The newest installment of the ‘Grand Theft Auto’ came out Tuesday, drumming up unprecedented excitement among gamers. Industry experts talk to the AP about the game and its cast of characters. (April 29)
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When it comes to chronicling a trip with digital photos, getting everything organized for presentation can be somewhat of a challenge. AP’s Nick Jesdanun put Google Earth to the test to see how well it handles organizing and viewing. (May 1)
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Boris Johnson has officially taken up the post of London mayor.
Mr Johnson’s reign began at midnight, when he accepted the seals of office from predecessor Ken Livingstone, mayor for the past eight years.
Since his win in Thursday’s election was announced, Conservative Mr Johnson has pledged to tackle violent crime and said he will work to [...]
A fire in which a large number of animals were killed, is being treated as arson, police have confirmed.
Twenty pigs, a horse and a Shetland pony died in a blaze at a small-holding in Tanfield Lea, near Stanley, early on Saturday morning.
Rabbits and geese also died in the fire, which Durham Police detectives have said [...]
A 19-year-old German woman has been charged with attempting to smuggle £500,000 worth of cocaine into the UK.
She was arrested after about 11kg of the Class A drug was allegedly found in her VW Golf car at the Port of Ramsgate ferry terminal in Kent.
The haul was discovered by officers from the UK Border Agency [...]
A building in north Devon has been sealed off after a home-made explosive went off, injuring a man.
The Royal Navy’s bomb disposal team also carried out a controlled explosion on a second device found at the flat in Barnstaple on Sunday afternoon.
Police said a 47-year-old man was being treated for hand injuries, apparently caused by [...]
Have you ever wanted to control your computer with your mind? I have. And come next December maybe we will. It’s been almost a year since I first talked about Emotiv Systems and the company’s EPOC headset. They’ve stayed somewhat secretive since then (crypticness and stealth that also extended to my email correspondence with them). [...]
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The company Vollee is creating a client that offers cellphone users full access to Second Life. The company is accepting registrations for their beta rollout that begins in May. In short (and they provide all in short): All heavy lifting (graphics rendering etc.) is done on their servers and then streamed to the user’s phone. [...]
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Eric Goldman has a fascinating post, pointing out that the era of sneaky adware seems to be pretty much over. For quite some time, one of the biggest annoyances online for many users were surreptitiously-installed client side adware programs that would pop up unwanted ads while you did other things. However, it appears [...]
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He’s certainly not the first such case, but spammer Eddie Davidson has been sentenced to 21 months in prison for both tax evasion and falsifying email headers. Some other sentences have been even longer. However, it makes you wonder how much of an impact these sentences are having on the spam community. [...]
