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People familiar with the matter say that Facebook could file for its initial public offering as soon as next week, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal. The source also says that Facebook is close to picking Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter. The filing could happen next Wednesday, and the company is aiming for a $75-$100 billion valuation. It is looking to raise $10 billion in stock. Facebook started in 2004 as a college-only social network. It opened to the public in September 2006, dropping the minimum age requirement from 18-years-old to 13-years-old. In little over seven years,......

Rick Santorum's way of thinking about education is both outdated and dangerous.

The Chemical Brothers have been part of dance music since forever, touring around the world with their psychedelic onslaught of a live show rattling people’s eyeballs and eardrums, leaving dazed and confused punters in their wake....

This week the IGN UK Podcast crew separate fact from fiction and tackle the rumours of Xbox 720, God of War and Syphon Filter 4, and Microsoft phasing out points. Join Alex, Chris, Keza, Stu and Tom for your weekly edification....

This looks like a tower in which you'd imprison a princess for 100 years, but it's supposed to be a temple to atheism--or more precisely, a temple to science and nature. These developments may seem quite odd, especially considering non-believers’ sometimes intense rhetoric against faith and religion. But now — there’s another more bizarre project in the works, as a new “atheist temple” is being planned in London, England....

President Barack Obama called Friday for an overhaul of the higher education financial aid system, warning that colleges and universities that fail to control spiraling tuition costs could lose federal funds....

Before he helped pave Sesame Street or invented the Muppets, Jim Henson was a young, experimental filmmaker. One of his earliest works, a 1963 short called "Robot," has been unearthed and put on YouTube by AT&T....

If you have the opportunity to telecommute regularly, or even work from home every now and again, the temptation can be strong to just put your feet up and forget about work unless you have to check in occasionally and clear out your inbox or dial in to a meeting. Occasional slacking is fine, but there's no faster way to get your remote work privileges revoked than to keep that up....

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This is a video of a technician climbing up to the top of a transmission tower to do some maintenance work. I always assumed there were specific tools or safety precautions in place to protect them, but nope, they just climb up, dragging their toolbox on a rope behind them. No harnesses or anything. Well [...]...

In a push to get people to actually use their site, Twitter has unveiled a new site redesign with a dual panel layout allowing easier and more intuitive navigation. Now you can click on an individual tweet and see more info about it, as well as any replies or retweets. It makes a lot more [...]...

One of the funnier things ive seen today hahaha. You know, I prefer these mascots than the annoying dicks in giant fur suits Another one after the jump.

Lady Gaga’s meat dress. It is a dress, made of meat. I suppose I will let the picture explain itself, there’s not much else really.

Other than the fact that this infographic is supposedly written in the future (September 20, 2010), it does provide an interesting insight into the plight of the trapped Chilean miners. Thirty three miners have three holes – their sole key to survival. No sun, fresh air, their whole world are these 3 holes. Some notes: [...]...

Man, I would have killed to hang out with the TMNT, back in the day. Hell even right now. If you stop to think about it, the whole concept of the show is so insanely crazy, it’s hard to see how anyone would have imagined that a show so outrageous would have been such a [...]...

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Military council's crackdown on NGOs, notably a travel ban on six American staffers, imperils US aid to the country.

Days of tough talks loom before any vote is held as Russia says the proposed resolution crosses its "red lines".

Court approves 85-year-old Abdoulaye Wade's bid for re-election and bars music icon Youssou Ndour from running.

Meeting in Ethiopian capital had been called after the South shut production, saying Khartoum was stealing oil.

The attack by gunmen suspected of being members of Boko Haram led to more than an hour of running gun battles.

Election commission disqualifies liberal challenger Grigory Yavlinsky from March presidential ballot.

Minority government set to prohibit niqabs and burqas and other forms of clothing that cover the face.

Despite re-starting military training, President Nicolas Sarkozy announces withdrawal of French troops by end of 2013.

Head of Arab League mission says violence is rising "in a significant way" ahead of UN Security Council meeting.

A bomb explosion during a funeral procession in the Iraqi capital has killed at least 32, including four women.

Pakistan will begin day four of the second Test on 125-4, a lead of 55 over England, in Abu Dhabi.

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More than 50 GPs involved in new clinical commissioning groups have warned the NHS may be "in peril" if government reforms are derailed.

The African Union is about to inaugurate its newly built Chinese-funded headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa.

Violence breaks out in Senegal after the country's top court rules that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for a third term in office.

The Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, is in Britain to meet David Cameron following France's decision to speed up the withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan.

South Sudan says it will complete its threatened shutdown of oil production on Saturday after no deal was reached with Sudan over pipeline use.

The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution against Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, amid an upsurge in violence.

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Sydney Morning HeraldRomney Joins Gingrich in Courting Diverse Florida Primary VotersSan Francisco ChronicleJan. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Republican presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich sought support from diverse groups of Republican voters in Florida as they entere...

USA TODAYCruise ship victims mull $14460 compensation dealUSA TODAYROME (AP) – How much is it worth to suffer through a terrifying cruise ship grounding? By Pier Paolo Cito, AP Italian firefighters approach the wrecked cruise ship Costa Co...

CTV.caAccused Utah school bomb plotter said inspired by ColumbineChicago TribuneROY, Utah (Reuters) - One of two Utah teenagers accused of plotting to set off a bomb at a school assembly was inspired by the 1999 Columbine massacre in Colorado and visited the high school there to interview its...

NDTVAlleged rape by Kelly prompted paralegal's abortion, source saysCNNGreg Kelly, 43, has taken a leave of absence from his co-anchoring job on WNYW's "Good Day New York." New York (CNN) -- A paralegal who accused the New York police commissioner's son of rap...

Los Angeles TimesObama college cost proposals may jibe well with Texas plansAustin American-StatesmanAs part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months. Read more about the change here. By Christi Parsons and...

Boston GlobeEx-Boston Mayor Kevin White dies at 82CBS NewsIn this Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1970, Sen. Edward Kennedy, center, and his wife, Joan, left, greet Boston Mayor Kevin White and his wife, Kathryn White, at their Charles street polling place in Boston Mass. ...

Telegraph.co.ukNavy Plans to Make Base From Old ShipNew York TimesWASHINGTON — The Navy is converting an amphibious transport and docking ship to serve as a floating base for military operations and humanitarian assistance, with deployment expe...

CBC.ca"Barefoot Bandit" gets 6.5 years of federal timeReutersBy Laura L. Myers | SEATTLE (Reuters) - A serial burglar nicknamed the "Barefoot Bandit" was sentenced on Friday in Seattle to 6-1/2 years in prison for his guilty plea to federal ...

Globe and MailPaul pursued strategy of publishing controversial newsletters, associates sayWashington PostRon Paul, well known as a physician, congressman and libertarian , has also been a businessman who pursued a market...

USA TODAYFor first time publicly, Panetta cites source of key intelligence for bin ...Washington PostWASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provide...

BOSTON -- Former Mayor Kevin H. White, who led the city for 16 years including racially turbulent times in the 1970s and was credited with putting it on a path to prosperity, died Friday, a family spokesman said. He was 82.White, who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2003, died peacefully at his Boston home surrounded by his family, spokesman and friend George Regan said.Read More... More on Video ...

Washington -- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is predicting that Democrats will recapture the House in November, a move that could open the possibility of the San Francisco Democrat regaining the speakership and becoming the first politician to return to that office after a defeat since Texas Democrat Sam Rayburn in 1955.Pelosi, 71, needs a net gain of 25 Democrats nationwide, a goal she calls her "Drive for 25." She has predicted gains as large as 35, produced in part by a Democratic romp through California, where the redrawing of legislative districts by a nonpartisan citizens commission promises the biggest shakeup in the state's congressional delegation in two decades, along with gains in Texas, New York, Illinois and Florida.Read More... ...

WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is acknowledging publicly for the first time that a Pakistani doctor provided key information to the U.S. in advance of the successful Navy SEAL assault on Osama bin Laden's compound last May.Panetta told CBS's "60 Minutes," in a profile to be broadcast on Sunday, that Shakil Afridi helped provide intelligence for the raid on bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.Read More... More on Osama bin Laden ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The court-appointed receiver overseeing California's prison health care system said Friday the state must keep its promise to spend more than $2 billion for new medical facilities before the federal courts can end an oversight role that has lasted six years.California committed to spending $750 million to upgrade existing medical facilities, building a new $906 million medical center and converting juvenile lockups at a cost of $817 million. So far, only the new medical center in Stockton is being built.Read More... More on Prisons ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- State regulators plan to fine Pacific Gas & Electric Co. $16.8 million for failing to perform gas leak surveys in the wake of a deadly pipeline explosion in a San Francisco suburb in 2010.The California Public Utilities Commission announced the fine Friday, as part of a new citation program that gives its staff oversight muscle to fine natural gas companies for safety problems spotted on their lines.Read More... ...

