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Archive for November, 2009

Acer Aspire AS5732Z-4234

If you are on the fence between buying a cheap netbook and a full size laptop, the Acer Aspire AS5732Z-4234 might push you back toward the big boys.

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Blizzard: Developing World of Warcraft clones ‘not the right move’

Say what you will about MMO market dominator Blizzard Entertainment, but it truly cares about the well-being of its competitors. In a recent interview with gaming magazine PC Zone, Blizzard’s Shane Dabiri offered some helpful advice for his fellow MMO developers: “There are a lot of people that try to emulate World of Warcraft – [...]

StereoMood Plays Music According to Your Mood

Services abound for finding music by genre or musical-relation, but what if the parameter you want is your mood? StereoMood lets you pick music by your mood.
Using StereoMood is as simple as clicking on one of the tags in the cloud of mood tags or searching for some music with the search tool to get [...]

Bioshock 2 coming to Japan, courtesy of D3 Publisher

Good news, Japan! D3 Publisher is localizing Bioshock 2 for you and, this time around, you won’t have to wait that long to get your ADAM-soaked hands on it. Andriasang reports D3 Publisher will release the 2K Marin, et al.-developed sequel sometime in early 2010 — presumably close to the February 9 US release date. [...]

Hot Electric Metal Encased in a Sphere of Glass

LEDs are efficient. But by choice, my house is still bathed in the warm glow of hot electrified metal, in a bulb of glass and inert gas.
We take the miracle of the lightbulb for granted. We’ve been doing this for probably almost 100 years now, within a generation or two of Edison figuring out that [...]