Saturday, September 5, 2009
Games
5:01PM Nick Broughall | I’ve been a little time poor this week, so I’m just rocking out on Rock Band this week in preparations for The Beatles: Rock Band. More »
Saturday Night Gamer: I’m Just Playing Rock Band…
5:01PM Nick Broughall | I’ve been a little time poor this week, so I’m just rocking out on Rock Band this week in preparations for The Beatles: Rock Band. More » 
Games
Microsoft Wants You To Vote Which Children’s Hospitals Will Be Denied XBoxes
2:15PM Rosa Golijan | The Children’s Miracle Network, an incredible non-profit, is partnering with Microsoft to force hospital-bound children into the middle of a vile, popular-vote based “giveaway.” Voters decide which three hospitals receive an “Ultimate Gameroom” and which children will get let down. More »
Science
Steel ‘Velcro’ Made By Germans Supports 35 Tons, 800 Degree Heat
11:30AM Jason Chen | If your Velcro jacket fasteners were made of this German-engineered steel “Velcro”, you’d be able to withstand 35 tons worth of force—provided your skin and bones don’t tear first. More »
Cameras
Five Shocking Time-Lapse Videos Of The Los Angeles Wildfire
11:00AM Sean Fallon | After 11 days, Firefighters believe they have finally made progress battling the arson fire that has ravaged 148,258 acres of Angeles National Forest. That is a herculean feat, as these frighting time-lapse videos illustrate. More »
GPS
Screw Twitter, You Can Follow This Politician’s GPS Ankle Bracelet
10:30AM Joanna Stern | Michael Untermeyer better steer clear of the strip clubs for the next thirty days. The candidate for Philly DA has chosen to wear an electronic monitoring anklet like the thugs get to wear. Why? More »
Games
Our Favorite Kotaku Posts Of The Week
10:00AM Mark Wilson | Have you heard of Star Trek Online? No? Leave. And never come back. Or read about how you can apply for the closed beta to get back in our good graces…plus other gaming stories from Kotaku this week. More »
Business
Dish Needs To Pay TiVo Another $200 Million
9:30AM Jason Chen | To punish Dish for not complying with an order to basically stop being a DVR service, a US District Judge ordered them to pay about $US200 million to TiVo, whose patents were infringed. More »
Software
Palm Pre 1.2 WebOS Leaked, Showed Possibly Improved Copy/Paste
8:52AM Jason Chen | The 1.2 version of Palm Pre’s webOS was accidentally leaked via Palm itself, inadvertently showing off future features like an improved copy/paste, email searching and saving images from the browser. More »
Phones
LG BL40, Ultra-Wide Touchscreen Phone, Launching In Europe Soon
8:45AM Rosa Golijan | Since seeing the promo videos for the LG BL40 candybar, I’ve had a hankering to play around with it. The software is impressive, the 21:9 touchscreen display lickable, and it’ll be out over the next few months. More »
Software
