Friday, October 30, 2009

Pingie: HTTP:: Chandions Online Has More than 1 Million Characters

HTTP:: Chandions Online Has More than 1 Million Characters
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Cryptic Studios has announced that its recently launched MMO Champions Online now has more than 1 million characters created and running around saving the in-game world. The videogame was published by Atari, which was acquired Cryptic earlier in the year, and offers players a chance to choose their appearance, their superpowers and even their nemesis as they live a life that seems lifted out right from a comic book script, albeit not a very good one.It's interesting to see that Atari and Cryptic have elected to mention the number of in-game characters that have been created in the game rather than actually say how many copies of the MMO have been purchased or how many players are now paying for a subscription.This might indicate that the install base is not very big at the moment but that those who own the game are tempted to try out a variety of character designs, which leads to a higher number of superheroes created in Champions Online. One of the most praised features of!
the game has been its character creation tool that allows players to define virtually every aspect of their hero and even micro manage their powers in great detail.Champions Online is currently offering a free weekend of play to anyone interested in it and is implementing a new add-on content, called Blood Moon, which ...
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Pingie: HTTP:: p2pnet World Headlines Oct 30 2009

HTTP:: p2pnet World Headlines Oct 30 2009
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Mandelson’s piracy tactics leave Tories with a dilemma Times OnlinenJames Blunt, who wrote to Lord Mandelson on the vexed subject of internet piracy, called the internet service providers “drug pushers” in an e-mail that the minister saw fit to publish this week. Those terrible ISPs, you see, are the people who allow us hapless addicts, [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Bunker fuel spills in San Francisco Bay

HTTP:: Bunker fuel spills in San Francisco Bay
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard said on Friday it was investigating an early morning spill of bunker fuel from either the tanker Dubai Star or a barge alongside it in San Francisco Bay.n n
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Pingie: HTTP:: Congress ethics inquiry probe leaked online

HTTP:: Congress ethics inquiry probe leaked online
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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- A report saying the activities of more than 30 lawmakers and several aides are being investigated about concerns including defense lobbying and corporate influence peddling has been leaked online.nIt, “appears to have been inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network, and it was provided to The Washington Post [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Of we ing and us ing

HTTP:: Of we ing and us ing
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p2pnet news view P2P:- Jenna McWilliams says she’s been reading Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, “good little revolutionary” that she is. nShe’s an an educational researcher for project new media literacies and a Guardian online columnist, as well as the creator of sleeping alone and starting out early where we find:n“Some [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Google Maps Gets a Real Estate Layer

HTTP:: Google Maps Gets a Real Estate Layer
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Over the summer, Google introduced the Real Estate listing to Google Maps and, since then, it has been working on improving the feature. When it was first introduced, it proved somewhat useful, but it was still lacking and couldn't really be seen as a real alternative to real-estate search engines. But Google doesn't do huge product launches very often, rather it gets a feature out the door and then starts building on it until it shapes up to be a complete product. This is the case here too, and Google is now ready to make the feature more visible by adding it as an option in Google Maps under the “More” tab. “First of all, we've made it easier to find real estate listings. Now, you can simply select "Real Estate" from the 'More' button on the top right of any Google Map to discover listings. From there, it's a simple matter to refine your search using the left hand panel â€" price, bedrooms, bathrooms, and so on. Of course, you can still pan the map to search for !
the perfect neighborhood and it'll automatically update with more listings,” Andrew Foster, product manager, wrote. Along with the real-estate layer, Google is also enabling real estate-related search options in Google Maps when the layer is selected, but this feature is only available in the US for now. It allows users to...
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Pingie: CNN.C: Pirates very hospitable captive says

CNN.C: Pirates very hospitable captive says
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Rachel Chandler, a Briton held captive by pirates off Somalia, tells her brother her captors are "very hospitable people, so don't worry. ... Physically we're fine; physically, we're healthy."
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Pingie: HTTP:: Windows 7 RTM Support the Evolution

HTTP:: Windows 7 RTM Support the Evolution
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Windows 7 is an evolutionary Windows client release, according to Microsoft, and it was also fit that support for the OS would also be an evolution compared to what was available for Windows Vista. And Windows 7 comes in a world where Microsoft Support is much different from what it was when the company made its debut. According to the software giant, “Microsoft Corp. was founded in 1975 to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. Customer support in 1975 consisted of Bill Gates and Paul Allen.” The focus on customer support has grown tremendously for Microsoft, as the Windows operating system became ubiquitous, and as the company started offering additional products. Official statistics from the Redmond company reveal that this year alone traffic to Microsoft online support exploded to approximately 1.2 billion. “Microsoft Customer Service and Support now manages 30 million support requests online, through e-mail and phone each year in 29 language!
s across a range of products around the world. There are more than 7,000 agents in over 60 locations available to help Microsoft customers,” the company explained. And precisely in order to simplify support, Microsoft has included a variety of enhancements into its latest Windows client, designed to let users deal w...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Adam Lambert Premieres For Your Entertainment Single

