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Ron Paul Indie Game Hops And Bops Its Way To Smaller Government

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Boy, oh boy, the internet loves Ron Paul.  The “I think I can, I think I can” of a GOP presidential candidate never fails to inspire love among his netroots following; and now, Politico reports that an enterprising soul is making an indie video game starring the Texas congressman/presidential candidate/implausibly utopian libertarian idealist.   The […]

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Unlock Achievement Of Stolen Credit Card Info On Used Xbox 360s

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Researcher Ashley Podhradsky from Dakota State University, along with colleagues Rob D’Ovidio and Cindy Casey at Drexel University, claim Microsoft isn’t doing enough to protect personal user information. In a recent experiment, they purchased a refurbished Xbox 360 from an authorized reseller and used a readily available modding tool to access folders and files on […]

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Bethesda Softworks Artist Dead At 43

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Concept artist Adam Adamowicz, best known for his elaborate digital landscapes and colorful characters in Fallout 3 and Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, passed away on February 9 in a Washington hospital. His death, at age 43, was the result of a battle with lung cancer. Adamowicz studied oil painting, figure drawing, and palette mixing at the […]

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UPDATE! Create Your Own High-Resolution Monsters, Maladies, And More In Skyrim Today!

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UPDATE: The Skyrim Creation Kit is now available! The special surprise? The Skyrim High-Resolution Texture Pack for all PC users! Even if you don’t want to create mods, you can still enjoy better graphics in your game. Both the Creation Kit and Texture Pack are available for free through Steam right now! Oh, and Skyrim is […]

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Justice Department Unplugs MegaUpload

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The U.S. Justice Department shut down commercial file hosting service Megaupload today, accusing them of copyright infringement in excess of one billion dollars. Founder of Megaupload, Kim Schmitz (known as “Kim Dot Com”), was taken into custody along with co-founder and CTO Mathias Ortmann, chief marketing officer Finn Batato, and programmer Bram van der Kolk. […]

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