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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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