HTTP:: Adam Lambert Premieres For Your Entertainment Single
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“Imma hurt you real good” and “Do you know what you got into?” are just two of the things that Adam Lambert tells his audience / fans on his first single off the debut album, “For Your Entertainment,” which hit airwaves just minutes ago. As promised, Adam himself premiered the track on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show and, also as promised, it’s something different from mainstream pop, combining “dance music with a glam rock shuffle beat,” he says, as cited by MTV. Lambert has long been talking about his debut album, saying that it would be very difficult to fit into a single genre or category for the simple reason that it would borrow elements from as many as possible. The same goes for the lead single, also named “For Your Entertainment,” an uptempo disco-glam track that is already getting fans jumping to their feet and dancing to it. In all fairness, critics say, it’s next to impossible to keep still when the track comes on. Adam himself told Seac!
rest a short while ago that he was extremely pleased with the song, while also immensely excited about introducing it to the world. “I am so excited, I popped right out of bed. Turn it up really loud, guys! I know it’s really early, but turn it up!” Adam said of...
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Pingie: HTTP:: UK out of tune on P2P filesharing

HTTP:: UK out of tune on P2P filesharing
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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- “As the UK continues to oppose users rights in the Telecoms Package, opposition is gathering at home and  rifts  in the government line are appearing,” writes Monica Horten in IPTegrity.com.nThe UK government is divided on its so-called P2P policy, “which seeks to use hi-tech means to get the [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: DRIV3R Hints XVIII PS2

HTTP:: DRIV3R Hints XVIII PS2
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DRIV3R, also known as Driver 3, is a videogame created by Reflections Interactive and published by Atari. It was released for the PlayStation 2 console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the Game Boy, the PC (a GameCube version was also in production but got canceled). The game was also later ported to mobile phones. It was initially released in June 2005 and classed as a racing title played from a first and a third person perspective. Driver 3 incorporates elements of a shooter, fighting and spy adventure game.The third iteration in the series builds upon the legacy of Driver 2, allowing the gamer to again play the undercover cop who infiltrates an international band of thieves and is determined to get them to face justice. The main character is Tanner, the cop known from the previous releases, but one mission allows players to also control Tobias Jones. Some of the cars that could be used in the game, although not named as such, are: 1969 Ford Mustang, 1975 Pont!
iac Firebird, Citroen CX, Aston Martin DB5, U-Haul Semi Truck, Ferrari Testarossa Convertible, Renault Alpine, Lamborghini Jalpa, BMW 507, Seat Ibiza, General Motors New Look Bus, Lamborghini Countach, Ford GT40, Shelby Cobra, a go-kart, Volkswagen Microbus, a hot rod, a forklift, a pre-war Auto Union race car and a Bugatti Royale.DRIV3R was widely...
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Pingie: HTTP:: A DATA S596 SSD Said to Be 039 Industry 039 s Fastest 039

HTTP:: A DATA S596 SSD Said to Be 039 Industry 039 s Fastest 039
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Solid State Drives have become increasingly present in the market for computer storage solutions, as these Flash-based solutions can now deliver new levels of performance, better power consumption and all for a more affordable price tag. On that note, the world's leading vendors of Flash-based storage solutions are continuing to update their portfolios with new products that deliver enhanced performance. Such is the case with the new S596, which has recently been announced by A-DATA as a new solution designed specifically for PC enthusiasts and gaming users. Touted as the “industry's fastest SSD,” the new S596 storage solution is designed as a 2.5-inch SATA II drive, which can be fitted in both notebook and desktop computer systems, with the latter requiring a 3.5-inch enclosure or mounting kit. Performance wise, you are looking at a product that is said to be capable of delivering a maximum sequential read and write speed of 250 MB/s and 180 MB/s, a noticeable boost o!
ver the performance delivered by traditional hard drives. According to its manufacturer, the S596 is designed to take advantage of the features enabled by the next generation of Flash technology and DDR2 SDRAM cache buffer, which reportedly delivers boot times of 20 seconds on systems that are running on Microsoft's...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Mash ups sandling probably OK Britain

HTTP:: Mash ups sandling probably OK Britain
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p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- When the media refer to Britain’s efforts to impose harsh measures, on behalf of Hollywood and the major record labels, against people accused of sharing with each other online, they have his lordship Peter Mandelson as the author.nHowever, let’s be clear on this: he’s just the front man  for [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Google Sidewiki for Chrome Safari and Opera

HTTP:: Google Sidewiki for Chrome Safari and Opera
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About a month ago Google launched an ambitious project to allow users to comment on every page on the web. With Google Sidewiki, Firefox and Internet Explorer users could view what others had to say about a particular page or subject and they could also make their own annotation. But in order to view the comments or create new ones the Google Toolbar had to be installed. Now Google is coming out with an option for those using other browsers or who don't want the Toolbar, with a dedicated Sidewiki bookmarklet. “Google Sidewiki appears as a browser sidebar, where you can read and write entries along the side of the page. A lot of great Sidewiki entries have since been written throughout the web,” Andrey Adaikin, a Google engineer working on the Sidewiki, wrote. “Until now, Sidewiki was available only through Google Toolbar for Firefox and Internet Explorer. Today, we're excited to release the official bookmarklet for Sidewiki, which lets you easily read and write Sidewi!
ki entries in Google Chrome, Safari and other browsers.”The bookmarklet has the great advantage of being browser-agnostic, meaning it's basically just a web page that opens up in a new window. This means that there won't be any sort of compatibility problems but it also comes with some rather big limitations. When visitin...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Twitter Lists Now Live

