Comment Re:Cola != carbonated beverage (Score 1) 11
What about Crystal Pepsi?
ESRB Hiring Pro Content Reviewers 32
In April of this year, the Entertainment Software Ratings Board will move to using full-time reviewers to determine ratings for game content. With rumblings of 'play the whole game' legislation in the halls of Congress, the organization is pre-empting the problem by having full-time raters. The ESRB's Patricia Vance commented on the project: 'Having full-time raters will allow for each one to have greater experience actually reviewing content and recommending ratings ... this would provide each rater with a greater sense of historical parity for ratings, not to mention helping them to be more attuned to pertinent content and how it should be considered from a ratings standpoint. The full-time raters would also be responsible for play-testing final versions of the game, time permitting, which would allow for ESRB to play-test a greater number of games than it currently does.'
Submission + - Microsoft ordered to pay $1.52b to Alcatel-Lucent
david.emery writes: "CNN [ http://money.cnn.com/2007/02/22/technology/microso ft_alcatel.reut/index.htm?postversion=2007022215 ] has a short item on a Jury award of $1.52b in damages to Alcatel-Lucent, from Microsoft, for violating a patent relating to computer audio files."
Submission + - Special Report on Linux Packaging and Installatio
lisah writes: "Linux.com wrapped up a series of reports this week that covered a myriad of software packaging and installation utilities. The information on creating your own Debian packages, and where things stand with RPM generated lots of discussion on best practices while overviews of Klik, InstallJammer, Zero Install, and Autopackage gave lots of useful tips and pointers. Gentoo's Portage was omitted from the special report this time around but apparently will be covered at some point in the future."
Feed Blogger Jailed for Slamming Islam (wired.com)
Submission + - Bomb Squad Detonates Foul CDs?
Needs Food Badly writes: Evidently, now obscenity is a reason to have the bomb squad called in. During the Ash Wednesday mass at Roman Catholic Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, three CD-players hidden under pews began to blare "pornographic messages" from their speakers. The reaction of the church officials? To take the CDs to the basement of the church and then call the police, who in turn called the bomb squad. The bomb squad destroyed two of the CD players and kept the third for DNA and fingerprint testing.
It's a juvenile prank, sure. But is it really necessary to blow up a few ultimately harmless CD players? No one but the cops were apparently afraid the things were bombs.
You can read the article here: http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/22/church.foul.langu age.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Submission + - MS attacks it's own DRM
morlock_man writes: "Despite claiming to support the PlaysForSure DRM into the indefinite Future, MS has apparently broken the DRM compatibility with Windows Media Player 11 and Vista. A number of reports are coming in from companies working with the DRM that attempts at playing any music licensed through the PFS DRM under Vista consistently produce errors. Is this an oversight on Microsoft's part? Or are they attempting to cripple their licensed DRM system in favour of supporting their own proprietary Zune business model? Can you say 'Antitrust'?"
Journal SPAM: Partial List of IP Blocks Used by US Terrorist Surveillance
Submission + - Cheap HDMI cables and Switchers
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We've been on Gizmodo and a few other websites recently as they talked about HDMI Mark up at retail places and how crazy that is. FireFold is out there to save the public a buck(or 100!) and make a few our selves. Check out the website and see what you think.. Feel free to link us up. We will do the same for you!
Thanks,
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My name is Robbie Hodge. I am a manager over here at FireFold.com. When at work all of us enjoy reading news blogs and your website. I figured I'd drop a line to show you some of our products. Right now we are a big hit in the HDMI section. We have the lowest HDMI cables on the web right now. Today we just brought on a new product called the HDMI Switcher. You've probably seen them around
We've been on Gizmodo and a few other websites recently as they talked about HDMI Mark up at retail places and how crazy that is. FireFold is out there to save the public a buck(or 100!) and make a few our selves. Check out the website and see what you think.. Feel free to link us up. We will do the same for you!
Thanks,
Robbie
FireFold.com
1-877-792-4300"
Submission + - Inflatable mirrors may make solar power very cheap
rhettb writes: "Inflatable mirrors for capturing sunlight could reduce the cost of solar power 90% by 2010, making sun energy cost competitive with traditional fossil fuels. CoolEarth Solar, based in Livermore, California, believes its technology could make solar farming economically competitive within three years by making solar cheaper than coal and allowing farmers to become net suppliers of electricity. The technology essentially uses a string of balloons to concentrate and capture the sun's energy without occupying valuable real estate or using large amounts of silicon."
