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Acute Gastric Injury Due To High-dose Analgesics?

ScienceDaily: Latest Science News — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0000

A new study has documented the gastrointestinal complications of high dose acetaminophen, a commonly used drug. The study investigated the acute high dose ingestion of analgesics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and acetaminophen, with suicidal intent. The study results surprisingly indicated that acetaminophen induces gastric lesions.

Organic Plant Waste Proves Effective Weed Control For Citrus Trees

ScienceDaily: Latest Science News — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Interest in organic crop production is increasing around the world. Organics are healthy for consumers while adding environmental benefits and decreasing the amount of synthetic herbicides in foods, soil, and water. While organics gain popularity with consumers, organic farmers are faced with new production challenges, especially managing and reducing invasive weeds.

Better Predictions Of Share Yields

ScienceDaily: Latest Science News — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0000

It is not easy to predict stock market trends. Two financial researchers at BI Norwegian School of Management have identified a target indicator that can predict future return on shares.

Power Of Wilderness Experiences As A Catalyst For Change In Young Offenders

ScienceDaily: Latest Science News — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Researchers have been working with young offenders to help them turn their lives around. Findings of the self-reported measures of self-confidence, trust, belonging and connectedness to nature showed that after each wilderness experience, feelings increased and during the months in between levels fell, as participants had less contact with nature. The final value at the end of the project was substantially higher than the initial starting value.

Swarm Of Small Earthquakes Rattles Yellowstone National Park, U.S.

ScienceDaily: Latest Science News — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0000

A notable swarm of earthquakes has been underway since December 26, 2008 beneath Yellowstone Lake in Yellowstone National Park, three to six miles south-southeast of Fishing Bridge, Wyoming.

Common Gene Variant Linked To High Blood Pressure Identified

ScienceDaily: Latest Science News — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Researchers have identified a common gene variant that appears to influence people’s risk of developing high blood pressure, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The STK39 gene is the first hypertension susceptibility gene to be uncovered through a new technique called a genome-wide association study and confirmed by data from several independent studies.

Hey, Tribes 2 Is Back! [Tribes]

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:30:00 +0000

Turn those frowns upside down, Tribes 2 fans. While the game may be officially six feet under, a group of dedicated fans have brought Tribes 2 back to life, online multiplayer and all.

The project is called TribesNext, and you can download and try out a beta version of the game now. The legality of the whole thing is a little suspect, but hey, it’s not like Sierra are around to give two shits about it anymore.

[TribesNext]

Motorola’s SURF A3100 headlines three-pack of new phones

Chris Ziegler — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:13:00 +0000

If these fine specimens look familiar, well, they should — one’s already been announced (albeit on a different carrier) and the other two have been thoroughly scooped. Motorola’s CES haul includes the eco-tastic Renew W233, a simple candybar destined for T-Mobile that features a neutral carbon footprint and components made of recycled water bottles; the Tundra VA76r, a rugged 3G flip with push-to-talk that previously launched on Rogers and has its sights set on AT&T this time around for a January 13 release; and the headliner of the bunch, the SURF A3100. The WinMo 6.1-based SURF — alias A3000, alias Atila — features a full 2.8-inches of touchscreen adorned with a custom skin designed by Moto, 7.2Mbps triband HSDPA, a 3-megapixel autofocus cam, AGPS, and support for microSD cards up to a purely theoretical 32GB in size. Though the radio is fully equipped for North American action, no stateside launch is in the cards just yet; for now, you’ll find the SURF in Asian markets before the quarter’s out.

[Via Phone Scoop]

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Salman Rushdie Killed Time With Computer Games [Books]

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000

After novelist Sir Salman Rushdie published The Satanic Verses, many deemed the book blasphemous. The Ayatollah of Iran issued a decade long fatwa, calling for Rushdie’s death. How did he spend that time?

“Like everybody else I played a computer game or two,” Rushdie tells The Times. (Well, like everyone else who has to go in hiding or be murdered…)

Does that mean the author is a game? As game site GameCulture points out, Rushdie didn’t exactly seem impressed with video games in a 2008 interview he gave: “I think video games, YouTube, you know, these are the things that will change the world. Because when people see what garbage everybody else is consuming, they want it too.” Oh, burn, take that video games!

