US embassy cables leak sparks global diplomacy crisis

This whole conversation is stupid, because Google and other search engines understand rel="nofollow" attribute in links. It's already there. Besides, PageRank is just one system Google uses - they have countless amount of other algorithms too.

Wii HD. Seriously, the only problem with Wii is the really old graphics. Say what you want about gameplay and graphics comparison, but it doesn't feel nice to play games with such old looking graphics. Old classics or games especially made towards that purpose, sure, but it looks really bad with 3D games.

Besides, having good looking graphics doesn't mean you can't have great gameplay too.

So now developers are accused of making their games too fun to play? After all, there is a reason you like about the game if you continue playing it.

I'd say we should encourage publishers to bring even more addicting games. Me, and many other people on slashdot, seem to lost interest in games quickly.

If an addiction becomes a problem for you, it is your job to quit doing it and not take away the fun from others. Should we also ban alcohol, gambling, tobacco and so on just because some people have problems overdoing it while others are perfectly capable doing it moderately? If you have an addiction, there is something else missing or wrong in your life, and you should fix that.

Shareholders aren't happy either as Apple stock is dropping.

Yeah, like wtf was this? Huge hype for absolutely nothing.

Or well, I guess Apple stills cashes in.

How is year 2007 by the way? We others are already living in the 2010 and here in the future, ICANN has fixed that.

With the US government increasingly taking over .com domains they don't like (torrent and video streaming sites and pharmacy and gambling sites that are only illegal in the US) it's only good that GoDaddy promotes ccTLD's outside US gov control.

I loved this part

It's all good and all, but at most WebM will now be an alternative for the big guy H.264 which is already widely supported by computers, mobile phones, consoles, tv's... and is the superior format. WebM provides too little too late.

Personally I think making so many different formats will create the same hell that was around the year 2000 with WMV, RealPlayer and so on. We've finally established a single and simple way to embed video in to websites and that is flash with H.264. It has been working great.

For an analogy.. like in Buddhism, maybe we should all tolerate each other. Buddhism has four genders - man, woman, ladyboy and hermafrodites. Just the same way we can have H.264, WebM, Theora and hell, WMV. Lets let everyone be like they are, use them what they want and love each other. Remember karmas law - say something bad about other formats and it will come back to you in the future. Lets support each other and improve technology together.

Actually, I'm currently traveling/partly living in Asia and I like to game too, so this is also my high-end gaming machine.

Actually there is, and it involves getting a quality laptop. I personally have Clevo W880CU and its cold from bottom, top and everywhere. Sure, it costs ~$2500, but you usually get what you pay for. Personally I'm extremely happy with it.

And what does that have to do with anything? It's usually the publisher that releases the game, and often also tries to hurry up the developer.

It's not only Bethesda, the today-released Black Ops game is unplayable on multiplayer. Huge lag for every player and there's no point playing it until patch.

You mean like country restrictions?

It would be nice to side with Google here, but they do exactly the same on YouTube. Apply restrictions that content producers require. This time they're just on the other side of the game, and get restricted themself.