The new Sims 2 expansion pack, Freetime, is out at end of the month. Read more about it here.

A Kitchen & Bathroom expansion pack is also on its way.

Guy in diabetic coma on bus tased by police in Leeds, UK because he might have been a security threat. His own fault for being diabetic and “looking Egyptian”. “no officers should be charged with any criminal offence”. Feel safe yet?

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The teaching of evolution is becoming increasingly difficult in UK schools because of the rise of creationism, a leading scientist is warning.

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Sony BMG’s chief anti-piracy lawyer: “Copying” music you own is “stealing”

“When an individual makes a copy of a song for himself, I suppose we can say he stole a song.” Making “a copy” of a purchased song is just “a nice way of saying ’steals just one copy’,”

I think the only possible response to this idiocy is ‘wtf’

You all know the slogan “Guns don t kill people people kill people.” At the Digital Rights Strategies conference in New York City a similar message could be heard: “DRM doesn t anger consumers content owners abusing DRM anger consumers.”

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It is hard to watch him in such condition but what he is doing is amazingly honourable.

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Everybody dreams of a workstation that feels like a Thai massage. Now, with this little tool you can have a workstation that won’t make you feel like grandpa.

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A Hartlepool man is facing jail after he urinated on a disabled woman who lay dying in the street. The 27-year-old shouted “this is YouTube material” as he degraded Christine Lakinski, 50, who had fallen ill

I despair of humanity sometimes, I really do

Maddox update on the (in)famous iPhone. Possibly the best review of the iPhone I’ve seen yet.

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