HTTP:: US sends Iran strong message
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Clinton says time running out for talks and hints at military option if diplomacy fails.
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http://english.aljazeera.net//news/americas/2009/07/20097162167629318.html
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Pingie: HTTP:: Gran Turismo on the PSP Will Not Have Car Damage
HTTP:: Gran Turismo on the PSP Will Not Have Car Damage
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Sony, as the publisher, and Polyphony Digital, as the developer, are only a few short months away from the release date for the new Gran Turismo videogame for the PlayStation Portable, which was first detailed at the E3 conference.But info on the game is scarce at the moment so the fans will be happy to learn that the developers are at least talking about how the game will not be getting any downloadable content and how a demo is not planned to arrive before the official release date.On the issue of the lack of DLC, Chris Hinojosa Miranda and Taku Imasaki, who are the producers of Gran Turismo PSP, said that “We’re planning on having 800+ cars right out of the box, which is pretty much a lifetime’s worth of racing (I’m still unlocking cars from GT4). With that sort of breadth and reach of options, having DLC would be like tossing water into the ocean.†Seems fair enough as long as the included cars are different from one another to allow players to experience diff!
erent racing styles.It seems that the first handheld release of Gran Turismo will not have a damage model implemented and that only four cars will race on one track at the same time in order to make sure that the PlayStation Portable is able to run the videogame at stable 60 framerates. The developers i...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gran-Turismo-on-the-PSP-Will-Not-Have-Car-Damage-116795.shtml
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Sony, as the publisher, and Polyphony Digital, as the developer, are only a few short months away from the release date for the new Gran Turismo videogame for the PlayStation Portable, which was first detailed at the E3 conference.But info on the game is scarce at the moment so the fans will be happy to learn that the developers are at least talking about how the game will not be getting any downloadable content and how a demo is not planned to arrive before the official release date.On the issue of the lack of DLC, Chris Hinojosa Miranda and Taku Imasaki, who are the producers of Gran Turismo PSP, said that “We’re planning on having 800+ cars right out of the box, which is pretty much a lifetime’s worth of racing (I’m still unlocking cars from GT4). With that sort of breadth and reach of options, having DLC would be like tossing water into the ocean.†Seems fair enough as long as the included cars are different from one another to allow players to experience diff!
erent racing styles.It seems that the first handheld release of Gran Turismo will not have a damage model implemented and that only four cars will race on one track at the same time in order to make sure that the PlayStation Portable is able to run the videogame at stable 60 framerates. The developers i...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Gran-Turismo-on-the-PSP-Will-Not-Have-Car-Damage-116795.shtml
Pingie: HTTP:: No survivors in Iran air crash
HTTP:: No survivors in Iran air crash
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Passenger jet goes down on way to Armenian capital, killing 168 people.
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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/07/200971592136703617.html
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Passenger jet goes down on way to Armenian capital, killing 168 people.
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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/07/200971592136703617.html
Pingie: HTTP:: Fallout 3 Mothership Zeta Gets More Details and Screenshots
HTTP:: Fallout 3 Mothership Zeta Gets More Details and Screenshots
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Fallout 3 was one of last year's biggest games, managing to combine some great role playing game mechanics with shooter elements and delivering one of the most cohesive experiences of recent years to gamers all around the world. This experience will now get even richer, as Bethesda has announced the latest batch of downloadable content for the game, the fifth if you're keeping score, Mothership Zeta. Set to move the game into a whole different perspective, the add-on will have the Lone Wanderer receive a mysterious signal and be teleported onto an alien ship. This is where the main character will have to ally himself with other wastelanders from preset or from the Earth's past, in order to escape the aliens, which don't have good feelings regarding the blue planet, now bombed up beyond any recognition. Most importantly, the new DLC will add new things, like weapons, in the form of the Alien Atomizer, Alien Disintegrator, and Drone Cannon, and new outfits, like a Gemini-E!
