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Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

All you Halo freaks better hurry if you want your Collector’s club exclusive Halo 3 active camouflage spartan action figure. The figure won’t be available for purchase until May 2008, but you have to register before December 5^th of this year to buy it then
Here’s a bonafied British general saying that yes, gamers are up to the demands of today’s military. So all you ‘gamers suck’ naysayers go away now
The super-sexy Asus Eee PC is pretty nicely loaded up as delivered, but hackers are already working on mods to “improve” the device. Man, I want one of this little beauties (via Engadget)
TechCrunch has some information on Google’s plans for Google apps. There are some really promising updates on the way, for those that use these tools

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

Geek fashion - LED jewelry for maximized dork bling! (via Gadgenista)
Build your own radiation-detecting pen to scan your drinks before consuming (via hack-a-day)
More bizarre legal shenanigans - a man who admitted pulling the trigger in an 18-year-old murder won’t ever serve time for it. Instead, he is the star witness against the man authorities claim arranged the murder

Rodriguez is out of the law’s reach because he was 14 when Perruquet was killed and over 25 when he and Monie were arrested in 2005.

State law in 1989 allowed teens only as young as 16 to be tried as adults. A 2000 ballot measure lowered the age to 14, but an appeals court ruled that the law could not be applied retroactively.
Kotaku has The Orange Box for PS3 impressions up. Part 1 covers the first couple hours of play, noting Team Fortress, Half-Life 2, and Episode 2 quick-feels, while part 2 has more Episode 2 time, goes into Portal, and gives an overall feel of performance (notably not as bad as 1Up, Gamespy, and IGN have suggested). Expect part 3 soon
Looks like Michael needs money - the Jackson 5 are to tour next year. Michael plans on joining the tour this time around