Musharraf intends to stay in office another five years.

gbjbaanb writes "Gamers will soon be able to interact with the virtual world using their thoughts and emotions alone. Headsets which read neural activity are not new, but Ms Le [president of US/Australian firm Emotiv] said the Epoc was the first consumer device that can be used for gaming. 'This is the first headset that doesn't require a large net of electrodes, or a technician to calibrate or operate it and does require gel on the scalp,' she s
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GoldenShale wrote a follow up to last week's discussion about Lessig running for congress. He writes "Larry Lessig has created a Lessig08 website, and it looks like he is getting serious about running for congress. In his introduction video he proposes the creation of a national "Change Congress" movement which would try to limit the influence of money in the electoral and legislative processes. Having a technologically savvy representative and a
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Okay, how many of you know how to play the bugle? We need someone to play "Taps" while we discuss this story.

Much has been made of New Line's decision to partner with Platinum Dunes for a Robert Englund-free reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street, but none of the noise on the subject has come from Englund himself. Until now.

Last December, Stan Lee promised Collider that every "important Marvel character" would soon be getting its own film. Yesterday, the publisher's fourth-quarter 2007 earnings report made it clear that Lee wasn't kidding.

As The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor continues to lumber menacingly toward its August 1 release date, the filmmakers are working feverishly behind the scenes -- and director Rob Cohen has issued a new bulletin with the details.

Remember last December, when we talked about ComingSoon's report that Kristin Kreuk would be playing Chun-Li in the new Street Fighter movie? Well, they were right -- and Kristin just got company.

A supposedly leaked clip of Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are was the talk of the Internet over the weekend. Was it real? Was it fake? Jonze knows, and he's laying the rumors to rest.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hasbro Inc on Wednesday said it signed a six-year deal with Universal Pictures for the film company to make at least four movies based on well-known games like Monopoly, Battleship, Candy Land and Ouija.

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Xander Bennett says" "I recently stumbled across this fascinating article [by Lily Pepper] about plant-animal hybrids. It discusses a breaking down of traditional taxonomies, and the cultural fear of becoming plant-like." Somewhere in Kansas, a crop of rice is growing whose DNA includes a couple of genes borrowed from the human genome. These genes make the rice plants produce a protein found in human breast milk. The rice is intended to be used t
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Reuters - In the wake of Toshiba's formal surrender in the next-generation DVD format war, Universal Studios Home Entertainment said Tuesday that it will begin releasing titles on Blu-ray Disc.

Filed under: Culture We went to the Cellar (the same location as last night's Telltale event) for the 9bit indie games party, a crazy confluence of independent game developers doing what they apparently do best: crushing me with their sheer numbers. Seriously, the intrepid Joystiq crew was neck deep in the best and brightest. Hundreds of game developers mingled and enjoyed beverages while a DJ, dressed in Mario regalia, played loud, thumping,
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Filed under: Let's Get This Party StartedTMZ.com: Even though Britney Spears was just denied in her bid to get some form of visitation with her sons, as TMZ reported yesterday, she's still hanging on to hope, no matter how slender it might be."[Brit] hasn't put the children's belongings away," says... Read more

U.S. cancer deaths rose by more than 5,000 in 2005, a somewhat disappointing reversal of a two-year downward trend, the American Cancer Society reported

Season 7 begins in earnest with 12 male finalists that run the gamut from "forgettable" to "karaoke." Still, at least one early favorite has emerged

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