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Sony Unveils The PlayStation 3 Slim Posted: 3 months ago by punthe
Sony corporation has released information on it's new and slim PlayStation 3 model due this fall. It is almost a third smaller in size and weight and has a 120GB HDD with a slimmer price too.
Also, Sony has reduced the price of the existing 80GB model ($399 down to $299) and the 160GB model ($499 down to $399).
Comments: 15 Score: [-] 331 [+].
Chrysler To File For Bankruptcy Posted: 6 months ago by punthe
Ailing US auto giant Chrysler is to file for bankruptcy protection, after a deal with some of its big creditors fell through.
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Jett Travolta, Son Of Actor John Travolta, Dies Posted: 10 months ago by punthe
The teenage son of actor John Travolta died suddenly on Friday during a family vacation in the Bahamas. Jett suffered a seizure at his family's vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island.
Comments: 20 Score: [-] 1238 [+].
PlayStation 2 Most Played Console In 2008 Posted: 10 months ago by punthe
In 2008, gamers collectively spent more time with their PlayStation 2 than any other console. That's according to media research company Nielsen, whose "Top Tens" of 2008 calculated video game console usage, as well as the top PC games.
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Ever Wonder What A Wiimote To Your LCD Screen Looks Like? Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
Click the link and find oot!
Comments: 7 Score: [-] 403 [+].
60,000 Piece LEGO Hoth Battle Diorama Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
A gent named Mark Borlase with a lot of time on his hands had the good sense to build a 5’ X 10’ diorama of the Empire Strikes Back Hoth battle out of 60,000 LEGO blocks. Borlase spent about $3,000 and four years of construction on this sweet baby, which also contains 50 LED lights that illuminate the Echo Base hangar, motorized AT-AT wenches, and a fully operational hanger door.
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 183 [+].
Sony Declares Death To The Clamshell! Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
Are you a consumer who just can't stand those frustrating clamshell packages? Well, Sony is a manufacturer who has heard your curses and is doing something about it.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 91 [+].
Nintendo Wii Puts 10 In Hospital Per Week Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
A rheumatologist says most of these patient come in after playing the tennis or running game which involve sudden movements and "violent tendon stretching."
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 127 [+].
Nothing Escapes The Pull Of A PLAYSTATION 3, Not Even A Black Hole Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
What do you get when you take not one, not four, not eight, but sixteen PS3s and chain them together like some crazy video game test center configuration for extremely lucky children? Simple: The relatively affordable power to answer the question "At what speed to vibrating black holes stop vibrating?"
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Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire! Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
For $8 you can use your iPhone to see if your friends and family are speaking the truth or telling lies. The Agile Lie Detector uses voice stress analysis, a 3D spectrograph and a special lie meter to detect some serious, heavy duty brand of b.s..
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 233 [+].
28 Years Ago Today... Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
A remembrance of the death of John Lennon.
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Heath Ledger Gets Posthumous Film Award Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
The late Australian actor Heath Ledger was awarded one of his country's most prestigious film awards on Saturday for his final role as The Joker in the Batman movie "The Dark Knight."
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 291 [+].
ZuneGate: Is Obama an iPresident or Not? Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
ZuneGate, as some called it, is settled. Reports that President-Elect Barack Obama is actually a Microsoft Zune user have been crushed last night by one of Obama's spokesmen. "Not true, the President-Elect uses an iPod," addressed the spokesman to Philadelphia City Paper - Neal Santos' accusations.
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17-Month Trip In Solar Taxi Ends Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
After 17 grueling months, Swiss adventurer Louis Palmer's around-the-world trip in a solar-powered car is finally over. Altogether, he traveled 32,000 miles and across 40 countries.
Comments: 0 Score: [-] 341 [+].
Court Ruling Could Mean The End Of 'Bratz' Dolls Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
A federal judge in California on Wednesday ordered MGA Entertainment Inc to stop selling its popular Bratz dolls and banned it from using the Bratz name, finding that "hundreds" of Bratz products infringe on copyrights owned by rival toymaker Mattel Inc.
Comments: 11 Score: [-] 466 [+].
Ben Stiller Confirms Zoolander Sequel Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
"I've been trying to get Zoolander 2 together and we've had a few scripts. I feel that is the sequel I really would like to do some day because I like the original and I would make sure it was something new and worthy of it first."
-Ben Stiller
Comments: 11 Score: [-] 443 [+].
Army Uses 'Second Life' For Recruiting Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
The effort will consist of two virtual islands. One of them, will serve as a "welcome center" with an information kiosk and the means to contact a recruiter, the other will offer, "virtual experiences like jumping out of airplanes, and rappelling off of towers and using a weapon, to see if we can get some kind of recruiting benefit out of this social networking."
Comments: 2 Score: [-] 191 [+].
Steve Guttenberg Returns To 'Police Academy' Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
In a recent interview, Steve Guttenberg has said that there is indeed a new Police Academy film in the works.
EDIT: A third Three Men and a... movie is also hinted in the story, entitled: Three Men and a Bride.
Comments: 5 Score: [-] 263 [+].
Happy Birthday, Mouse! You've Turned 40! Posted: 11 months ago by punthe
The computer mouse was the creation of Doug Engelbart and his team at the Stanford Research Institute in California, who needed a simple way of controlling their computers. The result was a carved wooden block mounted on wheels, with a long cable trailing out the back. One researcher nicknamed it a mouse, and the moniker stuck.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 446 [+].
PlayStation Home Will Be Out By End Of 2008 Posted: 12 months ago by punthe
According to the PlayStation Home director, it will be released to the public by years end.
Comments: 4 Score: [-] 140 [+].
All PS3 Games In 2009 Must Support Trophies Posted: 12 months ago by punthe
Sony has dropped a mandate that every PLAYSTATION 3 game released after January 1st, 2009 supports trophies out of the box.
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Tony Romo Is A Swell Guy Posted: 12 months ago by punthe
Read the story and you will see why.
Comments: 16 Score: [-] 468 [+].
New Xbox Experience Brings RRoD Posted: 12 months ago by punthe
Looks like the New Xbox Experience dashboard update is experiencing some not-so-new Xbox woes. November 19: launch day for the NXE update. Not 24 hours after it went live, complaints are already piling up.
NOTE: RRoD = Red Ring of Death (see thumbnail)
Comments: 3 Score: [-] 115 [+].
Barack Obama Enlists Hardcore 'WoW' Player Posted: 12 months ago by punthe
President-elect Barack Obama has enlisted a hardcore World of Warcraft player as part of his Federal Communications Commission (FCC) transition team.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 193 [+].
Employees Sue For Non-Paid PC Boot-Up Time Posted: 12 months ago by punthe
Companies are finding more creative ways to cut costs. How about the time it takes an employee to boot his/her computer at the start of the day, then waiting to shut it down when it's time to go home? AT&T, United Health Group and Cigna all have been slapped with lawsuits relating to this problem.
Comments: 1 Score: [-] 180 [+].