1. Mercury as You've Never Seen It Before

    New pictures of never-before-seen parts of Mercury taken by NASA's Messenger spacecraft are revealing surprises about the solar system's innermost planet. Usually the deepest craters are the biggest, but on Mercury there are two craters right next to each other...

    10.29.08 From Wired Science

  2. CIA Can Hide Torture Allegations, Court Rules

    The CIA can hide statements from imprisoned suspected terrorists that the agency tortured them in its set of secret prisons, a federal judge ruled Wednesday, Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the Washington D.C. Circuit Court declined to review the government's assertions that the allegations of...

    10.29.08 From Threat Level

  3. David Tennant Quitting as Doctor Who after 2009

    According to the U.K. newspaper, The Guardian, David Tennant officially announced his intention to step away from his role as The Doctor in the longest running science fiction series in history, Doctor Who. "I've had the most brilliant, bewildering and...

    10.29.08 From The Underwire

  4. DIY Kit Helps Your Plant Twitter

    Now that Twitter is all the rage, there's no reason why your house plant shouldn't be on it. ThinkGeek has a $100 do-it-yourself kit that combines the average gardening tool with some electronics to get your plant online. Once assembled...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  5. Beautiful 17-Gigapixel, 96.5 Gigabyte Image of Yosemite

    An artist has released a 17-gigapixel image of Yosemite National Park that he says is the largest stitched-together panorama ever created. Gerard Maynard, a New York based painter and photographer, stitched together the ultra-high resolution composite using more than 2,000...

    10.29.08 From Wired Science

  6. Bat-Manga Documents East-West Batman Bleed

    If you liked the animated "Batmanime" of Gotham Knight, you're going to love Chip Kidd's Bat-Manga: The Secret History of Batman in Japan. Released Tuesday by Pantheon Books in stand-alone paperback and hardcover editions, the new book charts the merger...

    10.29.08 From The Underwire

  7. New 3-D Theater Setup Amplifies the Action in Hollywood

    HOLLYWOOD, California -- Chunks of sound resembling ghost whispers, lion growls, bloppy raindrops, whooshing jet packs and crashing waves got pushed around like so many invisible chess pieces through the auditorium of the Mann Chinese 6 theater here Tuesday. The...

    10.29.08 From The Underwire

  8. Hollywood, Courts Shuttering U.S.-based 'Infringing' Websites

    The Motion Picture Association of America's litigation campaign against websites accused of pointing the way to infringing movies has been racking up one U.S. courtroom victory after another. At least four U.S.-based torrent tracking linking services has been shuttered since March, court records show. But...

    10.29.08 From Threat Level

  9. Chinese Strike Back at Microsoft for Anti-Piracy Measures

    Microsoft's roll out of Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA), an application that sniffs out pirated copies of Windows, isn't winning the company a whole lot of love in China. In fact, it has inspired a lawsuit and seems to have generated...

    10.29.08 From Epicenter

  10. Game|Life the Video 32: Romancing the SuperGrafx

    Ever heard of a game system called the SuperGrafx? If not, you're not alone. NEC, makers of the TurboGrafx-16, released this console only in Japan, in late 1989. It was the barest of upgrades -- SuperGrafx contained more RAM and...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  1. Israeli Hacker 'The Analyzer' Indicted in New York

    Israeli hacker Ehud "The Analyzer" Tenenbaum was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury in Brooklyn on felony charges of conspiracy and fraud. Between Feb. 2008 and May 2008 Tenenbaum and others engaged in a scheme to initiate transactions on account numbers belonging to other...

    10.29.08 From Threat Level

  2. Winners in Pentagon's 'Pimp My Ride' Contest (Updated)

    It appears the Pentagon has selected the winners for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle contest. While the official announcement -- expected last week -- has been postponed, Defense News is reporting that three teams made the cut: a joint venture...

    10.29.08 From Danger Room

  3. Engineer: Killing FireWire on MacBooks Was Necessary

    The lack of a FireWire port on the new MacBooks left some disgruntled customers clamoring for an explanation to no avail. Making up for Apple's lack of a response, electrical engineer Rainer Brockerhoff studied a dissection of the MacBook's design...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  4. Video: Nikon D3 and Logitech's Squeezebox Continue Best of Test Roundup

    This week in the Gadget Lab Videoblog, we continue our roundup of the Best of Test gadgets from our Fall Test issue, including the Usain Bolt of cameras, the Nikon D3. Daniel Dumas and Jon Snyder go over the $5,000...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  5. October Rocks: David Pajo's Imeem Helloween

    From a founding member of post-rock pioneers Slint to ax shredder for new-millennial metalheads Dead Child, David Pajo has played either side of the sonic spectrum against the mainstream. So it stands to reason that his recently published Halloween-themed Imeem...