HTTP:: Twitter Lists Now Live
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Twitter is finally rolling out the Lists feature to everybody and the site is abuzz with the news. This time though, it's for good reason, as the feature could prove one of the biggest improvements Twitter has seen at least since it hit the mainstream. Lists is still in beta and there have been some hiccups with the rollout but, by now, it should be available to most users. The announcement was made on Twitter obviously, as the site's Nick Kallen tweeted: "We’re releasing lists to even more people. Don’t get your panties in a bunch, Twitter." At the time 25 percent of the service’s users had the feature enabled but as things got underway, Twitter suddenly disabled Lists for everyone after experiencing some performance issues. "We're going to temporarily turn off lists for all users for 30 minutes or so while we investigate a performance issue," Kallen tweeted. This is Twitter after all; this kind of thing doesn't faze anyone anymore. The feature was soon restored thou!
gh as it turned out that the issues were not related to Lists. The last update from Twitter was when the Lists feature was available to half of the Twitter users but by now most should see the big announcement on top of the regular homepage. Lists could be the thing Twitter needed at this point as traffic was begging to level off especially in the ...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Adam Lambert Unveils Cover of For Your Entertainment Single

HTTP:: Adam Lambert Unveils Cover of For Your Entertainment Single
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Opinions about Adam Lambert’s choice for a cover for his debut album, “For Your Entertainment,” continue to be divided. Some critics think the artwork is too ridiculous, which might eventually work against him, while there are also fans who also believe mainstream is not ready for this kind of shock. It’s not known whether this had anything to do with it, but Adam has come out with a cover for the upcoming single and it strikingly contrasting with the first one. According to gossip blogger Perez Hilton, Lambert has officially issued a cover for the first single off the debut album, also named “For Your Entertainment,” this time choosing to tone down his outrageousness, presumably in order to avoid scathing comments of the kind he’s been getting for the first one. Coming entirely in black in white, the cover is still mighty fierce, as it shows the singer striking a Grace Jones-type of pose, while hiding his face behind the palm of his hand. “Presenting… !
The cover for Adam Lambert’s new single, which will be premiering today. This image is noticeably different from his ultra glam album artwork, which was met with some harsh criticism. The single cover is definitely less campy and much more edgy. It’s very Rihanna / Russian Ro...
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Pingie: HTTP:: 039 Hulu for Movies 039 Epix Launches to a Limited Audience

HTTP:: 039 Hulu for Movies 039 Epix Launches to a Limited Audience
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A joint venture between three major Hollywood studios, Lionsgate, MGM and Paramount, Epix is an online video site focused on movies and concerts and will allow users to choose from a gallery of 150 titles at launch. It has been dubbed the Hulu of movies and in sore respect that is accurate but for one crucial difference. Epix is tied to the Epix TV channel available only to Verzion FIOS subscribers in the US. This significantly restricts its audience and the fact that it is tied to a cable channel subscription means that it's not exactly an online video site in the truest sense. Still, EpixHD.com is open to all users for the first 72 hours and if you really want to check it out you're going to have to get your hands on one of the invite codes. There is still some time left as the site doesn't properly launch until later today.When it does launch though users will have a choice of 150 movies or shows for a start and the catalogue will significantly increase over time, reachi!
ng 3,000 titles in the next year. Eventually though, the site will host some 15,000 movies, and concerts from the three studios. What's more, users will have access to new releases just nine months from their debut, three months earlier than what other cable networks can get, thanks to the direct involvement of the movie studios.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Jon Gosselin Responds to Girlfriend s Claim of Emotional Abuse

HTTP:: Jon Gosselin Responds to Girlfriend s Claim of Emotional Abuse
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Jon Gosselin, father of eight and star of the TLC reality series “Jon & Kate Plus 8,” is now dating Hailey Glassman, the daughter of the plastic surgeon who worked on his soon to be ex-wife, Kate. The other day, Hailey was saying that Jon had serious behavioral issues, often running from the truth and being emotionally abusive towards her when in a situation he could not cope with â€" claims that Jon himself confirms in a statement to The Insider. Hailey says she loves Jon deeply, but, sometimes, she just wishes he’d be more mature about the relationship and his attitude towards her. She also insists she will not leave him because she understands most of this is due to his experience in relationships so far (namely, with Kate), for which reason Jon is most grateful. Moreover, he now tells The Insider he plans on making it up to his girlfriend as soon as he gets the chance. “My girlfriend, Hailey Glassman, has paid a significant price to live under such a med!
ia microscope. I am grateful for her emotional support and I regret any pain that my actions have caused her as she has selflessly born the pressures I have endured under the media glare. I am committed to making things right with Hailey as well as Kate and especially my children. I ask you to please give...
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Pingie: HTTP:: iTunes Breaks Up with Palm Pre Again

