See Tiger Woods actually make the Jesus Shot (2)
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Filed under: Sports, VideoThere are really only two ways of handling a glitch. Fix it in a patch or convince everyone who experienced it that it never happened in the first place. EA, as you can see in the above video, has provided the most impressive example of that second method we've ever seen.After seeing one user's "Jesus Shot" video from Tiger Woods 08, (you'll find it just after the break), wherein a glitched Tiger ...
Teens Arrested For Motorized Office Chair (16)
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German police have confiscated the world's fastest office chair and arrested its 17-year-old inventors. The duo added a lawnmower engine, brakes and a metal frame to the office chair and were reported to be driving it all over the streets of Gross-Zimmern. Police did not comment on the chair's handling or acceleration but I look forward to it being profiled on Top Gear.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Analyst: Game industry to hit $63.2 billion in revenue by 2013 (5)
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Filed under: Business IBISWorld, publisher of "business intelligence research," released a report today that foresees the video game industry growing 10% annually and hitting a high of $63.2 billion in global revenue by 2013. The report notes the industry currently brings in about $40 billion globally, "with a loyal client base regularly topped up by a fresh generation of users with older players failing to desert the sector at the age originally expected." Age originally ...
Irate father nails Xbox to tree (7)
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Filed under: Culture, Microsoft Xbox After having "warned [their] 3 boys about their behavior while playing the Xbox," a rather vengeful father had decided to create folk art with the console, according to the mother's CNN iReport. In the comment section, the mother said the kids do not "totally hate dad ... There was a problem, and the problem was addressed properly."Not to worry for the kids, however, as a replacement Xbox can be found ...
One Third of New PCs Downgraded To XP? (9)
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CWmike writes "More than one in every three new PCs is downgraded from Windows Vista to Windows XP, either at the factory or by the buyer, said performance and metrics researcher Devil Mountain Software, which operates a community-based testing network. "The 35% is only an estimate, but it shows a trend within our own user base," Craig Barth, the company's CTO, said. "People are taking advantage of Vista's downgrade rights." Last year, Devil Mountain benchmarked ...
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chrismartintx said:
why are ppl so god damn ignorant?! embrace the technology... i guarantee that most of them have so reason to downgrade. hell why don't we all go back to dos if they want stability.
10 Futuristic User Interfaces (3)
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10 recent developments in the field of user experience design. Most techniques may seem very futuristic. Keep in mind: they can become ubiquitous over the next years.
