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Deals of the Week / New Releases

• Moo1 + 2 on GoG for $5.99
  • Best Classic Space 4x ever!!! Turn based, build your own empire / ships / armadas / diplomacy…

• Lord of Ultima: Free to Play MMO (think Evony? still need to play)

• Battlefield Heroes gets Jetpacks!
  • New xpack for free that gives a whole map and jet packs
  • Capture the V2 rocket, new game mode
  • Still free to play, but pay to excel

• Pro Audio Deals @ B&H (full disclosure: iKDR is an affiliate)
  • Blue Yeti USB Microphone and Shure SRH240 Headphone Kit
  • KORE 2 and KOMPLETE 6 – Controller/Software Bundle

• IronMan Prop Auction:

• Propworx/Marvel Studios Iron Man Prop and Costume Auction Totals Skyrocket

  57 items still to be auctioned Sunday April 25th Online at Propworx.com
  

  Iron Man fans at C2E2 in Chicago and online worldwide participated in a day that saw bidding on the iconic props from the movie reach amazing heights. Bidding was intense and ended after a short delay at item 163 due to an internet failure at the convention center. Due to time constraints, Propworx will auction the remaining 57 lots online on Sunday, April 25 at 6:00pm PST through online auction partner LiveAuctioneers.com. Go to Propworx.com for registration and auction details.

  On April 25th, items up for bid will include props from the first Iron Man movie and costumes worn by Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard, and the iconic smoking jacket worn by the Generalissimo himself, Stan Lee.

  Last Sunday’s auction saw bidding skyrocket: the Mark III Helmet sold for $13,200, the huge Iron Monger at $19,200 and the Hero Mark I RT Unit and Mark II RT Unit, selling for over $10,000 each. Hundreds of fans bid live from Chicago’s C2E2 and online through Liveauctioneers.com. More details on the auction and a full recap available at www.propworx.com.

Geek Speak

• A-Team
• Friday 13, Freddy Krueger
• Clash of the Titans
• 30 more schedules:
• Police Academy, Short Circuit, Private Benjamin, Fright Night, Poltergeist,
• Escape from new York, Robocop, Red Dawn, Footloose, Karate Kid, Masters of the Univerxse
• Sequels: Beverly Hills Cops, Ghostbusters
• Other bankrupt ideas that are getting reboots?
• Fantastic 4, Godzilla, Daredevil
• Drivers: Star Trek, Batman Begins, Casino Royale
• Flops: Punisher (x2), Rollerball, Death Race, The Bad news Bears, Fame

• Anybody here believe that a very important prototype was taken out to a bar and then subsequently “lost”?
• Found on a bar-room floor, Lost by Gray Powell
• Was running an OS, no longer functions
• Front-facing high-res camera
• Ceramic clear back (patent circa 2005)
• Fit into a 3GS factor to disguise it
• Eventually given back to Apple
• iKDR – will talk about the theory that it exists, it was a lame marketing ploy, and how Gizmodo must have cottonmouth from continually blowing Apple (giz-apple? gizmacintosh?)

Tech,Gaming, and Geek News

• 10 Gov’ts call on Google to “Be more Private”
  • After Buzz fiasco that revealed ur “most-mailed” contacts and Google Street view photos revealing private moments
  • 10 government privacy agencies put together letter to Eric Schmidt
  • - Collect and process only the minimum amount of personal information necessary to achieve the identified purpose of the product or service;
  • - Provide clear and unambiguous information about how personal information will be used to allow users to provide informed consent;
  • - Create privacy-protective default settings;
  • - Ensure that privacy control settings are prominent and easy to use;
  • - Ensure that all personal data is adequately protected, and
  • - Give people simple procedures for deleting their accounts, and honor their requests in a timely way.

