Posted on December 28th, 2007 by BRiT
MADISON, Wis. — Electronics might be the hot item on all gift lists this holiday, but it’s also on the list of some lawmakers.
A proposed bill in Wisconsin would add an extra sales tax to electronics.
The bill’s author, state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, said the money raised from the tax isn’t to dissuade gamers, but to [...]
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Filed under: Dumbass, Gaming, Internet, Other, Software, Technology, Television, Toys, Video
Posted on February 23rd, 2007 by BRiT
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The European version of PlayStation 3 will play fewer PlayStation 2 video games when it launches on March 23 compared with models launched earlier in Japan and America, Sony Corp said on Friday.
“The backwards compatibility is not going to be as good as the U.S. and Japan models,” a Sony spokesman said.
PlayStation [...]
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Filed under: Gaming, Internet, Software, Technology, Television, Toys
Posted on January 15th, 2007 by BRiT
ACFI is a group of people working for the peoples right to it’s Internets. We have made progress in Ladonia and are now working on the Micronation of Sealand.
Recently it was made clear that this country is for sale. To make sure the owners will be kopimistic and that the country won’t be governed by [...]
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Filed under: Bizarre, Gaming, Internet, Movies, Music, Other, Software, Technology, Television
Posted on December 6th, 2006 by Jason
Microsoft’s Bungie Studios has put the call out for beta testers of the next installment of the Halo game series for the Xbox 360 console, set to offer for the first time a multiplayer aspect of the game through Xbox Live. Halo 3 is slated to come out in 2007, and Microsoft says it is [...]
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Filed under: Gaming, Internet, Software
Posted on December 6th, 2006 by Tostig
The perfect woman is a curvy, brunette nurse from Sheffield, according to a new survey.And the ideal man is a Newcastle doctor with a good sense of humour and an eye for a cashmere sweater.
The study of 4,000 people, commissioned for Grazia magazine, which asked what constituted the ‘ultimate’ man and woman.
It revealed that men [...]
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Filed under: Software
Posted on December 5th, 2006 by Jason
UniveRSS is a 3D RSS feed reader for Windows Vista. It leverages the Windows Presentation Foundation and provides a stunning way of visualizing RSS feeds and their content. It introduces a full-screen 3D universe where galaxies represent the folders of your RSS feed directory, and the stars are represented by the spinning cubes that hold [...]
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Filed under: Internet, Software, Technology
Posted on December 5th, 2006 by Jason
In an effort to curb use of the site by sex offenders, MySpace plans to introduce technology that would identify and block those attempting to use its social networking service.
While not common, criminals have used the site to solicit sex from underage members. Along with copyright issues, the protection of users from such activity is [...]
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Filed under: Internet, Security, Software, Technology
Posted on December 3rd, 2006 by BRiT
Parallels Desktop for Mac Build 3036 Beta is available for download.
We are continuing our efforts for bringing you even more feature-full product and we are making our latest Parallels Desktop for Mac Beta Build 3036 early available to you. It will be one more FREE update of the currently available version.Here’s a short overview of [...]
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Posted on December 1st, 2006 by Jason
Guess Microsoft really wants to make sure the next version of Windows doesn’t take another five years.
The day after releasing the final Windows Vista bits to volume-licensing business customers. Microsoft issued a call to testers asking for input on the next version of Windows.
“Many customer have expressed the desire to have an impact on future [...]
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