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Laptops Banned as Politicians Play Games, View ‘Pictures’

10:29PM Gizmodo US Edition | Laptops have been banned at the Bhutan parliament because, according to the speaker of their national assembly, “the members can be distracted playing games and viewing pictures.” More »
Entertainment

ThunderCats Were Loose On Palace of Westminster

11:32PM Mark Wilson | When most DVDs are released, production studios put up some posters and run a few television spots. However, when ThunderCats Season 2 hits store shelves…lets just say Lion-O isn’t settling for an afternoon at Kinko’s. Instead, he boldly emblazons the ThunderCats signal onto London’s Houses of Parliament. While some surely see the stunt as a subversion to a great tradition of government, others will realise that during the global fight against terror, nothing instills fear into our enemies like occasional real world manifestations of 1980s cartoon superheroes. [shinyshiny] More »