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Does EA's return to the Mac platform mean death for Mac gaming?

His reward from a state that heavily promotes alternative fuels: a $1,000 fine last month for not paying motor fuel taxes. He's been told to expect another $1,000 fine from the federal government. And to legally use veggie oil, state officials told him, he would have to first post a $2,500 bond.

Designer Roland Kaufmann has gone and built a bicycle out of wood. He calls this gorgeous cycle Jano, and says it's a dual bike, equally at home trekking cross-country or taking its rider to and from work every day. But wood? Really?

Two Africans appeared in a Singapore court Tuesday, accused of trafficking more than 31 pounds of marijuana â€" about 28 times the amount that draws a mandatory death sentence by hanging. Singapore has some of the world's toughest and most thoroughly enforced drug laws, with a mandatory death sentence for trafficking more than 17.64 ounces of MJ.

Similar to the arcologies in Simcity or the massive pyramid in blade runner. Straight out of science fiction!

Remember those WildCharge wireless chargers we played with back at CES? They're almost here. You'll be able to get one July 9.

It took security engineers perhaps less than two hours yesterday to introduce Apple's surprise entry in the field of Windows browsers to the big, cruel world of exploits and vulnerabilities, following its introduction yesterday morning at WWDC. As a result, much of the clout Safari had received as the secure browsing alternative is lost

The beryl and compiz merge is startign and they still don't have a name. This here is the official forum of the merge and it seems peopel are callign it compcomm untill the name is picked...

The whole affair is a f*cking joke

Former Sen. Bob Graham floated the idea of impeaching Bush in July 2003, arguing that going to war under false pretenses was a better justification than a consensual affair. In a recent interview, he said his impeachment remark “was a truthful statement at the time and it’s even more truthful today.”

Ok, it's time to coronate the Engadget mascot -- we know how you've waited to find out whose character is going to appear on Engadget (and take home the Wii). We're just as stoked as you. Whenever you're ready, the winners are posted after the break.

Mininova, one of the most popular BitTorrent search engines, experiences a massive growth in the first half of 2007, and today they server the 2 billionth .torrent download.

The very first (and very rudimentary) open-source Xorg driver for the ATI Radeon X1000 "R500" series has been released! It still needs a LOT of work, but this is a very good step for the Radeon X1000 series open-source support.

85% of the 1.3 billion citizens of China share only about 100 family names. There are 93 million people with the surname Wang! To alleviate the confusion, the Chinese government is considering new naming rules.

Technology isn't the savior for every business. Here's a list of 10 small businesses that have suffered because of technology, whether it's the Internet or in-house technology used by big store chains.

A few weeks ago, Digg announced its intentions to move into restaurant and product reviews. Cashmore was optimistic about Digg changing its demographic, citing Facebook as an example of how that is possible. But I would first point at Netscape [which] tried to take mainstream people and throw them into social media. The results speak for themselves

This will give the internet company a "relationship for life" with students - who can carry on using these e-mail addresses after graduating.

To the alarm of Washington, Hamas has seized the advantage in the increasingly vicious war between Palestinian factions. It's bad so that gangs have tossed their enemies alive off 15-story buildings, shot down one another's children, and burst into hospitals to finish off wounded foes lying helplessly in bed. Revenge alone could fuel the conflict

If you've been anxiously awaiting the day that you could analyze your DNA in the comfort of your own home, then you wait is over. Plop down 15 grand and get your analyzing on!

Italian police have arrested a Russian "ninja" who had been spreading fear across farmlands in the north of the country. The man, camouflaged in an all black suit, had robbed farmers and their families at knife point, police say. Ninjas were trained for stealth. They first appeared in 14th Century Japan and were famed as assassins and spies.

"The rich, after all, are supposed to be champsions of the free market, believers in survival of the fittest, and enemies of government involvement that reduce incentives. Why is Gates â€" and Buffett and so many other billionaires â€" suddenly worrying about the wealth gap?"

To say "they don't make 'em like that anymore!" would be one hell of an understatement. This movie has it all... Schwarzenegger in his prime, plenty of sci-fi action, gobs of blood, mutants, one-liners galore and a great story to top it all off. So sit back, relax and enjoy your virtual vacation on Mars. Any of you Quaids got a Smint?

A 50-ton bowhead whale caught off the Alaskan coast last month had a weapon fragment embedded in its neck that showed it survived a similar hunt â€" more than a century ago.

A list of the different ways you can convert your mountain bike from tubed tires to tubeless. Wheels, conversion kits, and different manufacturers are listed. Pretty good if you've ever considered switching to eliminate flats and improve traction.

"A cheap, highly addictive drug known as "cheese heroin" has killed 21 teenagers in the Dallas area over the past two years, and authorities say they are hoping they can stop the fad before it spreads across the nation."

Gaming Target has updated their monthly look at the battle of the console exclusives. The Xbox 360 continues to lead with 91 exclusives, with the Wii in second with 76 and the PS3 in last with 44. The list now also includes publisher information, release dates and Metascores.

Television networks see this as pure theft. They argue that shows downloaded illegally are hurting ratings in Australia and are responsible for lost revenue in advertising. They also claim that people will not download television at a price when free versions exist all over the web. Hmmm, doesn't that sound familiar?

The Apple Design Awards are officially over for 2007. What is the ADA? Simply told, Apple select and reward the developers they see raising the bar the very most in the Mac software world. Winning developers receive prizes 2008 WWDC passes, MacBook Pro’s and other great hardware. So who took home the glory at the 2007 ADA’s?

Soldiers returning from combat are twice as likely to commit suicide as men who have not served in a war, a new study reports.

Let's vote for Ron Paul and get rid of the I.R.S.

Someone really really examined the Windows Vista DVD and found these three guys, who are they?

Tennessee Titans cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones withdrew the appeal of his suspension Tuesday and will serve the one-year term imposed by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

"When you go out with your child and watch the movie, the children and the adults will say, 'I just don't get it. He speaks another language.' He's using Parisian slang that we just don't get."

MizPee finds the closest, cleanest toilet and gives you entertaining reading material once you get there. Since the service is cell phone-based, it's always with you, when you really need it.

A brief trailer gives a glimpse of the next Soul Calibur game.

The Double Slit Experiment is considered the quintessential quantum mechanics experiment. It succinctly illustrates the counter-intuitive properties of the quantum world in a clear concise manner.

Apple and Microsoft have always disagreed in how to display fonts on computer displays. Today, both companies are using sub-pixel rendering to coax sharper-looking fonts out of typical low resolution screens. Where they differ is in philosophy.

No restarting to use Bootcamp. Just select "Switch to Windows" from OS X, and your machine goes to sleep. Wake it up and your in Windows. You can do the same thing once in Windows to switch back to mac. VERY VERY NICE feature, no reason to use virtualization for me at least.

These days, “framework” is quite a buzzword in web development. With JavaScript frameworks like the Yahoo User Interface library, jQuery, and Prototype getting a lot of attention and web application frameworks like Rails and Django getting even more, it seems like everyone is using some kind of framework to build their sites.

The first official pic of Agent 47 from the much anticipated Hitman video game adaptation. Looks like 12 Monkeys meets THX-1138 with more silent killing.