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Compare Us To TF2 Say Battlefield Heroes Devs
via Rock, Paper, Shotgun by John Walker on May 14, 2008
If you ever want to make an MMO developer mad, and why wouldn’t you, keep mentioning World of Warcraft when you’re talking to them. It’s the big unmentionable, the competition they know they’d have no audience without, but want to pretend doesn’t exist. Even the fine folks at EA Mythic, they behind the genuinely comparable Warhammer Online, tend to refer to Blizzard’s beast as,...
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YouTube flagging videos of content owners
via Download Squad by Danny Mendez on May 15, 2008
Filed under: Internet, Video, Google, web 2.0YouTube has been linking copyrighted videos uploaded by third parties to their respective content owners. This occurred with a Modest Mouse video, which YouTube linked to the official Modest Mouse page. The link says "Contains Content From: Sony BMG," and it may be YouTube's way of preventing content owners from removing videos uploaded by fans. Up...
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How to Cram All Your Travel Gear in One Bag
via Lifehacker: Top, not Windows, not Linux, not Firefox by Adam Pash on May 14, 2008
Now that most of the major airlines have begun charging an extra fee for checking a second bag, National Public Radio's All Things Considered tackles the art of one-bag packing, interviewing Doug Dyment, owner of previously mentioned OneBag.com. In the piece, Dyment suggests that the key to a one-bag trip is making a list of your must-haves and sticking to it. In all the story offers some...
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How to find any email with Gmail search
via Official Gmail Blog by Gmail Blog on May 06, 2008
Posted by Arielle Reinstein, Product Marketing ManagerThe sight of someone scrolling through hundreds of email messages trying to find a specific one is like fingers on a chalkboard for me. With a few tricks, you can use Gmail to find the exact message you're looking for, without all the scrolling.If you don't get a ton of mail, just typing in the words you're looking for usually does...
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How to Buy a Digital Camera and Ignore Expensive Hype
via Lifehacker: not Flashback, not Stats Feed, not Linux, not Mac OS X, not Mac, not Mac Tip, not Mac OS X Leopard by Kevin Purdy on May 06, 2008
Wired's How-To Wiki takes a group-edited look at the digital camera market and how a newcomer (or, more likely at this point, a buyer replacing their first, outdated model) can parse all the features and statistics to come out with a reasonable bargain. Their advice on megapixels, one of the most hyped features on any camera, is pretty reasonable:Then there is the fact that even a 3.1 MP...
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Portal +40
via Rock, Paper, Shotgun by Alec Meer on May 07, 2008
[Stares down-page in faint terror.] What a lot of arguments we’re going to have today. So, for those of you currently visiting us in search of gaming rather than debating, hopefully this will do the trick.The chaps behind the splendid Flash version of Portal have generously converted their 2D maps into 3D versions for Portal-actual. All 40 of them. At three and a half hours of happy...
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Valve Announce Gold Rush For TF2
via Rock, Paper, Shotgun by RPS on April 30, 2008
Some breaking news before RPS heads bedwards: There’s a new Team Fortress 2 map available. And more, as part of the free Gold Rush update.Valve explain,“The Gold Rush Update introduces the new Gold Rush map and Payload gameplay style, the first set of unlockable weapons, and a new set of achievements for the Medic.”If you don’t own it and that’s not enough to tempt you, perhaps a free...
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Personal Development, Canine-Style
via Lifehack.org by Craig Harper on April 24, 2008
... work too.He’d throw, I’d fetch.He’d throw, I’d fetch.Forever.What an amazing game.Such fun.He’d laugh and talk human. I’d growl.I’d laugh if I could.Mostly, I’d just wag my tail.I think it’s sad that humans don’t have tails.Sometimes he’d lose focus, so I would nudge him.Maybe a little nip on the hand just to keep his head in the game.How much fun can one Golden Retri...
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OpenSocial Bonanza
via Download Squad by Christina Warren on March 25, 2008
Filed under: Developer, Internet, Features, Google, Social Software, web 2.0Yahoo!, MySpace and Google announced the creation of the OpenSocial Foundation today. The foundation is a non-profit entity aimed at ensuring "...open and transparent governance of the OpenSocial specifications and intellectual property."On the final day of SXSW Interactive 2008, we were lucky enough to sit down with...
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Phasers Full of Stun
via Ole Bald Angus the Monk by Ole Bald Angus the Monk on March 11, 2008
"Dude, I don't know why they even bothered putting a stun setting on our guns.""You guys are such meat-heads. You need a stun setting in case you wanna shoot your friends.""Why the hell would you wanna shoot your friends?!""You start shooting at me with that damn thing and you better have it set on kill!""If I even see you with your gun set on stun I'm blasting you!""Dude it doesn't...
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