HTTP:: iTunes Breaks Up with Palm Pre Again
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In the ongoing cat-and-mouse game between Apple and Palm, the company developing the iPhone has again disabled the Palm Pre’s ability to sync with iTunes, by releasing the iTunes 9.0.2 software update. Given that the USB Implementers Forum sided with Apple in September over the two companies’ dispute, Palm may stop enabling its smartphones to be recognized in Apple’s iTunes. The latest iTunes update reportedly disables the ability of the Pre to sync with iTunes. According to Precentral.net, iTunes will launch when a Palm Pre is connected via USB. However, iTunes will not recognize or show the device in the sidebar, therefore will not sync any content with the respective device. Apple is sending a clear message here: iTunes sync is reserved for the iPod, iPhone, Mac and Apple TV. The company doesn’t need any headaches with issues arising from other companies’ devices that haven’t been developed with iTunes in mind. As noted above, Palm believed (and probably st!
ill does) that Apple's prevention of syncing with iTunes was unfair. Palm was actually the one that called on the USB Implementers Forum trying to make a change. However, the USB-IF took Apple’s side, noting that the iTunes' method of identifying Apple devices was within the consortium's rules, according to AppleInsi...
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Pingie: HTTP:: HTC Delivers Tattoo to Singapore

HTTP:: HTC Delivers Tattoo to Singapore
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Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation announced on Thursday the launch of its latest handset powered by Google's Android operating system, the HTC Tattoo, in Singapore. The new mobile phone comes to the market with a distinct design and with great personalization options for users, including the hardware and software aspects. According to the company, the new handset is set to offer users the possibility to express themselves in the manner they consider best fitted. “Everyone wants their own phone to feel like it was specifically made for them. The Tattoo, with HTC Sense represents an easy way to shape your own distinct mobile experience and really make it your own.” said Peter Chou, chief executive officer, HTC Corporation. “The HTC Tattoo ensures that you can create the most engaging and appropriate mobile experience through simple yet powerful personalisation.”The newly launched HTC Tattoo is the second Android phone from the company to sport the HTC Se!
nse software solution, which has been designed so as to put users in the center by enabling them to use their phone in a more natural way. HTC Sense is the result of user feedback, the handset vendor states, and it is based on three principles: Make it Mine, Stay Close and Discover the Unexpected.The HTC Tattoo offers user...
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Pingie: HTTP:: J accuse J accuse J accuse

HTTP:: J accuse J accuse J accuse
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p2pnet news view Politics | Freedom | P2P:- “I see this very related to Canadian Telecom and what some consumer groups had to say,” says a p2pnet Reader’s Write to a post which started:n“Scambioetico is the Italian movement for the decriminalization of P2P and the defense of net neutrality, a part of the European [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Tyra Banks Puts ANTM Girls in Blackface for Bi Racial Shoot

HTTP:: Tyra Banks Puts ANTM Girls in Blackface for Bi Racial Shoot
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Just recently, an Australian television show with a tradition of many years was singled out for allowing a group of white entertainers to perform a skit in blackface. Shortly after, the French Vogue also came under serious fire, as it had a model do the same for an entire spread. Now, it’s Tyra Banks’ turn to cause a stir, as she just had the remaining girls of America’s Next Top Model take part in a bi-racial photoshoot, MSNBC reports. The idea of the shoot might as well have been a good one, but whether it was also appropriate is an entirely different matter, media in the US is saying. According to the aforementioned publication, Tyra had the six girls pose in different outfits and makeup that transformed them into different races. The fact that the models in question seemed completely oblivious of the countries and race they were supposed to represent only made matters worse to the media, as it was interpreted as mockery at their expense. “During Wednesday nig!
ht’s ANTM episode on The CW, Banks took the remaining six young women of cycle 13 to Hawaii, where she took pictures of the models after they were transformed into different races. Tyra told bleached-blond Erin Wagner she was going to be ‘Tibetan, like the Dali Lama, and Egyptian;’ Southern...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Motorola Plans Over 20 Phones for Next Year

HTTP:: Motorola Plans Over 20 Phones for Next Year
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Mobile phone maker Motorola is said to plan on releasing a wide range of mobile phones next year, with the newly launched Motorola CLIQ and Motorola DROID being only the first handsets the company has in store for its users. At least this is what CEO Sanjay Jha seems to have stated during the press conference that announced the launch of Motorola DROID.This is not the first time reports on a great number of handsets developed by Motorola emerge into the wild. Several weeks ago, the handset maker was reported to have placed a large amount of orders with Taiwan-based companies for the development of 3G devices, and now those reports are backed by Sanjay Jha's statements, which have been cited by gearlog. There are no exact details on the upcoming devices available for the time being, though the reports suggest they should all be smartphones. If true, it should be interesting to see what operating system they will run under. Motorola has been recently rumored to have excluded !
Windows Mobile from its plans, and the only possible option at the moment seems to remain Android.Moreover, Motorola has also been said to skip the Windows Mobile 6.5 flavor of Microsoft's platform, and Windows Mobile 7 is a version of the OS it would be interested in. Some voices over the Internet even suggested that the recen...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Now and forever Amen

