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Archive for February 2, 2008
First global map of Saturn’s piebald moon Iapetus released
This global map of Iapetus, with a scale of 803 meters (0.5 miles) per pixel, was created using images taken during Cassini spacecraft flybys, with Voyager images filling in the poles.
Space Aliens First to Get DRM-Free Beatles Music?
NASA plans to blast The Beatles’ song “Across the Universe” into deep space in order to serenade otherworldly beings hundreds, thousands or millions of lightyears away with our very best pop music. I have several problems with this, involving song selection, the RIAA and of course, DRM.
Should Nintendo Bring Back The “Seal Of Quality”?
As part of their regular analyst roundtable feature, Gamasutra have asked three analysts - Wedbush Morgan’s Michael Pachter, Jesse Divnich of The simExchange and Screen Digest’s Ed Barton - a question hanging limply from so many of your own lips: Should Nintendo bring back the “Nintendo Seal of Quality”?
Rambo Anti-Piracy Measures Torn Apart By Industry Insider
Just days after Sylvester Stallone had an armed guard deliver an advance screener copy of the new “Rambo” movie to Howard Stern, it’s shown that even these type of security measures can be rendered useless. A copy of the movie is now available on BitTorrent, likely leaked by an industry insider.
Nintendo Game & Watch Modded Into Cellphone (PICS)
A crazy Japanese guy has mixed a 1981 Octopus Nintendo Game & Watch with a cellphone, making it the best retro game handheld/cellphone combo EVER.
xkcd: Real Programmers
Real programmers set the universal constants at the start such that the universe evolves to contain the disk with the data they want.
Which game controller has the best battery life?
Ever wonder which controller has the best battery life? Over the last month, we juxtaposed Xbox 360, Wii, and PS3 controllers to find out which ones go the distance.
