Konami Suing Viacom Over Rock Band's Patent Infringments

Konami, the company behind Metal Gear Solid, is suing Rock Band developer Harmonix and parent company Viacom, alleging that the popular rhythm game infringes on a number of patents. In other news, Konami is releasing their own Rock Band-style game later this year. Coincidence?

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10 Classic PS1 Games We Want to See on PSN

With all of the high-power graphic intensive games on the PS3, along with games that have an intensive back story, sometimes you want to play the originals...

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Why PS3 Games Require an Install

FTA - “The biggest benefit of loading data from hard drive as opposed to Blue-ray is that the seek times are lower. Games that make use of lot of user customizations are hit hard by this as the developer cannot know ahead of time what will need to be loaded”

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Sony PlayStation 3 to Have In-Game Ads

The company has yet to reveal when these ads will begin appearing in PlayStation 3 titles, though with two of the world's largest dedicated firms as well as their in-house branch working on inundating players with advertising, expect to see some results in short order.

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Pakistan: Containers found with radioactive material

The Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority is looking into two unclaimed containers of radioactive material found buried on the premises of an Oil and Gas Development Corporation Limited workshop in the southern port city of Karachi...

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Tuberculosis scare at university

Four students have tested positive for TB after a former student at Manchester Metropolitan University was found to have been infected.

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Atheist Soldier Sues Army for Religious Discrimination

“People like you are not holding up the Constitution and are going against what the founding fathers, who were Christians, wanted for America!” Major Welborn said, according to the statement.

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New law in Iran: Death penalty for 'online crimes'

Bloggers, editors can now be sentenced to death for promoting corruption, prostitution and apostasy.

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In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many

I know it's not a big deal. What's one missile, after all? Still, it's kinda funny.

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Help Stop Oil Speculation... Drop Oil Prices By $30-$60 Per Barrel

I am part of many airline frequent traveler programs. I received an email today from one of them, and was very surprised by it. I had no idea that oil speculation buyers consistently drive up oil prices. I knew it was traded, but did not realize to what magnitude. Read the letter I received below, and definitely check out www.StopOilSpeculationNow.com for additional information.

Dear Mr. Raedyn,

Last week, crude oil hit an all-time high of $146, and the skyrocketing cost of fuel is impacting our customers, our employees, the communities we serve, and the economy as a whole. United, and the majority of other major U.S. airlines, are asking our most loyal customers to join us in pushing for legislation to add more transparency and disclosure in the oil markets. Please see the attached open letter from the leaders of the U.S. airline industry.

An Open letter to All Airline Customers:

Our country is facing a possible sharp economic downturn because of skyrocketing oil and fuel prices, but by pulling together, we can all do something to help now.

For airlines, ultra-expensive fuel means thousands of lost jobs and severe reductions in air service to both large and small communities. To the broader economy, oil prices mean slower activity and widespread economic pain. This pain can be alleviated, and that is why we are taking the extraordinary step of writing this joint letter to our customers. Since high oil prices are partly a response to normal market forces, the nation needs to focus on increased energy supplies and conservation. However, there is another side to this story because normal market forces are being dangerously amplified by poorly regulated market speculation.

Twenty years ago, 21 percent of oil contracts were purchased by speculators who trade oil on paper with no intention of ever taking delivery. Today, oil speculators purchase 66 percent of all oil futures contracts, and that reflects just the transactions that are known. Speculators buy up large amounts of oil and then sell it to each other again and again. A barrel of oil may trade 20-plus times before it is delivered and used; the price goes up with each trade and consumers pick up the final tab. Some market experts estimate that current prices reflect as much as $30 to $60 per barrel in unnecessary speculative costs.

Over seventy years ago, Congress established regulations to control excessive, largely unchecked market speculation and manipulation. However, over the past two decades, these regulatory limits have been weakened or removed. We believe that restoring and enforcing these limits, along with several other modest measures, will provide more disclosure, transparency and sound market oversight. Together, these reforms will help cool the over-heated oil market and permit the economy to prosper.

The nation needs to pull together to reform the oil markets and solve this growing problem.

We need your help. Get more information and contact Congress by visiting www.StopOilSpeculationNow.com.

Craziest Emergency Room Stories... You Have to Hear

This article is not for the faint of heart. If you are squeamish or easily offended by frank discussion or graphic medical images, please read no further.