Saturday interview: Salman Rushdie [The Times via GameCulture via GamePolitics]

HP greets us with 13.3-inch Pavilion dv3 entertainment laptop

Darren Murph — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:55:00 +0000

While you and HP can argue the rest of the night away about the most accurate moniker for its Pavilion dv2, the dv3 is definitely an ultraportable. The AMD-powered machine comes in a plethora of configurations with CPUs ranging from 2GHz (Athlon X2 QL-62) to 2.4GHz (Turion X2 Ultra ZM-86), ATI’s Radeon HD 3200 graphics, up to 8GB of DDR2 RAM, 160/250/320/400GB hard drive choices, WiFi / Bluetooth, a dual-layer DVD burner, gigabit Ethernet, an ExpressCard slot and a satisfactory array of ports including three USB 2.0 sockets, VGA, HDMI, eSATA combo (with a third USB port) and audio in / out. Users can select from a six or nine-cell battery, and there’s even an optional fingerprint reader if you’re unashamedly paranoid. Interested? It’s available today, junior, for $799 and up.

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Catch Real Mexicans In This Real Border Crossing “Game” [Mexican Snap]

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:30:00 +0000

There’s a new “project” running in Texas that sounds a lot more like a “game” to us. It involves cameras, the internet, people sitting at home and catching Mexicans. Fun fun fun!

At a cost of $2 million, the system - called a “Virtual Stakeout” - involves a series of webcams placed along the Texas-Mexico border. These webcams can be viewed online, by you, by me, by anyone, with the aim of making public viewers “Virtual Deputies”.

You sit there, you can the horizon, and if you spot someone trying to make a run across the border, you notify the authorities. So it’s like Pokemon Snap, then, only without the Pokemon. Mexican Snap, if you will.

They’ve been in operation for six weeks now, and the “Virtual Deputies” have already clocked up one arrest, helping Police nab three suspects alleged to have been lugging 540 pounds of marijuana across the border.

It’s a joint operation between the Texas Border Sheriff’s Coalition and BlueServo, BlueServo being a budding …social networking site, who are helping foot the bill in exchange for the publicity.

Presumably so the virtual deputies can meet other agoraphobic, internet-obsessed, potentially Mexican-hatin’ vigilante types from the safety and comfort of their own home. (Almost) Everybody wins!

$2 Million Texas Surveillance System Nets 500 Lbs of Pot [Wired, via Neatorama]

HP officially launches Firebird with Voodoo DNA

Darren Murph — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:27:00 +0000

We figured it was destined for a CES release, and HP has confirmed that today’s the day. The hotly anticipated Firebird with Voodoo DNA has been properly introduced to the world, and within it will come an Intel Core 2 Quad CPU, twin NVIDIA GeForce 9800S graphics cards in an SLI configuration, hot-swappable 320GB hard drives (two of ‘em) and an advanced thermal management system to keep things cool, calm, collected and quiet. As we’d heard, the rig will be available starting on January 9th for as little as $1,799 directly from Voodoo, while those too frightened to hand over their credit card information online can hold tight ’til it hits select retailers (read: Best Buy, most likely) on February 1st. Have a look at Rahul Sood and team gloating ad nauseum over this thing just after the break.

[Via DesktopReview]

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Street Fighter IV character videos - Dan takes the spotlight

Glenn M. — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:23:33 +0000

With comical, lackluster moves, a guido-like smirk on his face, and a Hadou-ken with a fingernail’s range, Dan is perhaps the biggest joke on Street Fighter. But for Street Fighter IV (PS3, Xbox 360), it looks like Capcom turned the jester into a legit killer, although much of the Dan-antics we’ve come to love are still there.

I love this Dan even more. He looks like he’s a bit overweight, walks like his gut’s too heavy, and needs two heaves to throw you down. He’s got a mean-looking super attack, and a hilarious facial expression at 1:18 to show that it hurts.

More news on Street FIghter IV:

PS3’s Service Mode JIG Set-Up File leaked

Mabie A. — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:11:31 +0000

Another item which is not supposed to be out for public consumption has leaked out to the Internet: the JIG install setup folder for the PS3. Before you go gaga over this exploit, do take not that it’s actually pretty useless without the necessary related software. And since this is illegal, sorry but you’re not getting it from our site.

We do have a screenshot as well as information, though, if that would appease your curiosity. For one, it’s been said that the leaker is one such hackerpointer. As for the included files:

Lv2diag.self: crashes on a Debug console, likely used for lv2 diagnostics.
PS3UPDAT.PUP: a very tiny updater PUP, enough for just a ‘base’ system. It doesn’t run on any system the resident PS3 Devs currently have access to.
UPDATER_LOG.TXT: simply a service mode updater log.

