December 2007
26 posts
Keith Olbermann Buries Rudy Giuliani With Truth →
Keith Olbermann Buries Rudy Giuliani With Truth
Greg Williams Guitarist Wedding Music Samples →
Pakistan' Benazir Bhutto killed by suicide bomber →
At the time of submitting - news coming in that Benazir Bhutto has been killed by suicide bomber. At least 10 other people also killed at the same time.
Boy Banned From Christmas Party for "Not Believing... →
Teachers banned a nine-year-old boy from his class Christmas party because his parents had barred him from religious education lessons. Douglas Stewart was forced to stay at home while his friends received presents from Santa and tucked into ice cream and jelly
Half Life Saga Story Guide Updated!!! Includes... →
The Half Life Saga Story Guide has FINALLY been updated with all of the information we learn in Episode 2 and Portal. “The Half-Life Saga Story Guide was created in order to provide a concise, accurate, user-friendly overview of the events dealing directly with the events of the Half-Life Saga”.
RIP Think Secret →
Always provocative, sometimes right, often wrong, Think Secret was our scandalous favorite rumors site and now it is gone.
Internet Explorer 8 passes ACID2 test! →
MSDN’s Channel9 and the IEBlog both confirm the new version of IE, IE8, will pass the ACID2 Test!
PS3 firmware 2.10 tomorrow, includes DivX and WMV... →
Details on tomorrow’s PS3 update.
Vista #1 biggest tech disappointment of 2007 -- by... →
First PC World gets all up on the soapbox that (until a certain date) the MacBook Pro is the fastest PC the mag had tested, but consider the next step taken: PC World has boldly declared Vista #1 with a bullet in in their Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007.
Ron Paul Hits 12 Million! →
A little after midnight on December 16th, Ron Paul reached his goal of 12 million dollars in campain contributions. It’s time for a change and the people’s actions are showing that they are louder then words.
Apple's New Santa Claus ad pays homage to... →
This commercial represents somewhat of a pinnacle in Apple’s “Get A Mac” ad campaign. It seems Apple now considers the Mac vs. PC duo iconic enough characters that they can be portrayed in a new medium and still be recognized.We wouldn’t be surprised if Jobs convinced Pixar to pump this one out.
PS3 sales pass the 7 million mark - faster than... →
With news that around 400,000 PS3s are now being sold per week around the world in the lead up to Christmas, Sony will be happy that over 7 million have now been sold since launching last year. Sales have picked up dramatically in the last few months and the console is actually selling faster than Xbox360 was last year…
OFFICIAL: Facebook drops 'is' →
Well folks, it has finally happened. Facebook have dropped the “is” from status updates. Login and update your status now!
Half Life 3 - Valve says it's being developed! →
Not a new episode - a brand new Half-Life game is in the works!
Windows Vista SP1 (release candidate) publicly... →
You’ve heard about it, you know what it’s got, you want it like crazy — and about 11 months after launch Microsoft delivers on Vista’s first service pack (in release candidate form, anyway). Go crazy!
Germany moves to ban Scientology →
BERLIN, Germany (AP) — Germany’s top security officials said Friday they consider the goals of Church of Scientology to be in conflict with the principles of the nation’s constitution and will seek to ban the organization.
Teen Calls Bush’s Secret Phone; Creates Security... →
An Icelandic teen somehow figured out President Bush’s private phone number, and called it recently, leaving a message saying he was the president of Iceland and wanted him to call him back. Teen won’t say how he did it.
Family Shunned for MySpace Hoax, Suicide →
Residents of the middle-class subdivision have turned against the neighbor, Lori Drew, and her family, demanding the Drews move out. More than 100 residents gathered in front of their home on a recent evening, holding candles and reciting stories about Megan.
New Western Digital HDs Won't Let You Share Files... →
Western Digital’s 1TB MyBook external hard drives won’t share media files over network. It doesn’t matter what the files are: If you try to share these formats over a network, Western Digital assumes not just that you’re a criminal, but that it is its job to police users. You see, MP3, DivX, AVI, WMV and Quicktime files are copy-protected formats.
Say Goodbye to Community WiFi: Congress Passes... →
We can’t have people trading information over open Internets, now, can we: “anyone who runs an open WiFi network for the public is now basically required to snitch on anyone they think may be doing anything deemed “illegal” in this act.”
Best Windows Error Ever May Rip Time-Space... →
In what computer analysts and physicists all over the world have classified as “a clear and present danger to the survivability of the Human Race and the Universe as we know it,” LA area-man and Gizmodo reader Kevin Barbee reports that his Windows Vista Problem Reporting has reported that it has stopped reporting
Dreamcast 2 in the Works? →
SEGA Corporation has filed a new application to protect the trademark Dreamcast - sparking rumours that the Japanese publisher is planning on making a shock return to the console manufacturing market with the Dreamcast 2. The application was sent to the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s Trademark Applications and Registrations Retrieval.
Xbox360 now supports DivX and Xvid →
Gizmodo posted this up today. Interesting no?
The Xbox 360 supports DivX and XviD as of today, which may make some of you with big file collections (like us) as giddy as a kid in store with puppies made of candy. We threw our entire collection of movies, TV shows and random clips at it and found that the 360 can play back pretty much anything. Here are some notes.
You can play files off of a...
Xbox 360 DivX/XviD Playback Test (Verdict: Almost... →
The Xbox 360 supports DivX and XviD as of today, which may make some of you with big file collections (like us) as giddy as a kid in store with puppies made of candy. We threw our entire collection of movies, TV shows and random clips at it and found that the 360 can play back pretty much anything. Here are some notes.
Financial Zen: The 10 Key Actions That Finally Got... →
This month, I have paid off all my loans and am finally completely debt free!
Blizzard merges with Activision for $18.8bn →
The companies behind Call of Duty and World of Warcraft are merging in a deal which could shake up the global video games industry. Activision and Blizzard have said they will form “the world’s most profitable games business” in a deal worth $18.8bn (£9.15bn).