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Here ya go Europe. Another fuck you from Sony.

The European version of Sony’s PlayStation 3 (PS3) console will not play as many old games as American and Japanese models, Sony has announced.Gamers who already own PlayStation 2 (PS2) and PlayStation (PS) games may find they will not work on the long-awaited, new console. The European PS3 has a different design to the Japanese and American consoles, which went on sale in November.

Reason

The console was supposed to be “backwards compatible”, meaning all older PS and PS2 games should work on the new console.But the European PS3 utilises a new combination of hardware and software emulation in which software takes over some of the functionality that was previously taken care of by dedicated chips.This means that while European gamers will be able to play a wide range of original PlayStation titles on the PS3, there will be a limited number of PS2 games that will be compatible with the new console.

Above taken from BBC Story

Based on a Philip K. Dick short story; this is about a guy who can see the future. Nicholas Cage, Jessica Biel and Julianne Moore star Trailer for Next.

Direct .mov link.

The Hidden Cameras official site.
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He’s Derek Roddy. Wikipedia.

Big laser pointer, huge projector: L.A.S.E.R. Tag.

The Wimbledon Championships will hand women and men equal prize money for the first time at this year’s tournament.
The announcement by the All England Club on Wednesday brings it into line with other Grand Slams after criticism from officials and players.

Similar to the US and Australian Opens, equal rewards will be offered across the board, from the champions down to the first-round losers in all events.

Rest of the story at the beeb. Must fight the urge.. no women equality jokes..

Thanks Choda

Rory Nunn @ myspace.

Who’s Billy West? Well why don’t you watch the interview and find out.

The sexual innuendo page at uncyclopedia is a work of giggling in the office inducing genius.

Sexual innuendo is a hard topic to stay on top of. As a humour tool, it stands erect in the English language. While there are no hard and fast rules as to what constitutes sexual innuendo, there have been many mass debates on the topic, and now the general principles at the root of the topic are firm and well-rounded. However, full penetration of the subject requires that the reader take a long, hard look at the target and be a cunning linguist in order to avoid limp phrases and imbibe the phrase with a large handfull of meanings

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Almost very good.

Probably worth checking out some of the others.

Nasa released a compilation of footage from various cameras attatched to both solid rocket boosters. Nasa TV showed all views from accention to decention. But this compilation shows the most dramatic and interesting views captured. It is still primarily a single shot from low earth orbit down to earths oceans surface

Here’s something to smile about: a Japanese team has successfully grown replacement teeth and implanted them into the mouths of adult mice, suggesting that a similar technique could replace missing teeth in humans.

Takashi Tsuji at the Tokyo University of Science, Japan, and his colleagues took single-tooth mesenchymal and epithelial cells – the two cell types that develop into a tooth – from mouse embryos. They stimulated these cells to multiply before injecting them into a drop of collagen gel. Within days, the cells formed tooth buds – the early stage of normal tooth formation.

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Yes. Regrowable fingers too: Those superheroes just won’t stop.

There’s the guy who sliced off a fingertip but grew it back, after he treated the wound with an extract of pig bladder. And the scientists who grow extra arms on salamanders. And the laboratory mice with the eerie ability to heal themselves.

This summer, scientists are planning to see whether the powdered pig extract can help injured soldiers regrow parts of their fingers. And a large federally funded project is trying to unlock the secrets of how some animals regrow body parts so well, with hopes of applying the the lessons to humans.

Michael Ritter, an associate press science writer can almost smell the Pulitzer with this paragraph:

The implications for regrowing fingers go beyond the cosmetic. People who are missing all or most of their fingers, as from an explosion or a fire, often can’t pick things up, brush their teeth or button a button. If they could grow even a small stub, it could make a huge difference in their lives.

I see. I thought people who wanted their fingers were back were just selfish. Full story.

Mad Bjork based biscuitry for your Tuesday morning work slump. Squarepusheresque sort of in parts. And you can read about the little bear in the video; Colargar here.
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Some words for your notebook:

Biscuitry
Squarepusheresque

It’s powered by YouTube. It’s a lot of Jazz. JazzTube. Jazz at wikipedia.

I typed tell me something interesting about jazz and I ended up at this, Jazz Fundamentals, by Marc Sabatella.

After launching a digg style site for ideas for wanted features in Dell computers; www.dellideastorm.com the most requested feature is pre-installed Linux. No extra software is second, and pre-installed Open Office is third. (via.)

Despite it still being completely sold out in the US and UK, Wii sales are showing signs of slowing in Japan as players settle into Nintendo’s new generation…

I would say the short answer is no. Full article.

That’s just mad. Full story with links at Cool Hunting. (via.)