomTom International. TomTom made the first bid of about €2 billion ($2.9 billion) in July, and Garmin countered with an offer of €2.3 billion late last month. TomTom shot back last week with an all cash offer of €2.9 billion, which now appears to have sealed the deal.
Garmin said Thursday that its subsidiaries, Garmin International and Garmin Corp., have signed a six-year extension to their digital maps contract with Navteq, allowing them to continue using its data until 2015. They also have an option to extend the deal for a further four years.
In light of that development, Garmin said, it will stop pursuing the deal to buy Tele Atlas.
Navteq has also announced plans to be acquired by Nokia for $8.1 billion. The Finnish handset maker has said it will continue to license Navteq's digital maps on a stand-alone basis, allowing Garmin to keep using the service even after Nokia acquires it.
The outcome of all the dealings could be significant for consumers, who are being offered location-based services in a wider range of products, including new cell phones and other portable gadgets.
GPS makers say that by owning the mapping service companies they can offer more up-to-date maps to their customers. Today the digital maps that appear in GPS systems can be six months out of date.
Nokia's purchase of Navteq should allow it to offer GPS service in a wider range of its phones, including lower-priced models.
Separately this week, Garmin and TomTom said they had settled all of the outstanding intellectual property lawsuits between the companies, including cases in the U.K., the Netherlands, and the U.S. Financial terms of the settlement weren't disclosed.
Filed under: Comedy, Romance, Deals, Universal, Scripts & Screenwriting, Newsstand
Universal Pictures has picked up a romantic comedy pitch by Jessi Klein called Walk of Shame, with Stuber/Parent set to produce. Currently, the main plot is being kept hush hush, but it will supposedly revolve around a group of single New Yorkers who blah blah blah ... and then one of them finally finds love. Deal marks the first feature script sale for Klein, who once worked as a development exec for Comedy Central, as well as a stand-up comedian. Recently, she sold a comedy script to NBC about the behind-the-scenes world of an Oprah-like self-help show.
Even though they're being tight-lipped about the story, those of you who have spent time in a dorm room should know what the "Walk of Shame" is. Usually the phrase is geared toward women (though I suppose it could be applied to men too), and is used to describe a person who's walking home following a one-night stand, dressed in the same clothes they were wearing the night before. That, my friends, is the "Walk of Shame." Since women usually wear some sort of sexy outfit when enjoying a night out on the town, it's often easier to spot "The Walk" each morning because, well, who wears a tight leather mini-skirt and a low-cut tank top to class or work? Unless you went to school on Long Island (as I did) -- you'd be shocked to see some of the outfits those girls wore to their morning classes.
In case you feel like avoiding "The Walk" in the future, there's a survival guide out there for you to check out. Not, like, I've read it or anything. I suppose it would be a bit too personal, but you know I have to ask: Who out there has taken the Walk of Shame?
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PlayStation 2 136K
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Xbox 360 371K
Wii 803K
Nintendo DS 491K
First feature trailer for the upcoming film.
Google is looking into the use of solar, wind and geothermal power to reach its goal of generating 50 megawatts of renewable generating capacity for its operations by 2012.
Stardock opens up the castle doors to its upcoming fantasy strategy game.
Mick Jagger duets with Peter Tosh at Strawberry Hill, Jamaica in 1978.
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Cat pesters and pesters until the dog reaches his breaking point.
The holiday season may bring joy to consumers and retailers alike, but hand in hand with that joy comes the inevitable pain of post-holiday returns. Gift returns can be a hassle for consumers, but for retailers they pose a daunting logistical challenge, requiring speedy adjustments throughout the pipeline as consumers are reimbursed and products are returned to inventory.
Though most would agree that "pre-roll" online video ads are a nuisance, network executives said Thursday that they are unlikely to be replaced with ad-free subscription services.
Did you know that the six people who mastered ENIAC for World War II needs did it wearing pearls? Tired of teenager livejournals? Ever think about designing your own shoes? This week’s roundup is for you.
The women of ENIAC
You regularly hear stories about the lack of women in technology, or even math and science [...]
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French publisher takes on a big responsibility in cleaning up after Japanese DS studio Digital Kids.
HP’s offshoring of first-level customer support for OpenVMS is drawing complaints from users and consultants who say the overseas workers don’t know enough about the operating system.
Here's a look at the worldwide hardware data for the month of October, which contains the 4 weeks from October 1st-28th and applies a scaling factor to get 31 days' worth of data.
Electronic Arts has just stroke a deal with Formula One racing driver Lewis Hamilton amounting to a whopping five million GBP or roughly around US$ 10.40 million. The publication added that the driver will be featured on "Xbox and PlayStations around the world next year."
Wi-Fi becomes a fast Bluetooth option as UWB is too, er, slowThe Bluetooth community has decided to make a fast version of Bluetooth running over the Wi-Fi protocol, because handset makers and operators are increasingly frustrated by the wait for ultra-wideband (UWB) to finally appear in handsets.
