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Now Even the PS3 Surfs Faster than Explorer

It's a sad day, Microsoft, when Sony goes on record that their PS3 browser is faster than IE7. Firmware 2.5 is not only bringing the PlayStation 3 internet browser Flash 9, but its Javascript update promises to speed up the browser by an impressive 2.8X. Sony admits that they're still slower than Google Chrome, but as for IE7, it's eating their dust. If Sony's claims are true, it's straight up sad that the PS3's browser UI is worse than almost any browser on the market...including some on mobile devices. [IGN via Kotaku]

All atwitter over a blogging robot

I don't know what it is about sad robots that makes them such objects of empathy. This particular sad robot belongs to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Its name is the Mars Phoenix lander, an ungainly little device, shaped a bit like a large card table, with a couple of octagonal solar panels sticking out the side. Launched in conjunction with the Canadian Space Agency, it has been parked up around the Martian polar circle since it landed in May, digging around for evidence of water.

All atwitter over a blogging robot

I don't know what it is about sad robots that makes them such objects of empathy. This particular sad robot belongs to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Its name is the Mars Phoenix lander, an ungainly little device, shaped a bit like a large card table, with a couple of octagonal solar panels sticking out the side. Launched in conjunction with the Canadian Space Agency, it has been parked up around the Martian polar circle since it landed in May, digging around for evidence of water.

Fraud Threat Halts Knuth's Hexidecimal-Dollar Checks

Barence writes "You may be aware of Donald Knuth, the creator of TeX and author of The Art of Computer Programming, who used to post checks to anyone who spotted an error in one of his books — one hexadecimal dollar, or $2.56. No one cashed them though. This blogger has two of them proudly on his wall, but the sad news is that modern day bank fraud has put a stop to Knuth's much-loved way of keeping his books free of errors." (Here's Knuth's own post about the sad change.)

Sad ending for DVD smuggler

Customs officers at the Sungai Tujoh control post yesterday uncovered an attempt to smuggle more than 700 pirated DVDs into the country.

'A sad day for cricket'

South African captain Graeme Smith criticised Bangladesh's negative tactics after his team gained a crushing 128-run win in the second one-day international at Willowmoore Park on Sunday, clinching the three-match series.

Antidepressants make for sad fish

Some hybrid striped bass exposed to Prozac eventually began hanging vertically in the water — a highly anomalous pose — and stopped eating.

Astronaut's family sad over '$504,000' news

Calm and cool: Malaysian astronaut Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor gestures during a news conference in Star City outside Moscow last year.Picture: EPA

Electronic Arts Joins Layoff Club; Provides Sad Outlook

Electronic Arts is cautious on its short-term business prospects and plans to let go of 6 percent of its workforce as a result of dismal economic and retail outlook --and despite a 40 percent increase in second-quarter sales.

Want an Amazon Kindle? Too BadSo Sad!

The global economic slump is hitting the tech sector, reports CNBC's Jim Goldman. He reports that RIMM is slashing its o...

MIT's Huggable Robotic Bear Keeps Ill People From Feeling Sad

Normally you think science, lasers, and silicon chips when someone says "MIT," but Huggable is an MIT invention nonetheless: it's another smart robot companion, a bit like Paro meets Teddy Ruxpin. Its body is covered in sensors and motors, including webcams behind his eyes and a speaker in his nose, and its designed to respond to you and react like an electronic pet. But it's a little smarter than Paro: it can act as a telepresence device, echoing the movements of a remotely-manipulated Huggable.

Japanese Artist Chronicles Young, Ambitionless Office Workers in Comic Books: Japanese Cartoonist Chronicles the Indignities Endured by Young, Dutiful, Sad Office Drones

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Another Reason You Should Shop Online

It is pretty sad when a person is killed by crazed Black Friday shoppers. Just another reason to hit the [H]ot Deals forum and get in on all those BF deals from the comfort of your home.

Analyst Goes Goo-Goo for Google

We've born sad witness before to how analysts have made deliberately inconsistent statements about prominent companies in order to set themselves up for being right no matter which way circumstances blow. And we've seen the business media, who need analyst sources or they'd be forced to think for themselves, take these analysts at their word.

Missing teen hooked on Xbox found dead

We have a sad ending to the story of Brandon Crisp, the Ontario, Canada, boy who ran away from home after his dad took away his Xbox console.

Motorola RAZR3 Ruby bites the dust

A bit of sad news for all you Motorola fans who were expecting to grab hold of the new Motorola RAZR, the Motorola RAZR3 Ruby, it’s not going to happen.

Michelle Williams: I miss Heath

"It's so sad," she tells Newsweek after bursting into tears at the mention of her ex-boyfriend's name.

Michelle: I miss Heath

"It's so sad," she tells Newsweek after bursting into tears at the mention of her ex-boyfriend's name.

Phoenix Mars Lander Declared Dead

SpuriousLogic sends in a sad note from the BBC: "NASA says its Phoenix lander on the surface of Mars has gone silent and is almost certainly dead. Engineers have not heard from the craft since Sunday 2 November when it made a brief communication with Earth. Phoenix, which landed on the planet's northern plains in May, had been struggling in the increasing cold and dark of an advancing winter. The US space agency says it will continue to try to contact the craft but does not expect to hear from it."

"OUT / IN" Exhibition Opens in Reykjavík Art Museum

When you live abroad a sad side effect is that you don’t get too see good movies from back home when they come out. more

Japanese Animation DVD Ranking, October 21-28

This week: fetish anime, the sad end of Inuyasha and a bunny in a mailbox! Also: your answers to last week's Hey, Answerfans!

Peter Marron set to leave Old Trafford

Lancashire County Cricket Club is sad to announce that after 30 years with the club, Head Groundsman Peter Marron has decided to leave Old Trafford.

[Editors Weblog] What does the death of the Commonwealth Press Union mean?

The Editors Weblog reported some sad news for the newspaper industry this morning: the closure of the Commonwealth Press Union (CPU) and its magazine CPQ.

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