Remember the Funstation 3 that we covered a while back? Well ShenZen LinFeng Electronics is certainly daring enough to produce even more cloned consoles (in terms of design anyway) that imitate all three generations of the PlayStation, the original big, black Xbox and even the archaic Sega Saturn! Wholesale prices retail for approximately $3 a pop, and you can be sure the only games they can play are 8-bit classics, and pirated ones at that. Is anyone going to do something about such rampant intellectual property theft?

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Burnout Paradise is being developed with the PS3 as the lead platform. Nick Channon, brains behind the game, sat down recently and made a few comments about what this means for the 360. As we know, 360 developed games end up with sub-par ports to the PS3 due to the different architectures and whatnot, but what about PS3 developed titles? Channon believes developing games on the PS3 first will actually make an impressive move onto the 360 — making the game better on the 360 than if developed on the 360 alone. It’s less complicated than it sounds.

At least, that’s how we’d like to interpret his quote about leading development on PS3: “From our point of view, we’ve had no issues with dealing with either machine; that’s what I mean by that. It seems that some games haven’t always transitioned between the two well. From our perspective leading on Playstation3 has meant Xbox 360 has given us a great product.” What do you guys think? Is he saying the PS3 will make ports to 360 a lot more successful than vice-versa, or something else?

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The rumors have been circulating for months now, and this morning Google announced that it has applied to take part in the auction of wireless bandwidth freed up by the FCC. Considering its furious lobbying for open access requirements, it would be sort of bizarre if Google sat this one out.

Following broadcast television’s switch to digital, a large chunk of wireless spectrum was opened up and is set to be auctioned off by the FCC. Google and others view this as an opportunity for another player to enter the wireless provider market. Google won many concessions from the FCC on the wireless spectrum, including the requirement that the winning bidder allow any device to be used on the spectrum and that there be no restriction on the type of software or data used on the new network.

Google is expected to face steep competition from Verizon and AT&T for a chunk of the newly open wireless spectrum. What exactly Google plans to do with the spectrum is unknown. Google could build out their own cell phone and data network and try to compete directly with AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, which would pair quite nicely with its new mobile OS initiative, Android. Or, Google could simply serve as a wholesale provider, selling spectrum to other companies to provide service and devices to consumers.

We won’t hear much else from Google or anyone else about the auction, as the rules limit the amount and type of information that can be shared until the auction is complete — which could be as late as March of 2008. If you just have to know, you can follow any available public information at this FCC website.

From the Official Google Blog

Related links:

• New Google Maps Mobile Finds Your Location Without GPS
• Verizon Wireless Lets You Use Any Phone On Its Network
• Google Announces gPhone? Not Quite.

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As reported previously on SitePoint, the team from Freshview (makers of Campaign Monitor) have taken it upon themselves to improve the state of standards support for HTML email, in both desktop and web-based email clients.

Yesterday that cause moved one step closer to its goal, with the official launch of the Email Standards Project site.

Freshview’s Dave Greiner summed up why we need to push for standards support, and the parallels between standards support in email clients and web browsers in an interview with SitePoint last month:

What we’ve done is we’ve set up a baseline of standards that we think should at least be a good start, for everyone to meet. And we’re currently working through all the major email clients, putting together a wishlist — a top 10. The message is, “If you could do anything, do these 10 things and it will get you pretty close to where we need to be.”

Read the background on why we need standards support in email and what you can do to help, then go read more about this movement or check out what’s next for the Email Standards Project on their new blog (complete with a running tally of email clients and a rating for each based on how they handled an acid test).

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Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, RumorMonger, Fandom, Steven Spielberg, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels

Rumors, more rumors … and I wonder what Brendan Fraser is doing for Chanukah …

According to Lying in the Gutters, plans are currently in the works to send the X-Men universe straight to DVD. Not talking about the highly-anticipated Wolverine or Magneto flicks — those will remain on the big screen; however, they may take some other, lesser-known X-Men characters (like the one based on me — Lazy Fat Man) and shovel out a series of lower-budgeted DVDs. Additionally, and this may or may not be related, director Joe Carnahan recently teased readers of his blog with an image of Juggernaut, followed by the line “I’ll let you guys go nuts on this one.” Could he be in line to helm or produce a Juggernaut DVD spin-off? Or is that his way of telling us Vinnie Jones (who played Juggernaut in the film) was cast in one of his two upcoming flicks, Killing Pablo or White Jazz? Guess we’ll know more soon … [via JoBlo]

It’s been rumored for months now that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (did you see the newly released pics?) will involve some sort of alien encounter. Well, according to Movieweb, they claim to have inside knowledge on the aliens featured, and — guess what — we’ve seen them before. Yup, I won’t spoil the entire what-to-do, but let’s just say director Steven Spielberg might be looking to pay homage to an older film of his by including the same creatures in his latest adventure. While it’s only a rumor, Spielberg is known for doing stuff like this in a number of his films, so I wouldn’t put it past him. Question is: Will it turn out to be totally lame, or, even better, will anyone even get the reference? Head over to Movieweb for the complete spoiler-ish rundown. [via Moviehole]

Director Rob Cohen has been pimping out his latest film, The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, over on the film’s official blog for awhile now; shoveling out images, videos, what have you. And in case you still don’t know a thing about the flick (”Doesn’t it star Brendan Fraser as a Jewish kid who fights Mummies in Asia?”), then you’ll want to check out this brand new synopsis for the franchise’s third installment. Here’s a taste: “Brendan Fraser returns as explorer Rick O’Connell to combat the resurrected Han Emperor (Jet Li) in an epic that races from the catacombs of ancient China high into the frigid Himalayas.” Okay, but what about the part when Matt Damon gets called a prick?

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Just last month we heard that there were some 2.68 billion mobile accounts currently active in the world, but a new study by Informa has found that there are actually 3.3 billion subscriptions. This number is somewhat significant considering that it’s approximately half of the world’s population, but alas, not half of all Earthlings actually own a cellphone. Researchers found that 59 countries had mobile penetration over 100 percent, suggesting that some individuals actually accounted for numerous mobile subscriptions. Sure, the figures here could be picked apart in a myriad ways, but why not just raise your handset to commemorate hitting the big three point three? You are one of them, right?

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Office Depot Featured Gadget: Xbox 360 Platinum System Packs the power to bring games to life!

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I’d be happy if rosemary was added to everything: turkey recipes, sandwiches, desserts, cocktails, glasses of Yoo Hoo, whatever. It’s really one of my favorite flavors, smells, even words. I’m playing a lot of Rosemary Clooney this holiday season.

This recipe for Rosemary Pasta in Roasted Garlic Sauce is from AllRecipes.com, and it sounds quite tasty. It’s also not bad for you, judging from the nutritional info included with the recipe.

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Here’s more information on the recently released Asustek Nova P22 mini PC. It will retail for approximately $1,020 - pretty pricey by any means, although the super small form factor probably has something to do with it. This 2-liter desktop will be powered by an Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 processor and Asus has plans to release more related hardware expansion accessories for the PC in the future - which means it might also balloon up in size (and hit your wallet as well).

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