    10.29.08 From Listening Post

  6. Beatles, MTV Tease 'Unprecedented' News Tomorrow

    The Beatles haven't been much for the digital music revolution -- you can't buy their songs on iTunes, let alone Rock Band. Could at least one of those be set to change? Apple Corps, the company that oversees the legendary...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  7. Gear Guide: 4 Gadgets That'll Trick Out Your Trick-or-Treating

    By Rick Broida Ring doorbell. Yell “trick or treat.” Ring doorbell. Yell “trick or treat.” What is this, the dark ages? It’s time to bring confection acquisition into the 21st century by stocking up on speed-boosting, performance-enhancing Halloween gear. Just...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  8. Then AT&T; Said, Let There Be Free Wi-Fi for iPhones

    After two botched attempts to offer iPhone owners free access to Wi-Fi hot spots, AT&T; is finally comfortable enough to make the move official. The company on Wednesday updated its web site with a familiar "We know what's hot" banner...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  9. Christie's Auction Mines Punk For Filthy Lucre

    The conventional wisdom is that punk is rebellion, a middle finger to the Establishment and propriety. But that's a pipe dream that just will not die, especially now that auction house Christie's is set to hawk memorabilia from the Sex...

    10.29.08 From Listening Post

  10. Five Top National Security Research Challenges for the Next President

    Drew Conway is a doctoral candidate at New York University, studying international conflict and terrorism. He blogs at Zero Intelligence Agents. This is his first post for Danger Room. While everybody else is focused on next week's presidential election, I...

    10.29.08 From Danger Room

  1. VC Warns Cash-Strapped Startups to Prepare for 'Orderly Shutdown'

    The so-called "nuclear winter" that entrepreneur Marc Andreessen predicted back in April has arrived. And nobody in the Valley -- neither venture capitalists nor entrepreneurs -- know when the market will bottom much less when it will recover. "There's something...

    10.29.08 From Epicenter

  2. Iron Patriot Sighting Kicks Off Marvel's Dark Avengers

    Marvel Comics cranked up the confusion machine Wednesday to hype its incoming series Dark Avengers. The publisher floated an eye-candy silhouette of a character called Iron Patriot, who looks like a hybrid of Iron Man and Captain America. "Who is...

    10.29.08 From The Underwire

  3. Jermaine: Jackson 5 to Reunite

    Jermaine Jackson has confirmed rumors surrounding a potential Jackson 5 reunion. He told the Australian Associated Press that all of the original members -- including Michael -- have agreed to participate and that younger sister Janet has agreed to perform...

    10.29.08 From Listening Post

  4. Video: Recalibrated Machine in W. Virginia Appears to Record Vote Inaccurately

    Video the Vote has a video showing Jackson County Clerk Jeff Waybright demonstrating how votes cast on uncalibrated touchscreen machines can jump from one candidate to another. This is the kind of problem that voters reported having in several West Virginia counties last week on...

    10.29.08 From Threat Level

  5. Fast, Cheap and Sustainable

    (((Pray it works.))) http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/10/fast-cheap-and.html Link: Fast, Cheap and Sustainable: Ex-Pentagon Geek Plots Disaster Relief 2.0 | Danger Room from Wired.com. (...) Nation-building, perhaps by default, has become a core mission for the U.S. military. Last week, the Army unveiled its...

    10.29.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  6. Texas Voters Urged to Avoid Straight-Party Option, After Vote-Flip Complaints

    A number of voters in several Texas counties have been complaining that voting machines they used to cast early votes flipped their votes from Democratic choices to Republican ones. Voters have reported that when they tried to vote a straight-party Democratic ticket, the machine flipped...

    10.29.08 From Threat Level

  7. The Dismal Science

    http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2006/11/19271933_chart_.html Link: The Big Picture | 1927-1933 Chart of Pompous Prognosticators. " I see nothing in the present situation that is either menacing or warrants pessimism... I have every confidence that there will be a revival of activity in the...

