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Japan to launch Solar-Sail Spacecraft to Venus->

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54mc writes "The financial times reports that Japan is preparing to launch what they hope to be the first successful solar sail craft to Venus. Dubbed Ikaros for interplanetary kite-craft accelerated by radiation of the sun, it hopes to be a forerunner for another solar sail powered vehicle to Jupiter later this decade.

I thought 2010 was supposed to be the year we made contact with Jupiter, but I can settle for 2020."

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Games

MassEffect 2 finds a way to profit from used games->

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54mc writes "Mass Effect 2 has found a way to profit from those gamers who might be considering buying the game used. New copies of the game will include a code for free access to some DLC. When a player buys the game used, the old code will not work, and they will have to pay for a new one.

Finally, someone's found a way to take some wind out of the sails of Gamestop. It'll be interesting to see how the pricing on used copies of Mass Effect 2 compare with the prices of other used games, and to see if other games will follow suit."

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Microsoft COFEE Leaked->

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54mc writes "Crunchgear reports that Microsoft's long-searched for forensics tool, COFEE has been leaked. The tool started on a small private tracker, but has since worked it's way to The Pirate Bay. Not all those who have got ahold of it are enthused, and reviews have ranged from "disappointing" to "useless." From the article:you have absolutely no use for the program. It’s not something like Photoshop or Final Cut Pro, an expensive application that you download for the hell of it on the off-chance you need to put Dave Meltzer’s face on Brett Hart’s body as part of a message board thread. No, COFEE is 100 percent useless to you. "
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Security

CARS.gov EULA Allows the Government to Own Your PC 1

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54mc writes "Glen Beck today revealed what a close inspection of the End User License Agreement for the CARS system contains. From the EULA, "This application provides access to the DoT CARS system. When logged on to the CARS system, your computer is considered a Federal computer system and is the property of the U.S. Government." The EULA goes on to include other specific aspects of what exactly belongs to the computer.Will this be yet another issue for the already troubled system?

This is of course, yet another example of EULAs that no one reads going way too far."
Censorship

Bejing Opening Ceremony Video Leaked

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54mc writes "In the first breach of the tremendous security involving this year's Olympic games, a Korean reporter secretly filmed a rehearsal of the opening ceremonies. The video has already been banned on all Chinese websites, and entirely removed from youTube. According to the report, the opening ceremony alone will cost China $300 million and feature over 100,000 performers."

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