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1. Messenger probe reveals new areas of Mercury

   (Space/Space Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... was viewed during the probe's first flyby of Mercury in January 2008.   "Now that Messenger's cameras have imaged more than 80 percent of Mercury, it is clear that, unlike the moon and Mars, Mercury's ...

2. Google Toolbar can't handle Chrome

   (Software/Software Features)

   Thursday, 27 August 2009

   ... available for Internet Explorer and Firefox.” Of course using Chrome is a bit like using a Google Toolbar anyway. It just sucks up most of the screen and demands you pay all your attention to Google.  ...

3. Researchers uncover nine genes associated with learning disability

   (General Sciences/General Sciences Features)

   Sunday, 19 April 2009

   ... disability. Because it is significantly more common in males than in females, researchers have focused on the X chromosome - males have only one X chromosome and so a gene mutation on the X is more likely ...

4. Epic gallery of (almost) everyone who makes World of Warcraft

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 13 November 2008

   ... the developers were sitting in a area designated for photos and videos.  Photographers from local and major newspapers like the Orange County Register and Los Angeles Times were busily snapping pictures ...

5. Boogie brings down the house on Wii

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 10 August 2007

   ... is an ambitious rhythm game, the first in the genre to make its way to the Wii.  With Dance Dance Revolution, the EyeToy, and instrument games like Guitar Hero, most basic fundamental rhythm controls ...

6. PS3 importers threatened by Sony

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 04 December 2006

   ... Sony is making this message now. This announcement comes just weeks after Sony's harsh litigation against importers caused the popular online store Lik-Sang to shut down. Lik-Sang cried out, calling market ...

7. Lik-Sang sued out of existence by Sony

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 24 October 2006

   Lik-Sang, one of the most popular online retailers for purchasing imported video games, announced today that it is going out of business for good, with costly lawsuits brought forth by Sony as the major ...

8. South Korea wants to place a robot in every home

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   Monday, 03 April 2006

   ... into robots that could perform more menial jobs like guiding customers or doing security patrols. Robots could become as common as televisions in the coming decade for South Koreans. Faced with an aging ...

9. Sony seeks injunction against Chinese PSP exporter

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   Monday, 08 August 2005

     Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has begun legal proceedings against Hong-Kong's Lik-Sang, the gaming hardware exporter said today. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has begun ...

10. Nintendo wins Lik-Sang piracy case

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    Friday, 20 June 2003

      Hong Kong based Lik-Sang, a mail order company which distributes videogame software and hardware worldwide, has lost a crucial court case brought by Nintendo over the sale of devices which could ...