300 million pellets eaten 3.3 million ghosts eaten 13,000 mazes all linked together. An Australian agency called Soap Creative has assembled the largest time-suck you’ll encounter at work. Using HTML5, the company has devised a massive game of Pac-Man. Visitors to the site can create their own Pac-Man mazes to add to the chaos. The best part? All 13,000+...
Read MoreHigh-speed chase ends three-county crime spree
A high-speed chase ended a three-county trek for a pair of fugitives Monday night in Yuba County. The Yuba County Sheriff’s Department was alerted around 6:35 p.m. Monday by the Nevada County Sheriff’s Department of a car driven by a suspect in a felony assault earlier in the evening, said Yuba County spokeswoman Melanie Oakes. About 40 minutes...
Read MoreI still don’t understand why Cisco killed the Flip camcorder
“Cisco kills Flip Camcorder” I read that headline Tuesday and wondered who forgot April Fool’s Day was long over. Flip is a huge brand for consumer camcorders and by some estimations was kicking the crap out of Sony and Kodak. But there it was, clear as day. Last holiday’s top selling camcorder would be dissolved in the next few months in a reorganization....
Read MoreNew Zealand lawmakers hit a new low
There’s low, there’s lower and then there’s what New Zealand did. Lawmakers took advantage of provisions under an emergency order after February’s massive earthquake in Christchurch to ram through controversial three strikes legislation. It’s not the fun kind of three strikes that California has, which puts repeat felons in prison for life. No, this one...
Read MoreMicrosoft getting Angry Birds while Angry birds gets unity
Microsoft announced part of its next mobile operating system called Mango. It’s promising a few things that have been in other operating systems, like background processing where apps can run simultaneously. Of course the biggest news for Microsoft on the mobile front is Angry Birds is finally coming to the operating system. Why is this big news? It’s the...
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