ra Spacesuit and even Samurai Armor. Here are some of the key features that this new DLC will have: -Find and exploit new and destructive alien technology, like the Alien Atomizer and Drone Cannon. -Explore the vast Mothership and learn the secrets of the Aliens’ master plan...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fallout-3-Mothership-Zeta-Gets-More-Details-and-Screenshots-116773.shtml
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Fallout 3 was one of last year's biggest games, managing to combine some great role playing game mechanics with shooter elements and delivering one of the most cohesive experiences of recent years to gamers all around the world. This experience will now get even richer, as Bethesda has announced the latest batch of downloadable content for the game, the fifth if you're keeping score, Mothership Zeta. Set to move the game into a whole different perspective, the add-on will have the Lone Wanderer receive a mysterious signal and be teleported onto an alien ship. This is where the main character will have to ally himself with other wastelanders from preset or from the Earth's past, in order to escape the aliens, which don't have good feelings regarding the blue planet, now bombed up beyond any recognition. Most importantly, the new DLC will add new things, like weapons, in the form of the Alien Atomizer, Alien Disintegrator, and Drone Cannon, and new outfits, like a Gemini-E!
ra Spacesuit and even Samurai Armor. Here are some of the key features that this new DLC will have: -Find and exploit new and destructive alien technology, like the Alien Atomizer and Drone Cannon. -Explore the vast Mothership and learn the secrets of the Aliens’ master plan...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fallout-3-Mothership-Zeta-Gets-More-Details-and-Screenshots-116773.shtml
Pingie: HTTP:: The Body at 45 Elle Macpherson s Diet and Workout
HTTP:: The Body at 45 Elle Macpherson s Diet and Workout
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Elle Macpherson made a name for herself in the fashion industry as “The Body,†the one model who had everything, from the perfect features to the perfect size. At 45 â€" which, as it’s a known fact, is close to “ancient†in modeling years â€" Macpherson can still proudly continue to call herself “The Body,†since she not only looks 20 years younger, but also better than most of the models we see today. According to How Celebrities Lose Weight, this happens because Elle has found the perfect diet & workout routine and she’s sticking to it. As she also revealed in plenty of interviews throughout her career, Macpherson swears by fish oil to keep the weight off and make sure that, when a couple of pounds do add on, they steer clear of the waist, tummy and hip area. Of course, this is not all that it takes to look so stunning, no matter the age. In Elle’s case, her personal trainer says, it’s a healthy combination of working out, dieting and eliminatin!
g things that can potentially have a negative effect on her health. Since the model does not want to be skinny, but rather to maintain her figure as it is right now, the focus is on staying healthy â€" and, Elle once said, with health comes beauty. According to HCLW, Elle ...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Body-at-45-Elle-Macpherson-s-Diet-and-Workout-116730.shtml
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Elle Macpherson made a name for herself in the fashion industry as “The Body,†the one model who had everything, from the perfect features to the perfect size. At 45 â€" which, as it’s a known fact, is close to “ancient†in modeling years â€" Macpherson can still proudly continue to call herself “The Body,†since she not only looks 20 years younger, but also better than most of the models we see today. According to How Celebrities Lose Weight, this happens because Elle has found the perfect diet & workout routine and she’s sticking to it. As she also revealed in plenty of interviews throughout her career, Macpherson swears by fish oil to keep the weight off and make sure that, when a couple of pounds do add on, they steer clear of the waist, tummy and hip area. Of course, this is not all that it takes to look so stunning, no matter the age. In Elle’s case, her personal trainer says, it’s a healthy combination of working out, dieting and eliminatin!
