Archive for October 18th, 2006

Be afraid… Be very afaid

Posted by Gary on October 18th, 2006

At the risk of getting overly political, I need to post about the law that President Bush passeded yesterday - The Military Commissions Act of 2006.
This goes well beyond Clinton slept around or Bush is stupid. This is scary scary stuff. Essentially, this law gives Bush and Rumsfeld the power to declare anyone (US citizen […]

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Samsung’s ultra-thin 17-inch AMOLED display

Posted by Brian on October 18th, 2006

These days it seems if it’s not thin, Samsung ain’t in it. They even brought their skinny ethic to desktop PCs and computer mice yesterday, so it’s only natural that they’d follow those up with an incredibly skinny AMOLED desktop display to complete the setup. The active matrix / organic light emitting diode hybrid AMOLED […]

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Linux announced for PS3

Posted by Brian on October 18th, 2006

Sony’s new PlayStation 3 will come ready to run Linux, and now a company has announced that it’ll actually ship a Linux for the PS3:
Terra Soft today announced that it will bring its Yellow Dog Linux v5.0 to Sony’s forthcoming PlayStation 3. This news makes Sony’s announcement of Linux support via the console 100% official […]

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Vorpal Sword of Priercing +2… and taxes?

Posted by Joe on October 18th, 2006

Oh no… online games are being targeted by the US government. Yep, if you haven’t heard yet, the government is considering taxing in-game currency and items. Since games like Second Life are becoming more popular, its more evident that real money is being transferred for items and such. Now, it is technically […]

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