Attention Police: We’re really getting fatigued of reminding you about this stuff, bit you should really pay attention this time. MP3 players are not guns. Please quit tasing, arresting, and otherwise antagonizing those of us with them. This is Darren Nixon, and it wasn’t really the police’s fault, as a woman called them suspecting he had […]

Attention Police: We’re really getting tired of reminding you about this stuff, bit you should really pay attention this time. MP3 players are not guns. Please quit tasing, arresting, and otherwise antagonizing those of us with them.

This is Darren Nixon, and it wasn’t really the police’s fault, as a woman called them suspecting he’d a gun. But the cops should have been able to tell quickly that his DAP wasn’t a deadly weapon. He was arrested and shaken by the experience, and rightly so.

Man arrested at gunpoint after police mistake his MP3 player for a gun [Daily Mail]

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What’s the HD DVD Promotions Group’s response to Netflix’s decision to exclusively stock Blu-ray and BestBuy’s decision to “recommend” Blu-ray? … it’s unfortunate to see Netflix make the decision to only stock Blu-ray titles going forward. While the Best Buy announcement states they will suggest Blu-ray, at least they will continue to carry HD DVD and […]

What’s the HD DVD Promotions Group’s response to Netflix’s decision to exclusively stock Blu-ray and BestBuy’s decision to “recommend” Blu-ray?

… it’s unfortunate to see Netflix make the decision to only stock Blu-ray titles going forward. While the Ideal Buy announcement states they’ll suggest Blu-ray, at least they will continue to carry HD DVD and offer consumers a choice at retail

I guess we’re entering the no spin zone! You really feel for the guys forced to put out positive press release after positive press release. “At least” they’ll still carry our discs

Are dual-format players so costly that they’ll never catch on? Or is it that by the time they’re as cheap as present day DVD players the “war” will truly be over?

HD DVD Group Responds to Netflix, Ideal B [High-Def Digest via Xbox-Scene]

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In the light, this sippy mask by Jennifer Maestre gives me Darkman vibes, like there’s some horrible disfigurement underneath. But, under a black light, the whole thing glows, including the tiny drinkie tube, so I could definitely see more of a Star Wars chillin’ at the cantina type of look, especially with some more “in a galaxy far, far away” duds. Practical purpose? What? So, what sci-fi/movie aesthetic do you see? [MAKE]

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That three hour outage in your BlackBerry email service yesterday might have just been an inconvenience to you, but it’s a mystery to RIM, who still can’t figure out exactly what went wrong to cause your messages to dribble off into the land of lost dinner invitations instead of shooting off to their proper recipients. [CNN]

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We see Golla at nearly each show and they keep showing off nicely designed cases and bags for laptops and mobile gear. Now they have a new line of backpacks and some sleeves for different sized laptops — up to 17 inches. They don’t quite fit in with the tiny booths selling “unified mobile development […]

We see Golla at almost every show and they keep showing off nicely designed cases and bags for laptops and mobile gear. Now they have a new line of backpacks and some sleeves for different sized laptops — up to 17 inches. They don’t quite fit in with the tiny booths selling “unified mobile development platforms” but it’s nice to see a bit of color.

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This day, in a display of the poor prioritization of science projects in Germany, German scientists will launch 60 fish in to space, presumably to figure out how to make fish sticks taste better.

Actually, the poor fishies will experience six minutes of weightlessness in order to see how they handle motion sickness. Apparently, they get motion sick just like people, and it’s easier to study the effects on them than it is on people as you can, you know, kill the fish and fiddle around with their insides when you’re done with them. After which you can sauté them up and serve them with fresh country vegetables, which is the perfect way to end any long day of ridiculous experimenting. [The Register]

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I am a single blogger. I’ve no girlfriend or even anyone I’m actively dating, so this Valentine’s Day I’m going to be drinking whiskey at a rock show here in Seattle with a couple adorable girls I know as we commiserate about being in that unenviable position. But you, you’re a stud. You’ve […]

I’m a single blogger. I have no girlfriend or even anyone I’m actively dating, so this Valentine’s Day I’m going to be drinking whiskey at a rock show here in Seattle with a couple adorable girls I know as we commiserate about being in that unenviable position. But you, you’re a stud. You’ve got a wife or girlfriend, some of you both, and you need to impress her on the 14th.

And as you’re a CrunchGear reader, she’s likely compatible with your geeky sensibilities. That’s why you need to find a gift to express your love and also your shared interest in classic dot matrix printers. Or something.

What ever kinky and geeky thing you come up with, you’ll want to use a nifty presentation. The video above shows you an excellent way to make hollowed out sexy book into a thoughtful, neat way to get a gift, complete with music playback.

Normally on Help-Key we try these things out and document them for your enjoyment and education, but since that would send me into tears and sorrow, we’re not today.

That being stated, I’d love if some of you more fortunate guys (and girls!) were to try this out and tell us here how it goes. Just because I’m not happy doesn’t mean you can’t be.

In essense, you cut a hole in a book, put your sexy inside, and make a tiny playback device out of Radio Shack parts. If you’re signif is geeky enough, he/she will just eat it up. All that thought and effort will pay off, and you’ll owe it all to me. And the video above. And to your good looks. It was my charm, though.

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Add one more vote to the “we’d be superior off with a single video game console than with multiple ones.” Colin Campbell over at Next-Gen.biz (and who also hosts a video game podcast that treats its audience like adults… that’s rare) used up several column inches to defend the idea that a single, open video […]

Add one more vote to the “we’d be superior off with a single video game console than with multiple ones.” Colin Campbell over at Next-Gen.biz (and who also hosts a video game podcast that treats its audience like adults… that’s rare) used up several column inches to defend the idea that a single, open video game platform would be superior for everyone than the competing ones we’ve now. Everyone but Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo, who all have designs on your living room. The theory here’s that third-party publishers have to devote unnecessary resources to develop the same game on multiple platforms. Wouldn’t the game itself be better served if the devs were to devote their resources to developing one definitive version of the game? Retailers have to split shelf space for PS3/360/Wii when they could use that space for something superior, like a better, wider variety of software? (How long do games stay on the shelves these days?)

This is all done with a nod to competition. Yes, we’re here today with th3 PS3/360/Wii because hardware manufacturers have continued to innovate. But if someone could could up with a system that’s sufficiently open and sufficiently upgradable, either via software or hardware, you’d be able to evolve with technology.

… which sounds a lot like the PC, which, I read every day, is dying a slow death.

If nothing else, a single console would do away with needless fanboyism.

EDITOR’S VIEW: The Single Platform Cometh [Next Gen]

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