g things that can potentially have a negative effect on her health. Since the model does not want to be skinny, but rather to maintain her figure as it is right now, the focus is on staying healthy â€" and, Elle once said, with health comes beauty. According to HCLW, Elle ...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Body-at-45-Elle-Macpherson-s-Diet-and-Workout-116730.shtml
Pingie: HTTP:: Analyze That Exclusives Can Be Important
HTTP:: Analyze That Exclusives Can Be Important
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Two very similar videogames, inFamous from Sucker Punch and Sony and Prototype from Activision, were released in June, with launch dates very close together and with a tendency from videogame press outlets to compare them. inFamous was a PlayStation 3 exclusive and came a few days earlier, while Prototype was multiplatform.The similarity of the theme and the fact that both games received praise and criticism make them a good case study for those who argue about exclusive versus multiplatform videogame releases.Jesse Divnich, who is a videogame analyst for EEDAR, has said he projects that the NPD Group numbers for North America will show that Prototype will outsell inFamous overall in terms of units by about 90%, which is offset somewhat by the fact that the PlayStation 3 exclusive will outsell Prototype on its platform by about 35%.Divnich said that “The Infamous vs. Prototype case study presents interesting data to publishers when considering the sales bump a title could!
receive by choosing exclusivity over a multiplatform release.â€At first, it would seem that Sony and Sucker Punch are in a bad position, considering that they will be outsold by Prototype 9 to 1 but a more in depth look at the situation needs to take into account other variables, like the cost of development ...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Analyze-That-Exclusives-Can-Be-Important-116786.shtml
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Two very similar videogames, inFamous from Sucker Punch and Sony and Prototype from Activision, were released in June, with launch dates very close together and with a tendency from videogame press outlets to compare them. inFamous was a PlayStation 3 exclusive and came a few days earlier, while Prototype was multiplatform.The similarity of the theme and the fact that both games received praise and criticism make them a good case study for those who argue about exclusive versus multiplatform videogame releases.Jesse Divnich, who is a videogame analyst for EEDAR, has said he projects that the NPD Group numbers for North America will show that Prototype will outsell inFamous overall in terms of units by about 90%, which is offset somewhat by the fact that the PlayStation 3 exclusive will outsell Prototype on its platform by about 35%.Divnich said that “The Infamous vs. Prototype case study presents interesting data to publishers when considering the sales bump a title could!
receive by choosing exclusivity over a multiplatform release.â€At first, it would seem that Sony and Sucker Punch are in a bad position, considering that they will be outsold by Prototype 9 to 1 but a more in depth look at the situation needs to take into account other variables, like the cost of development ...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Analyze-That-Exclusives-Can-Be-Important-116786.shtml
Pingie: HTTP:: Pregnant Adriana Lima Steals the Show at Lunar Landing Celebration
HTTP:: Pregnant Adriana Lima Steals the Show at Lunar Landing Celebration
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It was a night packed with celebrities, models, designers and astronauts: it was the Louis Vuitton party held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York to celebrate 40 years since the first Lunar landing. It was also the event where 28-year-old supermodel Adriana Lima debuted her baby bump â€" and stole almost the entire show altogether, as JustJared can confirm. Lima, considered one of the most beautiful women in showbiz and fashion at the moment, is also one of the highest earners in modeling. News of her eloping with fiancé NBA star Marko Jaric broke the hearts of many a man. Confirmation that she was expecting her first child also had about the same effect, since it meant less public appearances and modeling gigs for Lima. Everything changed last night, when the model showed she could work the red carpet better than anyone else. In all fairness, this is precisely what she did, as several US publications also point out. While the other models and celebri!
ties in attendance settled for just holding a pose and smiling for the cameras, Lima was like manna for the media. Dressed in a pale blue chiffon dress cut under the chest, with sparkly sandals and plenty of smiles to go around for everybody, Adriana made faces, flirted and proudly s...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pregnant-Adriana-Lima-Steals-the-Show-at-Lunar-Landing-Celebration-116751.shtml
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It was a night packed with celebrities, models, designers and astronauts: it was the Louis Vuitton party held at the American Museum of Natural History in New York to celebrate 40 years since the first Lunar landing. It was also the event where 28-year-old supermodel Adriana Lima debuted her baby bump â€" and stole almost the entire show altogether, as JustJared can confirm. Lima, considered one of the most beautiful women in showbiz and fashion at the moment, is also one of the highest earners in modeling. News of her eloping with fiancé NBA star Marko Jaric broke the hearts of many a man. Confirmation that she was expecting her first child also had about the same effect, since it meant less public appearances and modeling gigs for Lima. Everything changed last night, when the model showed she could work the red carpet better than anyone else. In all fairness, this is precisely what she did, as several US publications also point out. While the other models and celebri!
