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Police in Okinawa arrested a U.S. Marine accused of robbing and killing a local Japanese woman, officials said. [...]
U.S. President Donald Trump said he named Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton to the newly created post of artificial intelligence czar. [...]
Houthi rebels took responsibility for attack oil facilities in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, as new attacks targeted the Yemeni capital on Sunday. [...]
The U.S. Coast Guard said they found a debris field off the coast of Nantucket, Mass., in their search for a medical transport that went missing. [...]
On Oct. 4, 1965, Pope Paul VI arrived at Kennedy International Airport in New York on the first visit by a pope to the United States. [...]
An engineering model of NASA’s DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) descent probe passed a key test that ran from Aug. 28 to Sept. 10, [...]
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station with NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, [...]
This long-duration image shows star trails above Earth and the blue lights of fishing boats and the yellow lights of Indonesian cities stretching below the International Space Station as it [...]
Ahead of launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft atop, is vertical at the launch pad of Space Launch Complex 40 at [...]
This nighttime view of the United States, dotted with city lights looking toward New York City (center), was taken at approximately 3:40 a.m. local time from the International Space Station [...]
• Fox-Dominion trial delay 'is not unusual,' judge says • Fox News' defamation battle isn't stopping Trump's election lies [...]
The judge just announced in court that a settlement has been reached in the historic defamation case between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems. [...]
A settlement has been reached in Dominion Voting Systems' defamation case against Fox News, the judge for the case announced. The network will pay more than $787 million to Dominion, [...]
Category Archives: reviews
Fallout: New Vegas for the PS3: Review
I promised a New Vegas review, and dammit, I’ll deliver one. If Dave Bowman had piloted his craft into a giant copy of New Vegas instead of a floating monolith, his final words would not have been, “Oh my God, … Continue reading
Dead Rising 2 for the PS3: Review
Before I really start my brief review, let me disclose the following: I absolutely frickin’ love games that involve killing zombies. LOVE them. And one of the best zombie-killing franchises of all-time, Resident Evil, has decided to switch over to … Continue reading
Civilization 5 for the PC: Review
Great Balls of Fire, Civilization 5 has hit the shelves. This is a great, great game. It always has been. And the fifth installment just makes it better. The beauty of Civ 5 is that if you’re new to the … Continue reading
Comcast TiVo experiment mercifully over
My Comcast TiVo box recently bricked on me, and I was more than happy to turn it in for a regular Comcast DVR — well, one of the new ones (DCX3400s) with the 320 gig hard drive (50 hours of … Continue reading
Madden NFL 2011 for the PS3: Review
Well, it’s that time of year again. Pre-season football is on the airwaves, and the latest installment in EA Sport’s Madden franchise has been released. There are two main changes in Madden this year. First, they’ve introduced a totally new … Continue reading
Beware of iPhone screen protectors with liquid applicators
Just a warning here. I bought a “Bodyguarz” screen protector, and I want to severely steer you away from buying this brand or any other that uses a liquid applicator to help affix itself to the surface of your phone. … Continue reading
Apple “bumper” solves my antenna problem
Well, after waiting for two weeks, my “bumper” from Apple has arrived. For $30 you get a cheap piece of plastic that goes around the phone in a strip. It does afford some protection if you drop your iPhone, though, … Continue reading
Singularity for the PC: Quick Review
I’m not the world’s hugest fan of FPSers, but when a good one comes along, well, it’s a pleasure to see. Singularity is a FPSer with a bit of a twist. Made by the same folks who made Wolfenstein, they … Continue reading
Thoughts on the iPhone 4
Well, I have it, finally — have had it for two days; the brand spankin’ new iPhone 4. What do I think of it? Overall, I like it. They’ve changed the design a little bit, which I don’t mind, because … Continue reading
Review: Tiger Woods PGA Tour ’11 for the PS3
I’m not going to spend a lot of time explaining how Tiger works in general, because I have to get to this year’s changes, but to sum up: You use an analog stick to “swing” at the ball, you can … Continue reading