NEW YORK — Twitter, a tool of choice for dissidents and activists around the world, found itself the target of global outrage Friday after unveiling plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that might break local laws.It was a stunning role reversal for a youthful company that prides itself in promoting unfettered expression, 140 characters at a time. Twitter insisted its commitment to free speech remains firm, and sought to explain the nuances of its policy, while critics – in a barrage of tweets – proposed a Twitter boycott and demanded that the censorship initiative be scrapped.Read More... More on Twitter ...

DAVOS, Switzerland -- Business and social media leaders teamed up Friday to tackle the transmission of HIV from mothers to babies, saying the medicine and the money are largely in place, and with the right organizational skills they can eliminate HIV-infected births by 2015.John Megrue, CEO of Apax Partners U.S., will chair a business group that includes bankers and consulting experts and will help coordinate work being done by several governments and other international donors, as well as filling in gaps in the funding.Read More... More on Davos ...

By Diana FishlockReligion News ServiceHARRISBURG, Pa. (RNS) The bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pa., is being criticized for saying Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini would love the country's public school system because it teaches all children one set of beliefs.Read More... More on Education ...

Burning Man officials announced Friday that demand for tickets to the 2012 festival far exceeded the amount available, and many will be denied their requests when the results of the event's first-ever lottery system are announced next week."Turns out, people are VERY EAGER to go to Burning Man this year," organizers wrote in the official Jack Rabbit Speaks newsletter. "So much so, in fact, that they found creative ways to increase their odds of getting tickets in the Main Sale. As a result, there are a lot more tickets being requested than there are tickets available -- an inordinately large number, in fact, and far more than we projected even after last year's sold-out event."Now take a deep breath and don't panic -- yet. The powers-at-be are in the process of designing a Burning Man-exclusive reselling platform in which members of the Burner community offer their extra tickets at face value. ...

Every town has its legendary families (the Gettys, the Trainas, the Newsoms), and in Napa Valley, one reigns supreme: the Mondavis. From the 1960s until his death, Robert Mondavi was the godfather of wine country lifestyle, complete with wineries, philanthropy, lavish parties, a legendary family and a life of glamorous excess. And this July, his 85-year-old widow Margrit will release a "frank," tell-all memoir.Reportedly, the memoir, ghost-written by author Janet Fletcher, candidly outlines Mondavi's life with Robert, her art and lifestyle and her inside tales of the Napa Valley wine business. ...

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AP - When Facebook makes its long-expected debut as a public company this spring, the social-networking company will likely vault into the ranks of the largest public companies in the world, alongside McDonald's, Amazon.com an...

AP - Demi Moore smoked something before she was rushed to the hospital on Monday night and was convulsing and "semi-conscious, barely," according to a caller on a frantic 911 recording released Friday by Los Angeles fire officials....

AP - Cynthia Nixon learned the hard way this week that when it comes to gay civil rights, the personal is always political. Very political.

AP - Peyton Manning and Colts owner Jim Irsay insist they are just fine after a week filled with complaints and comments suggesting a rift had developed

AP - The two teens had a detailed plot, blueprints of the school and security systems, but no explosives. They had hours of flight simulator training on a home computer and a plan to flee the country, but no plane....

AP - After a two-year international crime spree in which he survived a handful of crash landings, Colton Harris-Moore — the infamous "Barefoot Bandit" — says he's lucky to be alive.

AP - Republican insiders are rising up to cut Newt Gingrich down to size, testament to the GOP establishment's fear that the mercurial candidate could lead the party to disaster this fall.

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What does it take to be the most obnoxious Christmas letter ever? An unbelievable level of smugness, yes, but also bragging about "a meal that costs the same as a ...

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Y'all ready for this?? THIS is what talent looks like people!! Not only did this talented musician make one faboosh 90's dance mix — he made it on melodica! He plays about 20 "classic" hits including What is Love, I'm A Barbie Girl, Can't Touch This. And did we mention it's all in one shot?? Watch and [...]...

Ke$ha recently tweeted a link to a fan made video some of her friends made. She wrote: "Sooo funny! my friends made this video for Sleazy 2.0" It's definitely pretty sleazy. Do U like the remixed song better than the original? What about the remixed video?...

Billboard has released the 2012 Power 100 list, which ranks the 100 most powerful people in the music industry, and it reveals that times are changing! No longer are the record labels in control, instead power is shifting to the artists, their managers, and the people who book them. One top entertainment attorney who was consulted to [...]...

Stop making us sad! Seal has been doing lots of TV interviews to promote his upcoming album, and, of course, answer questions about his "poorly" timed split from Heidi Klum. Earlier today Seal stopped by Access Hollywood to make, what he said is his last scheduled TV interview. This time, the singer made no mention of [...]...

Yep! Looks like there's a THIRD Snow White film this year… LOL!! whomp whomp. As Lil Wayne and Bruno Mars sing "mirror, mirror on the wall," they also get really messy. Check it out and tell us what U think of the tease!...

LOLz! This is definitely an homage to silent movie era! The Artist has the inside line to win Best Film at the Oscars but this blooper reel may take the cake! Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo yuck it up in the reel as well as a few camera and prop malfunctions. Even Uggie the dog gets in on the [...]...

Even with that horrible '70s porn stache, he still makes us weak at the knees! Although the film Lovelace focuses on Deep Throat star Linda Lovelace, with Amanda Seyfried in the title role, Adam Brody will be playing her, ahem, co-star Harry Reems, and for the first time thus far, he's been spotted on set! Ch-ch-check him [...]...

OMG this is Demi Moore!! Why do we keep learning about her allegedly doing that only drugs young people do in their garage!?! First it was WhipIts… then Adderall and Red Bull… but now we've learned she was smoking something too! The 911 caller described it as "similar to incense." And with that piece of info [...]...

Wow! We are TOTALLY buying Rupert in a non-Harry Potter role! Check out the newly released clip (above) of Rupert Grint in his upcoming movie Into the White! Between this movie, Daniel Radcliffe's The Woman in Black, and Emma Watson's The Perks of Being a Wallflower, we have a feeling that our favorite HP stars are [...]...

P. Diddy's throwing a party so ridiculous every guy is getting 15 hot models to "service" them all night. There's just one tiny catch -- a FIVE figure cover charge!!

"Mob Wives" star Renee Graziano was rushed to a NYC hospital by ambulance today ... just hours after feds busted her father and several other Bonanno crime family members.Sources close to the Graziano family tell TMZ ... Renee had a panic attack,… ...

The "Fear Factor" donkey semen challenge isn't only gross for the contestants ... it's also really bad PR for donkeys everywhere -- that's according to the preeminent donkey advocacy group.TMZ broke the story ... FF producers are serving up giant… ...

Dr. Conrad Murray has just filed legal docs asking a judge to release him from jail pending appeal.Murray claims in his legal docs he has a legitimate basis to appeal his manslaughter conviction.  Among the grounds for appeal -- "improper… ...

"Teen Mom" star Amber Portwood has struck a plea deal after her drug arrest last month -- requiring her to serve a 5-year prison sentence -- but TMZ has learned, there's still a way for her to keep her freedom. According to the deal, law enforcement… ...

Rumer Willis was at her mom's home when Demi Moore went into a semi-conscious, convulsive state.If you listen to the 911 tape -- around the 00:54 mark -- you'll hear the caller ask, "What is the address Ru?"What's interesting ... Demi was clearly… ...

The Demi Moore 911 call paints a picture of what was going on in Demi's house the nght she was hospitalized -- including the fact Rumer was there. Authorities redacted some key parts of the tape, but we have all the details. Plus, Hillary Clinton… ...

"So You Think You Can Dance" choreographer Alex Da Silva has just been sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping a former dance student ... and assaulting another.43-year-old Da Silva was arrested back in 2009 and charged with multiple felonies… ...

TMZ has obtained the 911 call placed moments before Demi Moore was rushed to an L.A. hospital Monday night -- after her friend told paramedics she had inhaled too much nitrous oxide ... aka whip-its.There is utter confusion at the beginning of the… ...

Gabriel Aubry kept a tight grip on his daughter Nahla this AM, in the midst of his battle royale with baby mama Halle Berry.We're told Gabriel left his house to take Nahla to her pre-school.TMZ broke the story ... Halle is trying to temporarily… ...

Jennifer Lopez was in Miami today, wearing a white swimsuit for a photo shoot, and she actually positioned herself and stood so only her ass was behind the wall and hidden from view. Either that or her fat ass is wedged in a doorway and she’s stuck. Oh please oh please oh please [...] ...

Nicole Kidman went to lunch at Joans on Third in LA today, and when she arrived she had the whole place to herself. Not because she’s famous, but because she looks like the ghost of a murdered 60’s Barbie, and ghosts are very scary. (image source = pacific coast) ...