ties in attendance settled for just holding a pose and smiling for the cameras, Lima was like manna for the media. Dressed in a pale blue chiffon dress cut under the chest, with sparkly sandals and plenty of smiles to go around for everybody, Adriana made faces, flirted and proudly s...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Pregnant-Adriana-Lima-Steals-the-Show-at-Lunar-Landing-Celebration-116751.shtml
Pingie: HTTP:: Teen Threatens to Hijack Plane in WoW FBI Arrests Him
HTTP:: Teen Threatens to Hijack Plane in WoW FBI Arrests Him
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World of Warcraft is the most popular MMORPG in the world, scoring almost 11,5 million paying subscribers every month. Out of all these people, you can definitely imagine that some of them aren't really the brightest tools in the box. Such is the case with an 18-year-old boy from Johnson County, Indiana, who decided to see just how serious Blizzard was about the discussions in World of Warcraft, and decided to repeat a threat that he “was going to board a plane at 7:30 to Chicago and that he was going to try and kill as many Americans as possible.†Needless to say, the teen was reported by a facilitator from an online gaming center and the authorities were called in. When confronted with the fact that the FBI seized his computer and were looking seriously into the case, the teen said that his account had been hacked and that he hadn't said any of those things. The truth surfaced though, and he finally admitted that he was kidding around and wanted to see just how eve!
ryone around him would react to such threats. Quite badly it seems, as charges might be filed with the US Attorney's office, but they haven't been made just yet. It definitely seems that the teen has learned his lesson and if he plays WoW in the future he won't make any other wild threats to the homeland secur...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Teen-Threatens-To-Hijack-Plane-in-WoW-FBI-Arrests-Him-116767.shtml
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World of Warcraft is the most popular MMORPG in the world, scoring almost 11,5 million paying subscribers every month. Out of all these people, you can definitely imagine that some of them aren't really the brightest tools in the box. Such is the case with an 18-year-old boy from Johnson County, Indiana, who decided to see just how serious Blizzard was about the discussions in World of Warcraft, and decided to repeat a threat that he “was going to board a plane at 7:30 to Chicago and that he was going to try and kill as many Americans as possible.†Needless to say, the teen was reported by a facilitator from an online gaming center and the authorities were called in. When confronted with the fact that the FBI seized his computer and were looking seriously into the case, the teen said that his account had been hacked and that he hadn't said any of those things. The truth surfaced though, and he finally admitted that he was kidding around and wanted to see just how eve!
ryone around him would react to such threats. Quite badly it seems, as charges might be filed with the US Attorney's office, but they haven't been made just yet. It definitely seems that the teen has learned his lesson and if he plays WoW in the future he won't make any other wild threats to the homeland secur...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Teen-Threatens-To-Hijack-Plane-in-WoW-FBI-Arrests-Him-116767.shtml
Pingie: HTTP:: Download Only PlayStation Portable Games Might Be Cheaper
HTTP:: Download Only PlayStation Portable Games Might Be Cheaper
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Sony has placed a big bet on the success of the PlayStation Portable Go, the new device, officially unveiled at E3, which is set to be released this fall. Designed in part as the firm's response to the success of the new Nintendo DSi, the PSP Go still has some problems, in the eyes of analysts, like the price tag of 250 dollars.But Sony might make that up by offering lower priced videogames for the platform and quicker approval processes for the teams ready to develop videogames for it. Basically, Sony is trying to imitate the model that Apple promoted when it comes to the iPhone.The news arrives via the Develop magazine from the United Kingdom and the report says that around 50 studios, amongst them Subatomic Studios, which has already done iPhone games, and CandyStand, which specializes in casual titles, have been signed on by Sony to videogames and “new initiatives for the PSP which take it beyond traditional gaming, but still include elements from gaming.â€Other rath!
