Sony has finally given out more details on their Sony PSP, which you can read
at
GamesIndustry.biz.
Instead of paying an arm and a leg, the
PSP will be priced at 19,800 yen
before tax (approx. $186) and be released in Japan on December 12. No
word yet on the American release date.
Scientists
have discovered small hobbit-sized skeletons in a remote Indonesian
island that are significantly different from other fossil remains found from
the same age range of 95,000 to 12,000 years ago.
BusinessWeek
has an article about the potential media war between Sony's Blu-ray
technology and various companies who have said they will choose Toshiba's
high-definition DVD format.
CNN
has an article on a California biotechnology company that has starting taking
pre-orders for genetically modified cats for people with allergies.
It seems unsurprising that kids would prefer video games to TV and toys nowadays,
but CNN
has a report on a Hollywood Reporter story that kids today do indeed
spend more time playing games than they do playing with regular toys.
We knew it wouldn't be long before some parent/community leader/legislator
made some complaint about the newly released latest chapter in the Grand
Theft Auto series of games, GTA: San Andreas. Head over
to Canada.com
to read the complaints cited by Ontario's consumer and business services minister
Jim Watson.
The
Washington Post is reporting that the Bush-Cheney reelection campaign
has barred overseas web users from accessing www.georgewbush.com.
A long time ago, back when the PS2 was just a fantasy, you may have said, "why
isn't there a sequel to FFVII? I can't get enough of it." You'll
have to eat your words now if you said that back then, for Square Enix
has just announced
the 4th sequel to the game is in the works, this time the title Crisis Core:
Final Fantasy VII for the PSP.
Believe it or not, online searches for sex and sex-related terms have
declined to 5 percent of the total from 20 percent in 1997, says the
Associated
Press. Now that you're so over web porn, it looks like you're looking for
commerce and e-business.
You don't have to travel to California anymore to sit on top of an earthquake
hot spot--Wired
has an article about how New Madrid, Missouri, was the location of three
of the nation's strongest quakes.
Wired
has an article about the return of the ghetto blaster. Word,
yo.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers has approved
the domain suffixes ".post" and ".travel" for use
with the postal and travel industries in mind. Read more about it at Yahoo!
News.
NewScientist.com
is reporting that a study of mice has led to the conclusion that newborn
mice injected with Prozac and other antidepressants grew up to be depressed
adults.
Just in time for a dorky Halloween, DungeonCore.com
has a list of the four-and-a-half scariest Dungeons & Dragons monsters.
In other geeky
Halloween news, City of Heroes is having
a Halloween Costume Contest where you dress up like your hero and have
your photo taken in public. Yes, that means you must leave the house to take
this photo.
If you're planning on visiting the Happiest Place on Earth sometime soon, you
might want to wait until next year, when Disneyland celebrates its 50th
anniversary in July. CNN/Money
has a list of renovations and changes made to the park in preparation for the
event.
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