Games Awards Announced at Bafta
Batman: Arkham Asylum has been chosen as the best game of 2010 beating the pre-award favorite Uncharted 2:Among Thieves at the presentation ceremony shown live last night on BBC1. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) awards recognise "artistic, creative and technical innovation in video games". Bafta has been giving out awards to the games industry since 1998, although it only became a separate event in 2004. Comments
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World's biggest Atom Smasher Hits a New High
The European Nuclear Organization know as CERN has hit another high in reaching it's goal of exploring the 'Big Bang Theory" in it's entirety. Let's all hope that they only study the phenomenon, not recreate it. The extra energy in Geneva is expected to reveal even more about the unanswered questions of particle physics, such as the existence of dark energy and matter. Scientists hope also to approach on a tiny scale what happened in the first split seconds after the big bang, which they theorize was the creation of the universe some 14 billion years ago. Comments
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Cops Blame Computer Glitch for 50 Raids on Elderly Couple
"After news broke that Walter Martin, an 83-year-old war vet, and his 82-year-old wife continued to endure raids after pleading their case years ago in a letter to authorities, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly told detectives to fix the problem.The dozens of raids, which the Martins faced up to three times a week over a period of eight years, stem from a fundamental technology mix-up that started when the couple's Marine Park address was used to test an NYPD computer system in 2002, police said yesterday." I would have to call the police on that as being a tad slow on the uptake. Comments
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Russia Cracks Down on .ru Domain
Russia has finally realized that they may have a problem with it's .ru domain registration process. They are tightening the restrictions and increasing the difficulty in obtaining a domain name. In Mother Russia domain cracks down on you. Starting April 1, anyone who registers a .ru domain will need to provide a copy of their passport or, for businesses, legal registration papers. Right now, domains can be set up with no verification -- a practice that has allowed scammers to quickly set up .ru domains under bogus names. Comments
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Get Your PC DIY Fix In Tonight!
Long time [H]'er "im_electronic" is getting his build on tonight and letting us all watch. As I am typing this he is getting all his parts laid out and ready for installation. Here is a forum thread that will give you a link to his build list. Here is the UStream link to watch him go. If he pulls it out and starts jerkin' it, don't hold me responsible.
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Microsoft Pulls Bing App From Non-U.S. Stores
Not wanting to be left out of all the app controversy on the internet today, Microsoft pulled it's Bing app from all international app stores. When asked for a comment, a Microsoft executive said "it's because those other app stores smell funny." OkayÂ…I made that last part up. The good folks in Redmond are quoted as saying that the app was never intended for international markets, and was instead supposed to be destined for the United States alone. The company claims that it is working on international versions of Bing for iPhone, but it remained mum on when these would be made available. Comments
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Food Fight: Greenpeace Invades Nestle's Facebook Page
Environmental activist group Greenpeace, hot off of last week's protest of Facebook, is now using Facebook to protest Nestle (the candy bar people). Apparently one of Nestle's reps got pissy with the protesters over altered company logos and then all hell broke loose from there. Putting aside all judgment on who's right and who's wrong in this situation, we are seeing the dark side of the Facebook fan page: when what was intended to be an open way for fans to show their support was turned into a billboard of outrage on behalf of critics, and with a company representative in obvious panic over how to tame the mob. It's rare that public opposition will reach a truly uncontrollable level, but when it does, it's ugly. Comments
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Apple Bans Game After Dev Disses App Store
Last week a developer talked trash on Apple's app store but the company took the criticism in stride and implemented changes to its store to better serve developers. Just kidding, Apple banned his game from the app store. Last week, game developer Tommy Refenes publicly called Apple's app store "awful" and "horrible." This week, Apple yanked his game from their store. There are a couple of reasons that may have compelled Apple to remove Zits & Giggles, a pimple-popping game for the iPhone and iPod Touch, from the App store. Comments
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My Mom's on Facebook
Do you have a Facebook page? Yes? Well, your worst nightmare is about to come trueÂ…your mom is on Facebook. Comments
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Modern Warfare 2 In Real Life
Not only did this guy build a real-world replica of "The Pit" level in CoD: Modern Warfare 2, he actually challenged a real Special Forces soldier to a raceÂ…video game versus reality. The video isn't available in the U.S. but you can see a bit of the level this guy built in this video. Thanks to Al for the link. Comments
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Judge Orders Website To Delay Copying of Broker Reports
A U.S. District Judge ordered a web site to stop disseminating the stock recommendations of financial services firms until its clients can be notified first. "Fly's core business is its free-riding off the sustained, costly efforts by the firms and other investment institutions to generate equity research that is highly valued by investors," the judge said. She said the company did no equity research of its own. Comments
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