Aiming to remedy this, and update their product line for a generation used to slick action-packed experiences such as Gears of War and Halo 3, Lucasarts has created a game designed to appeal to adrenaline junkies and Star Wars fans alike. By “unleashed,” the game’s title indicates that the mystical Force powers used so sparingly [...]

Lousy move, Nintendo. The company’s U.K. arm has released a promotional Girl Gamer magazine to pimp its products, which Geeksugar has posted about, and it makes me want to puke up that steak fajita I had for lunch.
Will it hurt Nintendo’s business? Will there be mass protests? Of course not; there are a lot worse [...]

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“I thought I was being threatened at that point,” Chui said. “They did contact the host. They contacted the host (again today) to say everything’s cool now.”

But after a firestorm of protest arose online, with Internet users saying that MobiTV should add greater security rather than dispatching their lawyers, the company backed down on [...]

I think Matt was mostly referring to AM or FM radio, but what about Internet or satellite radio? Me, I’m still a die hard Sirius subscriber and listen to Left of Center, Sirius Disorder, and Underground Garage channels many hours a day. They turn me onto new music all the time, so I buy an [...]

Standout Jobs’ Reception is a hosted recruiting service for companies. It replaces the lame jobs pages that many companies run with a more developed service, including application forms, applicant tracking, support for videos, discussions, and so on. I like the idea, but I like JobScore’s (review) model even more: With permission, it puts applicants that [...]

The movie industry has seen mixed results from suing individuals for file sharing but continues to clobber BitTorrent search engines.

In June, TorrentSpy was ordered by a federal judge to provide the film studios with user information found in the company’s computer RAM. TorrentSpy filed an appeal and argued that data in a computer’s RAM [...]

To grease the rails, Homeland Security has taken the remarkable step of handing out extensions even to states that haven’t asked for them. Arizona was told it would “automatically” get one, and New York told us that it received an “unsolicited extension.”

Why is that? One obvious answer is that Homeland Security officials like Stewart Baker [...]

Help is on the way in the form of InsideTrip.com, which launches in beta on Tuesday. The site not only includes JetBlue and Virgin America in its flight results, but it offers an interesting way to help you figure out the best flight taking into consideration things other than price.

For instance, it factors in number [...]

Toronto police launched an innovative gun amnesty program on Wednesday. It’s dubbed Pixels for Pistols, and through it, police are offering to give out a Nikon digital camera to anyone turning in a firearm.
Hand over your gun, get a camera–and photography classes.

A handgun or assault rifle is worth a $400 Nikon Coolpix S52 and [...]

The drive sports a very rugged, metallic look with its aluminum casing that also works as the cooling solution. Despite having metal all over, the drive is still very light, weighing only around 9 ounces. Designwise, the G-Drive is compact, however, if the Signature Mini appeals to the ladies, the G-Drive definitely screams masculine.
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