HTTP:: Now and forever Amen
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p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- We’ve had, “very few cases of people trying to exploit rights on other planets,” says Lynne Hale, a Lucasfilm spokeswoman on contracts the language of which is “standard in Hollywood”.nShe’s thus quoted in a Wall Street Journal story which kicks off »»»nDecked out in sequined black and gold [...]
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Pingie: CNN.C: Pirates move couple to hijacked ship

CNN.C: Pirates move couple to hijacked ship
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A British couple kidnapped by pirates off Somalia has been moved to a hijacked Spanish ship, a pirate source said Friday.
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Pingie: HTTP:: DDoS attack hits Sweden police site

HTTP:: DDoS attack hits Sweden police site
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p2pnet news view Crime | P2P:- Swedish authorities still haven’t discovered who was behind a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack which rendered a number of major Swedish websites, including the country’s police site, inaccessible yesterday.n“We’re the victims of an ongoing DDoS attack,” The Local has spokesperson Linda Widmark saying, “shortly before the site, polisen.se, became [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Diseases Are 039 Major Barrier 039 to Space Exploration

HTTP:: Diseases Are 039 Major Barrier 039 to Space Exploration
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nn As experts begin to probe the issues raised by a potential trip to Mars in more depth, they start realizing that the actual flight itself and the problems related to constructing a proper vehicle to get there and back are only minor, in comparison to other issues. One of the problems is how nearly two years of cosmic travels would affect the crew of a space vehicle. Another one, just recently raised by scientists, relates to the dangers posed by microbes and bacteria that the astronauts may involuntarily take with them to the Red Planet. Cross-contamination issues aside, microorganisms could wreck havoc in a crew, by acting in a double, roundabout manner. First, an infection would considerably weaken the space travelers' immune systems, which would make them more susceptible to outside influences. Secondly, the virulence and growth of microbes is significantly boosted, healthcare experts say. Even minor infections are something to be taken very seriously in space, as t!
he astronauts have no way of getting off and going to a hospital if the need arises. “When people think of space travel, often the vast distances are what come to mind first, but even after we figure out a way to cover these distances in a reasonable amount of time, we still need to figure out how astronaut...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Globalive drop foreign ownership restrictions

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p2pnet news view Politics:-The CRTC this afternoon issued its decision on whether Globalive, a new wireless competitor about to operate as Wind Mobile, complies with the foreign ownership restrictions currently found in the Telecommunications Act.nWhile Industry Canada previously concluded that Globalive met the Canadian control requirements for the purposes of the Radiocommunications Act in [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Facebook caves in to Canada

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p2pnet news view Advertising | P2P:- “Facebook on Thursday unveiled an updated version of its privacy policy â€" changes that were made, in part, to appease Canadian privacy officials.”nThat’s PC Magazine today.n“Facebook offers up privacy policy for user review. After earlier brouhaha over changes to terms-of-use policy, site now seeks user input” â€" Computerworld, [...]
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Pingie: TORRE: IFPI vs Telenor Pirate Bay Blocking Decision Delayed

TORRE: IFPI vs Telenor Pirate Bay Blocking Decision Delayed
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Earlier this year, IFPI gave Norwegian ISP Telenor an ultimatum - block access to The Pirate Bay within 14 days or get taken to court. Telenor refused, IFPI made good on its word and the case was held earlier this month. The decision was due today but according to the judge, the decision will now be delayed until next week.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Nikon Launches Free iPhone App Download Here

HTTP:: Nikon Launches Free iPhone App Download Here
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Isobar interactive agency Molecular, Inc. has announced a partnership with Nikon Inc., the multinational corporation specializing in optics and imaging, to create an iPhone app containing educational and inspirational photo information. Dubbed “Nikon Learn & Explore,” the free iPhone app is now available on the iTunes App Store. “Increasingly, people are using their iPhones to explore everything and anything they might need ‘in the moment,’ from GPS directions to nearby restaurant recommendations,” Bryant Shea, Molecular's director, Content Management and Mobilem, said. “Recognizing that photography is a very ‘in-the-moment’ activity, the Learn & Explore app creates another opportunity for Nikon to engage with consumers, providing people with immediate access to Nikon's education resources right in the palm of their hand, no matter where they are.” “We are excited to introduce the Learn & Explore app to the iPhone community,” Joe Ventu!
ra, senior manager of Corporate and Internet Communications at Nikon Inc., added. “Working with Molecular, we've created a mobile experience that allows us to provide our consumers with greater access to educational and editorial digital content; which ultimately supports our goal to let people ex...
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Pingie: CNN.C: Hostage couple moved to hijacked ship

CNN.C: Hostage couple moved to hijacked ship
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A British couple kidnapped by pirates off Somalia has been moved to a hijacked Spanish ship, a pirate source said Friday.
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Pingie: HTTP:: US growth boosts Asia markets

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Surprise growth in US economy raises investor confidence in global recovery.
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Pingie: CNN.C: Strikes paralyze Buenos Aires

