Microsoft fesses up to a new, tweaked Xbox 360 controller (6)
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Filed under: Gaming According to gamesindustry.biz, Microsoft is confirming a slight revision to its Xbox 360 controller design. Apparently, the new iteration of the gamepad includes enhancements to its d-pad, which admittedly has always been somewhat lacking. In Microsoft's words: "The new limited edition green wireless controller offers enhancements to d-pad functionality, which will add to the experience of playing games where the d-pad is the primary control mechanism." We'd like to think that this ...
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Chad said:
Seppo, buy one of these and tell me if the improvement is worth it.
Copy and Paste (Maybe) Coming to iPhone Apps [Iphone 2.0] (4)
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One intrepid (and open-source-minded) developer has created a non-jailbreak, theoretically legal way to implement copying and pasting between iPhone apps, as shown by GeekBrief.tv. Time will tell if other coders will pick up the idea to make their apps better. [via]
Lenovo's IdeaPad S10 with X4500 graphics dubbed "Wind and Eee PC killer" (1)
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Filed under: Laptops Hey friend, ready for a full Lenovo IdeaPad S10 review? Sorry, this ain't it, but Laptop's initial hands-on with this "sweet 10-incher" might be enough to help with any imminent purchasing decisions requiring $429 in cash. What if we sweetened the deal and told you that Lenovo's netbook also features that very same un-netbooky X4500 integrated graphics found in Intel's Centrino 2 chipset -- no lame GMA950 here, pal. And as oddball ...
American Airlines goes live with in-flight WiFi service (7)
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Filed under: Transportation, WirelessAt long last, "you are now free to surf the intarwebz while flying." Okay, so maybe it has been possible in the past, but American Airlines is taking a huge leap forward in the US market today by giving passengers aboard long-haul Boeing 767-200 flights the option to hop online during the trip. The GoGo service, which is being provided by Aircell, will charge customers $12.95 for access to the world wide ...
R.I.P. (3)
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The Dave Matthews Band's saxophonist LeRoi Moore has passed away. He was 46 years young. The musician was injured in an ATV accident in June, resulting in a punctured lung and broken ribs. Moore went back into the hospital last month due to complications. He passed away Tuesday in Los Angeles after more complications. Our condolences to LeRoi's family and bandmates. [Image via WENN.]
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Chad said:
Sucks. Didn't he *just* have the accident prior to Rothbury? I think I read somewhere that the band almost wasn't going to play without him.
Newt Gingrich’s inanity knows no bounds (1)
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Believe it or not, Newt Gingrich and Sean Hannity are still, even now, laughing like school children over the notion of properly-inflated tires. A lot of Republicans have said a lot of stupid things about energy policy in recent weeks, but this may very well be the single most inane comment any of them have uttered publicly. (Worse than a House Republican from Texas exclaiming, “Let’s bring up the Paris Hilton plan”? Yes, even worse ...
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Chad said:
"We're still importing 70% of our oil." he says. So, dumbass, answer this - how exactly does the 1% we'll gain from ANWAR alleviate any more than the 3-4% we'd gain by properly inflating our tires?
All Xbox Live iPhone Apps To Be Free [IPhone] (2)
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Microsoft has decided that if you want to make an Xbox Live app for the iPhone, you will have to give it away for free. The coders behind the 1337pwn Friends List were contacted by Microsoft and were told they could keep their app on the App Store — but only by reducing the price to Zero. We have looked at a similar previously, and were fairly unimpressed, so perhaps this is a quality-verus-branding issue ...
FINALLY! (5)
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I'll never understand why this took so damn long. Just in time for the closing rush of the presidential election, MSNBC is shaking up its prime-time programming lineup, removing the long-time host –- and one-time general manager of the network — Dan Abrams from his 9 p.m. program and replacing him with Rachel Maddow, who has emerged as a favored political commentator for the all-news cable channel. The moves, which were confirmed by MSNBC executives ...
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"MSNBC is shaking up its prime-time programming lineup, removing the long-time host –- and one-time general manager of the network — Dan Abrams from his 9 p.m. program and replacing him with Rachel Maddow." GREAT news!
Heavy Gets His Sandvich, I'm Still Waiting [Team Fortress 2] (1)
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It's good to know that the Heavy appreciates a good sandwich as much as I do. Though in my case my need for hunger-filling sammiches pushes me to hire interns in the Denver area. In the case of the Heavy? He uses his Sandvich to satisfy overwhelming hunger pangs and heal 120 health. The tidy meal does take him a good four seconds to eat, and apparently the noise of his chomping is a dead ...
Rachel Maddow gets her own show on MSNBC. (3)
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MSNBC's Keith Olbermann announces on DailyKos that frequent guest host Rachel Maddow will be getting her own show on the network beginning next month: The network will be formally announcing this tomorrow, but I am pleased to inform you in this fully authorized leak, that as of Monday, September 8, ...
Team Fortress 2 Update Released (8/19/2008) (2)
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Updates to Team Fortress 2 have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The specific changes include:Added 3 Heavy unlockablesNatascha, The Sandvich, The Killing Gloves of BoxingAdded 35 new Heavy achievementsAdded Arena game mode5 arenas: Lumberyard, Ravine, Well, Granary, BadlandsAdded 2 new mapsBadwater Basin, a new payload mapcp_steel, a community map by Jamie "Fishbus" MansonChangesAdded server map timeleft to upper right of scoreboardAdded new firing sounds to The ...
Microsoft - All Our Instruments Cross-Compatible Too [Xbox] (3)
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Yesterday we reported Sony's annoucement via the PlayStation Blog that all the major upcoming PS3 music games (Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero: World Tour, and Rock Revolution) will be able to share instruments. Not to be outdone (and concerned that the PS3 claim might imply the opposite for rivals) Chris Paladino from Microsoft used the Gamerscore Blog to confirm that the same was true of the XBox version of those games as well. For the ...
Right-Wing Host: Gay Rights Lead to Pedophiles Adopting Kids (2)
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On his radio show today, right-wing talker Mike Gallagher responded to the California Supreme Court's decision yesterday to bar "doctors from invoking their religious beliefs as a reason to deny treatment to gays and lesbians." Gallagher agreed with a caller who wondered if the ruling meant "pedophiles could adopt": DAVID: The ...
Redeeming Tuna & Macaroni Salad (1)
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Filed under: Recipes, Soups/SaladsMy first exposure to Tuna and Macaroni Salad came years ago, while shopping the salad bar as one of those by-the-pound deli places that dot big Northeast cities. You grab a lidded container and load it up with various pre-made salads, gummy sushi rolls and wilted greens, then pay huge sums for your sub-par box of mayonnaise-y goodness. The tuna mac was always appealing upon initial examination, but frequently disappointing when tasted. ...
Firemint Real Racing For iPhone/N-Gage [Real Racing] (2)
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PocketGamer got a look at a new accelerometer-based mobile racing game from Firemint. As you can see from the video, Real Racing runs on the iPhone — and certainly confirms our hopes for that platform's gaming prowess — but Firemint also have it up and running on a Nokia N95 (all the recent N-series phones have motion sensors built in). Multiplayer races can take place over a wifi link, and your racing stats are automatically ...
Limbaugh Calls Possibility Of Pro-Choice McCain Running Mate ‘Crap,’ Likens It To ‘Committing Suicide’ (1)
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Today on his radio show, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh addressed the recently raised possibility that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) could choose a pro-choice running mate. Limbaugh argued forcefully against the prospect, calling it "crap" and likening it to "committing suicide." If McCain picks a pro-choice running mate, Limbaugh said, he ...