It was a real wake-up call when Demi Moore collapsed Monday night, because if someone as strong and vibrant as Demi could pass-out, then it could literally happen to anyone. But now the audio from that 9-1-1 call has been released, and it turns out her friends saw her smoking something which may have caused [...] ...

Taylor Swift gets a lot of credit for writing her own songs, but she shouldn’t because all they are is a list reasons why every guy she’s ever dated is an asshole. Naturally that means her new record will be filled with coy allusions to Jake Gyllenhaal, even though they only dated for [...] ...

The middle, “disgusting food or drink” segment on this Mondays ‘Fear Factor’ will have the contestants drinking glasses of donkey semen, and NBC is so upset they threatened to stop the show. Well, actually the show was filmed over the summer. It’s not like it’s live. Getting that much donkey semen on a [...] ...

Supermodel Adriana Lima is way out on St. Barts today, supermodeling for Victorias Secret, so, if you know where Adriana Lima lives, this would be a good time to break into her house. (image source = fame) ...

‘Project Runway’ co-host Tim Gunn told the ABC show ‘the Revolution’ that he’s been celibate for almost three decades because of a bad relationship around the time when AIDS became an epidemic in the US. “Do I feel like less of a person because of it? No, not even remotely … it was at [...] ...

Pretty much the first thing Seal did after it was announced that he and Heidi Klum were getting a divorce was go on the Ellen DeGeneres show (with his wedding ring still on) and sing ‘Let’s Stay Together’. Then there was talk that maybe Klum didn’t really want a divorce but she had to [...] ...

The good news is that Vanessa Hudgens was back on the beach in Hawaii today, when all of a sudden my telepathy kicked in and her bikini top fell off. The bad news is that this bitch has cat-like reflexes, and covered herself before we could see anything. Trust me. I looked. [...] ...

Amanda Seyfried was in West Hollywood last night filming some more scenes for the biopic about 70’s porn-star Linda Lovelace, and I’m not really an Amanda Seyfried fan, but I am a huge fan of porn and stories about how to trick girls into deviant sex, so I feel like me and this movie [...] ...

As Flash's ubiquity begins to erode, standards-based Web technologies are going to become the path forward for developers who want to offer a user experience that works across all screens. The HTML5 video element is already widely supported in modern Web browsers, but the capabilities and codecs that are available differ between implementations. A new ...

Review copies of Electronic Arts's Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning are starting to reach critics, who have made a surprising collective discovery: an insert containing a code to download a "House of Valor" content pack featuring "seven additional single player quests." EA has confirmed to Ars Technica that this downloadable content will be included free with all new copies of the game, including digital copies purchased on the PC through Origin, Steam, or other services. Players who would rather purchase a pre-owned copy,...

If you’re like most people, you’re annoyed by passwords. You’ve got dozens to remember — some of them tortuously complex — and on any given day, as you read e-mails, send tweets, and order groceries online, you’re bound to forget one, or at least mistype it. You may even be one of those unfortunate people who’ve had a password stolen, thanks to ...

Physicists have been working for decades on a "theory of everything," one that unites quantum mechanics and relativity. Apparently, they were being too modest. Yesterday saw publication of a press release claiming a biologist had just published a theory accounting for all of that—and handling the origin of life and the creation of the Moon in the bargain. Better yet, no math! Where did such a crazy theory originate? In the mind of a biologist at a respected research institution, Case Western Reserve University Medical School. Amazingly, he managed to get his ide...

Kinect's vision and depth perception technology could soon be integrated into laptops. The Daily has seen two prototypes, believed to be from Asus, that incorporate an array of sensors above the top of the screen, replacing the traditional webcam. Below the display are a set of LEDs. Sources at Microsoft confirmed to The Daily that the laptops contain versions of the Kinect sensor. Asus has dabbled with Kinect-like systems before. Its ...

On almost any given day, Twitter receives a handful of requests to delete tweets that link to pirated versions of copyrighted content—and quickly complies by erasing the offending tweets from its site. That fact itself is probably unsurprising to people familiar with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown process, which gives sites like Twitter a "safe harbor" against lawsuits related to user behavior and uploads—so long as the sites don't knowingly tolerate pirated material or links to such material. But Twitter has taken the unusual s...

Hewlett Packard is showing off a range of new printers at Macworld|iWorld 2012, largely aimed at the home office and small-to-medium business segments. However, a new feature of its latest printer models is what really caught our eye on the show floor. HP's Wireless Direct makes it possible to print documents and images from an iOS device via AirPrint without even knowing the name or password of the local wireless network. All of HP's printers now include the company's ePrint feature, which enables options like wireless printing, sending documents to print via e-mai...

The rise of purely digital online game sales has changed the industry in a number of ways, but the most important change might be the introduction of games as impulse buys. Anyone with a credit card tied to their Steam account knows how scarily easy it is to, with just a few clicks, dump more money than you intended on a whole passel of games that seem vaguely intriguing. You might not have read any reviews, or even heard anything about the game outside of the Steam description, but when it's so cheap and the purchase process is so seamless, your consumptive id can often act before y...

The Pirate Party of Catalonia is organizing the equivalent of a class-action lawsuit against the FBI in a Spanish court, claiming damages to legitimate users of the file-sharing site Megaupload. And the group is trying to enlist the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to do the same, sending it the contact information of US residents who join the campaign. "This initiative is a starting point for legitimate Internet users to help defend themselves from the legal abuses promoted by those wishing to aggressively lock away cultural materials for their own ...

Apple has begun alerting its Italian customers that they have a right to a two-year warranty on Apple's products as provided by Italian law. The move comes after Apple was issued a $1.2 million fine for allegedly misleading customers—the court decision documenting Apple's violation is now linked directly from the store.apple.it page. Italy's ...

It's not the smallest transistor out there, but the boffins at IBM have constructed the tiniest carbon nanotube transistor to date. It's nine nanometers in size, making it one nanometer smaller than the presumed physical limit of silicon transistors. Plus, it consumes less power and is able to carry more current than present-day technology. The researchers accomplished the trick by laying a nanotube on a thin layer of insulation, and using a two-step process -- involving some...

All of new RIM CEO Thorsten Heins' fresh ideas will apparently still be revealed to the company's board in a couple of weeks, but he's already dropped some gems in interviews with the Wall Street Journal and Reuters (update: and Bloomberg). First item on the agenda? Getting current users upgraded to the latest and greatest BlackBerry hardware. Citing internal statistics that indicate 80- to 90- percent of the company's customer base aren't running BlackBerry 7 hardware yet, it will work closely with US carriers to promote upgrades until the new ...

MasterCard is all over the map when it comes to mobile payments. The credit company will partner with anyone, anywhere, anytime if it means getting new customers and making a buck on the deal. Its latest offering is called ...

Israel is home to a burgeoning tech industry, but the country's broadband infrastructure hasn't really been able to keep pace. In terms of broadband penetration, in fact, Israel ranks just 21st out of 34 developed nations, according to statistics gathered by the OECD. All this may be changing, however, now that the country's state-run electric company has announced plans to create a ne...

We here at Engadget tend to spend a lot of way too much time poring over the latest FCC filings, be it on the net or directly on the ol' Federal Communications Commission's site. Since we couldn't possibly (want to) cover all the stuff that goes down there, we've gathered up an exhaustive listing of every phone and / or tablet getting the stamp of approval over the last week. Enjoy!Continue reading FCC Fridays: January 27, 2012...

Seriously, we can't caveat this one enough -- there is no way of knowing if this is in fact the Galaxy S III or, if it is, when it might come to market -- but, it looks like Samsung's "next big smartphone" just made a cameo on the company's support pages. Listed as the GT-i9300, the mystery device reared its head over at the Global Download Center of the United Arab Emerites site. If Sammy is to keep with its naming scheme i93XX would be a flagship device -- the i90XX line was the Galaxy S, i91XX represents the ...

Sony's PlayStation Vita hasn't exactly sold like hotcakes over in Japan, so the company has sweetened the pot for the portable's potential Stateside buyers. Those who placed pre-orders will get a couple of extra goodies for their $350. To go with the previously promised limited edition case, 4GB memory card and copy of Little Deviants, you'll also receive 250MB of data...

Just wake up from a very restful week-long slumber? First of all, we're envious of your good fortune. Second, Research in Motion made a few changes to its leadership chart. Third, you must be really hungry right about now. So grab a sandwich, come back in an hour and join Myriam, Brad, Sean Cooper and our very special guest Kevin Michaluk (yes, Mr. CrackBerry Kevin himself) as we discuss the northern news, as well as anything else that happened this week.Be sure to send questions or comments you have for us...