CNN.C: Strikes paralyze Buenos Aires
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Argentina's capital city was beset by strikes, with teachers, doctors and transit employees refusing to work over money matters.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Clinton doubts Pakistan on al Qaeda

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US secretary of state says "hard to believe" officials do not know where leaders are.
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Pingie: HTTP:: How Earth Class Planets Form

HTTP:: How Earth Class Planets Form
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Scientists have tried for a long time to figure out how the elements necessary for life might appear on other planets. One of the preferred ways to do this was with the help of a computer model, which simulated the interactions that appeared between a number of chemical elements, and determined the probability of these chemicals combining themselves in such a way that would allow for life to at least have a chance of developing. In a groundbreaking, new study, experts at NASA assess the influence that the chemistry of developing planets has on the matter, Space reports. “If we're looking for Earth-like planets, it'd be nice to know the chemistry we're after,” University of Arizona in Tucson (UAT) planetary scientist Jade Bond says. The expert is also the lead author of a new study detailing the computer simulations, which was published in the August/September issue of the respected scientific journal Icarus. One of the motivations behind this line of research is the f!
act that further knowledge on what makes a planet tick with life could help make surveys by instruments such as NASA's Kepler Space Telescope more likely to actually yield positive results. The new models Bond and her team created showed that rocky, Earth-sized planets formed from gas and dust swirling frantically in early, protoplanetary syste...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Electric Fields Keep Brain Tumors in Check

HTTP:: Electric Fields Keep Brain Tumors in Check
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Glioblastoma multiforme is one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer, and one that is deadly in the vast majority of cases. There is a small number of methods to stop its growth at this point, and even fewer that actually have an effect, no matter how small. Now, experts propose that combining regular chemotherapy with the use of electrical fields around neurons may be one possible way of slowing the progression of this terrible disease. Israel-based NovoCure has already created a device that can generate electrical fields in a manner that can disrupt the evolution of cancer. Technology Review reports that the early results the device had on the trial subjects were very promising. NovoCure is just a fresh start-up, having been founded no earlier than 2000. However, in just less than a decade, it managed to develop a groundbreaking, new system of addressing the threats and perils of glioblastoma multiforme. According to the test results of the ten patients that initi!
ally started using the system after they had been diagnosed with the form of cancer, seven are alive to this day (four years later), and five (50 percent) show no signs of cancer progression. The drawback of the system is that it includes a three-kilogram battery, which the patient needs to carry everywhere with them. The power source is c...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Beads Behave Unexpectedly in Boxes

HTTP:: Beads Behave Unexpectedly in Boxes
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According to physicists, there is currently no scientific explanation available for the results of experiments involving placing beads inside small, narrow and spinning boxes. The patterns that are formed are very beautiful and intriguing indeed, but they cannot be explained by basic science, and merit further investigation. A new paper detailing the peculiar behavior, entitled “Convection Rolls in a Rotating Box Filled with Beads,” is published online on the arXiv webpage, Technology Review informs. German researchers from the University of Magdeburg Department of Nonlinear Phenomena, led by experts Frank Rietz and Ralf Stannarius, have recently found a new corollary to an older theory attempting to explain bead behavior. Japanese researcher Yositisi Oyama showed in 1939 that various patterns of segregation appeared in a rotating drum half-filled with beads of different sizes. The work started an entirely new field of research, that of the behavior of granular fluids!
. Since then, many research teams around the world have concentrated their efforts on studying new states of matter that may arise from the strange behavior. Only recently, there was a new study that argued that the flow of sand could be considered a fourth state of matter. The stuff flows in grains, but these grains adhere to each other l...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Clinton questions Pakistan inaction

HTTP:: Clinton questions Pakistan inaction
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US secretary of state says it is "hard to believe" al-Qaeda leaders have not been found.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Beautiful New Image of the Jewel Box Star Cluster Available

HTTP:: Beautiful New Image of the Jewel Box Star Cluster Available
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The Jewel Box star cluster, also known as NGC 4755 or the Kappa Crucis Cluster, is one of the finest open star clusters discovered thus far in the Universe. It lies in the southern-hemisphere constellation of Crux, and it's located some 6,400 light-years away from Earth. The formation is one of the most important discovered by astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille, who saw it during his trips to South Africa, between 1751 and 1752. Now, with the help of three of the world's most renowned telescopes, the Jewel Box gets a new picture, one of the most detailed to date. Famous English astronomer John Herschel gave it the name of Jewel Box in the 1830s. The cluster is just bright enough to be seen with the unaided eye during a clear night. One reason for its name is the contrast that is visible between its pale blue and orange stars, as seen through astronomical telescopes. These colors reminded Herschel of some exotic jewelry that he had seen at some point. Structures such as !
this one are a gold mine for astronomers, as all stars were formed from the same gas-and-dust cloud and have, therefore, about the same age and brightness. Kappa Crucis is about 16 million years old. Usually, clusters are formed from anywhere between a few and several thousand stars, all of them bound together by a loose ...
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Pingie: HTTP:: US economy pulls out of recession

