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Lessons from Mumbai 
schneier via Schneier on Security on Mon, 01 Dec. 2008
I'm still reading about the Mumbai terrorist attacks, and I expect it'll be a long time before we get a lot of the details. What we know is horrific, and my sympathy goes out to the survivors of the dead (and the injured, who often seem to get ignored as people focus on death tolls). Without discounting the awfulness of the events, I have some initial observations:
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Wii, Wii Fit Crack List of Top 10 Black Friday Buys
gamepolitics via GamePolitics News on Sun, 30 Nov. 2008
Black Friday kicked off the holiday shopping season and, for third straight year, Nintendo's Wii console remains a smoking hot gift choice, according to PriceGrabber.com.The well-trafficked price comparision site lists top products searched for by consumers. Its most recent results, which include Black Friday data, show the Wii a
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Video: Black Friday Shoppers Fight Over Xbox 360
Chris Kohler via Game | Life on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
Oh hi. Just a reminder that if you're currently sitting around reading the Internet right now instead of driving yourself crazy shopping on this cold Black Friday, this is what you're missing: Giant dogpiles inside a Wal-Mart at 5 A.M., people fighting over what appears to be an Xbox 360 Arcade unit bundled with
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GameStop CEO: Used Game Trades Help Consumers
gamepolitics via GamePolitics News on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
Used game sales and trades have been much in the news of late, with some consumer-gouging game industry types decrying the practice.But, as Gamasutra's Leigh Alexander reports, GameStop CEO Dan DeMatteo insists that game
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LA VERSIÓN DE HOLLYWOOD.
pepo via CON C DE ARTE on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
¿Es "Watching the Watchmen" un intento de lleg
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Leland Yee Urges Parents to Avoid Violent Games for Holiday Gifts
gamepolitics via GamePolitics News on Fri, 28 Nov. 2008
State Senator Leland Yee (D), author of California's contested video game law, has issued a press release urging parents to avoid violent video games when shopping for their children during the holiday season.In doing so
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Scary Bailout Money Info Graphic | Voltage Blog
Gil C. Schmidt via Jenius Jots on Thu, 27 Nov. 2008
I hate to repeat Myself, but if you saw My recent "Bailout Costs More Than..." post, take a look at the same information, but in instant-grasp graphic form.If you didn't see My post, take a look at this and if you throw up in your mouth, join the club.
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Something To Be Thankful For
kmw@reason.com (Katherine Mang via Reason Magazine - All Reason A on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
Happy Thanksgiving! According to a new study, you and your family are increasingly
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Too Human Soundtrack Now Available
Chris Kohler via Game | Life on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
Awesome: Silicon Knights released the soundtrack CD to its Xbox 36
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Addiction Specialist: 90% of Compulsive Gamers Are Not Addicts
gamepolitics via GamePolitics News on Wed, 26 Nov. 2008
The recent, high-profile Brandon Crisp tragedy once again brought the debate over video game dependency to the forefront. But, does obsessive video game play necessarily equal addiction?Not according to Keith Bakker (left), the founder of the Smith & Jones Centre in Amsterdam, Europe’s first and only clinic to
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Charging an iPod with an onion and Gatorade
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
How to charge your iPod using just an onion and some Gatorade. Oh yeah? When we were kids, we ran digital clocks off of potatoes and loved it! Fear the power of the tuber! (link)
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The Criterion Collection
jason@kottke.org via kottke.org on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
The Criterion Collection just launched their new web site, complete with the option to watch several movies online. It's $5 for a week rental and that's applied toward the cost of the film on DVD or Blu-ray. Not sure about the quality...the excellent intro movie on the home page says "high quality"...n
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Here Comes Everybody Review
schneier via Schneier on Security on Tue, 25 Nov. 2008
In 1937, Ronald Coase answered one of the most perplexing questions in economics: if markets are so great, why do organizations exist? Why don't people just buy and sell their own services in a market instead? Coase, who won the 1991 Nobel Prize in Economics, answered the question by noting a market's transaction costs: buyers and sellers need to find one another, then reach agreement, and so o
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The Future of Ephemeral Conversation
schneier via Schneier on Security on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
When he becomes president, Barack Obama will have to give up his BlackBerry. Aides are concerned that his unofficial conversations would become part of the presidential record, subject to subpoena and eventually made public as part of the country's historical record.
This reality of the information age might
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Un Fantasma a Plena Vista: el Ponce Intercontinental
Rafi via GuerrillaPop on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Hace unos meses, unos amigos que me visitaban de Estados Unidos y yo dimos un paseo por la ciudad de
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Still Forry After All These Years
evanier via news from me on Mon, 24 Nov. 2008
Forrest J Ackerman is the gent who edited Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine. He's a lifelong authority and devotee in the area of horror movies and science-fiction, and is credited with coining the term, "sci-fi." He's been an agent, a writer, an editor, an actor, a lecturer and a pro
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Bill Cosby: Grand Theft Auto is Entrance Exam for Prison
(unknown author) via GamePolitics News on Sat, 22 Nov. 2008
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Comedian and activist Bill Cosby likened Grand Theft Auto to a prison prep course during an appearance in Greenwood, Mississippi on Thursday.Cosby, who urged the local African-American community to take an active role in bettering their neighborhood, dismissed Rockstar's controversial game series, saying:
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Suddenly, a New Diagnosis: PlayStation Addiction
gamepolitics via GamePolitics News on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
You may or may not buy into the idea that game addiction exists, but doctors at southern Italy's Lecce Hospital (note to self: don't get sick in Lecce) recently diagnosed a 13-year-old boy with "PlayStation addiction."Then again, the news is coming through the filter of a politician. As reported by
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Nutrient Search: Find foods highest (or lowest) in certain nutrients
Monica Reinagel via The ND Blog: Notes from the Nu on Fri, 21 Nov. 2008
During our recent focus group lunches with ND users, several mentioned that they wished there were a way to search for foods by specific criteria, such as "foods high in magnesium" or "foods low in selenium." As a matter of fact, we have a tool that will do just that.
You can access the Nutrient Search Tool
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