We’ll have more news for you on this as it comes. Keep it posted here on QJ.

HP’s 12.1-inch Pavilion dv2 with Blu-ray — don’t call it a netbook

Thomas Ricker — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:02:00 +0000

Here we’ve got the fruits of AMD’s new Neo platform: the Pavilion dv2 series of entertainment laptops. Starting at 3.8-pounds with a keyboard 8% short of full-sized, this 12.1-inch (1,280 x 800 pixels) ultra-portable features a 1.6GHz Athlon Neo MV-40 processor, up to 4GB of memory and 500GB of disk, optional 802.11n WiFi, and WWAN (Gobi) support. Now what if we told you that this 64-bit Vista Home Premium laptop (no need for the XP fallback here kids) measures less than an inch thick and can be configured with ATI Mobility Radeon HD3410 discrete graphics and an external Blu-ray player for $899 when it ships in March? More you say? Ok, there’s also Bluetooth, HDMI-out, an integrated webcam, and 3.5 to 4-hours of battery with prices set to start at $699. Isn’t CES wonderful?

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AMD kinda sorta takes aim at Atom with Athlon Neo

Thomas Ricker — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:01:00 +0000

And here you thought AMD’s 45-nm Conesus was its next generation netbook / ultra-portable processor. Sorry, for that you’ll have to wait until the beginning of the second half of 2009 according to Bahr Mahony, Director of AMD’s mobile division who we just spoke with here at CES. Instead, AMD’s Athlon Neo ultra-portable platform built around existing 65-nm processes is scheduled to make its retail debut in the US in March. Remember, AMD won’t be challenging Intel in a race to the bottom so Neo is aimed squarely at that soft, chewy marketshare nestled between the underperforming $499 netbook and over-the-top $1,499 ultra-portable. Neo boasts more processing power than Intel’s 45-nm Atom at the cost of a higher load on your battery thanks to the 35W thermal envelop of the Neo chipset combined with a discrete, ATI Mobility Radeon Hd 3410 graphics. The result however is what AMD calls balanced performance from ultra-thin notebooks capable of smooth 1080p playback of your HD media — a feat that Atom-based netbooks saddled with integrated graphics struggle with. Interesting, now let’s see the 3rd party benchmarks. AMD’s data versus the Atom posted after the break.

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Dan Vs. Dan (Oh, The English…) [Clips]

Brian Ashcraft — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Seeing joke character Dan Hibiki fight Dan Hibiki in the home console version of Street Fighter IV?

Pretty darn cool.

Hearing the English voice work?

Not so cool. No worries, there’s still time for Capcom to fix. We think. We hope.

Exclusive Street Fighter 4 Console Character Videos [1Up]

HOW TO - Rolling Peg Board Tool Cart

Becky Stern — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Here’s a neat instructable by user sensoryhouse on building a rolling peg board tool cart instead of buying an expensive tool chest. This way all your tools are visible, and you can still roll them out of the way when need be. He uses scrap metal to weld together the frame that holds the peg board. He welds the casters right onto the bottom of the frame, but I’d recommend welding an attachment plate and affixing them with fasteners in case one goes bad. As this is a beginning welding tutorial as well, don’t forget to wear proper safety gear (including long sleeves and a high collar to prevent a sunburn)!

SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone, SlingPlayer for Mac HD make debuts

Darren Murph — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:00:00 +0000

Remember that proof-of-concept you saw way back in June of last year? You know, that one involving SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone? Here at Macworld, Sling Media is doing its darnedest to take the spotlight away from the looming Apple keynote by announcing that said app is almost ready for consumption. It’ll be demonstrating a functional version in San Francisco, and it’s planning to submit the software to Apple for certification sometime this quarter. In case you couldn’t care less, it’ll also unveil a prototype SlingPlayer for Mac HD, which will enable Mac-using Slingbox PRO-HD owners to stream high-def material to their Mac. As for the good stuff, pricing has yet to be determined for the SlingPlayer iPhone app, but the SlingPlayer for Mac HD will be made available gratis. Full release is after the break.

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iPrep 101 v008.8 Beta

XanTium — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:56:28 +0000

Klutsh released a new version of iPrep 101(info) a .NET application and collection of applications for use in flashing Samsung, BenQ or Lite-On DVD drives.

