Just as Sarah Palin was preparing to speak at the Republican convention in St. Paul (more on that momentarily), word bubbled up that the National Enquirer alleged in its print edition that John McCain's running mate had an affair with a business partner to her husband. With the sensational charge, the supermarket tabloid is gambling the measure of respect it has earned from more buttoned-down media in the wake of its reporting on John Edwards's affair with a campaign staffer, which was partially admitted to be true by Edwards himself. And early signs are that it may lose that gamble: The Enquirer issued a wishy-washy statement to the Huffington Post addressing its charges only in the context of other allegations, rather than backing them head-on:

"The National Enquirer's coverage of a vicious war within Sarah Palin's extended family includes several newsworthy revelations, including the resulting incredible charge of an affair plus details of family strife when the Governor's daughter revealed her pregnancy. Following our John Edwards' exclusives, our political reporting has obviously proven to be more detail-oriented than the McCain campaign's vetting process."

The McCain camp issued a full-throated denial and threatened to sue, though it's worth noting that Edwards at first outright denied the Enquirer's affair charges in late 2007.

The Enquirer promises a fuller report next week. Will the traditional press discuss the story in the meantime? Probably not. Though some publications seemed to regret their silence during the Enquirer's reporting on the Edwards affair, the tabloid had more evidence then on Edwards than it does now on Palin. Edwards was seen going into a hotel where his mistress was staying, and ran from reporters when he was confronted hours later as he tried to leave. And he failed to reiterate a real denial of the charges.

Hopefully some enterprising news outlets will at least attempt to investigate the Enquirer's allegations, however. Now's your chance to shine. Anchorage Daily News!

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A brief, must see video for all Xbox emulation fantatics. This robustly packed Xbox features 53 different emulators. Everything has been meticulously renamed and catagorized.

Each emulator sports a custom made icon. All emulators are filled with a hand picked "GoodRom" set. Minus the bad dumps and over dumps.

53 Emulators, A GoodRom Set for Each Emulator. 50 N64. Complete MAME, CPS1+2+3, NeoGeo, DaphneX. CD Systems: Full US TG-16 CD Set. Full US Sega CD Set. 50 PSX. Various JPN CD Titles

Emus feature screen shots for every game and video preview in several emulators.

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Update to the public data adds support for nine more languages plus e-mail and reporting enhancements.

It's been a rumor-filled week leading into Labor Day, and Thursday was no exception, with reports surfacing that Microsoft might be considering purchasing BlackBerry maker Research In Motion. It's not the first time such a rumor has circulated, but it still had the effect of driving RIM's stock prices up on Wall Street. RIM shares increased $2.61, or almost 3 percent, to a 52-week high of $90.32 in Friday morning trading.

Retro Studious has been synonymous with Metroid's first person series, but the time has come for the two to part ways. What does this mean for Prime and it's producers?

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The Homeland Security Department has issued the first large-scale task order under the $48 billion Networx Universal governmentwide acquisition contract.

Through the General Services Administration’s telecommunications vehicle, DHS wants two of the three Networx vendors — Verizon Business Services, Qwest Government Services and AT&T— to establish its OneNet intranet for sensitive but unclassified information. DHS said it will designate one winning vendor as a primary service provider and one as a secondary provider, but only one vendor will perform services in support of incident response and the network operations and security centers.

Customs and Border Protection is leading the OneNet effort, which will combine multiple wide-area networks (WANs) into a common IP network based on Multiprotocol Label Switching. Sprint and Verizon provide infrastructure support under the FTS 2001 contract.

Proposals are due Oct. 5. DHS expects to award the task order by April 2008 and have OneNet’s initial operating capability in place by late 2008...

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