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Apple Bans Teens From Stores for Downloading iPhone Game - Wired

Wired writes:

Apple store employees caught four teenagers doing the unthinkable -- downloading a third-party application onto a demo iPhone -- which prompted their immediate banishment from Apple stores "for life."

Two Palo Alto High School students -- Daniel Fukuba (left), 17, and Eric Vicenti (right), 16 -- met up with two recent Paly grads, Noah Rogers and Anjay Patel, at the Apple Store in downtown Palo Alto, where they made the mistake of downloading third-party car-racing game "Raging Thunder" onto the store's iPhone...

Apple Bans Teens From Stores for Downloading iPhone Game - Wired

Wired writes:

Apple store employees caught four teenagers doing the unthinkable -- downloading a third-party application onto a demo iPhone -- which prompted their immediate banishment from Apple stores "for life."

Two Palo Alto High School students -- Daniel Fukuba (left), 17, and Eric Vicenti (right), 16 -- met up with two recent Paly grads, Noah Rogers and Anjay Patel, at the Apple Store in downtown Palo Alto, where they made the mistake of downloading third-party car-racing game "Raging Thunder" onto the store's iPhone...

Dictators And Mario Kart Wii

On May 16th, we reported that the name Hitler had been banned from Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii online community. In short, if you were playing under a Mii with the word Hitler anywhere in its name, you would not be able to connect to Mario Kart WFC.

We're not debating Nintendo's decision to not allow Hitler on their network. It's the their network and it's their decision. However, is it fair to single out Hitler? Surely, he is not the only mass-murdering dictator in history, or even the 20th Century. What about the others?

TheFeed did some investigating and decided to test out some the 20th Century's other more infamous characters and see how the Mario Kart online community would welcome them.

G4tv.com Puts Mario Kart Wii’s "Hitler Ban" to the Test

On May 16th, we reported that the name Hitler had been banned from Nintendo's Mario Kart Wii online community. In short, if you were playing under a Mii with the word Hitler anywhere in its name, you would not be able to connect to Mario Kart WFC.

We're not debating Nintendo's decision to not allow Hitler on their network. It's the their network and it's their decision. However, is it fair to single out Hitler? Surely, he is not the only mass-murdering dictator in history, or even the 20th Century. What about the others?

TheFeed did some investigating and decided to test out some the 20th Century's other more infamous characters and see how the Mario Kart online community would welcome them.

Plastic Shield Protects Your TV From Your Wii - Wired

Wired writes:

Nothing spoils the party like the impact of an accidentally airborne Wiimote smacking into the fragile glass front of your big-screen LCD TV. D'oh!

What you need is something like TV-Armor, a quarter-inch acrylic shield that hangs between your TV and objects that would do it harm, from flying remote controls to Tonka trucks to highball glasses.

The manufacturer describes it as being made of optical-grade acrylic, with a 90-degree bend near the top for hanging it, and a series of 1/4-inch thick felt spacers to separate the plastic from the TV's surface and to absorb impact. Velcro straps secure the shield to the TV.

"Balls, Toys, Wii controllers, TV remotes, beer cans, etc, are all easily stopped by TV Armor," says the company's Michael Cunningham.

Plastic Shield Protects Your TV From Your Wii - Wired

Wired writes:

Nothing spoils the party like the impact of an accidentally airborne Wiimote smacking into the fragile glass front of your big-screen LCD TV. D'oh!

What you need is something like TV-Armor, a quarter-inch acrylic shield that hangs between your TV and objects that would do it harm, from flying remote controls to Tonka trucks to highball glasses.

The manufacturer describes it as being made of optical-grade acrylic, with a 90-degree bend near the top for hanging it, and a series of 1/4-inch thick felt spacers to separate the plastic from the TV's surface and to absorb impact. Velcro straps secure the shield to the TV.

"Balls, Toys, Wii controllers, TV remotes, beer cans, etc, are all easily stopped by TV Armor," says the company's Michael Cunningham.

Gears of War 2 release date November 16?

Joystiq:

"We're usually pretty skeptical about rumored release dates as developers and publishers often keep that card close to their chests -- however, we can't help but put our complete faith in a man with a name as awesome as Lester "Mighty Rasta" Speight. Yes, Mr. Rasta, who voiced Gears of War's "Cole Train", recently made an appearance at the TriForce panel at Wizard World to shoot the breeze about the company's line of GoW-related replicas. When asked about the sequel's release date, the TriForce crew remained tight lipped, though Rasta suggested asking him again on November 16."

ELPSA sales awards for May

The latest ELPSA awards have been released and the results are the following:

Silver award (Sales > 100,000 units):
PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2
X360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2
PS3 HEAVENLY SWORD SONY
WII PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008 KONAMI

Gold award (Sales > 200,000 units):
PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2
X360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2
X360 TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 2 UBISOFT
NDS POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: BLUE RESCUE NINTENDO
X360 PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 4 MICROSOFT

Platinum award (Sales > 300,000 units):
PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2
PS3 FIFA 08 EA
X360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2
X360 CALL OF DUTY 3 ACTIVISION
WII WII FIT NINTENDO

Double platinum award (Sales > 600,000 units):
X360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2

ELPSA sales awards for May

The latest ELPSA awards have been released and the results are the following:

Silver award (Sales > 100,000 units):
PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2
X360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2
PS3 HEAVENLY SWORD SONY
WII PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008 KONAMI

Gold award (Sales > 200,000 units):
PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2
X360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2
X360 TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 2 UBISOFT
NDS POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: BLUE RESCUE NINTENDO
X360 PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 4 MICROSOFT

Platinum award (Sales > 300,000 units):
PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2
PS3 FIFA 08 EA
X360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2
X360 CALL OF DUTY 3 ACTIVISION
WII WII FIT NINTENDO

Double platinum award (Sales > 600,000 units):
X360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2

ELPSA sales awards for May

The latest ELPSA awards have been released and the results are the following: Silver award (Sales > 100,000 units): PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2 X360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2 PS3 HEAVENLY SWORD SONY WII PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2008 KONAMI Gold award (Sales > 200,000 units): PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2 X360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2 X360 TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX: VEGAS 2 UBISOFT NDS POKEMON MYSTERY DUNGEON: BLUE RESCUE NINTENDO X360 PROJECT GOTHAM RACING 4 MICROSOFT Platinum award (Sales > 300,000 units): PS3 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2 PS3 FIFA 08 EA X360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2 X360 CALL OF DUTY 3 ACTIVISION WII WII FIT NINTENDO Double platinum award (Sales > 600,000 units): X360 GRAND THEFT AUTO IV TAKE 2