    10.29.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  8. Review: Red Alert 3 Kills With Co-Op Campaigns

    For the most part, Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 delivers the same sort of campy, alternate-universe take on real-time strategic warfare that the series' fans have grown to love. But this latest skirmish in the perennial war between the...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  9. 6 Frightful Sites for Free Halloween Horror Shows

    Halloween wouldn't be complete without a good old-fashioned scream fest. But why worry about battling crowds at video stores when plenty of classic horror flicks are available for free online viewing? From modern zombies and Japanese monsters to campy classics...

    10.29.08 From The Underwire

  10. Pony Up, America: New Stimulus Package Puts Billions Towards Transportation

    Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke have been racking their brains for something that might give the U.S. economy a bump. Their next try might be good for the nation's transportation system — but it's not going to be cheap. Bernake...

    10.29.08 From Autopia

  1. Psystar: Blu-Ray Hackintosh for Sale; MacBook Clones on the Way

    Apple hasn't yet been able to stop Florida-based company Psystar from selling Mac clones, and the rebellious manufacturer is trudging forward with more plans: a Mac notebook clone and a desktop Hackintosh equipped with a Blu-ray player. Though scarce with...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  2. Just Cause 2 Dev Faces Layoffs

    Sweden-based studios like Grin and DICE have been bringing a lot attention to the region of late, but it's not everyone who is sharing in the success. Stockholm-based Avalanche Studios -- currently at work on the sequel to open-world action...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  3. Sega Will Publish Wii FPS The Conduit

    Sega will publish The Conduit, the independently-developed Wii first-person shooter that's been all the talk of the Wii hard-core gamer crowd, the publisher announced today. The game, developed by High Voltage Software, is a robust FPS experience on a console...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  4. Tomb Raider Demo Lands on 360

    Fans of the Tomb Raider series (the good ones, anyway) should log into the Xbox Live Marketplace to download a sample of Lara's upcoming adventure. A demo for Tomb Raider: Underworld is now available for download, and covers the Thailand...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  5. Chemical, Biological Arms: Iran's Other WMDs

    The rest of the world may be focused on Iran's nuclear program. But U.S. intelligence agencies, think tanks, and non-governmental organizations just can't shake the suspicion that Iran may be trying to assemble other weapons of mass destruction, too: an...

    10.29.08 From Danger Room

  6. Motorola Bets Big On Android

    As one of the first members of the Open Handset Alliance, Motorola has been an early backer of Google's Android operating system. But now it looks like the company's support for Android will run deeper than previously expected. Motorola is...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  7. Jazz Pianist Scores Couric/Palin Interview

    Regardless of your political affiliation, you might find this jazzed-up version of Sarah Palin's chat with Katie Couric amusing. Keyboardist Henry Hey managed to sync his playing to her speech with remarkable precision. (It reminds us somewhat of the "shreds"...

    10.29.08 From Listening Post

  8. 'USB Port' Wine Would Make Shakespeare Proud

    Thanks to a new rule imposed by the European Union, wineries can't use the word "port" on their wine labels unless their stuff was made in Portugal. Peltier Station Winery wasn't the type to accept defeat: The winemakers thought of...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  9. Nitronic Research Mashes Drag Racing and Surf Music

    Drag racing aficionados Cole Coonce and Ikky Shivers of Nitronic Research, formerly known as "the thinking man's drag racing site" before it went offline in '03, have returned with an album made of field recordings from the drag racing world...

    10.29.08 From Listening Post

  10. Pakistan to U.S.: Call Off the Killer Drones

    Since the start of August, U.S. drones have struck targets in Pakistan at least 19 times. The latest attack, one of the deadliest ever, killed 20. Now, Pakistani officials say they've had enough of the robot planes, and are demanding...

    10.29.08 From Danger Room

  1. Bang & Olfusen Shutters Cellphone Business With a Whimper

    High end audio and video equipment maker Bang & Olufsen is reportedly getting out of the cellphone business. Didn't know they were in it? Then you haven't missed much. The company has released just two cellphones, the Serene and Serenata,...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  2. Marc of the Valley

    By Kevin Maney, for Portfolio.com Marc Andreessen would rather blog from home in his underwear than give an interview to a journalist, especially in front of an audience. That’s what he wrote in his blog earlier this year. Thankfully, this...

