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I have patent on smartphones, I sue everyone.

Minerva Industries, Inc. just got the patent for "A mobile entertainment and communication device in a palm-held size housing..." and has decided to sue all smartphone manufactures. [credit]http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/25/2031214&from=rss[/credit] Add comment

Vegas goes up in flames

A large fire has sent flaming debris into the strip in front of the Monte Carlo, and evacuees of 4+ of the surrounding casinos scrambling to a local arena for shelter. See? This is why I do my gaming at HOME. It's just not safe out there. btw, TF2 2nite? Add comment

Shuttle launched X38-based SFF Gaming rig

Intel 45nm, 1333mhz FSB, 8GB DDR2@1066Mhz, 8-chan HD audio, PCI-e 2.0 w/ crossfire, solid-state caps, 400w PS, Fingerprint reader. 1xGB-LAN, 2x1394a, 8xUSB2.0, 4xSATA2, 2xeSATA. 325x210x220mm (about 12.75x8.25x8.5 inches). IC-LAN08 sponsor pls kthx! Add comment

More on VIA's Isaiah processor

Techreport expounds on VIA's upcomming Isaiah x86 processor. Add comment

Sapphire's red hot atomic fireball

Sapphire's Radeon HD 3870 ATOMIC is smoking hot. Hexus calls it the best RV670 yet. Add comment

GTA:IV street date

Grand Theft Auto IV will be released April 29 both on Xbox 360 and PS3. Jack Thompson is expected to spontaneously combust shortly after. Add comment

Aftermath of the spectrum auction's first day

The time has come at last: Firms are actually bidding on the UHF spectrum! Here's the results of day one. Add comment

The PM shlongie

Today we roll on with links that are too long to be shorties, and too unimportant to be mainstream news. Add comment

Genius

John Gruber paraphrases "genius" ZDNet article: "If Microsoft greatly improves every single aspect of Windows — including performance, the UI, the driver model — and also adds some cool new features, then Windows 7 will be the best version of Windows ever." Add comment

Ethanol for $1/gallon, without corn

Governmental mandates are forcing the US to move to five times its Ethanol production by 2022. Coskata has developed a process in which 99.7% Ethanol can be created out of any organic material, from plant matter to trash. Ethanol from corn produces 1.3 times the energy needed to produce it. Coskata's method produces 7.7 times the energy input, and less than 84% of the greenhouse gases. Coskata plans to have a 100,000-gallon-per-year facility open by 2011. Add comment

OCZ opens an eStore for themselves

OCZ finally sells its own goods straight from the manufacturer. Swank! Add comment

The shlongie begins now!

A new feature I'm implementing, because I can, of links that aren't quite full news, but aren't as meaningless as shorties! Add comment

Endless Ocean?

I don't get it. Add comment

ICANN moves to end US oversight

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers was conceived in 1998 under the guidance of the US. It helps maintains the root addressing and DNS system of the internet, and now it wants to be out from under the US. Add comment

The GX2 series from NVIDIA is back in black

NVIDIA is back in the saddle, not content to let the market sit idle with their new GT and GTS spins. Now they're out with SLI-in-a-card to revive the GX2 name. Add comment

Vista appears to be more secure than XP

Jeff Jones Security Blog takes a look at the security risks of Vista and compares it to XP. Add comment

VIA begins to play with the big boys

Centaur Technologies, a subsidiary of VIA, has developed the Isaiah CPU that keeps the ULV legacy alive and plays Crysis. Add comment

Kingwin Mach 1 800W PSU

I learned something reading the Kingwin Mach 1 ABT-800MA1S PSU review. You can too! Add comment

Lian Li PC-P80 case review

Lian Li's PC-P80 case scores 100 percent with 3dGameMan's latest video review. Add comment

UHF spectrum auction begins

In the past, Icrontic has taken a close technical look at what’s riding on the spectrum auction that is now underway. Yahoo! takes a look at the players and the pricing just to own a piece of the airwaves; it’s actually rather shocking. Add comment

Rat-eating plant

Rat-eating plant found Down Under. Add comment