What’s new/fixed:
* Updated Lite-On batch scripts.
* Ability to load only 1 firmware type.

Official Site: http://www.x-projects.org/
Download v008.6 Beta: here

Microsoft sold 28 million Xbox 360s by end of 2008

XanTium — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:49:37 +0000

From reuters.com:
[QUOTE]
Microsoft Corp sold 28 million units worldwide of its Xbox 360 video game console through the end of 2008, expanding the Xbox’s lead over rival Sony Corp’s PlayStation 3 console in worldwide unit sales, the company said on Monday.

Xbox 360 product management director Aaron Greenberg said 2008 “was our biggest year ever in Xbox history” despite a sluggish global economy that’s battered U.S. retailers this past holiday season.

Rising unemployment and tighter credit have dented U.S. consumers’ purchasing power and most retailers have posted dismal sales results in recent months.

Microsoft said global unit sales of the Xbox 360, which was launched about a year before the PS3, outpaced its rival by over 8 million units at the close of 2008.
[/QUOTE]

Full Story: reuters.com

HP’s new Mini 2140 stuffs Atom, larger screen into original form factor

Paul Miller — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:49:00 +0000

Just when we thought HP had moved on, what with the Mini 1000 getting all the love these days, HP has returned to its original Mini-Note 2100 series of netbooks with the 2140. Supposedly aimed at businesses, the new netbook loses that sluggish VIA C7-M of its predecessors and replaces it with — you guessed it — a 1.6GHz Atom processor. There’s also a 80GB or 160GB hard drive onboard and a 10-inch screen available in 1366 x 768 and 1024 x 567 resolutions, plus that lovable ExpressCard / 54 slot hasn’t gone anywhere, but the machine remains otherwise mostly unchanged. Prices start at $499 for the base model, and OS choices include XP Home / Pro, SuSe Linux, FreeDOS and Windows Vista Home Basic / Premium. The laptop is certainly a nice step up over the Mini 1000, but we sure could use a bit more power under the hood. You know, for business.

[Thanks, Jarrett]

Read - HP updates Mini 2x netbooks with Atom, 10in LCD
Read - HP Mini 2140 official site

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Apple’s final Macworld keynote is tomorrow, and we’ll be there live!

Joshua Topolsky — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:45:00 +0000

Don’t forget kids, Apple (and our main man Phil Schiller) will be doing its final Macworld thing live and direct come Tuesday morning, and as usual, we’ll be there doing what we do: liveblogging the hell out of it. Set your alarms, wake the neighbors, and settle in for the mind-blowingest keynote you done ever seen. Here’s where you need to check in on Tuesday, January 6th:

Live from the Macworld 2009 keynote

At these times:

07:00AM - Hawaii
09:00AM - Pacific
10:00AM - Mountain
11:00AM - Central
12:00PM - Eastern
05:00PM - London
06:00PM - Paris
02:00AM - Tokyo (January 7th)

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Wolverine Is Like God Of War, Only Simpler [X-men]

Luke Plunkett — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:30:00 +0000

The new Wolverine game was always going to be a brawler. A fighter. That’s what Wolverine does, he brawls, he fights. But what kind of brawler? What kind of fighter? Developers Raven have opened up.

Speaking with EGM (yes, the article from this month’s mag is now online), Raven’s Dan Vondrak has spoken of the game’s influences, and where they hope to take both the character and the game:

God of War was an influence. Devil May Cry, even Super Smash Bros., to a point. When we play [games like that], we just like the simplicity. Every character has their basic set of moves — that’s simple. People get that, and mass market gets that, so we’re making sure we bring that to Wolverine.

Gasp! Fisher Price: My First Brawler, then? Maybe not, as Vondrak continues that the simplicity is as much about maintaining the character’s speed as it is about making it easy to play.

People are going to play Wolverine and then be annoyed with how slow other action games are. We’ve gone back and played highly touted action games we all love, and you’re in these attacks forever. And it’s not just the speed — it’s the ease in which you’re able to [break] out of your attacks at any time.

Full interview’s below (along with a ton of new screens), and is worth reading if you like seeing the words “Ninja Gaiden” thrown around a few times in relation to this game.