    10.29.08 From Epicenter

  3. Gannett to Cut 10 Percent of Staff at Local Papers

    Gannett announced a new round of layoffs yesterday, saying it will cut about 10 percent of staff at its 85 local U.S. publications, not including USA Today. The 10 percent is “significantly less” than the 3,000 positions estimate that has...

    10.29.08 From Epicenter

  4. London Debates a New "Airport on the Sea"

    What do you do when your airport is old, crowded, and outmoded, but efforts to expand it get blocked time and time again? Obviously, you shut it down and build a new one on a man-made island. Duh! Things have...

    10.29.08 From Autopia

  5. NaNoWriMo: Ten Years of Literary Abandon

    It's nearly that time of the year – November. November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), and I'll be joining the craziness and chaos of writing a novel in thirty days along with thousands and thousands of people world-wide. It...

    10.29.08 From Geekdad

  6. Masturbating Tarzan Toy Is More Disturbing Than Amusing

    Remember all those Walt Disney urban legends? You know -- the priest's erection in The Little Mermaid, the "Take off your clothes!" line whispered in Aladdin, the nude woman behind the window in The Rescuers? Well, the Tarzan toy, which...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  7. Real Afghan Shortgage: Copters, Spy Planes (Updated)

    We've heard U.S. commanders ask over and over again for more troops in Afghanistan. But there are other, major military shortages in Afghanistan, too. Like today may be helicopters and spy planes. "For soldiers in Afghanistan, who often patrol at...

    10.29.08 From Danger Room

  8. Asus Readying Googlephone for 2009

    Asustek, according to the usually reliable DigiTimes, is readying a Googlephone of its own. The company will launch an Android-based handset in the first half of next year, and may initially offer it as an Asus-branded model in Taiwan before...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  9. Disaster: Day of Crisis Is a Great Arcade-Style Shooter for the Wii

    It's not often that I get surprised by a game — and even less frequently when its a game on the Wii. But this week, after popping in Disaster: Day of Crisis, I was quite literally (Ed. note: see the...

    10.29.08 From Geekdad

  10. Social Network Users Aren't Scared of Ads, Says Razorfish

    Social networks may be having trouble monetizing, but its not because their users are scared of advertising, according to a new Razorfish study released today. "FEED: The Razorfish Consumer Experience Report" found that social network surfers are buying products based...

    10.29.08 From Epicenter

  1. Direct Podcast Downloads Coming to iPhone?

    More details are leaking out about the next update to the iPhone software, version 2.2. In addition to Google Street View's inclusion in the Maps application, there appears to be a small but significant change to the podcast section. Seen...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  2. Yahoo Up, Microsoft Down in September Searches

    Yahoo’s market share in U.S. Internet searches increased to 20.2 percent in September, up from 19.6 percent in August, reports ComScore. Microsoft saw a small loss, however, falling to 8.5 percent from 8.9 percent. Total searches were up to 11.8...

    10.29.08 From Epicenter

  3. Flexible Displays Closer to Reality, Thanks to U.S. Army

    Imagine a screen so thin, light and flexible that it can be rolled up and carried in your pocket, while consuming almost zero power. That technology could become reality in two to three years, thanks to U.S. Army-backed research being...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  4. Comedy Central Signs Comedians to Lime Wire Store

    Lime Wire users will soon be able to purchase spoken word albums from Comedy Central Records, including albums by Mitch Hedberg (video to the right), Bobcat Goldwaith and Jim Gaffigan from the Lime Wire store. The deal represents the DRM-free...

    10.29.08 From Listening Post

  5. M.I.A.'s 'Paper Planes' Rocks Music Community

    Everybody seems to love "Paper Planes" by M.I.A., with the exception of David Letterman, whose producers apparently censored the song by silencing its gunshot samples. Last year, I called it "the best use of a Clash sample I've ever heard."...

    10.29.08 From Listening Post

  6. Night of the ZOMBIE!

    Dealing with undead is easier than you think. Via YouTube

    10.29.08 From Geekdad

  7. Video: Trained Birds Play Tom Clancy's EndWar

    I still believe the voice-activated controls in Tom Clancy's EndWar are more gimmick than useful gaming construct, but watching two trained birds play the game via the aforementioned gimmick makes the whole thing much more palatable. Then again, this footage...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  8. Key Congressman and Consumer Group Oppose Google-Yahoo Partnership

    At this point, it just seems mean spirited to start attacking Google and Yahoo's beleagured search deal, but a top congressman on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and a consumer advocacy group have come out against the deal. Yesterday,...

