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The Wackiest Technology Tales of 2008 97

Posted by timothy on Sunday December 14, 2008 @11:11PM from the hindsight-is-much-better-than-20/20 dept.

coondoggie writes "Despite the daily drumbeat of new and improved hardware or software, the tech industry isn't all bits and bytes. Some interesting things happen along the way too. Like floating data centers, space geekonauts, shape shifting robots and weird bedfellows (like Microsoft and Jerry Seinfeld). What we include here is an example of what we thought were the best, slightly off-center stories of 2008."

Comment GenCon is card gamers life (Score 4, Interesting) 34

by MunchySnacks on Friday November 28, 2008 @04:29AM (#25914323) Attached to: Gen Con Goes Up For Sale

Coming from a local Indy resident this is huge news GenCon has been a part of my life for quite awhile now and all I can hope is that someone buys it who cares about D&D and CTG's. Most of my friends are very involved with this convention my best friend volunteers and was won second place last year in the final FMA tourney. All I can hope is that if there are buyers they will remember what GenCon is about and keep true to all the gamers that enjoy it so much.

Gen Con Goes Up For Sale 34

Posted by Soulskill on Friday November 28, 2008 @01:09AM from the i-bid-$5d20 dept.

Trask writes "LivingDice has documents indicating that Gen Con LLC is up for sale. Additionally, there is an offer pending which could close by the end of the year. This may finally put an end to the uncertainty caused by Gen Con's chapter 11 filing and the recently dismissed Lucasfilm lawsuit."

Comment Sad but true (Score 1) 1

by MunchySnacks on Friday November 28, 2008 @12:47AM (#25913531) Attached to: HP Gabon

Whats sad about this picture is that people make pennies a week sorting through and burning toxic trash giving them many many health issues in Africa. Just makes me sad.

SpaceX Falcon Update With Pictures 30

Posted by timothy on Friday November 28, 2008 @12:20AM from the thanks-for-the-rockets dept.

Toren Altair writes "SpaceX made good progress with their Falcon 9 rocket. Check the progress with pictures. 'Today we fitted the F9 skirt to the fuel tank end of the 1st stage. Also had movement on the erector, with the upper aluminum truss just coming back from being painted. Activity on the floor is constant and will remain so throughout the week and weekend as we prepare the F9 structures for shipping to Texas for testing before they head to the Cape.'"

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