Just when the rest of the gaming world seemed bent on going region free, Nintendo has done the unthinkable and region locked their latest incarnation of the DS, the DSi. As pointed out by Gizmodo, this kills the import market, but you have to wonder if it isn’t going to hurt them in the end [...]
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[ October 7th, 2008 ] ... [ C. S. Magor ]Nintendo Locks Down the DSi
Lego Tower Record Broken
The folks in Vienna just put themselves on the Lego map by building a record breaking Lego tower. At 29.48m the size is nothing to sneeze at, in fact it required a crane for the final construction. It was built by hundreds of children to celebrate the four-day 100 Years of Friends of Children festival [...]
Indian Teen Commits Suicide Over LHC Fears
While I was sorely tempted to write some spoof piece about the end of the world yesterday, something deep inside told me that it would be a bad idea. There are people who were genuinely afraid of that thing and the potential for someone to do something rash and totally irreversible was always there. As [...]
Adobe to Unveil CS4 Later This Month
Adobe keeps pumping out the creative suites. It seems like just yesterday we got CS3, which was a marked improvement over CS2 but hardly a necessary upgrade. Adobe CS4 is getting ready to drop and the Betas have been steadily rolling out, but we have yet to hear or see any solid information on either [...]
Destruction of Evidence Turns Around RIAA Case
Alleged file sharer Jeffrey Howell would seem to be living proof of the age-old maxim that a person who represents themselves in a courtroom has a fool for an attorney. When the RIAA filed a copyright infringement suit against him, he had difficulty in finding a lawyer and thus elected to defend himself. He had [...]
