XKCD mocks Wikipedia's "in popular culture" sections. Wikipedians take the idea seriously. The article ("Wood"). goes on lockdown. But is adding correct, even if useless, information really WikiVandalism?

What a Monday this has been.  Guess that means I should be posting the latest episode of Elite Tech News. This week our house was full, with almost every member of the “rat pack” showing up, with the addition of Aaron Brazell, the DC-based blogger behind Technosailor. We covered a wide array of stories from the [...]

If you gotta go the desktop route, Acer's got three mini-PCs packed heavy with ports that don't take up a ton of space. Measuring 10.6" x 4" x 14.4", about the same as a hardcover book, the X1200s have an HDMI port—like Dell's leaked mini, aka the green PC, but unlike the smaller Asus Eee Box, which only has DVI—plus two PCIes, nine(!!) USBs, FireWire, front and back audio jacks, a DVD SuperMulti drive and a 14-in-1 card reader. Under
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Filed under: LaptopsYou know it's getting bad when even Amazon can't tell all the flavors of the Eee PC apart -- a listing for an "Eee PC 900" with 16GB of flash and an Atom processor just went live on the etailer's site with a pre-order price of $399. Those are actually the specs and tasty price of the long-awaited Eee 901, so we're going to say that ASUS's endless stream of minor new Eee models has everyone confused, and that the 901 looks like
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Reuters - Welcome to the Summer of the Superheroes.

AP - In 2028, when 3D holodecks are in every strip mall and we'll be able to have games downloaded directly into our brains, we'll look back wistfully on the hits of 2008. Wasn't "Grand Theft Auto IV" quaint, we'll muse. Aren't our alien overlords much nicer than that nasty Locust Horde in "Gears of War 2"?

AP - Real news from the virtual world:

AP - Former Village People lead singer Victor Willis is recovering from vocal cord surgery and has postponed his tour.

Iraq's prime minister said Monday his country wants some type of timetable for a withdrawal of American troops included in the deal the two countries are negotiating

President Bush and German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged Tuesday to keep working together on common problems, but progress appeared slow on reaching a consensus on climate change as the Group of Eight major economies tackled that and other knotty global issues

Congress should repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" law because the presence of gays in the military is unlikely to undermine the ability to fight and win

The Church of England's ruling body voted its support Monday for women to become bishops, a move that risks further division because it lacked accommodation for traditionalists opposed to the idea

It pays to go in a small south Indian town.

Pakistan's prime minister denied that his country's intelligence agency had any hand in the suicide bombing that killed 41 people outside the Indian Embassy in the Afghan capital.

Exchange power for individuals? Recently I viewed Apple?s presentation for MobileMe. Here?s my quick take.?

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Rail strike on World Youth Day appears to be off after deal with unions.

Optus will be the first Australian carrier to sell the iPhone at midnight on Thursday.