Sega, the once proud innovator of console design , is back in the gaming hardware business! Only not in the fashion you might think. The company has just rolled out a trial of its Toylets system, which embeds a pressure sensor into otherwise innocuous urinals and gives life to every bad piece of joystick-related innuendo you ever heard. Four games are available right now, to be enjoyed through a display mounted at eye level, including one where the intensity of your delivery helps blow a girl’s skirt up and another that offers ( asynchronous! ) multiplayer competition. The latter game matches you against the previous dude to have used the porcelain repository, thereby finally providing Japanese men with a measurable way to settle pissing contests . It’s official: we’re moving to Japan. Continue reading Sega Toylets lets you game with your boy bits (video) Sega Toylets lets you game with your boy bits (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:28:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Xbox 360 gets a limited edition orange Tron controller, because wired gamers need love too
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In most circumstances, we’d argue a self-illuminating controller crisscrossed by bright bands of orange is a couple of notches over the top , but when it’s Tron you’re talking about, it all makes sense. This latest peripheral for the 360 is up for pre-order now at $39.99 and comes prepackaged with the smugness of knowing that each one sold will be part of a very limited 250-unit production run. It’s officially licensed by Microsoft and arriving at snowy doorsteps some time later this month. A less exclusive blue brother should be joining it soon as well, in case the current hue’s not quite to your liking. Xbox 360 gets a limited edition orange Tron controller, because wired gamers need love too originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Colin Farrell, Jim Sturgess, Ed Harris and director Peter Weir walk the red carpet at the Dubai Film Festival for the gala premiere of their epic survival tale ‘The Way Back.’ (Dec. 17)
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Police arrested 22 demonstrators who staged a protest against home foreclosures outside a downtown Los Angeles branch of Chase bank. Officers say those arrested were cited for trespassing and released. (Dec. 17)
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Parliament members say ‘shoved’ by soldiers during anti-Israel protest in village near Bethlehem last week. ‘They fired tear gas and stun grenades at us,’ one of them claims. Army: Forces used means required to end violent riot
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C’mon now, don’t act all surprised. This one followed the picture perfect path to shipping: announcement , hands-on , a stop by the FCC’s database and now, a formal portal in Creative’s webstore. If the Galaxy Tab, eLocity A7, G Tablet and Advent Vega haven’t exactly tickled your fancy, there’s hardly a chance the 7-inch ZiiO will have what it takes. That said, it’s now up for grabs at $269.99, with that sum getting you 8GB of storage, an 800×400 resolution display, Android 2.1, a ZiiLABS ZMS-08 HD processor, 802.11b/g WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and a front-facing VGA camera. Unfortunately, this thing has a zero percent chance of revolutionizing your life in the way that the ZiiEagle already has, but perhaps it’ll bring you joy in some smaller, less meaningful way. [Thanks, Terrence] Creative’s 7-inch ZiiO Android 2.1 tablet now on sale for $270 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 06:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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After a brief show of disapproval, the House went along with the Senate to extend George W. Bush’s gift to the yachting community for another two years. President Obama negotiated the compromise, which will add $858 billion to the deficit, thanks in part to generous give aways to rich Americans—and not just those who are living. The estate tax took a beating in this deal, leaving the first $10 million of grandpa Warbucks’ wealth untouched and taxing the rest at a lower rate than Democrats had wanted.
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Imagine being able to buy some gold just about anywhere. Now a mall in super luxe Boca Raton, Florida, is the first in the US to have a gold dispensing machine. (Dec. 17)
Continue reading …Kindle for Android updated with periodicals and integrated web store, can be installed on SD card
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Version 2.0 of Amazon’s Kindle for Android software has snuck out tonight, bringing with it access to the company’s library of newspapers and magazines, the ability to purchase content in-app, and the freedom to choose where you want to store the app itself, which is now happy to reside on your microSD card. Other additions include social networking updates of your reading progress, the appearance of chapter titles in the reader status bar, zoom for images and graphics, and the volume keys doubling up as your page turners should you wish them to do so. The updated app’s available in the Market now — you know what to do with that QR code, right? Kindle for Android updated with periodicals and integrated web store, can be installed on SD card originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 06:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Government to vote Sunday on proposal to restrict yeshiva students’ eligibility to receive support from State. Committee appointed following public pressure also recommends granting needy students NIS 50 million as part of aid fund
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