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  1. shadowmanwkp

    NRA releases an iOS shooter!?

    The NRA, an organization that wants to keep guns legal in the US, has made a very controversial decision; the NRA has made a shooter for iOS devices despite that they are against violent shooters and even want to ban them. Before people jump the gun: yes it is a shooter, but it contains...
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    GOG pick 5 and pay $10 promo

    Probably in response to black friday and the steam sale that will start today, Good Old Games (GOG) has launched their own promotion! You can pick five indie games from a selection of 20 games and you only pay $10,- for them, DRM-free. News on GOG The promo page
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    Readability of wikipedia is too low

    A recently published paper and newly launched site "readability of wikipedia", states that wikipedia is too hard to read for people with not much knowledge of English. Along with the site, the findings were also published in "First Monday." According to the research, 73,5 per cent of the...
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    Japan makes a true 3D projector

    EndNwMBEiVU Epilepsy warning, the images in this video flicker at a high rate This 3d projector is using lasers to create a 3D image in either water, or air. The projector creates plasma to render an image in water or air, rendering full 3D unlike 2D screens that can only give a suggestion of...
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    Suggestion: show your own reports

    I report every now and then, but sometimes I totally forget what I reported again, or I want to see if something has been done with the report ('cause I know I sometimes file them a tad too quickly >.>"). I know the moderators get the reports as a message in the mod cp, and that it also shows...
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    stuxnet derived malware found

    Symnatec has reported today that it has found a malware that seems to be based off the notorious stuxnet malware. Stuxnet is infamous because targeted several industrial computers including Iranian power plants. It is not clear if Duqu is made by the same people responsible for stuxnet, or if it...
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    DRM increases piracy

    According to research by Rice University and Duke University not using DRM on software will actually cause a decrease of piracy. Analytical modeling was used to see the impact of enforcing DRM or not on digital media. The increase in piracy while DRM is enforced is caused by the negative impact...
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    Artificial brains are one step closer

    Scientists in Tel Aviv, Israel have managed to manipulate the cerebellum with a chip outside of the skull, wired to the rat's brains. The cerebellum is a part of the brain that helps coordinate and time movements, but is not responsible for the movements itself. The chip is able to interpret...
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    Twilight princess adventures

    My wii hasn't really been gathering dust, as I have some great lower-priced games, like sin and punishment star successor/successors of the skies, sky crawlers innocent aces, dbz: budokai tenkaichi 3 (all picked up at around €25,- a piece or so) an some more, but calling those good will get some...
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    Counter strike global offensive trailer

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzZ2bWZ_8Ho Valve has given us a trailer of the new counter strike. We get to see some of the graphics of the new game, but the amount of gameplay shown is pretty thin. Not really much to say here other than to check out the source out as well[/p] source
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    Gaming Ds phat: replacement touch screen overlay

    I do computer sciences myself, but I ain't too happy tinkering with hardware at all... Anyways, since a year or so my ds phat's touch screen has gotten so scratched up that there are nearly holes in the overlay of the touch screen. It is perfectly playable though, even when touching something...
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    Space invaders movie being made

    You heard it right, Hollywood is going to make a movie on the popular space invaders franchise. Lorenzo di Bonaventura (producer of transformers) and Gigi Pritzker (odd lot entertainment) have optioned the rights for the movie. Details on the movie's plot or relation to the game is yet unknown...
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    Serious security risk in modern browsers

    Red alert for most browsers, there seems to be a serious security risk in modern browsers that use webgl, a fairly recent technology. The browsers that mainly use this technology are firefox and google chrome. In order to deliver advanced graphics and 3D rendering from the Web without...
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    Midi synthesizer cartridge for NES

    Note: this cover is concept art What would happen when you plug your midi instrument into your nes and let it play music? The result would be the chip meastro. It is a custom cartridge for the nes that synthesizes midi instruments over a maximum of four channels (The two pulse waves, the...
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    Sharp unveils 85-inch tv at 16x HD resolution

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9U7e_quvkPQ Japan is the country of weird things, but holy damn, they've done it now. They have created a humongous tv that has a resolution of 7,680 x 4,320 pixels with 33 megapixels which dwarves the 2 megapixel true HD format. The tv uses Sharp's UV2A...
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    Lady Gaga will be guest editor in chief of metro for one day

    Lady Gaga, one of the most popular pop artists is going to take on the role as global guest editor in chief of metro on the 17th of may, to promote her upcoming album "born this way". This means that she will be editing the free metro news paper of 20 countries from the metro's main office in...
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    Mysterious man stalking people on deviantart

    People have reported that a mysterious white face, which laughs at them maniacally has been sighted on deviantart deviations. According to some people, he has been seen while people tried to comment or while using a smiley, but also in various other places. Deviantart staff is currently trying...
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    Choplifter HD

    Screenshots: Warning! Contains huge images, certainly not 56K-friendly! Set to be released in fall according to the second scource Scource 1 (also includes a trailer ) Scource 2
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  • cearp @ cearp:
    > Like a tv, I trust picking it up myself, before I'd trust it being sent thru mail/delivery. (Broken screen, etc)

    Thing is, if you break it driving back to your house, it's your fault. But if the delivery driver damages it, it's not your fault.
     +1
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Most people that haul big tvs have empty trucks or know enough not to set it face down
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Then I gotta send it back and wait another week or two. I have a pickup truck, with a extended cab, so no prob for me.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Most manufacturers pack it well enough where they aren't that dumb to let it happen
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    They building a new Microcenter store near by me, is kinda scary. That's my favorite place, I'm like a kid in a candy store there.
  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @BigOnYa, what's a microcenter?
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Cool I'll make you ship me stuff
     +1
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Microcenter sells high quality microwaves
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Computer store basically, but they sell everything, like game systems, tvs , 3d printers, etc
     +1
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    I've seen i9/mobo deals for like 400
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Yea been itching to build a new pc, mine is like 3-4 years old, ancient in pc tech time. Still using a sata SSD even.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    That's still high tech to ancientboi
     +2
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Kinda cool, I can buy a second Xbox for guests, and download all my purchased digital games to it, and play on both xboxs same time. Didn't know they allowed that. 2 xboxs per Xbox account.
  • AncientBoi @ AncientBoi:
    :rofl2: A toaster is "High Tech" to me
     +2
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    No we told you to stop taking baths with them
     +1
  • AncientBoi @ AncientBoi:
    :rofl2:
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Is crazy to think, you used to be able to build a decent PC for $300-400. Those days are way gone.
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    $600 gets you a decent one
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  • Xdqwerty @ Xdqwerty:
    @K3Nv2, too expensive
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Uremums expensive
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Uremums cheap, she even takes coupons still. She put a dollar on her head, and said "all you can eat, under a dollar."
  • K3Nv2 @ K3Nv2:
    Gotta save a dollar where you can get a dollar
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  • HiradeGirl @ HiradeGirl:
    I want a PC
  • HiradeGirl @ HiradeGirl:
    Better than what I currently have
  • HiradeGirl @ HiradeGirl:
    But it's so expensive.
    HiradeGirl @ HiradeGirl: But it's so expensive.