Don’t try this if you can’t pull it off. [Thanks Randy!]

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From the “I told you so” Dept.: Study shows violent games relax players CrunchArcade: Yeti3D for real (and really cool) 3D games in the iPhone H2O2 + Terror Tang = Orange-flavor Alert Guiyu, e-waste capital of China Blu-ray could lose out to new format with 20,000 times the capacity in just five years

From the “I told you so” Dept.: Study shows violent games rest players
CrunchArcade: Yeti3D for real (and really cool) 3D games in the iPhone
H2O2 + Terror Tang = Orange-flavor Alert
Guiyu, e-waste capital of China
Blu-ray could lose out to new format with 20,000 times the capacity in just five years

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How pompous. A Pittsburgh couple has sued Google because photos of their home are now on Google Maps Street View. They allege that ever since the photos have appeared on Street View, the value of their property has plummeted. Property records indicate that the domicile was bought for a cool $163,000, which, I’m pretty sure, […]

How pompous. A Pittsburgh couple has sued Google because pics of their home are now on Google Maps Street View. They allege that ever since the photos have appeared on Street View, the value of their property has plummeted. Property records indicate that the domicile was purchased for a cool $163,000, which, I’m pretty sure, wouldn’t buy a garbage can in any livable city in this country.

They want some $25,000 in damages from The Google.

The couple lives at 1567 Oakridge Lane, Pittsburgh, PA 15237.

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If you’re in Boston and really like looking at cellphones, a guy called Rob Pettit collected 5,000 of them and created an art show. Hit the link to see where and when it is, and be thankful that Rob’s collecting them instead of poisoning little kids. [Rob Pettit]

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Verizon Wireless wants you to know, paying customer, that it’s got your back. All that spectrum it won last month? It’s completely going to use it to “further [its] broadband strategy.” I do wonder if *its* strategy will be good for *us* or just another money grab. For those of you bored at your desk this […]

Verizon Wireless wants you to know, paying customer, that it’s got your back. All that spectrum it won last month? It’s totally going to use it to “further [its] broadband strategy.” I do wonder if *its* strategy will be good for *us* or just another money grab.

For those of you bored at your desk this Friday afternoon, VZW just posted a powerfully worded PowerPoint presentation (PDF) on its future business strategy. The sentence “Verizon is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the data opportunity” appears on almost every slide. It’s that old marketing trick: if you keep saying something eventually people will accept it as fact.

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I thought Darkon was going to be cool, but this looks even more interesting. It’s a documentary film about the ways, positive and negative, in which MMORPGs like World of Warcraft, Everquest and others have affected people’s lives. You’ve got the addict, the shut-in, the bloomer, the romantic, it looks like every popular kind of […]

I thought Darkon was going to be cool, but this looks even more interesting. It’s a documentary film about the ways, positive and negative, in which MMORPGs like World of Warcraft, Everquest and others have affected people’s lives. You’ve got the addict, the shut-in, the bloomer, the romantic, it looks like every popular kind of story associated with the genre is represented here, and the people look pretty real.

Sometimes I think I’ve a problem when I get deep into TF2 or FFXII for a weekend, but this is an entirely different lifestyle. I look forward to checking it out. Plus, you get to check out other people’s rigs and setups, which is always interesting.

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The Register is reporting that Creative has reinstated programmer Daniel_K’s Creative Vista driver on the official Creative sight and that, well, actually I’m not sure what they’re saying here: We have read the strong feedback about Creative’s forum post regarding driver development by daniel_k and other outside parties. Creative’s message tried to address our concern about the […]

The Register is reporting that Creative has reinstated programmer Daniel_K’s Creative Vista driver on the official Creative sight and that, well, actually I’m not sure what they’re saying here:

We’ve read the strong feedback about Creative’s forum post regarding driver development by daniel_k and other outside parties.
Creative’s message tried to address our concern about the improper distribution of certain software, which is the property of other companies. However, we didn’t make it as clear as we would have liked that we do support driver development by independent third parties.

The large task of developing driver updates to accommodate the many changes in the Vista operating system and the extensive testing required, including the lengthy Vista certification requirements for audio, makes it very difficult for Creative to develop updates for all past products.

Outside developers have been very helpful to Creative and our customers by developing updates for many of our Sound Blaster products, and we do support and appreciate these efforts. This however does not extend to the unauthorized distribution of other companies’ property.

We hope to work out a mutually agreeable method for working with daniel_k in supporting his efforts in driver development. Going forward, we’re committed to doing a better job of working more closely with third parties to support their development for our products and our customers.

The original email, sent by Phil O’Shaughnessy (who is actually a pretty cool guy) isn’t scathing but it was a bit insulting. While it’s well within their rights to blow someone off their forums, their suggestion that he is profiting by rewriting Creative drivers is fairly ludicrous. The kid did a lot of work to get his hardware to work and put up a donation button. That’s hardly formalized profit motive. He wanted a few beers.

This sort of thing is obviously getting more and more prevalent, especially with the driver problems with Vista, and all it does is make a large Internet stink ball and make everyone mad. Companies: chill.

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