HTTP:: US economy pulls out of recession
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Consumer spending leads recovery, but treasury secretary admits many face hardship.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Grand Theft Auto Set to Move Out of Liberty City

HTTP:: Grand Theft Auto Set to Move Out of Liberty City
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This week, Rockstar and 2K Games are hitting gamers with a double blow of GTA IV content. Those who have picked up The Lost & Damned downloadable pack can now get, also via Xbox Live, a new add on, called The Ballad of Gay Tony. And those who have not been interested in exploring alternative stories for GTA can now pick up a disk-based release called Episodes from Liberty City, which combines the two stories mentioned above. And it seems that the new releases might actually be the last Rockstar will offer set in the New York-like landscape of Liberty City.A poster, attached to this article, can be seen in the manual for the game that has just been outed. It reads “Liberty City? It's over!” and “Next stop,” also mentioning March as the possible release date for some new content that is in no way related to the city featured so prominently in GTA IV.It's not clear whether Rockstar is telling fans of the Grand Theft Auto series that it plans to actually move the ac!
tion of further IV DLC to another place, like a rural setting or a new, smaller city, or whether it’s saying that no further content will be offered for the 2008 game, with the company settling to work on other projects, like Red Dead Redemption or even a fresh sixth GTA videogame.It's well kn...
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Pingie: HTTP:: World of Warcraft Tackles the PUG

HTTP:: World of Warcraft Tackles the PUG
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Over 11 million people pay the monthly fee to play World of Warcraft but almost all of them have something to complain about the game. From the classic problem of balancing the classes, to server issues and unsatisfactory comments regarding how Blizzard bosses run their business, every hardcore WoW fan hates the game and the company that made it. When Blizzard showed little interest in their attitude, which is perfectly normal since even if they complain they keep on playing, WoW fans decided to fight amongst themselves. Few chat windows in even fewer games have seen the slang “noob” as many times as the chat window of World of Warcraft. The main concern of these “leet” players who find everyone else unworthy of their gaze is the “PUG” gameplay. PUG stands for pick-up groups, and it basically means going on a dungeon raid with people you've never interacted with before. Dungeons need a minimum number of players in a party before it becomes available, so no mat!
ter how good you think you are you still need players to join you. Blizzard has decided to try and improve the PUGs and a major update is being prepared for the groping system of Looking for Group. The matchmaking system implemented comes to simplify things as much as possible and bring an overall improvement to the dungeon ...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Cheryl Cole s Plans for Underground Pool Thwarted by Council

HTTP:: Cheryl Cole s Plans for Underground Pool Thwarted by Council
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She might not strike anyone as too shy a girl, but Cheryl Cole of the Girls Aloud and, most recently, of solo fame, is very private about her personal life. In fact, she is so private, she even wanted an underground pool built at her and husband Ashley Cole’s Surrey mansion, so that no prying eyes could catch them in their “intimate moments,” as she put it in the documents for approval, the BBC informs. Unfortunately for Cheryl and Ashley, the request has just recently been turned down by the Guildford Borough Council on the grounds that the proposed modifications would be disproportionate in relation to the rest of the house, while also damaging to the Green Belt. The two stars have already appealed the initial decision, saying they should be the exception to the rule. It, too, was duly dismissed. “The proposed swimming pool level would result in a disproportionate addition to the house, and would be unacceptable.” planning officer Tara Taylor tells the British !
media as regards the changes proposed. This would have included, according to reports, a 12x5-meter pool below ground level, a spa and gym, a sauna, a pool bar, a lavatory and a plant room. The entire extension would have had a floor area of 275 square meters, a size deemed just in accordance with the re...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Internet Evolved Enough for Starcraft II Authentication to Work

HTTP:: Internet Evolved Enough for Starcraft II Authentication to Work
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Blizzard has announced that Starcraft II will need an Internet connection in order to allow even single player games to be launched and that all the multiplayer action will go through the infrastructure of Battle.net. A lot of players were up in arms over the measures, saying that they would limit access to the game for those who do not have Internet access or have a poor connection.Now, Dustin Browder, who is the project lead on Starcraft II, has told Gamasutra that “When we shipped the original StarCraft, you were looking at a game where a lot of people were on dial-up. Not everyone is up on dial-up. We built a game that was functionally designed to work on your PC, and if you have this piece of equipment and you know how to make it work, you can then play this other part of the game. Now, looking at what the PC is today, that's not how the PC ships. The PC ships today with the internet.”For Blizzard, the clear sign that it could design videogames that are always conn!
ected to the servers of the company has been the success of World of Warcraft, which, by its nature as a MMO, needs the Internet connection of the player to be working well.Blizzard has not actually only introduced the server authentication and constant connection in order to deter piracy but also so...
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Pingie: HTTP:: US economy exits recession

HTTP:: US economy exits recession
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Consumer spending leads recovery, but treasury secretary admits many face hardship.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Birds Apparently Use Light for Migration Guidance

