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Our pick of the news found around the interwebs

• Danger: robots with knives could attack humans accidentally - Telegraph

  "Robots helping with everyday tasks around the home could accidentally inflict deadly wounds on humans, scientists have warned."

  Finn says:

  “Danger, Will Robinson!”  Looks like if science is to be believed; we've more to fear t... Read More
  May 9, 2010
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• BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Obama calls Kanye West a jackass

  "President Barack Obama calls rap star Kanye West a "jackass" for interrupting Taylor Swift's winning speech at the MTV Awards on Sunday."

  Finn says:

  Very little to say on this, other than; This has somewhat added to the already massive respect I hav... Read More
  Sep 20, 2009
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• Justin Timberlake to star in David Fincher's Facebook biopic | Film | guardian.co.uk

  "News: The singer will put his music career on hold to star in The Social Network, which focuses on the founding members of the website phenomenon"

  Alex says:

  Wow, there is actually nothing good I can think of about this news at all...... Read More
  Sep 8, 2009
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• BBC NEWS | UK | England | Hampshire | UK team breaks steam car record

  "A team of British engineers breaks the longest-standing land speed record in the Mojave Desert, California."

  Finn says:

  'Yet another Newsdesk post using a link from the beeb, but hey! A steam powered car hit an average o... Read More
  Aug 26, 2009
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• BBC NEWS | Technology | Microsoft in web photo racism row

  "Software giant apologies for altering a photo on its website to change the race of one of the people in the picture."

  Alex says:

  I always suspected...... Read More
  Aug 26, 2009
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• BBC NEWS | Science & Environment | Science ponders 'zombie attack'

  "If zombies existed - an attack by them would lead to the collapse of civilisation unless dealt with quickly and aggressively, scientists say."

  Alex says:

  Finally, Science starts answering some of the truly important questions in the world! *begins sto... Read More
  Aug 18, 2009
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• BBC NEWS | Technology | Twitter tweets are 40% 'babble'

  "A study of messages sent by users of micro-blogging site Twitter finds that 40% of tweets are "pointless babble"."

  Finn says:

  well I never! 40% of tweets are mindless babble and only 8.7% are of any value, I would hope our JaD... Read More
  Aug 17, 2009
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• MS increases Arcade 360 price in UK News // Xbox 360 /// Eurogamer - Games Reviews, News and More

  "Read our MS increases Arcade 360 price in UK news for Xbox 360."

  Tim says:

  Probably due to the weak pound at the moment but a £30 increase is still pretty steep and where hav... Read More
  Aug 17, 2009
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• Firefox 3.5 Not Playing Nicely With Twitter

  "Firefox 3.5, which we've Firefox 3.5, which we've ranted about recently, is not playing nicely with Twitter. In fact, for the last week ..."

  Alex says:

  I've been swearing about this since last night. Seriously guys, Twitter really needs to sort out all... Read More
  Aug 16, 2009
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• GRIN Is Officially Dead, Spawns Outbreak - grin - Kotaku

  "It's official. No more gold teeth will be added to that gruesome smile, as GRIN, the Swedish developer responsible for games like Bionic Commando, Wanted: Weapons of Fate and more is closing its doors due to "an unbearable cashflow situation.""

  Tim says:

  Whilst Grin have made a few average games recently, it's a shame the studio has gone down the pan. I... Read More
  Aug 12, 2009
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