Thanks to Chad for putting this together.

Technology Round-Up

Discussion topic

Illinois recently signed a bill into a law that bans sex offenders from social networking sites.

Is this a fair ruling?

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Internet-related

The U.S. government is working on ways for people in foreign countries to get around their censored firewall.

A firm has investigated Twitter and found that 40% of tweets are "pointless babble." Also, Twitter is working on official support for re-tweets.

An opera is being composed on Twitter.

Facebook has partnered up with FriendFeed.

A guy stole a woman's laptop then taunted her on her own Facebook account.

Badmouthing your boss on Facebook is a really bad idea if your boss is one of your Facebook friends.

Gmail has just passed AOL to become the third most popular e-mail service. Did anyone know that AOL still had that many users?

Creep people out by sending e-mail after you die.

Fans of The Pirate Bay can download the site's entire entire library of torrent files.

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Electronics-related

If you recently purchased an HDTV only to discover an oven inside, they have caught the criminal who sold it to you.

An elephant has been given a prosthetic leg.

As if mannequins with heads and full limbs aren't scary enough, soon they will turn their heads to watch people walk by.

The Orange Country Choppers have built an electric motorcycle that can muster 60 miles on a single charge and hit 100mph.

Check out the official Zune HD specs sheet. Nvidia has confirmed its Tegra processor is inside, and the device will come in a bunch of different colors and styles. The device is now available for pre-order and may arrive on September 15th.

Ensure that the bartender is serving you the liquor you requested with Rotgutonix (catchy name, isn't it?).

A machine that can scan book pages as they are turned is in development.

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Mobile-related

Wales has released a very graphic public service announcement video discouraging teens from texting.

Students that use predictive text finish exams faster but make more mistakes.

It appears that the Palm Pre is phoning home without users' consent.

Palm is not a big fan of the Pre theme for Android.

Nokia's upcoming cell phone line has been photographed.

Check out Dell's Android phone.

People in the U.S. pay more money for cell phone service.

Have a look at the amount of profit cell phone manufacturing companies earn.

There is a campaign to shorten allowed voicemail length.

T-mobile's version of the HTC Touch Pro2 has been reviewed.

The G1 may not have the memory required for future Android updates.

Check out the 10 most expensive App Store apps.

A Nintendo DS emulator somehow made it through Apple's rigorous App Store approval process.

TomTom has an official navigation kit for the iPhone.

iPhone users can now get Gmail push notification with GPush.

eTextbook is an app which replaces heavy books with an iPhone/iPod Touch (and causes much greater eyestrain).

Microsoft Office is coming to Symbian phones.

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Computer-related

HP is teaming up with Dr. Dre to create new "Beats" laptops. Got to love rappers' integrity.

The Geek Squad Certification Test was written by people who ate too many paint chips as children.

Microsoft has been ordered to stop selling Word.

If there are any Digsby users out there, you might want to read through your EULA.

The founder of Netscape is behind a Facebook-only web browser.

A 14-year-old has won an international programming contest.

Apple has accused Psystar of destroying evidence.

One Best Buy employee put a Dell netbook with OS X installed on display.

It appears that Apple fans will be tablet-less until 2010 at the earliest. Here is some inside info about the device.

See how the $29 OS X Snow Leopard upgrade is a little misleading.

Check out CNet's preview of a "social Netbook OS."

Linux has lost all its street cred with Hannah Montana Linux.

Microsoft Office for Mac 2010 will include the real Outlook, not Entourage. Just in time for everyone to use web-/phone-based e-mail services instead.

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Miscellaneous

U.S. money has traces of cocaine in it.

U.S. colleges are encouraging companies to hire international students rather than citizens.

Canadian universities prove they're cooler than U.S. counterparts by studying mathematical models of zombie outbreaks.

Would any female AP readers use these urinals?

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Game-related

Screenshots: Command & Conquer 4 | Mass Effect 2 | Prison Break | Rage | Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad | Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

Trailers/Clips: Academy of Champions | Aion's Story | Batman Arkham Asylum | DiRT 2 | Dragon Age | Guitar Hero 5 | Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 | Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising | Rage | Red Steel 2 | Rock Band: Beatles Serious Sam HD | Starcraft 2 | TMNT: Smash Up | Uncharted 2 | Wolfenstein

DLC: Call of Duty: World at War | FEAR 2 | Fight Night 4 | Red Faction: Guerrilla | Rock Band (Dropkick Murphys, Eve 6, Foo Fighters, and more) | World of Warcraft

Check out a full preview of Beatles: Rock Band and check out the full rumored set list. "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and "Rubber Soul" will be released as downloadable content in the future.

Get Guitar Hero: Van Halen free with purchase of Guitar Hero 5. Activision has explained how song importing will be more difficult than Rock Band 2. And finally, The Wii version of Guitar Hero 5 will save gamers the hassle of copying songs to/from the SD card by allowing direct from it.

If Wolfenstein outsells Madden 10 in August, the game designer will pay anyone who bought the game (and can produce a receipt) the full purchase price.

Check out a new campaign of Left 4 Dead 2.

Sony is recruiting iPhone game developers to develop for the PSPGo.

Duke Nukem 3D has been released for the iPhone.

Psyclone/React Wiimote Chargers are being recalled for safety reasons.

Because there aren't already enough gaming controllers, Nintendo has released a patent for a horse riding controller (though if it includes vibration, it might be expecially popular for female gamers) and the PS3 might get laughter detection.

Michael Vick will be added to Madden 10 and has rated him at 73.

Redbox has started renting games for $2.

Halo 3 has been blamed for the 100 friend limit Xbox Live.

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Tips/Tricks

Back up your online accounts with these free tools.

Fat foods have something in common with marijuana.

Arstechnica has written a guide to Facebook privacy.

Here is help for less technologically-savvy people who are looking to create their first website

Throwing a party? Let your guests be DJ when they RSVP.

For people on Windows 7 wondering how to open files using items on the dock, wonder no more.

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i'm waiting.....

What can I expect in September from Apple?

Bigger iPod Classic? No more iPod Classic?

You mean, "Canadian Universities prove they waste far more money than their U.S. counterparts by studying pointless bullshit at the expense of its students."

that texting psa was fucking intense

Originally Posted by ACA

What can I expect in September from Apple?

Bigger iPod Classic? No more iPod Classic?

You can expect an Ipod Touch and Nano with a camera and that tablet thing...

I want the tablet, I already have two Ipods.

Haha, those Welsh eh? The one in the back seat wasn't even wearing her seat belt. The little girls Welsh accent was awesome as well.

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redbox's are taking over the world

Originally Posted by deezee

You can expect an Ipod Touch and Nano with a camera and that tablet thing...

I want the tablet, I already have two Ipods.

what tablet thing?

Originally Posted by trampslikeusbtr

what tablet thing?

http://gizmodo.com/5337430/no-apple-...10-say-sources

But they claim it's not coming until 2010

Originally Posted by NoOneRunsFaster

that texting psa was fucking intense

i dont think it was from texting but rather them driving on the wrong side of the road to begin with

Oh my. I'd rather not use that, or any, urinal.