HTTP:: Birds Apparently Use Light for Migration Guidance
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In a new scientific study that may improve conservation efforts for migratory birds, scientists demonstrate that, in European robins, a visual center in the brain and a special type of light-sensing cells in the eyes play a much more important part in guiding the bird on its migratory path than magnetic-sensing cells in the beak. The study appears in the October 29 issue of the respected scientific journal Nature, Wired reports. “This is really fascinating science,” University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) biophysicist Klaus Schultenof says. The expert has been among the first scientists ever to suggest that birds can sense a magnetic field. Other studies that have followed have discovered that the creatures may be orienting themselves in regards to the planet's magnetic lines, when moving from one location to the other. Regardless of the amount of work that has been poured in the investigations, scientists have never been able to determine precisely how bird!
s detect the magnetic fields. “This is basically the sixth sense of biology, but no one knows how it works. The magnetic sense is by far the least-understood sense in the natural world,” German expert Henrik Mouritsen, from the University of Oldenburg, says. He is also the co-author of the Nature paper. The exper...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Michael Jackson Wanted to Recreate Neverland in Bel Air

HTTP:: Michael Jackson Wanted to Recreate Neverland in Bel Air
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Just days before his untimely and sudden death, Michael Jackson was in negotiations for the purchase of an impressive Bel Air estate that he wanted to transform in a new and improved Neverland to the extent legislation would have allowed him to. Talks for the acquisition had taken place over no less than seven years, TMZ informs, and Michael was this close to sealing the deal when he unfortunately passed away. According to the celebrity gossip website / paparazzi agency, the late King of Pop had set his eyes and heart on the estate about seven years ago. He constantly kept up negotiations, but was never fully able to afford it because of the problems and lawsuits plaguing him regularly. However, once he started the London O2 series of concerts, he hoped to come into better fortune and not only be able to buy the mansion, but also to reconstruct it to resemble Neverland at least in part. “TMZ has learned Michael Jackson was involved in negotiations to buy a $38 million 15 !
bedroom, 16.5-bath Bel Air mansion just before he died, and the deal was 7 years in the making. Sources connected to the situation tell us MJ fell in love with the 18,020 square foot estate back in 2001 and actually entered into escrow â€" but the deal fell through because Jackson ultimately couldn’t afford the pl...
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Pingie: HTTP:: p2pnet World Headlines Oct 29 2009

HTTP:: p2pnet World Headlines Oct 29 2009
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UK Will Urge EC To Legalise Mashups, Format-Shifting, Content Sharing paidContentnLord Mandelson’s three-strikes proposal may have gobbled all the headlines. But a parallel package published Wednesday, aimed at liberalising copyright, may prove just as important for some creators … © The Way Ahead, an Intellectual Property Office paper steered by junior culture minister David Lammy [...]
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Pingie: CNN.C: Yachtsman says hes pirate hostage

CNN.C: Yachtsman says hes pirate hostage
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A British yachtsman said he and his wife are being held "hostage" by pirates on a container ship in the Indian Ocean. His captors have not asked for a ransom, Paul Chandler told Britain's ITV network.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Zimbabwe ban angers UN expert

HTTP:: Zimbabwe ban angers UN expert
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Manfred Nowak calls for UN action after he is stopped at Harare airport.
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Pingie: HTTP:: Hand over user info ePhone ordered

HTTP:: Hand over user info ePhone ordered
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p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- Sweden’s Supreme Court says broadband provider ePhone must hand over customer data to five audio book publishers.nThis means iePhone can’t destroy information about a person targeted by the five  “under threat of a 500,000 kronor ($70,000) fine”, says The Local.nThe ruling overturns an earlier appeals court decision.nIt also [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Final Fantasy XIII Will Soon Get a Western Release Date

HTTP:: Final Fantasy XIII Will Soon Get a Western Release Date
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We already know that Final Fantasy XIII is set to be launched in Japan on December 17 in what is sure to be one of the biggest and most lavish releases of a JRPG ever. The game will only come on the PlayStation 3 at that date and Square Enix has not said when the game will arrive on Western markets, where it will be available for both the Xbox 360 and the PS3. Until now, only vague references have been made to spring 2010 but in a few weeks, fans of the series might get a more definitive date.Square Enix seems to be getting ready for a big reveal, as shown by the casting call put out by Liz Paulson Casting, an agency based in Los Angeles, which said that it was looking for a certain voice actor who could read the lines for what it describes as an “exclusive, never before seen look at Final Fantasy XIII.” The text put out by the agency is mentioning that the final shot of the new ad will actually show the release date for the West.The ad that Square Enix is envisioning w!
ill also show a short history of the Final Fantasy series, displaying its importance to the videogaming world and the role playing genre, and would also mention which are the main changes made in the upcoming game. Unfortunately, the casting call does not say when the envisioned ad is set to be released, presumably on t...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Pirate Bay duo face 140K in fines

HTTP:: Pirate Bay duo face 140K in fines
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p2pnet news view Freedom | P2P:- With Global Gaming Factory boss Hans Pandeya reportedly on one end of another attempt to buy The Pirate Bay,  and ex-TPB spokesman Peter Sunde (centre) supposedly on the other, his two former colleagues are having problems.nThe Stockholm district courtsays it’ll fine Gottfried Svartholm Warg (right) and Fredrik Neij [...]
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