    10.29.08 From Epicenter

  9. RED to Announce Scarlet and Epic Cameras in November

    RED, the company behind the game changing RED ONE video camera, is set to announce its new Scarlet and Epic cameras on November 13th. RED's charismatic founder Jim Jannard has posted a teaser in the RED forums giving us a...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  10. ESRB Guidelines Force Disappearance of Fallout 3 Ads

    Bethesda recently sent out a number of e-mails asking certain websites to remove videos containing footage of the just-released Fallout 3. Shacknews was among the sites contacted, and according to the message they received, the takedown notices were in reaction...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  1. Gadget Lab Hackintosh: Now With Added Sound Output

    Editor's note: This is the latest installment in Gadget Lab's continuing netbook hacking contest, which pits Mac-loving, cafe-dwelling, penny-pinching nerds Charlie Sorrel and Brian Chen against each other to see who can come up with the geekiest netbook mods. Brian...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  2. Snow Patrol's iPhone App Prizes Art over Commerce, Utility

    We've been playing around with another artitst's promotional iPhone app, having been somewhat impressed by Pink's initial foray into the iPhone App Store. This new one from the band Snow Patrol, whose developers were apparently in something of an arms...

    10.29.08 From Listening Post

  3. Five for Fighting 10/29/08

    * Jet = small sat launcher? * Military gets 2000th Packbot * British military wants greener gear... *...and their own MRAPs (eventually) * 1st Iraqi sentenced for G.I. deaths (High five: Hambling)

    10.29.08 From Danger Room

  4. Sony 'Has a Business To Run,' PS3 Price Cut Unlikely

    Calling it the "right thing to do for their shareholders," Sony has decided to not drop the price of the PlayStation 3 this holiday season, reports Videogamer.com. "The pressure [to cut the PS3's price] comes from the consumers obviously, and...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  5. One GeekDad's Toy of the Year: LEGO Agents Mobile Command Center

    I'll admit it, I wasn't sold on LEGO Agents. It seemed like a James Bond ripoff with stock heroes and cliched villains. However, I recently had the chance to play around with the LEGO Agents "big set" -- a semi...

    10.29.08 From Geekdad

  6. Microsoft Asks You To Make Its Next 'I'm a PC' Ads

    Microsoft has moved from paying $3 million for a spokesman to getting its advertising for free. The next phase of its "I'm a PC" campaign has made the switch to user generated content. The campaign began with Jerry Seinfeld and...

    10.29.08 From Epicenter

  7. Microsoft Planning Xbox 360 Companion Pack

    Microsoft plans to aid those frugal gamers who opted for the firm's $199 "Arcade" bundle by releasing a companion pack full of peripherals that should provide an experience comparable to the more expensive "Pro" Xbox 360. Included in the pack...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  8. World of Warcraft Tops 11 Million Active Subscribers

    Update: I e-mailed Blizzard to see if they might divulge who actually makes up the 11 million subscribers and whether their figure includes those no longer playing the game -- a number of other MMOs include any player who has...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  9. LinkedIn’s New Apps Are All Work and No Play

    The professional social network LinkedIn has opened up its OpenSocial-based application platform for developers, and the initial launch includes nine apps designed for businesses. Google has developed a Presentation app to upload power points to your profile, LinkedIn has one...

    10.29.08 From Epicenter

  10. Hulu Celebrates First Anniversary, Gains Popularity By Serving Fewer Ads

    Hulu is celebrating its first anniversary today, and perhaps the most surprising thing about this milestone is the fact that people actually like the site. Before Hulu's launch, the network television portal was almost universally dismissed as an ill-conceived, tardy...

    10.29.08 From Epicenter

  1. Nice Trick, Where's The Treat?

    Like many parents of trick-or-treating aged kids, my wife and I have been anxiously watching the weather forecast for Halloween. The temperature can have significant impact on final costume design (will little Darth require a toque?) and, of course, everyone...