He was appointed with a fair bit of fanfare as the United States' first Chief Technology Officer back in May of 2009, but it looks like Aneesh Chopra has decided that it's now time to make room for the nation's second CTO. The White House confirmed today that Chopra is stepping down from his position, noting that he has amassed a "dizzying array of accomplishments." Among those are his contributions to the Obama administration's national wireless strategy, a set of internet policy making principals, and a number of efforts related to the President's open government strategy, including the ...

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If you're not smiling in your Facebook photo, your life is probably going to suck in four years time. Reseachers J. Patrick Seder and Shigehiro Oishi at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville discovered that smile intensity from a single Facebook profile photo in the first semester of college predicted self-reported life satisfaction three and a half years later, at the time of college graduation. This type of study isn't actually unique to Facebook, however. A 2011 study by Harker and Keltner showed that female students smiling in their college graduation yearbook photos from 1958 and 1960 were reportedly happier 30 years later. A similar study by ...

U.S. Patent # 6,591,353, "Protocol for Communication with Dynamic Memory," tends to refer to a "memory device." The innovation with respect to this device appeared to be the introduction of a synchronous clock. That way, time-multiplexed transfers could take place in a regulated fashion. But as USPTO documents published today show, the appeals judges found that two existing patents cited by Nvidia qualify as prior art, and moreover, that the teachings demonstrated by those older patents would be inspiration enough for a skilled artisan to apply the teachings to improving synchronous memory the way Nvidia appears to have done. Sponsor...

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People familiar with the matter say that Facebook could file for its initial public offering as soon as next week, according to reports from the Wall Street Journal. The source also says that Facebook is close to picking Morgan Stanley as the lead underwriter. The filing could happen next Wednesday, and the company is aiming for a $75-$100 billion valuation. It is looking to raise $10 billion in stock. Facebook started in 2004 as a college-only social network. It opened to the public in September 2006, dropping the minimum age requirement from 18-years-old to 13-years-old. In little over seven...

The most controversial measures of concern to Internet users in the final version of the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) for most Internet users are 1) that signing governments pledge to allow copyright holders a way to request, under court warrant, personal information about a suspected infringer from that person's ISP; 2) that means will be provided for a rights holder to legally pursue someone suspected of circumventing rights management technologies; 3) that goods crossing countries' borders may be made subject to search and seizure if they're suspected to contain infringing material, with exceptions provided for things like personal luggage. President Obama signed this treaty on October 1, 2011, effectively ratifying it on behalf of the United States. ...

The second-most important thing about social media is talking to people. The most important thing is to know whom you're talking to. We can't have a conversation about "authenticity" or "realness" or any other airy social media concept until we understand that there are people listening on the other side of that megaphone, and that's very nice of them to do. In order to get something out of social media, our listeners have to get something out of listening to us. To give them what they want, it helps to know who they are. With the integration of Google+ into search, Google's social network will become an increasingly important part of the Web. By Google's count, it has ...

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"We eat with our eyes," Iliana Regan told me, "and then it travels to our brain, and we love the sensation of the taste and the hot. I think it does a lot for the senses." Pretty steamy, right? Food is sexy. There can be no doubt. But just like sex, it's not always pretty. And in food and sex alike, humans love to take pictures. There are laws about the sex part, but food is not censored in our society. The temptation is strong in the smartphone age to share our daily deeds with the world. It makes them less mundane. Meals are miraculous, really. Food is sacred. It gives life. But the rest of us on the Internet aren't at the table with you. We can't taste how good it is. Sometimes, if the light's not quite right, or you're too close...

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New submitter Required Snark writes "UC Davis researchers have found a mechanism where the sodium in sea water can cause uranium nano-particles to be released from nuclear reactor fuel rods. Normally the uranium oxide compounds composing the rods are very resistant to leaching into water. This could have serious consequences for the Fukushima disaster, since sea water was used for emergency cooling." ...

New submitter MikeatWired writes "If you're like most people, you're annoyed by passwords. So who's to blame? Who invented the computer password? They probably arrived at MIT in the mid-1960s, when researchers built a massive time-sharing computer called CTSS. Technology changes. But, then again, it doesn't, writes Bob McMillan. Twenty-five years after the fact, Allan Scherr, a Ph.D. researcher at MIT in the early '60s, came clean about the earliest documented case of password theft. In the spring of 1962, Scherr was looking for a way to bump up his usage time on CTSS. He had been allotted ...

An anonymous reader writes "A bit early, but just a reminder that January 28 is international Data Privacy Day in the U.S., Canada, and many European countries. Various events are being held around the globe: the head of the FTC opened a weekend forum on the topic by calling out Facebook and Google, the Ontario Privacy Commissioner is holding a symposium on 'Surveillance by Design', and of course Google recently announced they'll be tracking you more thoroughly in the future." ...

sighted writes "This week's huge solar storm will benefit future astronauts, thanks to the rover Curiosity, now on its way to Mars. The rover is equipped with an instrument that measures the radiation exposure that could affect a human astronaut en route to the Red Planet. Scientists are just starting to pore over the data from the blast of particles. Don't worry about the poor robotic geologist, though: 'No harmful effects to the Mars Science Laboratory have been detected from this solar event,' says NASA." ...

slew writes "This is a followup to this earlier story about 2 of 3 of Rambus's 'critical' patents being invalidated. Apparently now it's a hat-trick." There's something that seems unsavory and wasteful about a business environment in which a company's stock value "fluctuates sharply on its successes and failures in patent litigation and licensing." The linked article offers a brief but decent summary of the way Rambus has profited over the years from these now-invalidated patents. ...

New submitter Krazy Kanuck writes "The White House is running a story on their OSTP blog that Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra is stepping down after being appointed to the post by President Obama in 2009. There is some mention of him returning to his home state of Virginia, and the Washington Post suggests a possible bid for lieutenant governor." ...

Sparrowvsrevolution writes "At the Shmoocon security conference, researcher Brendan O'Connor plans to present the F-BOMB, or Falling or Ballistically-launched Object that Makes Backdoors. Built from just the disassembled hardware in a commercially-available PogoPlug mini-computer, a few tiny antennae, eight gigabytes of flash memory and some 3D-printed plastic casing, the F-BOMB serves as 3.5"-by-4"-by-1" spy computer. With a contract from DARPA, O'Connor has designed the cheap gadgets to be spy nodes, ready to be dropped from a drone, plugged inconspicuously into a wall socket, (one model ...

sciencehabit writes "The North Star, a celestial beacon to navigators for centuries, may be slowly shrinking, according to a new analysis of more than 160 years of observations. The data suggest that the familiar fixture in the northern sky is shedding an Earth's mass worth of gas each year." ...

New submitter BraveThumb writes "One independent rap group found it impossible to post their song on YouTube. When they tried to put up their video, they were informed that the copyright belonged to Universal Music, even though the rap group wasn't signed to any label. Another group working with Universal had used the music in a video of their own, which then accidentally leaked online. YouTube's filtering software then blocked the original. The Hollywood Reporter shares what happened and concludes by saying, 'For an industry that's pursuing copyright reform, the portrayal of a copyright re...

The Republican presidential candidacy is still far from decided, based on the split primaries and mixed polls so far. So here's another source for trying to figure who's really pulling ahead -- the number of new Facebook fans that each candidate is getting, according to the Inside Facebook Election Tracker. Mitt Romney is finally making some strong gains this month, in contrast to his Facebook performance over December. By "strong gains" I mean he's been attracting a roughly similar number of fans to Ron Paul, the candidate who normally dominates on the web (and ...

As just about everyone should know by now, the seeds of what grew into Facebook were planted at Harvard. Might there be a bunch of mini-Zucks lurking in the dorms of Cambridge? If so, a new venture capital firm — the first housed right on the Harvard campus — wants to find them....

The Windows release of Kinect is coming up in a couple days, but for most people that won't be a major event: the Kinect they have is sitting on their TV or in a drawer, waiting to be taken out for an impromptu Dance Central 2 party. Of the 10 million Kinects out there, the only ones connected to computers are the ones being fiddled with by the various hackers and students making science projects out the things. But according to the Daily, Microsoft is hoping to remedy this particular situation by ...

Yesterday's announcement that Twitter would be selectively censoring tweets based on country was not well-received. But part of that announcement was the assurance that the process would at least be transparent. A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. They also mentioned that they were working with Chilling Effects to make notices and orders sent to Twitter publicly available. At the time of the post yesterday, the site wasn't up yet, but you can now browse it at chillingeffects.org/twitter....

Y Combinator has just announced the newest partner to join the prestigious firm: Geoff Ralston. Ralston's previous credentials include founding Four11, which was acquired by Yahoo back in 1997 for $96 million and served as the foundation for Yahoo Mail. Ralston spent eight years at Yahoo, eventually becoming Yahoo's Chief Product Officer. Several years after leaving Yahoo he was named CEO of Lala, before it was acquired by Apple in 2009. Most recently he cofounded ...