• PS3 looking to introduce 3D Gaming (SM)
  • June, there’s a planned firmware upgrade to enable 3D support for games
  • PAIN, Super Stardust HD, and Wipeout HD all get the 3D treatment at launch
  • Which game type feels right in 3D (let the co-hosts guess)
  • What about 3D movies? – Nothing this summer in the firmware upgrades to support movies (question from derek alfonso)

• Video games keep ‘nerd rage’ at bay (iKDR)
  • after the constant hype that video games turns teens into killers, its so nice for someone to point out the truth…
  • “Let’s drop the “video games plus kid equals psychopath-in-training” failblog equation and look at things realistically.”
  • “Competitive gaming can be an outlet for aggression, just like tackle football (only without the criminal behavior some members of the University’s football team exhibit) or a night of self-flagellating exercise at the gym.”

• Adobe Throws White Flag for IPhone Development (SM)
  • There’s been hate for awhile with no flash on the apple devices
  • Adobe came out with a flash-to-iphone converter for their developers
  • Apple then made that illegal
  • CS5 still has functionality but no go-forward products will support the IPhone
  • “If you want to develop for the iPhone you have to be prepared for Apple to reject or restrict your development at anytime, and for seemingly any reason,”

• Video Games Before Bed May Not Shortchange Slumber (iKDR)
  • Study found it took teens only few more minutes to fall asleep
  • Australian researchers found that it took teens a median of 7.5 minutes to fall asleep after playing Modern Warfare.
  • In comparison, it took them about three minutes to nod off after watching March of the Penguins. (i dont understand why they didnt pass out immediately??)

• Mcafee Bricks XP with a patch (Prof Mordarm)
  • The 9 am patch on April 21 misidentified a windows OS file and quarantined it
  • This caused a loop of death for users where they get endless reboots
  • Mcafee says its fixed, but the users are still complaining
  • 1/3 of RI hospitals were forced to stop serving patients because of problem
  • XP SP3 (yet another reason to migrate to Win 7)

• Library of Congress plan for Twitter: a big, permanent retweet (iKDR)
  • Internet scholars say those everyday recordings are useful to researchers, who will comb through the 50 million messages — known as tweets — spouted each day to provide a snapshot of our culture, in real time.
  • This information provides detailed evidence about how technology-based social networks form and evolve over time,” said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington. “Anyone who wants to understand how an ever-broadening public is using social media to engage in an ongoing debate regarding social and cultural issues will have need of this material.”

• Get a Slurpee..and a used Video Game (SM)
  • The program will be running at more than 3,000 7-Eleven® stores, representing 50% percent of the U.S. stores operated and franchised by 7-Eleven, Inc.
  • This isn’t their first foray into gaming, they’ve been selling blockbuster games at their registers for awhile now
  • Good or Bad Idea?

• Green Gadgets for Earth Day (tomorrow 4-22-10) iKDR
  • Billboards made from recycled electronics, solar panels disguised as ivy, water pebble to guilt shorter showers out of you HERE
  • Solar powered Camcorder, printer that usies old coffee grinds as ink, water powered alarm clock and more HERE

• Stalker Clown Hired by Parents for Birthday Present
  • Parents hire the guy to “stalk” their sons or daughters
  • He shows up everywhere they are at (except work), sends them creepy texts, calls them
  • Eventually he pies them in the face
  • If they approach him or figure out the gimmick, he gives them the pie

• Guy Busted for Drunk Driving in Barbie Car
  • Had a previous record
  • Took his daughters Hotwheel out for a spin
  • Will now be without a license for 3 yrs
  • so q: was it before or after he got pulled over in the kiddie car did he realize he was drunk?

• Bar Manager Cuts Off Customer’s Nose With Sword (iKDR)
  • An Oklahoma City man had his nose cut off during a bizarre attack at a local bar
  • Zapata supposedly got mad after he thought the victim and friends were making too much noise, grabbed the 34-inch sword, chased them outside & slashed one man in the face.
  • pirate/viking vs. bar-goers

• This week in Shenanigans…(iKDR)
  
  
  

• Computer/Amp Combo Overclocks To 11
• Star Wars Lego Alarm Clock

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