X-Men Origins: Wolverine [1UP]

Mattel’s Mind Flex teaches kids fake telepathy

Ross Miller — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:21:00 +0000

Add one more contender to the list of mind control games vying for our attention this year alongside NeuroSky and Emotiv. Set to debut this week at CES, Mattel’s Mind Flex requires players to concentrate really hard in order to power a fan that’ll float a ball through the hoops. Sure, it’s not nearly as complex as what the other two are proposing, but we could totally see ourselves wearing this headset all day while we work — just to find out how much brain power we’re really using. It’s expected to hit US retail channels later this year for $80, and if we may be so candid, our only wish is that the headset was small enough to hide under a hat. You know, so we could fool our family members into thinking we had superpowers.

Via Gadget Review; Thanks, Christen]

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PS3 Media Server v1.02 & v1.02.1 BugFix Now Available!

PS3 News — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:15:25 +0000

Over the weekend [B]ps3mediaserver[/B] has updated his PS3 Media Server application to version 1.02. Today, some users reported a few issues with it so he fixed them and released a version 1.02.1 update.

Downloads: [URL=http://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/files/pms-setup-win32-1.02.exe]PS3 Media Server v1.02[/URL] / [URL=http://ps3mediaserver.googlecode.com/files/pms-setup-win32-1.02.1.exe]PS3 Media Server v1.02.1[/URL]

The author states: If you have no troubles with 1.02, you can skip 1.02.1, as this one has very few fixes, aside this major bug:

[B]1.02.1 Fixes:[/B]
- Major Bug in server start due to a faulty MAC address retrieval
- PMS do not start after activating the archive browsing option
- Media library small fixes

[B]1.02 New Features:[/B]
- Auto-updater, default configuration, cleanups and windows/linux build scripts (thanks to Tim Cox)
- Media library (also act as a parsing cache): you can sort your files by date, ID3 tags, etc.
- Playlists (m3u/pls) support
- Preliminary album art support, better audio (flac) and tags parsing
- New options for video resolution, deinterlace filter, and archives browsing
- Video settings with an easier virtual menu (A/V sync, deinterlace, ...)
- Windows service installer (working on 32 bits only)
- New image parsing library: Better performance / EXIF support (sort photos by camera model, etc.)
- DVR-MS addon

[B]1.02 Fixes:[/B]
- A/V out of sync issues with some ISOs and medias / codecs support improvement (flv, rmvb, hdmov, mp4, multichannels avi, etc.)
- External subtitles not always loaded
- Upnp advertising issue in search reply to the ps3 (thanks to Daniel Pedersen)
- SkipLoopFilter is now disabled by default
- Regression since 0.98, server would not start on some machines
- Newest builds of ffmpeg/mplayer/mencoder for win32
- Usual bunch of fixes

Baiyon and Dylan Cuthbert of Q-games Share Behind-the-scenes Look at PixelJunk Eden

Garnett Lee — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:14:00 +0000

PixelJunk Eden stood out among the games of 2008 for its beguiling combination of artistic endeavor and game mechanic. Its fundamentally simple concept of swinging a cute little character around a space on strands of wire came alive through the interplay with the forms, colors, and sounds of its psychedelic gardens. Kyoto-based DJ/sound producer/artist/graphic designer Baiyon led the creative effort in putting together this multimedia artwork. Whenever I play the game it works some sort of magic that leaves me feeling relaxed. Taken as I've been by that spell, when Q-Games president and executive producer asked if I'd like to come down to Kyoto and talk with him and Baiyon about their experiences in making the game I didn't hesitate for moment. The conversation below happened when we all sat down together in a conference room at their offices a few days after TGS.

1UP: How did you guys wind up getting connected?

Dylan Cuthbert: At a party, there's a party near here at some friends...it's all interconnected, so, friends of ours who work at a company near here who did the web page for StarFox Command for Nintendo; they work at this company called Eniac. They also do a lot of other stuff. They do a lot of Nintendo's webpages.

Baiyon: Maybe Mother 3 too.

DC: It was a party, and King of Games was there as well, it's like an old network. I went to this party and met Baiyon there. But that wasn't the first time I'd heard of him. The first time I'd heard of him was through my wife whose friend said that there's a friend of hers who wanted to try getting into game design and he's an artist/musician type. So we'd actually looked at his stuff beforehand. And then we went to this party and met.

1UP: What about game design attracted you [Baiyon]?

B: Something that doesn't translate to movies or music is that the player is the center, the focus point, the main character in the experience.