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Wuh oh, Samsung — better watch your tail. While Apple might not be seeing any impact (be it positive or negative) on iPad sales from the launch of the Kindle Fire, Samsung's Galaxy Tab ought to be feeling the heat. Tapping into the data provided by their app analytics platform (which they estimate has found its way onto around 90% of the Android devices out there), Flurry highlights a few surprising numbers....

We took a break from the Android round-up in December because, well, to be honest I was on vacation. But January gave us a few extra smartphones and the holidays are over, so we're back. What we've got for you today leans into more expensive turf, and unfortunately, our favorite Android devices for the past two months are also exclusively at Verizon, so Big Red subscribers should pay attention. Without further ado, these are our favorite December/January releases of the Android persuasion: The Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the LG Spectrum, and the ...

BraveNewTalent is a social recruitment platform operating in the UK and moving into the US. I caught up with CEO and founder Lucia Tarnowski at Davos. The startup is built around the idea that people want to follow companies they might want to work for in the future, and companies in turn want to educate potential hires about how they work. They recently introduced a few new features, which Tarnowski outlines, notably the new feature enabling a user to follow the key employees of a company....

At Davos I managed to catch Juliana Rotich, Co-Founder of Ushahidi, the incredible crowd sourcing platform which came out of Kenya. Starting with just a handful of countries in 2009, it's main product, Crowdmap, is now used in hundreds of countries for crisis mapping and even crowd sourcing information about nuclear weapons in Iran. I got an update from her about their latest moves. These include news that the Omidyar Network, which put $1.4m towards Ushahidi, and which late last year ...

In an effort to crack down on hacker/stock traders who hijack brokerage accounts and exploit the stock market for gain, the Securities and Exchange Commission has, in a novel move, gone after four online trading companies and eight executives who they say helped a Latvian hacker make more than $850,000 from fraudulent trades. ...

On its face, matching iPad textbooks with college students seems almost perfect. But Apple's plans for its new iBookstore, from the way it's structured book purchases to its development strategy for multimedia e-books, doesn't seem like it's well suited for the college textbook market at all ? if it even has that target in mind. ...

The sun is waking up. After several quiet years, it bombarded the Earth with a one-two punch of solar storms this week, which generated consecutive nights of spectacular auroras.

Internet scorn for Twitter's announcement that it would censor tweets was swift and unforgiving. But even free-speech and other experts were divided on the service's move that it might censor tweets if required by law in "countries that have different ideas about the contours of freedom of expression." ...

It's the Pentagon dream that won't die: hitting enemy targets with missiles anywhere around the world within mere hours. (Too bad it could trigger a nuclear war.) Now that the brass swears it's got a technological fix for the ambitious missile project, it's got a bigger problem: the Pentagon can't seem to decide how it should actually work. ...

The ability to control a Windows desktop with a simple hand gesture could become reality sooner than we once thought. The Daily got a sneak peek at two Microsoft-developed Windows 8 notebook prototypes with built-in Kinect sensors. The system would allow for gesture recognition in portable devices for the first time. ...

The Lark isn't the first wearable device to track one's sleep patterns, but the system adds a clever coaching element that other sleep trackers don't include. It's an important addition, as competing devices tend to smother the user in sleep data, but don't provide many tools to make sense of the data in an actionable way. ...

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Here are a few easy things you can do: Educate yourself about how SOPA and PIPA work. (Reddit: What is SOPA?) Print and mail letters to your state’s senators and representatives, urging them not to support this. Physical mail is harder to ignore than email. It piles up. You can find representatives’ addresses here and [...]...

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Gabe: We have just finalized the concert line up for PAX East. Check this shit out! Friday: VGO Protomen Metroid Metal Minibosses Saturday: Supercommuter Paul & Storm Jonathan Coulton MC Frontalot Also a reminder that PAX East 3 day badges are sold out. You can still get single day badges though.  One last thing: We need Enforcers! You can download the application here and then mail the completed form to: klindsay@penny-arcade.com -Gabe out...

Gabe: Once again I was able to beg an early copy of a game. This time I scored Kingdoms of Amalur. I’ve been playing it now for a few days and I am in love. I’m probably not supposed to talk about the game yet but I figured it would be much easier to ask for forgiveness rather than permission as the old saying goes. I’m not incredibly far in the game and I don’t want to spoil anything but I do want to give my impressions. Yesterday on Twitter I said I thought it was better than Skyrim and I...

Tycho: There are many games where box breaking is core to the experience, a cultural practice, a folkway, and this happens in Kingdoms of Amalur as well.  Games are developing more robust approaches to assessing your moral coordinate with precision, but they’re still several long miles from basic etiquette. I’m sure they’ve already printed the cases for it, which is too bad, because it would be fun to have the cover say something like AMALUR? MORE LIKE AM-ALURRING hoooooo - TYCHO BRAHE, PENNY ARCADE You guys can have that, if you want.  That’s a freebie.  I think Gabriel wants to talk about...

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LeBron James scored 31 points, Dwyane Wade scored 28 in his return from a sprained right ankle, and the Miami Heat beat the 3-point-obsessed New York Knicks 99-89 on Friday night.

The New Orleans Hornets are actively trying to trade center Chris Kaman, according to sources close to the process.

The U.S. women's soccer team qualified for the London Olympics on Friday night with a 3-0 victory over Costa Rica.

Boston Bruins goaltender Tim Thomas, who has become something of a political lightning rod lately, weighed in Friday on his beliefs that the federal government is "out of control."

Peyton Manning and Jim Irsay "had a long talk" Friday, coming to terms with comments made to the media this week, first by the Colts quarterback and then by the team's owner two days later.

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Pat Shurmur hired former Minnesota coach Brad Childress as his first offensive coordinator with the Browns on Friday.

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Dwight Howard sat calmly in his locker and spoke softly, but with cutting tone as he ripped into his team for what he saw as a lack of effort. "I look at guys and they don't look like they want to play," Howard said following Orlando's surprisingly lopsided 93-67 loss to a New Orleans Hornets team that came into Friday night's meeting on a nine-game skid....

The New York Knicks, they were all about the 3's. The Miami Heat, they welcomed back No. 3. Advantage, Heat. LeBron James scored 31 points, Dwyane Wade -- he of that No. 3 jersey -- scored 28 in his return from a sprained right ankle, and the Heat topped the 3-point-obse...

John Fox and Jack Del Rio are together again. The Denver Broncos announced Friday night they had agreed to terms with Del Rio to become the club's new defensive coordinator. Del Rio was Fox's first defensive coordinator in Carolina in 2002 before leaving after one year to coach the Jacksonville Jaguars, who fired him in November....

The Hornets have decided to trade Chris Kaman, who won't be playing while the club looks for teams interested in making a deal for the veteran 7-foot center, general manager Dell Demps said. Kaman was excused from New Orleans' home game against the Orlando Magic on Friday night, and Demps, who was traveling, said in a written statement during the game that the team and Kaman "mutually......

Commissioner Bud Selig expects baseball to expand its playoffs this season. Players and owners have already agreed to add an additional wild-card team in each league, but are still deciding whether it would take effect this year or in 2013. Selig said there are scheduling issues to be worked out -- once they are, the new 10-team format would begin with a one-game playoff....

Joe Philbin was once hired by Mike Sherman in Green Bay. On Friday, Philbin returned the favor. The new coach of the Miami Dolphins hired Sherman as offensive coordinator on Friday, also adding Kevin Coyle as the team's defensive coordinator. Combined, the 57-year-old Sherman and the 56-year-old Coyle have 68 years of football coaching experience....

Rob Gronkowski's playing status for the Super Bowl was listed as questionable on Friday after the star tight end missed the New England Patriots practice for the second straight day with an injured left ankle. Twelve other players also were listed as questionable but participated in practice on a limited basis....

If anyone knows how Novak Djokovic feels after sweating and scrapping for almost five hours in the Australian Open semifinals, it's his next opponent -- Rafael Nadal. A day after Nadal beat Roger Federer in four compelling sets, Djokovic dug deep to overcome Andy Murray 6-3, 3-6, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 7-5 on Friday night after 4 hours, 50 minutes....

Peyton Manning and Colts owner Jim Irsay insist they are just fine after a week filled with complaints and comments suggesting a rift had developed following one of the most miserable seasons in team history. "We would like to dispel any misperception that there might be any hard feelings between us," the two said Friday in a statement issued by the team....

By Daniel O'Brien  Published: January 27th, 2012  I like funny things. I work with a bunch of funny people all day. Everyone in my family tells jokes. I like watching funny movies and TV shows and listening to funny podcasts. I'm very, very simple.I also like funny books. Not books about comedy, or ...

