This is just a rumor until I see it posted on Blizzards website. Hopefully it is true but look at Starcraft when is its release date? http://kaputik.com/?p=81
Here is another link to basically the same info: http://news.vgchartz.com/news.php?id=3112?gr_i_ni

This is a good article if you are thinking about being a game designer. Basically you need to know a lot (education) and know someone who can you into the game industry. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/So-You-Want-to-Be-a-Game-Designer-Part-1-66418.html I will add a link to part two when it comes out.

This is a nice gallery that shows 10 inventions that changed the world. http://www.news.com.au/technology/gallery/0,23607,5037530-5014321-1,00.html

Here is an article that compares nine of today’s best browsers. I still prefer firefox, but to each his own.
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/browser_brouhaha_your_maximum_guide_browsers_today_and_tomorrow

Here is an in-depth interview with Steve Bourne, creator of the Bourne shell, or sh.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/279011/-z_programming_languages_bourne_shell_sh

This is a pretty long read but a very good interview. Enjoy.

Technology review has an article about the new e-paper flexible screens with touch screen that could become the new way we read the paper. Here is a link to the article: http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/22232/?a=f

There is also a youtube video of them testing it here: http://www.youtube.com/flexibledisplay

Dust off the slide rules and recharge the calculators. Square Root Day is upon us. The math-buffs’ holiday, which only occurs nine times each century, falls on Tuesday — 3/3/09 (for the mathematically challenged, three is the square root of nine).

Here is the rest of the article from AP: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/03/02/state/n161221S74.DTL

Here is a nice slide show of the evolution of the IPod. It starts with the first IPod all the way to the current generation.

http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2009/030209-heisler-ipod-celebration.html#slide1

AMD and Seagate will demonstrate a next-generation 6-Gbit/s SATA interface Monday in New Orleans, the companies said.

Neither company is announcing products based on the technology yet, Seagate executives said. The 6-Gbit/s SATA technology will be part of a future AMD south bridge chip, and may appear in solid-state-disc drives before it becomes part of a conventional hard drive.

The target markets will be gaming PCs and servers, executives said.

Here is the full article: http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2341914,00.asp?kc=ETRSS02129TX1K0000532

This is a browser based game that I have been playing for a while that is pretty funny and fun to play. Here is a little about the game from Wikipedia:

Kingdom of Loathing (KoL) is a humorous, browser-based, multiplayer role playing game, designed and operated by Asymmetric Publications, including creator Zack “Jick” Johnson and writer Josh “Mr. Skullhead” Nite. The game was released on 23 February 2003. Because content is still being added frequently the game is still considered unfinished and officially remains in open beta.

It is notable for its use of hand-drawn stick figure graphics and writing characterized by surreal humor, word play, parody and references to pop culture. In KoL, players fight monsters for experience, meat (the game’s currency), and items, through a turn-based system. Players also interact with each other through player versus player competition, participate in the in-game economy by trading goods and services, and organize themselves into clans, and speak to each other in many different chat channels.

The game now hosts a player base of 100,000 to 150,000 regular users. It is also particularly notable for managing to be financially successful purely from donations rather than from advertising or subscription fees like most online games.

www.kingdomofloathing.com

Enjoy!