A preliminary autopsy states that a woman died of “water intoxication” following a water drinking contest for a Nintendo Wii. News10 in Sacramento reports Station 107.9 The End’s “Hold your wee for a Wii” contest had contestants doing exactly what the title says. The winner was the person who didn’t release their bladder the longest. + Video
With the advent of the Wii, another generation of Zelda fans are born. My daughter’s birthday is tomorrow and she asked for a Link cake. With two classes of pre-kindergarden munchkins coming over, there was only one solution: cupcake pixel art. Happy 4th Birthday, Gia!
For the first time in 20 years, the Guinness Book of World Records will once again include video game high scores. In addition to top game achievements, a new section will also profile a Canadian man who holds 7 world-record scores.
PreGameLobby.com brings you an overview of the sound output of each current generation gaming console. Think you know which console is the noisiest? Think again!
Must watch! Aaagh! Insane! Just kidding… but here at Digg Labs we thought you might like this.
Moving on up. . .
A careless mistake by Microsoft programmers had revealed that special access codes prepared by the US NSA have been secretly built into Windows. The NSA access system was built into every version of the Windows operating system in use. The discovery came close on the heels of the revelations that Lotus, had built the same thing in its Notes program
Including: Super Mario World, Metroid, Pilot Wings, Punch-Out, Kid Icarus, and Duck Hunt!
At this point we have a clear understanding of the subdocument method that OpenOffice applies to its ODF implementation, and we know what top level elements are handled by each subdocument.
I heard the TWiT crew talking about SED TVs in their latest podcast & didn’t know much about them. Basically, SED TVs are essentially flat-panel televisions that uses millions of mini CRTs instead of one electron gun. The picture is supposed to be amazing, but, unfortunately, it appears at least for now the technology is very cost prohibitive.
I still like playing with mine! The PS2 that is, and turns out it sold more units than Xbox 360, the Wii, and the PS3.
Gamestop and EB Games is offering $100 off the purchase of a PS3 by handing over your PS2.