By Simon Dufresne,Dylan Moore  Published: January 27th, 2012  Picking a career is pretty hard, it turns out. Not only do you have to choose something you could see yourself doing for the rest of your life, but you also have to be somewhat competent at it. Most of us will just fall into something and go with it. ...

By Kristi Harrison  Published: January 26th, 2012  For as long as there have been people making art, there have been people who are really good at it. People like Thomas Kinkade and the painter of Space Jesus, just to name two. But it's one thing to paint the weeping, planet-sized face of Jesus Chris ...

By Gladstone  Published: January 26th, 2012  Every generation claims to have suffered more than those that follow. "Oh, in my day, we had to walk three miles to school; we fought in a war; we died of dysentery drinking well water that hadn't been boiled sufficiently." Blah. Blah. Blah. But I do ...

By John Cheese  Published: January 26th, 2012  A couple of days ago I was talking to a friend about music, and within 30 seconds we were making fun of Nickelback. Half a minute after that, we were ripping on their fans. At the time, we were just two guys looking down our noses and laughing at a f ...

By Robert Brockway  Published: January 25th, 2012  Chaz Blazer, elite Hollywood agent and sustainable parkour enthusiast, greensaulted into Geoff Chaser's office and eco-vaulted himself into a supine position on the slick, gray recliner. He held up one slender, manicured finger for silence, and Geoff ...

By CRACKED Readers  Published: January 25th, 2012  Video games do a pretty good job of avoiding the uncanniest corners of the uncanny valley. But if you spend enough time in one, you can't help but wonder how the characters you encounter there would translate to the real world. We asked you to show u ...

By Adam Tod Brown,Chris Dennison  Published: January 25th, 2012  It's no surprise that musicians don't write all of their own songs. Hell, with all the boy bands and Justin Biebers of the world, you assume it's all done on some assembly line anyway. But when you actually sit down to look at the songwriting credits ...

By Christina H  Published: January 24th, 2012  Some people pat themselves on the back for the strangest things. You know, people who think liking one band makes them a superior human being to someone who likes another band. Or people who think being able to copy and paste a quote from Douglas Ada ...

By Jesse Clark,Pete Griffin  Published: January 24th, 2012  Our knowledge of outer space is a lot like our knowledge of history -- it's really hard to separate what we know from research from what we picked up from movies. In both cases, this means that a lot of our everyday knowledge about space is just laug ...

A new law prohibits Kaleidoscoping while driving, Joe Biden advertises guitar lessons on the White House bulletin board, and Romneymania sweeps the nation.

Reggie tries not to agree with Doc as they discuss the soon-to-be Super Bowl losers, who the hell Marco Scutaro is, and Tom Coughlin’s impending death at the hands of Bill Belichick.

Tyler Perry has signed a $50 million deal to expand his franchise to include films targeted at the world's 1.4 billion Chinese moviegoers.

Jim and Tracy partner with the "Bridles of Hope" charity to replace the wife Don Groton lost to a drunk driver with a beautiful miniature horse.

As part of the 2011 Year In Review, Tucker remembers Elizabeth Taylor, Amy Winehouse, and Randy Savage.

The nation's gross doctors recommend drinking eight cups of clam juice per day, a snake gets a tattoo of a dude on its face, and the Supreme Court overturns Right v.

Doc and Kenny give us each other hell as Tim Tebow's defeat has millions flocking to God, while the Yankees act like paupers and the Wizards beg for a lockout.

Justin Timberlake finally receives the recognition he deserves for being everybody's favorite jokester.

Guests on the Onion News Network's new political-debate show "The Beltway" decide who's leading and who's bleeding in the 24-hour political battle royale.

In a top story from 2011, member of Congress Gabby Giffords was injured in one of the hundreds of shootings that occur every day in Arizona.

THIS awesome. What sells the video isn't that the producer of Street Fighter X Tekken was willing to do this. No, what really puts it in God Mode is the stilted English, the pimp robe, and the Blanka-in-a-glass cocktail. Street Fighter Movie Reenactment with Capcom's Yoshinori Ono [1UP] ...

Point-and-click adventures were big in the '90s and Wadjet Eye Games looks to bring them back with the Blackwell series: four episodic games that follow a reluctant detective and her ghostly relative. Each game tells another part of the story, and opens up an interesting and dangerous world of obnoxious and stubborn ghosts, weird and entertaining people, and clever mysteries. In The Blackwell Legacy, you meet Rosa and Joey, then jump back twenty years in Blackwell Unbound to get to know Rosa's aunt Lauren. Blackwell Convergence brings you back to the present with a more knowledgeable Rosa and the most recent installment, Blackwell Deception, shows you that there is far more going on than you would have initially guessed. Each of these titles is a story. Keep reading ...

SEGA has released a new trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines. It's exclusive to IGN, but you can view their Youtube version of the video just above.  There's no gameplay footage, which I'd really like more of at this stage, but the trailer is nonetheless very cool. The Xenomorph fanboy in me loves the way it's been set up, so I can't complain too much.  Still, next time let's see more of the game in action. I'm desperate to see how it's looking now.  Colonial Marines is scheduled for Fall 2012. ...

Happy Friday, everyone! Hopefully you all tuned into our live show today and won an XBLA code for the latest Orcs Must Die! DLC, but if not, don't worry! There will be plenty more giveaways in the near future - and that's a Tara Long Promise©! In the meantime though, some videogame news was discussed today and I should probably mention it. First up, about a gazillion announcements regarding the Wii U have surfaced since Nintendo revealed their Q4 financ...

Fans of the Command & Conquer series have had to deal with their fair share of ups and downs for the past few years. Up: Ric Flair fighting a bear. Down: Command & Conquer 4. After three years of work from Totem Arts, a small mod group, I don't think Renegade X: Black Dawn will be added to the "Down" category. January 28, 2012 will mark the release of its single-player mini-campaign, Black Dawn. ...

Last year, Capcom announced that it had to put Resident Evil: Revelations on a 4GB card instead of the standard 2GB, causing the price to jump from $39.99 to $49.99. Ever since this announcement, Capcom has diligently been working on ways to get the price lowered to the standard price point. It seems they were successful in that mission, as today they've officially announced that Revelations will be sold for $39.99. I was originally on board for the increased ticket price, especially after playing the fantastic ...

Egoraptor's Sequelitis, if you haven't been following along, is a fairly new series that breaks down the game design advancements and downgrades between sequels, while also adding a bit of that manic Egoraptor pizzazz that we all love so much. This latest installment is an addendum to his first episode that compared Castelvania to Castlevania II, this time bringing Super Castlevania IV into the mix -- he apparently hasn't played Castlevania III yet, if you were wondering. While he doesn't say that IV is a bad game, he feels that by not re-balancing the game to account for the more versatile whip, Konami broke the Castlevania s...

I imagine people like me will play Mass Effect 3's co-op long enough to see what it's about and quickly lose interest, moving back into the quiet realm of offline play. It all seems to come down to how much you enjoy the series' brand of combat. I've never been bored by it, but I also can't say it's particularly engaging. Of course, that could all change with Mass Effect 3. This trailer is reassuring, though videos like these are never perfectly indicative of hands-on play. ...

This is sick. Dude, stop it. You're making everybody uncomfortable. Have you no shame? This, ladies and gentlemen, is fighting game virtuoso Desk as he plays a few rounds of Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike one-handed against... himself! He's operating two characters at the same time and making it look like the most natural thing in the world. He's serving up parries, supers, and counters like grits at a Waffle House. Then at the 1:14 mark, the asshole whips out his cell phone and starts texting while wrecking Remy with the other hand. Good gravy. desk vs desk [blog of desk via ...

User-interface design is a tricky part of game development. You have to find the right balance between usability and attractive aesthetic choices. This is only taking an "average" gamer into account, but there are many different types of gamers with larger hurdles to overcome than that which any game presents. Legend of Grimrock developer Petri Häkkine...

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Yow! Sorry for that. That was a pretty terrifying way to start off the open thread, I know. Everyone recovered? Welcome to the week-ending open-thread! I hope you're as excited for the weekend as I am. ...

I'd love to see the paperwork at N.C. State public safety after a Nerf-war staging of the popular

Glasses-Free 3D | Spike Lee, screening his latest feature Red Hook Summer at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, enjoyed some downtime with a 3DS at a promotional event held by Nintendo this past weekend. (Jason Merritt, Getty Images). ...

How does one of the greatest fighting games of all time wind up one of our least favorite gaming apps of the week? Was it the power of

GGTL: "Superannuation has done that thing he does - the one where he splits apart the internet like a Creme Egg and scoops all the delicious goo out for you. And this time, who goo-covered hands (I didn't think that one through) have brought up the delight that the PS3 will get another exclusive in 2012, most probably a ModNation sequel."...

