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'Old Spice Guy' Grabs an Emmy, Microsoft Combats 'Halo Reach' Breach

by Warren Riddle on August 24, 2010 at 11:45 AM

Old Spice Guy

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines....
  • The "Old Spice Guy" just valiantly strode off with an Emmy award, and Urlesque is honoring the viral phenomenon's accomplishment with a variety of LOLcat-themed captions. [From: Urlesque]
  • The appearance of 'Halo Reach' on filesharing sites has prompted Microsoft to ominously, in the words of a 12-year-old messageboard flamer, warn potential violators that the company has "ways of knowing" about unauthorized use, and that perps will face an Xbox Live "permaban." [From: The BBC]
  • TiVo's extending Slide QWERTY remote control officially arrives this weekend, and -- although the $89 Bluetooth-enabled device "isn't perfect" -- it finally and dramatically simplifies the search process. [From: Engadget]
  • Apparently having realized the futility of its exorbitant and heavy-handed legal tactics, the RIAA has decided U.S. copyright laws need a complete overhaul, because the current system just "isn't working." A heartfelt "Waah!" may be in order. [From: CNET]
  • While bare breasts may not be appropriate material for Facebook, an already controversial scene featuring topless women (and cocaine) will apparently remain in 'The Social Network,' the upcoming PG-13 film about the site's origins. [From: Reuters]
  • Lucasfilm recently ended its lightsaber legal wars, but the company has apparently shifted its litigious sights to the makers of 'Jedi Mind,' a headset that supposedly allows people to "control computer actions directly with their minds."[From: Stuff]

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