    10.29.08 From Geekdad

  2. Zacuto Baseplates Put DSLRs at The Heart of Your Video System

    The two new video-capable DSLRs from Nikon and Canon (the D90 and the 5D Mark II respectively) look like hot stuff -- hi-definition video at a much lower price than you'd pay for a proper, pro hi-definition video camera, and...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  3. Nissan Debuts Real World Car in Need for Speed Undercover

    Automotive manufacturer Nissan will debut the 2009 iteration of its venerable Z-series sports car within Electronic Arts' upcoming racing game, Need for Speed Undercover. The debut of the 370Z marks the first time an auto manufacturer has teamed with a...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  4. World Chess Championship Draws to a Close

    Today could be the final game in the 2008 World Chess Championship. Defending champion, Viswanathan Anand leads Vladimir Kramnik 6.0-4.0 after ten games, including six draws. Tuesday, Kramnik won in just 29 moves to hold off Anand and prolong the...

    10.29.08 From Geekdad

  5. HP Mini 1000 Gets Official

    On Monday, HP accidentally posted images of its new netbook, the Mini 1000, on its online store. The offending entry was quickly removed, but now – just two days later – the new netbook is official. When we reviewed HP's...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  6. Law Center Sends Letter to States About Vote-Flipping Machines

    A legal center and voting integrity group have teamed up to send a message to secretaries of state around the country warning them that voting machines they use could be susceptible to the same kinds of problems that voters in West Virginia, Tennessee and other...

    10.29.08 From Threat Level

  7. GeekDad HipTrax #17

    It was a dark and stormy night… Okay, not really. But this edition of GeekDad HipTrax does feature a trio of great tracks handpicked for the Halloween season. You might go so far as to say they are Halloween-y. This...

    10.29.08 From Geekdad

  8. Green Investment Boom going broke just like all the other investment booms

    http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/50799/story.htm Link: Planet Ark : ANALYSIS - 'Green' Loses Cachet On Wall Street . US: October 29, 2008 LOS ANGELES - "Going green" doesn't have quite the cachet it used to, at least on Wall Street. Investors in renewable energy...

    10.29.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  9. Gentlemen Broncos' Chevalier Inspires With Music

    Dr. Ronald Chevalier - Inspiring Oneself A new and wondrously inspirational video has surfaced from Dr. Ronald Chevalier -- scientist, painter and award-winning author of all 10 Cyborg Harpies trilogies. In the rare look into the daily life of a...

    10.29.08 From The Underwire

  10. Looks like he racked up the smart-guy big-brain vote

    For Immediate Release 76 American Nobel Laureates in Science Endorse Obama (((Here at Beyond the Beyond we devote sparse coverage to American electoral politics, but since America's most distinguished scientists have zero practical ability to affect the American political process,...

    10.29.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  1. Eco 'crunch'

    (((Maybe this new framing of the crisis will persuade the currently unemployed financiers who stumble over it while web-surfing in their pyjamas. An eco-finance crunch. Yeah. There's no "lender of last resort," as you don't get to create a new...

    10.29.08 From Beyond the Beyond

  2. Downey, Cheadle, Favreau on for Iron Man 2, Avengers

    It was a big day for Marvel movies Tuesday as two stars confirmed their futures in Iron Man 2 and The Avengers, while another had to rack up the services of a lawyer because he allegedly punched out a Broadway...

    10.29.08 From The Underwire

  3. Darpa Preps Son of Robotic Mule

    The Pentagon's all-too-lifelike four-legged robot may be about to get a whole lot bigger, stronger, smarter and tougher to slow down. Already, the BigDog quadruped machine can carry more than 300 pounds, walk around for nearly 13 miles on flat...

    10.29.08 From Danger Room

  4. Analysis: On the Death of Next-Gen in Japan

    TOKYO -- This year's Tokyo Game Show was defined not only by what was on the expo floor as what was conspicuous by its near-absence: High-definition, next-generation videogames. Oh, sure, there were some. Microsoft's booth was full of them. Sony's...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  5. BlackBerry Developers Get Cash to Compete

    In the world of mobile applications, Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android operating system dominate the discussion. But the BlackBerry has nearly 20 million users — and a big pile of cash with which to entice application developers. The $150 million...

