A Bahrain-based company run by the man behind a £300m takeover bid of Blackburn Rovers has been instructed to cease trading by Bahrain authorities.

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SKYMTL writes “Once one of NVIDIA’s primary board partners, BFG Tech has now officially started denying RMA requests for their supposedly ‘lifetime warranty’ graphics cards. According to a letter from BFG, they are ‘…winding down business’ and are ‘unable to replace’ any non-working product. A sad turn of events for the thousands who bought BFG’s graphics cards and power supplies.”

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Ashe Tyrael writes “Earlier this week, Blizzard announced that they were going to be implementing changes in their official forums (for StarCraft II when it launched, and for WoW prior to Cataclysm) that would require users to post under their real names, as part of the Real
ID system. After perusing nearly 14,000 European and 50,000 US forum posts, the majority of which decried this move with various levels of vehemence, it looks like Blizzard has (more…)

Its a well known fact that for the first few years of the Xbox 360, the platform was marked by constant hardware failure when the infamous ‘Red Rind of Death’ used to start flashing on the console. Now it seems that the 360 slim will actually be having the same issue.

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An anonymous reader writes “Bangkok Post reports that the Thai government has now shut down over 43,000 websites deemed defamatory to the royal institution. Thai ISPs are warned to cooperate ‘voluntarily’ or lose their license. This is in addition to 17,000+ that were recently blocked for ‘national security,’ including both Facebook and Twitter accounts.”

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In the final turn this weekend in the Tour of California one guy in the front pack wipes out and takes out a big group of racers.

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1sockchuck writes “Happy Feet animator Dr. D Studios has packed a large amount of supercomputing power into a smaller package in its new render farm in Sydney, Australia. The digital production shop has consolidated the 150 blade chassis used in the 2007 dancing penguin feature into just 24 chassis, entirely housed in a hot-aisle containment pod. The Dr. D render farm has moved from its previous home at Equinix to the E3 Pegasus data center in Sydney. (more…)

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez distances himself from the furore surrounding the club’s attempts to prise Kenwyne Jones from Sunderland.

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The England and Wales Cricket Board says there is no truth in the report that bowling coach Ottis Gibson is to resign and take over as West Indies coach.

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Halftime at the Super Bowl is generally marked by two events, both often characterized by excess: the entertainment program and the rush for restrooms that produces the condition known to public works departments across the country as the halftime flush.

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