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Singapore has banned the sale of an Xbox video game that features an intimate scene between two female characters.The “Mass Effect” game, a futuristic space adventure, contains “a scene of lesbian intimacy… as such the game has been disallowed,” the deputy director of the Board of Film Censors said in the statement.

Under local guidelines, video games sold in Singapore cannot “feature exploitative or gratuitous sex and violence, or denigrate any race or religion,” the official said.

If you are a Microsoft fan you might have already upgraded your Internet Explorer to the Latest version i.e, IE7. If you have then then you know that you needed to have an original copy Windows XP to install it. But not now. Microsoft has recently removed the Windows Genuine Advantage feature from IE7. Now does this mean that Microsoft is telling people that “Original or not, We provide the software even if you pirate our Windows” or it is the other way around… Continue Reading»

New video from long time Robots.net member “roschler” shows a Roboquad robot being controlled by voice, over the Internet with the help of Robodance and Skype’s video call service. The robot explores the house while beaming back audio and video to a laptop running only Skype. The laptop dials into the home computer which is running Robodance version 4, a free software program for making consumer robots do more then most people thought possible.

This mega-hack allows you to turn your Roboquad or other WowWee robot into your own remote controlled spy, accessible from anywhere in the world… Continue Reading»

Good news for those who bought the Full-Price iPhone before 22nd August. Apple announces that now they can get $100 Apple Store Credit for use online or at an Apple Retail Store. You don’t need a receipt, just enter your phone number and serial number and Apple will SMS you an access code. With this access code you will get the $100 dollars to shop for anything Apple. A couple of interesting things about the program. First, the program doesn’t work with iPhones that haven’t been activated on AT&T. Second, is… Continue Reading»

Mercury News has confirmed that Google, the Internet giant is throwing $30 million sponsor robotic race to the moon. $20 million of that prize money will be given to the first team that successfully lands a privately funded spacecraft on the moon, the second prize will be worth $5 million, while bonus prizes makeing up the remaining $5 million will be given to one finding lunar ice. The event will be in conjuction with X PRIZE Foundation.According to Peter Diamandis, chief executive of the X PRIZE Foundation, he mentioned that… Continue Reading»

TechCrunch is reporting that the Best browser in the world, Firefox, has been downloaded 400 million times in only three years. The Firefox downloads get doubled every year. There are roughly 120 Million Firefox users, but I am confused that where did the rest 280 million downloads go… Continue Reading»

NBC is going to sell their TV shows on Amazon Unbox after ending the smae agreement with Apple. hey were first selling the videos for download at Apple iTunes but now they think that last week it would stop selling “Law & Order” and other shows on California-based Apple’s iTunes after the companies failed to agree on prices. Apple claimed NBC wanted to double its wholesale prices. The network said it sought pricing flexibility and packaging options.Amazon is somebody who understands the wholesale-retail relationships and understands the need for wholesalers to price… Continue Reading»