Take a look at my wish list and give me input on what you think should be added?

D+PAD Writes: 2011 was a stellar year for gaming, with titles such as Crysis 2 and Portal 2 paving the way for some awe inspiring end of year blocksbusters the cinematic Uncharted 3, the sprawling Skyrim and the hard-as-nails Dark Souls to mention a few. Another year passes and the annual question arises; what big names do we have to look forward to? If youre in need of a friendly reminder, D+Pad has you covered...

"In the 360/PS3 debate, I tend to lean more towards the PS3 because of a number of reasons. Of course as a hardcore gamer, I own a 360 as well. However youd most likely see me playing on my PS3 more often than the 360. Every so often though, I crave that 360 pie, what with the awesome games and the sense of community (or competition) the other camp has." - JTMGames Author...

Megabits of Gaming takes a look at some of the greatest ship levels of all time - here are some classics that manage to edge out even Uncharted 3's sinking ship level!

Today on The Game Machine we take a look at an Xbox Live Indie game called Battle High: San Bruno. Does this indie fighter have what it takes to make it stand out from all the big dogs out there? Find out in this review....

From the review, "Its a well written and thought out adventure that takes a realistic look at relationships between individuals and shows the growth of a newly disabled character as he comes to deal with his new impediment and realizes the true measure of individuals comes from whats inside..."...

ThoseGamingNerds Write: "The Darkness 2 Demo hit the PSN Store, XBL Marketplace and on Steam this past Tuseday (XBL Gold Members got the demo on the 17th), and seeing as I havent really played much of my Xbox 360 as of late I decided to download the demo and try it out."...

The week's top-selling games at retail ranked by unit sales

PushStartSelect: "I find stories with a female lead fascinating most of the time because its a good twist on your stereotypical story revolving around a guy character. A lot of key dynamics change, and emotions are brought about for various reasons. This isnt to say they are weaker or anything like that, but different and its cool. So here are five female lead games that I think should see a return in some shape or form soon!"...

Cuboy®: Back to the Cubeture 2 kicks off with our ultimate hero Cuboy lost in ancient times. Boss... -- Delivered by Feed43 service

Help our pink hero to solve all the puzzles. You will have to collect the coins on the way in... -- Delivered by Feed43 service

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The second part of Subtle Energy. Atmospheric puzzle. Collect particles of energy. Need to mix... -- Delivered by Feed43 service

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Connect the energy source to bulbs and let it glow over 20 levels, again! -- Delivered by Feed43 service

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Can you defend your nation against an invading force and unite the seven factions?

The fifth episode of a story of a different Yoshi.

imagine shift with dragon love

Pencilmation History of the World: The Caveman

Why people that were kidnapped by aliens do not remember anything?

The folks over at LongTail Video share some of the current trends in HTML5 video for various browsers, with special emphasis on the following: Market Share of Browsers and Devices, Media Formats, Tag Attributes, Fullscreen Playback, Adaptive Streaming, and Accessibility....

“Most of my life I went to parties and heard a little groan when people heard what I did,” says Robert Tibshirani, a statistics professor at Stanford University. “Now they’re all excited to meet me.”...

Priceonomics takes the association of fixie bikes to hipsters, and creates the Fixie Bike Index. After starting with New York, they branch out to national numbers.

At North Carolina State, an advanced analytics program lasting 10 months has, since its founding in 2006, placed over 90 percent of its students annually. The average graduate’s starting salary for an entry-level job is $73,000. Its current class of 40 students had 185 applicants, and next year’s applications are already twice that....

I’m currently working on an HTML/JavaScript application that allows you to author content entirely on the client. I want to let users download that content and save it locally, but without bouncing it off a server. After some trial and error, I have it working fairly well using a data URI....

Like PHP Magic Methods we have number of Constants defined in PHP. PHP team has declared 8 of the constants as Magic Constants.

Github has these cool ribbon images that you can use if you want to encourage forking your project on your site. They're great and I wanted to use them on a little project I am working on. However, one of my goals was not to use any images, but rather produce all display elements with CSS....

A screen cast that shows the capabilities of the JPA/Hibernate probe in JProfiler. It presents the events view of the probe that shows a chronological progression of persistence operations as well as the hot spots view that shows back traces and associated JDBC statements....

The results are in....and the community chooses Kepler

Ever since Google’s Larry Page took the helm back in April, his message has been quite clear. He saw Google stretched out over far too many projects. With so many hands in so many pots, it was difficult to create a single, solid product. So, Page called for a consolidation of efforts, to strengthen the core products and offer truly competitive services....

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I have a problem where I need to output whether or not a user inputted string has duplicate sets of characters within the string, if it does I must print out a statement, does not; print out another statement. My question is the process of going about this. I thought using CharSequence() method would work; but with that you would have to indicate what specific characters to look for, and that wont work for what I'm trying to do; any suggestions? ...

I have some problems with PHP Rename . $rm = rename($path.$package."/",$path.$get["theme_name"]."/"); if ($rm == FALSE) { return "RENAME_FAILURE"; } here i got a error A PHP Error was encountered Severity: Warning Message: rename(/home/pr/public_html/developer/public_themes/arkGT/,/home/pr/public_html/developer/public_themes/new_roller/) [function.rename]: Directory not empty Filename: models/pagemodel.php Line Number: 218 i checked the cpanel,everything is ok,the folder is renamed to new_roller... then what is the problem with my code ? Thank you....

Reading the Small-C handbook, I've found functions were declared in a funny manner, main(argc, argv) int argc, *argv; { .... } At first I thought it was just a quirk to small-C, but I've come across some C code that used this style. In particular, I've come across this post. From the post, it looks like the change is more than just syntactic sugar. So exactly how are they different? Where might I read about this? Thanks. P.S. The Small-C handbook talks about function declarations, but Small-C also allows you to use integers like function pointers (e.g. 256() is apparently a syntactically valid function call in Small-C), so I don't know how much of the stuff I read in the handbook applies to C code I come across that uses this style....

I know that I can hash singular values as keys in a dict. For example, I can hash 5 as one of the keys in a dict. I am currently facing a problem that requires me to hash a range of values. Basically, I need a faster way to to do this: if 0 <= x <= 0.1: # execute A elif 0.1 <= x <= 0.2: # execute B elif 0.2 <= x <= 0.3: # execute C elif 0.3 <= x <= 0.4: # execute D elif 0.4 <= x <= 0.5: # execute E elif 0.5 <= x <= 0.6: # execute F where x is some float parameter of arbitrary precision. The fastest way I can think of is hashing, but here's the problem: I can use (0.1, 0.2) as a key, but that still is going to cost me O(n) runtime and is ultimately no better than the slew of elifs (I would have to iterate over the keys and check to see if key[0] <= x <= key[1]...

Recently, I ran into a mysterious problem in an android project, which I described here. I somehow solved the problem, but still don't know the exact reason behind it. Let's say I want to call a fuction foo() in the inner class. The question is, what's the difference between calling it directly like foo(); or calling it with the outer class instance OuterClass.this.foo(); Besides, i will appreciate if anyone can check my last question related to this, and give me a clue about why the error occurs. Many thanks....

I was trying to use <script> <noscript> checks inline with my PHP to render different form elements depending on weather or not someone has javascript enabled. To display something to non enabled users only I can successfully use <noscript> <?php ... ?> </noscript> To display something to enabled users only I tried whats below but it does not work the same as above. Instead it allows all users to still see the PHP. <script> <?php ... ?> </script> How can I limit something to only those with javascript enabled without having two totally different pages?...

I have folowing Dataout put from my query **Date** **HIGH** **LOW** **IMAGE** **TYPE** 1/28/2012 69 42 1.jpg SUN 1/29/2012 70 42 2.jpg MSUN I want to Convert this Output into **1/28/2012** **1/29/2012** 1.jpg 2.jpg Sun MSUN 69 72 42 42 Here is My query SELECT W_DATE,HIGH, LOW, W_TYPE, IMAGE FROM WEATHER ORDER BY W_DATE ASC And Also I have multiple dates in rows i want to display only 4 dates and they should change when system date is chanaged...

I am developing an HTML/Javascript/JQuery page retrieving a JSON returned by a PHP script: $.ajax({ url: "data.php", dataType: 'json', success: function(rate) { var retr = JSON.stringify(rate, null, 2); $("#data").text(retr); }, error: function(request,error) { alert(request.statusText); } }); When I view the HTML page from my local PC, the Ajax returns the PHP script code rather than the JSON the PHP code should generate. Somehow, it makes sense since it does not go through a PHP engine. I have tried replacing url: "data.php" with url: "http://www.mysite.com/data.php" or url: "www.mysite.com/data.php", but it does not work. I would like to avoid uploading my page on a server to test it. I would like to be able to invoke the PHP on my PHP server directly from my local PC. Is this possible?...