IGN: "Andonicos Kalogerou is a man devoted to science and the war against superstition. From his office in the historic centre of Athens, he has worked diligently for more than 5 years, travelling all over Greece and revealing the paranormal for what it truly is: drunken fantasies and uneducated hysteria. But his intelligible, safe little world is going to come crushing down when a call from Pheve, his adopted sister and fervent advocate of the mythic, informs him that his step-father is not only missing, but presumed dead as well. With a heavy heart, Andronicos travels to the place of his childhood, high atop the Greek mountains, to bury an empty coffin and reunite with his quarrelsome step-sister. Little does he know that each step irrevocably brings him and Pheve closer to what Destiny has in store for them. For the death of their stepfather heralds the beginning of the greatest struggle between good and evil with the prize being nothing less than the very future of this world".
Roof Of The World is a centered journey around Lhasa, Tibet. Lhasa is the capital city of Tibet, former home of the Dalai Lama and frequent destination of Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims
Chris Remo of Shacknews gives his quick impressions after playing the first few hours of the highly anticipated PC shooter from Crytek.
Square Enix has sent six new screenshots of Final Fantasy XI: Wings of the Goddess to worldwide famous Final Fantasy XI fansite Allakhazam.com. In addition, the company has also revealed new information on the storyline of the expansion:
Campaign
This is the collective term given to the series of battles and border skirmishes waged in the Quon and Mindartian theaters during the Crystal War.
All those wishing to serve would enlist with one of the allied army's three main forces--the Kingdom of San d'Oria, the Republic of Bastok, or the Federation of Windurst--to combat the ever-advancing beastmen confederate comprising the Quon Host of the Orcish Empire, the Quadav Shieldwarriors, the Yagudo Theomilitary, and the Shadowlord's Dark Kindred. However, a volunteer's duties were not always limited to direct engagement with the enemy. Campaign endeavors also extended to tasks such as marches, supply runs, entrenchment and fortification, and cooperative maneuvers with allied forces.
It would not be an exaggeration to say it was through a delicate balance of military prowess and comprehensive strategy that these campaigns were ultimately able to lead the allies to victory.
Europeans seem to be cultivating an emerging talent for oddly surreal AIDS awareness campaigns (see the tarantula and scorpion from last year). A new German series runs with the motto of "It's easy to lose your head when you're horny," in the sense of not using prophylactics in the heat of passion. Hence you have a disturbing gallery of headless copulation, complete with video version as well. The only thing that would make this better is a morning-after shot of the couples reattaching their heads and suddenly experiencing all their attendant regrets.
Don't lose your head [Houtlust via Adrants]
You're gonna need a helmet...
Apple stock may well be capable of achieving a $210 price point as a result of Monday's Q3 results, says Shaw Wu of American Technology Research. Breaking down results, Wu notes that Apple brought in $6.2 billion in revenue, generating $1.01 in EPS, surpassing concensus views of $6.1 billion and $0.86 EPS. This was driven primarily by an unexpect...
Tony nominated stage actress Amy Ryan appears in three new movies, one already in theatres and two more opening this weekend, so ComingSoon.net took some time to talk to the actress about what's turning out to be a breakthrough year for her, especially for her role as a neglectful mother in Ben Affleck's Gone Baby Gone . We talked to her about that and about her other two new movies, Peter Hedges' ensemble comedy Dan in Real Life and Sidney Lumet's crime-thriller Before the Devil Knows You're Dead .
Let's get ready.
Here's a date wannabe European rock gods need to tattoo on their foreheads - November 23. That's when Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock will grace your local games emporium.
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Linux.com: "Linux is now mainstream--so mainstream, in fact, that two of the top three Linux distributions are commercially successful operations, and the third aims to be..."
"A little bit of everything for gamers this week as the tsunami of game releases crashes onto retail shelves."
So Slate's Meghan O'Rourke, Emily Bazelon, Dahlia Lithwick and some other Slate vagina-havers now occupy a little cordoned-off area called "The XX Factor," where they are expected to crank out what the site touts as "Slate's no-boys-allowed political blog!" (Were they jealous of Salon's Catbox ladyblog?) But man, is the personal ever "political" up in that beyotch.
"Our husbands are better at focused play because they are better at focused everything, when it comes to parenting. They certainly can and do pack lunches and wipe spills. But when they are eating they eat and when they are playing they play. They somehow find time to take care of their own stuff and they don't maniacally multitask while doing it. Not sure what this has to do with our math performance in college," muses Dahlia. We're not sure either!
Emily Yoffe also does some research close to home: "The other day I was talking to my sixth-grade daughter about school and I asked her who the smartest kids in her class were. She listed a bunch of boys. 'What about the girls?' I asked. 'There are lots of smart girls, but they're not the smartest.'" Boy, it is so hard to tell where the line between 'honest observation' and 'stereotype reinforcement' lies, isn't it?
Joining Apple, Google will have the ability to remotely remove software from Android-powered devices if they violate certain terms.
Ex-Survivor: Australian Outback castaway and current The View co-host Elisabeth Hasselbeck called her daytime talk show to let her co-workers know the name of her baby boy born over the weekend.
