I don’t know if you’ve seen the new Star Trek (you totally should, cause it is awesome), and I don’t want to give any spoilers away, but I will say that some things throughout the Star Trek universe always hold true. And I wouldn’t want to be Burnie right…
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Three weeks after the introduction of variable pricing on the iTunes Store, labels are seeing lower unit sales for both $.99 and .29 songs. Citing sales numbers from Nielsen SoundScan, Billboard reports that out of the Top 100 tracks, the 67 that remained at $.99 sold a total of 29% fewer units than they did [...]

Those silly folks over at The Onion have a video news report on the fan reaction to the new Star Trek.
The Onion News Network reports that Trekkies are “bashing” the film for being fun and enjoyable. One of the fans interview said of the new film that they were “really disappointed that the storyline made [...]

Several readers including Pop69 inform us that the US Trustee’s office has asked to convert SCO’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy to Chapter 7 — a.k.a. liquidation. Groklaw has the text of the filing: “…not only is there no reasonable chance of ‘rehabilitation’ in these cases, the Debtors have tried — and failed — to liquidate their [...]

NYTimes reports that in the most recent issue of Consumer Reports, Apple’s laptops rated highest across the 13″, 14″-16″ and 17″ laptop categories.
Consumer Reports rates laptop computers on performance, ergonomics, versatility, displa…
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maglo writes “The judge who handed down the harsh sentence to the four accused in the The Pirate Bay trial was biased, writes Sveriges Radio (Sweden Public Radio): sr.se (swedish). Google translation. The judge is member of two copyright lobby organizations, something he shares with several of the prosecutor attorneys (Monique Wadsted, Henrik Pontén and [...]

Several online retailers are listing a DVD containing the Fallout 3 Broken Steel expansion and something called Point Look, leading to speculation that more downloadable content is on the way.
Three separate online retailers are now listing a Fallout 3 Expansion Pack - Broken Steel and Point Look product for the Xbox 360, including [...]

One of the few good things Microsoft did for the games industry was introduce the concept of Achievements. Some of you may disagree with me, especially as it’s considered quite hip to hate Achievements and claim they ruined videogames, but the extra level of interest and longevity they add to a game has certainly had [...]

In case you were wondering if Virgin Galactic’s efforts at space tourism are still going strong, the company’s released new footage from a recent test flight of its WhiteKnightTwo near its Mojave headquarters. Much longer and higher res than the last bit of video we had, it also provides some new aerial shots of it [...]

As automobiles become more eco-friendly, they’re also becoming increasingly quieter… which is a good thing, if, like us, you want to live in a completely silent world (the blaring of Mastodon notwithstanding). The obvious problem with quieter vehicles is, of course that they can pose a real danger to unsuspecting pedestrians. To combat this terrifying [...]