I have a rather large mysql table that has the following structure: fieldid | recordid | content ---------------------------- 10 | 01 | Google 10 | 02 | Yahoo 10 | 03 | Facebook 20 | 01 | google.com 20 | 02 | yahoo.com 20 | 03 | facebook.com 30 | 01 | Big search engine 30 | 02 | Other search engine 30 | 03 | Largest Social Network 40 | 01 | Search engine 40 | 02 | Search engine 40 | 03 | Social Network Where fieldid is the id for the field (in this case '10 is the 'site name', '20' is the 'site url', '30' is the 'site description' and '40' is the 'category'). Also, recordid is the id for all the fields in a given website (in this case 01 is Google, 02 is Yahoo and 03 is Facebook). I would like to combine them into the equivalent of a result set (associative array) filtered by a particular 'category' such as:...

In the picture below, what type of view is used to create the 'turning on reminders' activity indicator? Is it a custom view with a label and a standard UIActivityIndicator? a built in UIKit class?

A month ago, we saw a marvelous demonstration of troll physics from YouTube user [Fredzislaw100]. In his video, we saw a circuit of three switches and three LEDs wired in series and but not acting like the should. A lot of the comments for this post elicited reasonable explanations like modifying the battery or pure camera wizardry via After Effects. Thankfully, [Alan] stepped [...]...

[Jaroslav's] camera didn’t have a feature to measure the speed of its response in different modes so he figured out his own method. Using the microphone on his webcam he recorded the sound made by the mirror and shutter movements, then used Audacity to analyze the camera’s performance. When you get right down to it, [...]...

Even though abstract expressionism died out several decades ago, robots are still chugging along dripping nihilistic pigment onto a cold, uncaring canvas. [Liat] and [Assaf] created a robot named The Originals Factory to create paintings in the style of abstract expressionism, a style of painting that is arguably best represented by [Jackson Pollock] and his ‘drip paintings.’ [...]...

This temperature display may not knock your socks off, but it’s a simple demonstration of how you can used vector graphics as a web readout for data (translated). [Luca] wrote this four page tutorial to help others, he makes it look really easy, and the sky’s the limit on eye candy once you get he basics [...]...

If you’d like a pseudo-mechanical way of producing a droning synthesizer sound, [gijs] is your man. He made a small synthesizer out of nothing but an old hard drive and a few components. Whenever a disk platter is spun manually, the spindle motor inside the drive produces a few out of phase sine waves on its [...]...

In the interests of open communication in shared spaces, [dan] made a public text box that serves as a terminal to the @publictextbox twitter account. We could see something like this being useful in a hackerspace or other hang out to announce to the world the happenings of the resident makers and builders. The software setup [...]...

[Pete] has a cool new tutorial creating a re-imagining of the Atari classic “River Raid” for the PIX-6T4 micro controller based game system. The PIX is a netduino on a larger board featuring 2 analog controllers, a speaker, an sd card and an 8×8 monochrome LED display. With a resolution that low, it may make [...]...

Part of the fun with old computers is playing some old school games, and while you could play them with a keyboard it is much more fun with a joystick. You can get old joysticks all day long on auction sites, but you have to watch out. Some are digital, which wont work for many [...]...

If you’ve ever wanted to program a microcontroller “in the cloud,” you might want to head over to Inventor Town, an online IDE that allows you to write and compile firmware for the MSP430 series of microcontrollers. After logging in with your Google account, you’re presented with a ‘My Projects’ page. From there, you can [...]...

When the Regency TR-1 transistor radio came out onto the market in the 1950s, it was hailed as a modern marvel of microelectronics. With only four transistors and a handful of other components, the TR-1 was a wonder of modern engineering. [Sprite_tm] may have those old-timers beat, though. He built an FM transmitter with the lowest [...]...

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If there's one thing that can be said about Skip Beat it is that it has been consistently enjoyable. This volume is no exception.

Kiki's Delivery Service/Tamayura's Yumi Matsutoya sings theme

New game in Super Mario franchise to be released next fiscal year

Dragon Ball Z Kai, Kodocha, Nerima Daikon Brothers, Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles to go out of print

Joins 7 other Momoko Tenzen titles previously released by DMP

Crossover fighting game launches on March 6 on PS3, Xbox 360 in N. America

Fate/Zero, Ben-To, Haganai, Chihayafuru top list

7 AKB48 idols, DAIGO star in action hero franchise's 1st 3D film on March 24

2 Sailor Moon volumes, 2 Naruto volumes, new Twin Spica, One Piece, Black Bird, Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, Rosario + Vampire, Dengeki Daisy

Anime footage shown as Corkus's Matsumoto, Gaston's Yao, Julius/Adon's Koyama record lines

Elizabeth Williams states, "Imagine the countries of the world represented by anime characters. Anime characters whose personalities are caricatures of that country's customs, stereotypes, and traditions. If Italy could talk to Germany, what would he say? Would England and France be best friends, bitter enemies, or tumultuous lovers? Who would America invite to his Christmas party?"...

Alright guys, what you have so patiently been waiting for, its this weeks Check this out! So to day Rponcho is going to review "My Neighbour Totoro"!

Anime Evo: Now that the first arc of the story is completed, Im both wary and excited to see how the story is going to progress. It could go either way; Shu returns to school and his normal life or he could end up taking over the reins of the Funeral Parlor and end up bringing GHQ to the ground. Judging by the brand new, shiny intro sequence we have, Im leaning towards the latter of the two....

There will be a one hour special in two weeks and the video preview of it is out.

New screenshots of Danzo and his ANBU Root faithful, Fu and Torune, have been released.

Andriasang has uploaded 34 new screenshots and renders of the upcoming gmae Digimon World Re:Digitize.

6 new screenshots have been released.

Japanator's Brad Rice writes, "What do you expect of a show titled Daily Lives of High School Boys? People flying around in Gundams? Large-bosomed alien princesses descending from the sky? No, of course not. It's actually pretty boring, having been a high school boy myself once. It mostly consists of playing videogames, doing your homework, and pining over the girls that you'd love to date."...

10 new screenshots and 2 character arts of Zabuza and Haku have been released.

A promotional video and the official website for the Sakamichi no Apollon television anime confirmed on Friday that director Shinichiro Watanabe and composer Yoko Kanno are reuniting for the new anime project....

Well it was a re-cap ep this week which kind of makes sense as we are at the half way point and need a few small reminders. Thankfully they laced it full of omake to keep things from getting too boring. For the most part the jokes were pretty good and there was oh so [...]...

Because the way to a man’s heart is through the hearts of many, many other people </3 I know that Deus is rooting for Yukiteru and all, but it seems like he’s giving an unfair advantage to him by revealing how 8th’s Diary works.  In Death Note terms, that’s like Ryuk telling L the actual [...]...

So while the NFL Season marches on without me and I am reduced to pulling for Tom Brady and the Patriots due to my hatred for New York City teams (Go Bills!) Kawamori is going to be Kawamori in Aquarion EVOL. While a bit whinier in terms of cast at least it seems that we [...]...

T_T This post is largely about the latest episode to air, episode 4, of the fourth and current season of Natsume’s Book of Friends, but contains light spoilers for the previous seasons. It’s a stand alone episode focussing mainly on the story of one youkai, one of the many who have encountered Natsume to date, [...]...

Well it is another universe building episode for Space Pirates and at this point it seems clear that the staff really wants us to buy into how ships will be handled in this series. It was rather lengthy when they tried to explain the intricacies and reasoning behind electronic warfare I just hope that they [...]...

It’s been a rough weekend for me but at least Rinne no Lagrange is still happy and genki as ever. While I am sure that the possibility exists that Moid is the evil final boss so far all we have is that he has his eyes closed. Still I have faith in Lan that she [...]...

I decided to stick along a little while for this show and observed an obvious drop of animation quality (but not to the point of being despicably off-model, even in many crowd/far shots) in this week’s episode. It’s pretty much Ririchiyo and Soushi-centric this week and I do find myself getting bored with the aforementioned [...]...

This is your second chance, AIC, don’t screw it up. Now we’re on to the second afterstory arc, Rihoko’s, and here we should, no!, we must get the proper ending the arc and Rihoko deserved the first time around! While the Rihoko arc was still fun and cute and enjoyable, it lacked the GOOD END [...]...

As expected it is no accident that Shinobu is the Queen and while Chihaya was playing to win despite being down 16 cards, it was just too big of a deficit to overcome. Still, Shinobu recognizes a threat when she sees one and seems eager to be Chihaya’s arch-rival, hopefully it will not be a [...]...

That’s what I was wondering when they announced a new Amagami so soon. But everything went better than expected. So after trying the first two episodes of the many good shows this season, in the end I had to come back to Amagami. It seemed odd to make another adaptation so soon after the original aired. [...]...