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Submission + - Hitman: Absolution and Dishonoured release date revealed (gamergaia.com)

Submitted by

NathanW36

on Thursday May 10, 2012 @03:48PM

NathanW36 writes: "Bioshock Infinite was sadly delayed yesterday until 2013, however, Bethesda and Square Enix have come forward and confirmed the released dates for two upcoming titles. Hitman: Absolution and Dishonoured."

Comment Re:Kinect's features with the web browsing experie (Score 1) 4

by Sachyriel on Thursday May 10, 2012 @03:45PM (#39958569) Attached to: Microsoft to bring full Internet Explorer browsing to Xbox 360

Failure #6: "Xbox search planned obsolescence"
cue Red-Ring-Of-Death.

Submission + - Univ. of Minnesota compiles database of peer-reviewed, open-access textbooks (insidehighered.com)

Submitted by

BigVig209

on Thursday May 10, 2012 @03:27PM

BigVig209 writes: "Univ. of MN is creating an online catalog of peer-reviewed, open-access textbooks and enticing Univ. of MN faculty to review the texts by offering $500 per review. Outside faculty may also submit reviews, but they will not be able to collect $500 for doing so.

This may be the first time a land-grant, public university makes this kind of resource available to faculty and students."

Comment They're not from Pensacola, but they're in Florida (Score 1) 1

by Sachyriel on Thursday May 10, 2012 @03:19PM (#39958305) Attached to: Family pulled off flight because Toddler is on no-fly list.

New punk band name: That Tyke is a Pipe Bomb.

Submission + - Family pulled off flight because Toddler is on no-fly list. (yahoo.com) 1

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10, 2012 @03:12PM

An anonymous reader writes: TSA is at it again. Common sense would tell you there is no reason for a toddler to be on a no fly list.

Comment Kinect's features with the web browsing experience (Score 1) 4

by Sachyriel on Thursday May 10, 2012 @03:06PM (#39958149) Attached to: Microsoft to bring full Internet Explorer browsing to Xbox 360

Failure #1: Pelvic thrusting page reload. Failure #2: Squatting to make page load stop. Failure #3: Drinking mimicry for 'toolbar install'. Failure #4: Default search is Bing. Success #1: Users unable to use a torrent client.

Submission + - DVDs and Blurays to Have Two New Unskippable Government Warnings (arstechnica.com)

Submitted by erac3rx on Thursday May 10, 2012 @03:05PM

erac3rx writes: The U.S. government has approved two new unskippable warning screens for DVDs and Blurays, which 6 movie studios began using this week. The intent is to curb piracy using these screens to 'warn' and 'educate', nevermind that it only harms the user experience for paying customers.

Submission + - Microsoft to bring full Internet Explorer browsing to Xbox 360 (theverge.com) 4

Submitted by Eponymous Hero on Thursday May 10, 2012 @02:51PM

Eponymous Hero writes: Heads up, developers, you may soon have a new browser platform variation for testing your site: IE9 on the Xbox 360. No word yet on whether it will have a unique vendor CSS prefix, seeing as it is a "modified" version of the browser. It's also still unclear how developers will be able to leverage the Kinect's features with the web browsing experience.

Microsoft may be late to the game (pun intended) as far as web browsers on the console — Playstation and Wii have offered this feature for quite some time — but with game consoles taking over the living room as entertainment centers, this may mark the first time a game console becomes a target platform for testing.

Submission + - GNU Conference Cancelled, Stallman Taken In Ambulance (i2cat.net)

Submitted by bonch on Thursday May 10, 2012 @02:33PM

bonch writes: A Barcelona GNU conference featuring Richard Stallman has been cancelled. Details are sketchy, but Stallman apparently fell ill on stage and required immediate ambulance assistance.

Submission + - Univ. of Minnesota compiles database of peer-reviewed, open-acces textbooks (insidehighered.com) 1

Submitted by

BigVig209

on Thursday May 10, 2012 @12:31PM

BigVig209 writes: "Univ. of MN is cataloging open-access textbooks and enticing faculty to review the texts by offering $500 per review. Despite the author calling the open-source rather than open-access, this may be the first time a land-grant, public university makes this kind of resource available to faculty and students."

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