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Technology

Play Retro Nintendo Games on your iPad - [HACK]

Apple's App Store may well be a haven of new, always-updated touch-based gaming experiences, but what if you have an urge for some retro gaming? A recent how-to will show you how to get Super Nintendo gaming on your iPad.Of course playing emulated games on your iPhone or iPad is...

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Social Media

Google Launching Games via FarmVille?

Google is reportedly partnering with FarmVille and Mafia Wars game-maker Zynga to launch a hub where you'll be able to play social online games.The source of the rumor is the tech blog TechCrunch, which claims to have confirmed the story with multiple sources. The search giant has allegedly invested between...

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Technology

Robots First Line of Defense for South Korea?

The Demilitarized Zone ("DMZ") is a 160-mile long, 2.5-mile wide strip of land that separates the two Koreas. South Korea has recently bumped up the security on its side of the DMZ with something straight out of your favorite sci-fi novel or videogame: a machinegun-equipped robot.According to Stars and Stripes,...

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Technology

Microsoft Shows Off 'Milo' - the Virtual Human at TED Global Expo

At TED, Microsoft showed off its "virtual human" technology, named Milo, designed for the company's hands-free Xbox 360 motion controller called Kinect at TED Global in Oxford. Milo is built to react to people's emotions, body movements, and voice, allowing players to interact with the virtual character.Milo was first demoed...

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Entertainment

Update on John Stamos Extortion Trial

Attorneys for a couple accused of plotting to extort $680,000 from John Stamos are trying to get them off the hook by attacking the actor's character and the FBI's credibility.Defense lawyers in the trial of Allison Coss and Scott Sippola have portrayed Stamos as a promiscuous drug user -- allegations...

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Entertainment

The Hills finally comes to an End on MTV.

"The Hills," the landmark reality soap that cemented Lauren Conrad, Heidi Montag and their pals as tabloid superstarlets, died Tuesday at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. It was 4.The popular series' cause of death wasn't provided, but MTV president of programming Tony DiSanto previously called it "an organic culmination of...

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Entertainment

Comic-Con: with Potter, the Green Hornet, AND Brangelina?

"Tron," "Harry Potter," "The Green Hornet," and Brangelina?This year's Comic-Con has something for everyone, and might even be graced by Hollywood's first couple.No longer strictly the domain of nerds and fanboys, San Diego's four-day pop-culture festival promises film and TV fodder for fans of all kinds, plus video games, toys,...

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Intel has Record Sales - Economy Improving?

The Intel Corp. delivered a better then expected turn out for sales this year. Intel's sales went up and surpassed expectations even though the economy slowed down. Intel said yesterday that their sales will reach a gross profit margin of 67 percent. Could Intel's success be a sign that the...

By Jonathon Ireland | Contributing Tech Editor

Technology

iPhone 4 War continues - Casualties mounting and Apple is doing nothing?

Apple shares dropped over 4 percent today after the iPhone 4 got a terrible review from the consumer reports guide, which back up the mounting complaints about the iPhone 4 reception issues.Consumer Reports said on Monday it could not recommend the iPhone 4, which already sold 1.7 million units worldwide...

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Entertainment

Miami Heat trade Michael Beasley, Re-sign Haslem again

In two recent moves by the Miami Heat, they have elected to trade one of their previous starting players (Michael Beasley) to the Minnesota Timberwolves and re-sign Udonis Haslem. Michael Beasley, and Udonis Haslem both play the position of Forward. In exchange for Beasley's trade the Miami Heat will receive two...

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Movies

No Edward Norton? Incredible! Five actors who could play the Hulk

Talk about some incredible news to marvel about. Marvel Studios is looking for a new actor to play Dr. Bruce Banner and The Incredible Hulk in "The Avengers," a highly anticipated blockbuster which is being helmed by Joss Whedon and is expected to hit theaters in summer 2012. Edward Norton...

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TV

Angie Harmon ready to move to South

Her career was headed south, so she was, too. Actress Angie Harmon, a former "Law & Order" star, nearly moved to the South but will stay in Los Angeles a little while longer after landing a gig on the new TNT crime drama "Rizzoli & Isles." Harmon, 37, is married...

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Social Media

STUDY: Vegas Casinos Using Twitter - Who's on Top?

According to a recent study conducted by the UNLV Center for Gaming Research, casinos tweet an average of 6.54 times a day, while utilizing 1 hashtag for every 3.5 tweets, and the average amount of Twitter followers for casinos is 11,823. 35.51% of the total Vegas TwitterVerse was utilized...

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Social Media

Oprah's Chosen Her OWN Finalists

The online votes for the "Your OWN Show: Oprah's Search for the Next TV Star" competition have been verified, and the top five finalists have been chosen. And because of the overwhelming response to the online auditions (over 143 million votes), OWN has decided to select the next three vote...

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Social Media

Unless We Create Social Media It Lacks Culture, Empathy

Social media is in its early stages. It fills a void left by the use of television as a pacifier. People flock to social networks because our common media of newspapers and television are one way information paths. Young and old we are learning that we have been deprived of...