    10.29.08 From Gadget Lab

  6. Sony Cancels PSP Memory Stick Bundle

    Memory cards don't sell PSPs, games do, at least according to Sony's retail partners. With the limited-edition Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters PSP Entertainment Pack doing well, Sony has decided to cancel its other planned bundle, the PSP 4GB Memory...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  7. Weekly DLC Coming to MotorStorm Pacific Rift

    Not content to simply dole out the occasional piece of downloadable content, Evolution Studios is promising that MotorStorm Pacific Rift DLC should be coming out on a weekly basis. "We’re going to try and give you something new to play...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  8. Left 4 Dead Demo Out Next Week

    A taste of Valve's co-op shooter Left 4 Dead is coming to the masses, with a pre-launch demo for Xbox 360 and PC next week. Those looking for a head start on their zombie hunt will need to pre-order the...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  9. 'Glitching Issues' Bring Down LittleBigPlanet Servers

    Having trouble connecting to the LittleBigPlanet servers? You're not alone. Only a few hours after they finally went live yesterday, developer Media Molecule had to take down the servers "to try and fix the glitching issues some players have experienced."...

    10.29.08 From Game | Life

  10. October Rocks: Tool's Maynard James Keenan Takes Puscifer Into the Weird

    Halloween creeps closer, but Puscifer is there for you, with a digital daydream of apocalypse and heat. Which is to say, a new video. As the chief shrieker for art-metalheads Tool, Maynard James Keenan made quite a bit of noise....

    10.28.08 From Listening Post

  1. Holey Dells Sport a Familar Mac Look

    Eh, I guess Dell's new OptiPlex 960 desktop systems are kind of ripping off the look of the Mac Pros. But you can't give Apple credit for inventing holes for better cooling, right? Mind you, these aren't anywhere near as...

    10.28.08 From Gadget Lab

  2. Tapping the Vortex for Green Energy

    A bane of Big Oil's offshore rigs could become a boon for renewable energy. By tapping the natural motion of slow-moving water, a new hydrokinetic generator could open vast new swaths of the ocean for energy production. When ocean currents...

    10.28.08 From Wired Science

  3. Make Books 'Pop' With New Augmented Reality Tech

    When some kids attended the recent Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany, they didn't expect to face 3D UFOs popping up from their favorite books and nearly scaring them to death. If German-based Metaio has its way, this is only the...

    10.28.08 From Gadget Lab

  4. Intel Tries Out Full-Body Tetris

    Intel is thinking beyond touchscreens: Its Pittsburgh research lab is working on a version of Tetris that would require moving your entire body to position the pieces. In a blog, Intel's Esther Andrews says the lab's concept game doesn't require...

    10.28.08 From Gadget Lab

  5. DTV Transition Will 'Puke' on Environment, Says Recycling Group

    The United States has a problem with e-waste, say some environmental groups, and it's only going to get worse when the country fully transitions to digital TV broadcasting. The Electronics TakeBack Coalition believes tens of millions of Americans will throw...

    10.28.08 From Gadget Lab

  6. Earthlink Is Not Dead Yet -- Amazingly

    EarthLink is still kicking. The company, once one of the largest IPS in the country after AOL, swung to a third-quarter profit, up from a loss last year. Its prospects aren't the prettiest, though -- the company is holding on...

    10.28.08 From Epicenter

  7. Europeans May Be Suckers for Blu-ray

    The European market may explode with Blu-ray goodness in 2009, according to market research firm Futuresource (via VideoBusiness.com). The group thinks sales of Blu-ray disc players in five of the largest Western European markets will triple next year to 1.8...

    10.28.08 From Epicenter

  8. Gamers Buy More Than They Can Play, Study Suggests

    11 percent of all gamer homes contain games that were purchased relatively long ago, but never removed from their shrinkwrap prison, reveals a recent study conducted by analyst The NPD Group. The study polled 562 gamers, all of whom had...

    10.28.08 From Game | Life

  9. Time Inc. Announces Major Reorganization Plans

    Time Inc. will undergo a major structural overhaul in light of the current financial crisis effective Wednesday, chairman and CEO Ann S. Moore announced in a memo to staff on Tuesday. "After much careful study and consultation with many of...

    10.28.08 From Epicenter

  10. Microsoft Plans Online Xbox Live Avatar Store

    As if reworking the Xbox 360's dashboard to more closely ape Nintendo's Mii system wasn't enough, Microsoft is also looking at ways to monetize the upcoming virtual avatars, reports Videogamer.com. Coming next Spring, the online Xbox Live avatar store will...

    10.28.08 From Game | Life
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