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From the People That Brought You Raptor Safari...
via TIGSource by Derek Yu on February 11, 2008
Jetpack Brontosaurus. Coming soon.
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Wii hacked for homebrew, with Pong proof of concept
via Joystiq by Scott Jon Siegel on February 13, 2008
Filed under: Hacks, Nintendo WiiIntrepid hackers have figured out a way to run homebrew code on the Wii, through an exploit available through none other than Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess.By using a specially hacked Zelda save file, hackers have been able to run unsigned code straight off of the Wii's SD card. The hack is still in its early stages, but one user has...
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Alone In The Dark. Weeping.
via Rock, Paper, Shotgun: Back From The Dead by Kieron Gillen on February 13, 2008
[This was originally published in a slightly different form last year at the Escapist - keen eyed pedants may note the difference in the opening. I suspect this one could be ran from now until the end of time and remain relevant. Chins up, soldiers.]And then they’re gone.They were the air that you breathed, the water you drank, the creature who - in a whirlwind of flesh - turned early nights...
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How Internet Censorship Works
via HowStuffWorks: Daily Stuff Feed by (author unknown) on February 13, 2008
Internet censors can be parents, employers and national governments. They block access to the Web pages they identify as undesirable -- but what do chicken breasts have to do with it?
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Xbox Live To Add Community Created Games [Gdc08]
via Kotaku by Michael McWhertor on February 19, 2008
Chris Satchell of Microsoft just announced that community-developed XNA games will soon be distributed through Xbox Live. Microsoft has been buzz-wording about "democratizing game distribution" all morning, but it appears that it's willing to put its money where its mouth is. The company expects it can double the number of games on Xbox Live Arcade by the end of year with the addition of...
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IPv4 Address Crunch In 2 Years, IPv6 Not Ready
via Slashdot by kdawson on February 21, 2008
An anonymous reader writes "We've known for ages that IPv4 was going to run out of addresses — now, it's happening. IPv6 was going to save us — it isn't. The upcoming crisis will hit, perhaps as soon as 2010, but nobody can agree on what to do. The three options are all pretty scary. This article covers the background, and links to a presentation by Randy Bush (PDF) that shows the...
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How Gender Reassignment Works
via HowStuffWorks: Daily Stuff Feed by (author unknown) on February 21, 2008
Some people feel that their bodies and minds don't quite match up. Gender reassignment helps transsexuals reconcile their physical gender with their mental gender. But how are such surgeries possible?
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iTunes now number two US music retailer
via Engadget by Nilay Patel on February 25, 2008
Filed under: Portable AudioLooks like there's something to this "downloading music" thing after all -- just eight months after topping Amazon, iTunes has now passed Best Buy to become the number two music retailer in the US. Apple says 50 million customers have bought over 4 billion songs, with 20 million sold on Christmas day alone. That leaves just Wal-Mart in first place, but with the...
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In-browser, Ad-supported Mayhem - Quake Live
via GayGamer.net by Asterick on February 25, 2008
As an cubicle monkey, I spend a lot of time playing browser games. Lets face it, it is hard to pretend to be productive when you're holding a DS and shouting "Objection"! That being said, I have a feeling this is going to be a little bit hard to disguise as real work, but it's still pretty darn cool.ID software had said they were going to be bringing a large scale, free distribution of...
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