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Craziest Emergency Room Stories... You Have to Hear

This article is not for the faint of heart. If you are squeamish or easily offended by frank discussion or graphic medical images, please read no further.

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How to Catch Your Girl Cheating

A young man who is filled with good intentions, and surprises for the girlfriend of his dreams. He notes that you must be very careful with your girlfriend. This video is just a short film and the video is stunning!

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The 10 Worst U.S Natural Disasters

Throughout modern history, the failure to prepare and cope with Mother Nature has resulted in catastrophic consequences, from wrecked economies to thousands of lives lost. Even as modern technology improves forecasts, Nature still gets the upper hand every now and then.

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The New 'Area 51'

The Air Force has abandoned top-secret testing at its once most secret test site. We know why and we know where they moved it to

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Warcraft Tattoos and the People Who Wear Them

some of the most devoted warcraft players out there

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Sony E3 2008 press conference bingo!

In anticipation of all the revelations we'll be seeing soon, we've compiled our own Sony-centric predictions and have set them up on our very own bingo card. So play along with us and download the card!

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A Comprehensive List of People who are Ruining MGO

Whether it be the time-honored tradition of spawn camping, or people who ask you to join their damn clans every three minutes, the online battlefields of 'Metal Gear Online' are full of morons and douchebags who seemingly go out of their way to ruin the game experience for the rest of us.

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Rock Band 2or Guitar Hero: World Tour - Which Should You Buy

Both games drop soon but they look exactly the same. Do you go with Rock Band for the Downloadable Content (DLC) or Guitar Hero for the fancy Drumkit?!

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Harmonix unleashes Rock Band 2 details en masse

Rock Band is a great package. The instruments feel great, the game itself is well-made and pretty robust, and the downloadable content model ushered in a new age in the music distribution industry. But the game isn't without its problems. Rock Band 2, due later this year, is expected to be the fix to many of the original's problems, and new info se

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The Constitution Dies Tomorrow

Over 200 years ago, we enshrined the rule of law as the only monarch in America. Tomorrow, the Senate will likely vote to shred that precedent. Democrats, "compromising" with Republicans, will act together, in a bipartisan fashion, to destroy your right to be free from search without a warrant.

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New Gmail Features Protect from Snooping

Gmail added protection from unauthorized logins Monday through new features allowing you to monitor usage and sign out remotely.

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ANASLEX

Come on Ana...

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Turn Your Nintendo Wii Into A Full-Blown Media Hub

X-OOM Media Centre for Wii XE enables users to enjoy their music, videos and photos on a Nintendo Wii™. This innovative software turns the popular gaming console into an interactive media centre, by digitally streaming media files such as MP3s and Windows® Media Player files from a PC to a Wii™.

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Do More Than Just Game on Your Xbox 360

Once I bought my 360, however, I've been able to get rid of my home theater PC, my DVD player, and even my cable box, so that my entire entertainment system runs through my Xbox 360. It's convergence at its best. The 360 is not perfect by any means, but it's the best multimedia device I've ever used.

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Joey Chestnut: How to Survive 14.55 lbs Buns and Weeners

Chestnut is considered by many as the new American hero. In an unprecedented 5 dog eat off at the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, Joey put down an amazing 64 hot dogs to beat his mortal enemy Takeru Kobayashi. The result: A food baby nearly 6 lbs larger than a real baby impregnating his stomach. How did he eat it? How will he lose it?

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25 years and still going [PICS]

Hilarious Rubik's cube advertisements.

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DNA Study Traces Human Origins Across the Continents

Scientists trace the path of human migrations by using bones, artifacts and DNA. Ancient objects, however, are hard to find. DNA from contemporary humans can be compared to determine how long an indigenous population has lived in a region.

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Man Dies From Heart Attack Caused By To Much Water?

Andrew Thornton, 44, swallowed five times the recommended daily amount of water and gave himself a heart attack as his body rejected the vast intake of fluid.

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Steve-O, Jackass Star, Returns To Mental Hospital

"I've now been clean for 115 days, and I'm, again, in a mental institution," the Jackass star, 33, writes. "I did so much cocaine, ketamine, pcp, nitrous oxide, and all sorts of other drugs, that, quite simply, my brain is f----d up."

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Top 7 Female Shower Scenes in Video Games

Kicking off our Week of Babes, we've compiled a run-down of the best shower scenes in gaming. We've rated each shower on the stream itself, how clean it's getting the girl and how pleasing the facility is in general. We're sure that's what you've come here to look at too.

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