Some lucky players are now playing Modern Warfare 2 early this weekend as GameStops in Northeastern states have been granted special dispensation from Activision to release them early due to street-breaking mom-and-pop stores.

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Tim Donaghy, the disgraced former NBA referee who admitted to gambling on games that he officiated, was officially released from a federal prison on W

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filesiteguy writes “Wired is reporting that the Open Source Digital Voting Foundation has announced the first release of Linux- and Ruby-based election management software. This software should compete in the same realm as Election Systems & Software, as well as Diebold/Premiere for use by County registrars. Mitch Kapor — founder of Lotus 1-2-3 — and Dean Logan, Registrar for Los Angeles County, and Debra Bowen, California Secretary of (more…)

Earthquake Retrofit writes “NASA has released an extensive report (PDF) on science results from over 100 experiments performed at the International Space Station. From the summary: ‘One of the most compelling results reported is the confirmation that the ability of common germs to cause disease increases during spaceflight, but that changing the growth environment of the bacteria can control this virulence. The Effect of Spaceflight on Microbial Gene (more…)

Square Enix have updated the Final Fantasy 13 Japan website with a bunch of new stuff following TGS, along with the latest trailer for the game

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Check inside the new screenshots of this much-anticipated PS3 racer

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