er exotic developers are Gameshastra from India and Creat Studios, which has offices in St. Petersburg. Judging by the huge amount of games downloadable via iTunes at low prices that can be played on the iPhone, Sony is keen on creating a similar success story of the PlayStation Portable Go.The...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Only-PlayStation-Portable-Games-Might-Be-Cheaper-116780.shtml
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Sony has placed a big bet on the success of the PlayStation Portable Go, the new device, officially unveiled at E3, which is set to be released this fall. Designed in part as the firm's response to the success of the new Nintendo DSi, the PSP Go still has some problems, in the eyes of analysts, like the price tag of 250 dollars.But Sony might make that up by offering lower priced videogames for the platform and quicker approval processes for the teams ready to develop videogames for it. Basically, Sony is trying to imitate the model that Apple promoted when it comes to the iPhone.The news arrives via the Develop magazine from the United Kingdom and the report says that around 50 studios, amongst them Subatomic Studios, which has already done iPhone games, and CandyStand, which specializes in casual titles, have been signed on by Sony to videogames and “new initiatives for the PSP which take it beyond traditional gaming, but still include elements from gaming.â€Other rath!
er exotic developers are Gameshastra from India and Creat Studios, which has offices in St. Petersburg. Judging by the huge amount of games downloadable via iTunes at low prices that can be played on the iPhone, Sony is keen on creating a similar success story of the PlayStation Portable Go.The...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Download-Only-PlayStation-Portable-Games-Might-Be-Cheaper-116780.shtml
Pingie: HTTP:: Daisy Dukes Shorts A Must Have No Matter the Age
HTTP:: Daisy Dukes Shorts A Must Have No Matter the Age
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As early as fall last year, designers introduced this year’s biggest hit item, the short shorts or the daisy dukes shorts, as they’re also called. While they can vary in size, design, fabric and whatnot, there is only one thing that all women, no matter the age, should bear in mind before purchasing one such pair of teensy pants: just how toned and tanned the leg is, as Kate Mulvey of the Daily Mail also points out. Some of you may remember that what designers proposed in their catwalk shows was more (or less, depending on where you look) than a pair of short pants, since it was rather more in the realm of high-waist briefs worn as pants. For whichever you go, the same rule applies, stylists have said since then â€" and still do: you have to be in the best shape to pull off this look. Daisy dukes are the most unforgiving, potentially embarrassing clothing item to have come out in recent years, so it’s no wonder it takes so much work to wear them, not to mention conf!
idence. “It is stating the obvious to say only the honed and toned can get away with a fashion item that exposes so much flesh â€" you can see every ripple of cellulite, and pity the woman whose thigh has even the slightest bit of wobble. Yet this summer, women of all ages are getting out their inner Daisy ...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Daisy-Dukes-Shorts-A-Must-Have-No-Matter-the-Age-116737.shtml
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As early as fall last year, designers introduced this year’s biggest hit item, the short shorts or the daisy dukes shorts, as they’re also called. While they can vary in size, design, fabric and whatnot, there is only one thing that all women, no matter the age, should bear in mind before purchasing one such pair of teensy pants: just how toned and tanned the leg is, as Kate Mulvey of the Daily Mail also points out. Some of you may remember that what designers proposed in their catwalk shows was more (or less, depending on where you look) than a pair of short pants, since it was rather more in the realm of high-waist briefs worn as pants. For whichever you go, the same rule applies, stylists have said since then â€" and still do: you have to be in the best shape to pull off this look. Daisy dukes are the most unforgiving, potentially embarrassing clothing item to have come out in recent years, so it’s no wonder it takes so much work to wear them, not to mention conf!
idence. “It is stating the obvious to say only the honed and toned can get away with a fashion item that exposes so much flesh â€" you can see every ripple of cellulite, and pity the woman whose thigh has even the slightest bit of wobble. Yet this summer, women of all ages are getting out their inner Daisy ...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Daisy-Dukes-Shorts-A-Must-Have-No-Matter-the-Age-116737.shtml
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