October 30, 2010
Two Games for the Price of One and Other Specials at GameStop.com
Get Two Games for the Price of One : Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Wii, PS2, PSP, DS Game Bundles starting at $19.99 at GameStop.com. For example get Star Wars Force Unleashed and Tomb Raider Underworld 2Pack for $19.99. Other GameStop offers: 15% off + Free shipping on any in-stock game $29.99 or more
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Happy techie Halloween! Best of the Web
Spooky lightpainting Photo: Jannepaint Gizmodo , “Lightpainting Goes Spooky For Halloween.” Check out this wonderfully scary photograph from Flickr user Jannepaint (right) using the technique of lightpainting: “long-exposure photography where the subject uses a source of light such as an LED, a sparkler or glowstick, and trails it around themselves.” How does he do that? Pocket-lint , “50 Great Geek Pumpkins.” A great (pumpkin) gallery filled with photos of the ubiquitous orange squash, carved into techie themes of varying degrees of terrifying-ness: the Twitter fail whale… the Death Star from Star Wars… and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer's face (eek!).
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iHome 2.4Ghz Wireless Notebook Mouse $12.99 shipped from Buy.com
Get the iHome IH-M165ZB 2.4Ghz Wireless Notebook Mouse (Silver/Black) for $39.99 – $27 = $12.99 from Buy.com shipped . Insert the mini USB receiver into your computer’s USB port and you’re ready to go without synching the mouse and the receiver
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iHome 2.4Ghz Wireless Notebook Mouse $12.99 shipped from Buy.com
Microsoft Changes Windows Phone 7 App Restrictions [WP7 Apps Can Now Run Under Lock Screen, Granted They Don't Drain The Battery]
For regular TFTS readers, it should be old news that Microsoft has some extreme restrictions on Windows Phone 7 , from the hardware to the app development. There had been some backlash that Microsoft was not allowing third-party apps to run while the phone’s lock screen was, ahem, locked.
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Microsoft Changes Windows Phone 7 App Restrictions [WP7 Apps Can Now Run Under Lock Screen, Granted They Don't Drain The Battery]
Halloween is a time to MAKE
This is what Halloween is about… the creator of this video writes “My daughter jaws costume made by my mom Oooootiinniiii” On Monday, we’ll all return to our jobs and likely pass around dozens of links to amazing costumes, they’ll all be different and unique but they will have one thing in common, they were homemade
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Halloween is a time to MAKE
Facebook Phone Coming at “Please Join Us” November 3 Event; Either That or 500 Million Is Not Enough [Facebook Announces Special November 3 Media…
Mirror, mirror on the wall, tell me who is the only social networking service that’s rumored to launch an own Facebook Phone? That’s the kind of question any mirror can answer to, and it doesn’t even have to be magical; the mirror, not the phone. Continue reading: Facebook Phone Coming at “Please Join Us” November 3 Event; Either That or 500 Million Is Not Enough [Facebook Announces Special November 3 Media Event; We’ll be Waiting for “The Second Social Network” But a Phone Will Do Too] View Comments | View latest news in Internet Highlights | Mobile/Cell Phones | TFTS Home
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No USB 3.0 On Macs Anytime Soon [Alleged Steve Jobs E-Mail Says That Cupertino Doesn't See USB 3.0 Going Anywhere Anytime Soon]
Like the “Why can’t I get Blu-Ray on a Mac?” question that was asked to Jobs a few months ago, a 9to5Mac reader allegedly sent Jobs an e-mail asking his Jobness why no Macs are shipping with USB 3.0. It’s a valid point, as we’re starting to see USB 3.0 gadgets and PC motherboards pop up. The (again, alleged.
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No USB 3.0 On Macs Anytime Soon [Alleged Steve Jobs E-Mail Says That Cupertino Doesn't See USB 3.0 Going Anywhere Anytime Soon]
Dance Central Recalled Weekend Before Release [Kinect's Killer App Yanked From Stores Just Before Release Due To Mysterious Manual Misprint]
Kinect is coming this week, as I’m sure you’re aware, and the “killer app” is said to be Dance Central. The dancing game from Harmonix, the developers of Rock Band and (before 2007) Guitar Hero, was one of the most critically acclaimed titles that Microsoft had on display at E3. But, there’s a slight hiccup.
