For those looking for a different kind of multi-player shooter, look no further than Avatar Star!

Avatar Star is a free-to-play third-person shooter featuring cute avatar designs. One can pick from three different classes:
Gunner, which appears to be the usual soldier who leads the team forward. Equipped with Rocket Launchers, Machine Guns, Riot Gear and Grenades.
Assassin, a support class which can take out enemies with stealth and cunning using Hand Guns, Knives, Sniper Rifles and Grenades.
Guardian, another support class that can heal allies and deal damage using Sub-Machine Guns, Shotguns, Bows …

Raissa Robles has made a reply to the IPO’s retort regarding her original article. It just goes to show that this law needs further review. If two lawyers don’t interpret it the same then it should be fixed.

Now this really takes the cake. Jailbreaking is legal even in the US. Sure, downloading pirated content is illegal but we should still have the legal rights to hack our own devices for our personal needs. What do they care if I want to root my Android so that I can pair a PS3 controller to it or if I want to Jailbreak my iPhone so that I can install SBSettings? And also, I should have the right to buy any book or Blue-ray disc abroad that I want and …

The server hosting the website was unfortunately down most of yesterday with problems in the datacenter hosting the site. We’re waiting on word on the root cause to this.
Once we can get some funds in order, we’ll most likely move on to a different host. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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As of this posting, the Jailbreak is at 91% completion. It should be out in a few hours.  Keep spamming that refresh button!
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In case you’re running an SMF forum like me then you need to update it now to the latest version. There’s a critical security patch released. Full post after the jump.

Have you seen the new Blackberry 10? It looks a lot like its Android or iOS counterparts. The question now, will the apps come? See the full press release after the jump.
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ArenaNet has just posted an update to their hit MMORPG, Guild Wars 2. It’s a hefty 1 GB patch that has many small improvements. Of note is that they have implemented gem payments for world transfers but have also introduced guesting. So the next time you’re having trouble looking for a pickup group for doing dungeon runs then maybe it’s time to reach out to other worlds. Full patch details after the jump.
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So it’s a little late for this post but PPC member splerdu points out that arstechnica has an article on a very nasty bug in java that gets you infected even with the latest update.
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Anandtech has posted a review of the Acer C7 Chromebook. It’s running a Celeron processor and is in the netbook format. The clincher is that it’s priced at $200. Interested? Full link after the jump.