Re-enact great Jedi, Sith battles with... a Nintendo Wii Remote

Remember MacSaber, the fun utility that used a MacBook or MacBook Pro's hard drive movement sensor to trigger Jedi lightsabre sounds? Well, now you can do the same thing with the much more sword hilt-like Nintendo Wii Remote.

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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Boxing orangutans welcomed home

Forty-eight orangutans who have spent much of their lives performing boxing matches in a Thai zoo have finally been returned to their native Indonesia.

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Sony press on with "Operation Make Europe Hate Us"

Hong Kong, October 24th of 2006 - Lik-Sang.com, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has today announced that it is forced to close down due to multiple legal actions brought against it by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited and Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

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Police hunt Doodooman

Police hunt for man that poos on trains in SE England.

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Segways Banned From British Streets

The British government has declared that the Segway Human Transporter — a $5,000 self-balancing scooter — cannot be used in any public place.

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Orange go Linux

Orange has become the first tier one mobile carrier to launch a Linux initiative

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Cosmic smash-up provides proof of dark matter - space - 21 August 2006 - New Scientist Space

A cosmic collision has supplied direct proof that dark matter really exists, astronomers say.

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Bus driver fired for playing GTA on the PSP - AT THE WHEEL

A BUS driver has been fired for playing computer game Grand Theft Auto — while at the WHEEL.

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Disabled users to test websites

Disabled people are being drafted in to help ensure websites are usable by all.

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Beggr Beta Launches

Web2.0 hits the skids. Someone has finally taken the Web2.0 trend to its logical conclusion. Good luck to him, I say.

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Husband eats 50-year-old chicken

A man celebrated his golden wedding anniversary by eating a 50-year-old tin of chicken.

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Nintendo announces DS Lite

Nintendo have announced details of the second generation of it's touch-screen handheld, the DS.

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Nintendo celebrates a million DS UK sales

British gamers have snapped up a million units of Nintendo's DS since it hit the shops in March last year.

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Acupuncture 'deactivates brain'

Acupuncture works by deactivating the area of the brain governing pain, a TV show will claim.

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Rapper sues 50 Cent over lyrics

Rapper 50 Cent is being sued by the ex-frontman of rap group 2 Live Crew for allegedly stealing a line for his 2003 hit single In Da Club.

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Festive boom for online shopping

Internet shopping among UK consumers soared almost 50% in the 10 weeks before Christmas, a report has found.

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Whale spotted in central London

There's a blimmin whale in the Thames!

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Gamer Kills Himself Live on Forum

A 20-year-old US man killed himself live on a webcam on Bulgarian gamers' forum www.metalgearsolid.org, AFP and other agencies report.

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The PC Virus - 20 years old today!

The 20th anniversary of the first PC virus falls this month. It was during the opening weeks of 1986 that the first PC virus, called Brain, was discovered in the wild.

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Taggers Arrested via Myspace.com

Late last week CBS 4 in Boston reported that three taggers were arrested on vandalism charges through myspace.com.

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Firefox Rocks!

The Mozilla Firefox browser has achieved a market share of more than 20 percent in Europe, according to the latest figures released by French Web metrics firm XiTi.

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Handhelds help game firms prosper

Sony's PlayStation Portable (PSP) and Nintendo's DS handheld helped US sales of games reach a record high last year.

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BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Digital DJs 'unaware of copy law'

"Many DJs are still unwittingly breaking the law by playing unlicensed digital copies of tracks months after a new permit scheme began, the BBC has found"

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Man sues chatroom pals: I was humiliated beyond what 'no man could endure' - CourtTV.com - Top News

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