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Dance Central Recalled Weekend Before Release [Kinect's Killer App Yanked From Stores Just Before Release Due To Mysterious Manual Misprint]
Mitsubishi i-MiEV for US Market to be Unveiled at LA Auto Show [Mitsubishi Plans Wider-Body & More Aggressive Styling for 2011 US Model i-MiEV…
Mitsubishi’s i-MiEV electric vehicle has been in use by corporate fleets since 2007 elsewhere in the world, but Mitsubishi has announced plans to release a mass-market model in the US by 2011. The car debuts at the 2010 LA Auto Show in November
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MIT Researchers Trying To Find A Way To Store Solar Power Indefinitely [MIT Research Looking For Ruthenium Substitute Materials To Store Heat From The…
Solar power has one inherent disadvantage. You will need daylight in order to power up your appliances and gadgets
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35% of UK consumers would buy a tablet instead of a laptop
The debate over whether the tablet is set to kill the notebook market, or at least hamper it severely, rages on, with the latest shell fired being some research conducted by online shopping comparison website Kelkoo. Earlier this month, research from NPD in the States indicated that the iPad wasn’t cannibalising the laptop market, as
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Neural circuit ensures zebrafish will not bite off more than it can chew
(PhysOrg.com) — Whether it is alerting us to danger or allowing us to spot prey, vision helps keep humans and other animals alive. But how exactly does this special sense work, and why is it easier for us to spot movement of small objects in our field of vision than to notice other things?
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Neural circuit ensures zebrafish will not bite off more than it can chew
BT broadband fault leaves thousands disconnected
Around 20,000 BT customers across the UK found themselves without broadband last night due to a fault on a node in the Edinburgh area. The Courier.co.uk reports that BT said the fault hit customers “largely in the southern Scotland and northern England area with some in the Northern Ireland area also affected.” Although the BBC
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UN nature meeting agrees on land, ocean protection
(AP) — Representatives to a U.N. conference on biodiversity agreed early Saturday to expand protected areas on land and at sea in the hopes of slowing the rate of extinction of the world’s animals and plants and preventing further damage to its ecosystems.
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Microsoft will make a profit on every Kinect sold
The head of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment division, Don Mattrick, has revealed that the Kinect motion control system will make a profit for the company with every unit sold. In other words, Microsoft isn’t subsidising the spread of Kinect to consumers, something one might question given the noise made over the device’s price point of £130
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Toyota Is Setting Up Better Recycling Facility for Old Batteries [Toyota Lets Japan Prius Users Recycle Old Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries Into New…
If you think everything about a hybrid car is green, you’d better think again. Batteries come with certain chemistries that will give off toxic materials to the environment if disposed of improperly.
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Daily Crunch: From Beyond the Grave Edition
Coming Soon: 900GB Torrent Of (Mostly) Every Geocities Web Site Ever Half Of IT People Polled Plan To Stick With XP After It Expires Nice Boots: Cristiano Ronaldo’s CR Mercurial Vapor SuperFly II Have Dynamically Adjusting Studs SteelSeries’ 30 Percent Off Halloween Sale; Pay For Your Gear At 7-Eleven Stores With PayNearMe CrunchDeals: Native Instruments Traktor For Half Price
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Senator Calling For Video Game Regulation Sounds Off [Leland Yee Explains Why He Thinks ESRB Rating System Is Biased, Presents No Actual Evidence]
Next week, on November 2nd, the Supreme Court is set to begin oral hearings for Schwarzenegger v. EMA , a case that, if successful, will make it illegal to sell “ultraviolent video games” to minors. Proponents of the bill say that they’re protecting children from the desensitization of violence, while opponents say that retailers are likely to stop selling violent video games should the bill pass, making it difficult for adults who want to play them to obtain a copy.
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Senator Calling For Video Game Regulation Sounds Off [Leland Yee Explains Why He Thinks ESRB Rating System Is Biased, Presents No Actual Evidence]
Mass Effect 2, Plants vs. Zombies Each Take Home Multiple Golden Joysticks [Mass Effect 2, Plants vs. Zombies Big Winners At 28th Golden Joystick…
Bioware’s Mass Effect 2 and Pop Cap’s Plants vs. Zombies both made a strong showing at this year’s Golden Joystick awards, with Plants vs
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Polaroid 14MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom & 2.7" LCD Screen
Hey, wait! Do that again! I didn’t get a good shot. You know, that face you just made laughing at Kirsten’s joke. Make it again so I can get a photo with my new Polaroid 14MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom & 2.7” LCD Screen! No, it wasn’t like that
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Polaroid 14MP Digital Camera with 5x Optical Zoom & 2.7" LCD Screen