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Comcast Sets Bandwidth Cap, Effective October 1

The Associated Press reports that Comcast will be officially placing limits on the amount of data its subscribers can download and upload, effective October 1.  The limit will be set at 250 GB per month, with a $15 fee charged for every additional 10 GB over the limit.

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So you’re riding your mountain bike down a volcano at 107MPH. What happens when your bike vanishes? This.

Here's Eric Barone, who broke the world record for speed on a mountain bike a few years back.  Here he's attempting to do it again by running down the side of a volcano in Nicaragua.  His bike was 'specially modified' for this paticular run, which apparently means 'snaps in half'.  When he went by the last speed sensor, he was clocked at 107MPH. Catch the video after the jump.

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Bionic Commando: Rearmed is Heavy on Nostalgia, Light on Gameplay

In 1987, Capcom unveiled a new franchise - Bionic Commando. Bionic Commando started as a standalone arcade game, in which the the main character was a soldier equipped with a bionic arm used for swinging, grabbing, and ass-kicking. In 1988, a sequel was made for the original Nintendo Entertainment System. Two weeks ago, Capcom released a remake of the 1988 NES classic on the Playstation Network, XBox Live Arcade, and PC gaming systems.

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Things you should never EVER type in Linux. Ever!

I feel that I need to put a warning at the top of this post because try as I might in the subject to be clear about what I mean, I know that someone will go and type/execute one of these things into their production server at work and then be horribly distraught and/or cause some sort of power grid catastrophe across the Pacific Northwest or something. So DO NOT, DON'T, NEVER EVER EVER EVER run these commands in a terminal session.  If you do you will render your system anything from useless without a forced reboot to devoid of any useful purpose ever.

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Can I interest you in a 120mm terminally guided top attack mortar projectile? It’s by SAAB!

Here's a quick video essay to introduce you to the Strix - a 120mm, terminally guided, top attack mortar projectile.  This thing will happily find and destroy it's target, even main battle tanks (MBTs) day or night from up to 7 klicks away.   All you need is a standard 120mm mortar!

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Cheap DVDs (cartoons, cops & robbers, Dr. who?), video games, Wii fit and a New Egg labor day sale – all part of Thursday’s deals

If you're into your DVD collection then this Thursday is a good day for you!  Not only are there a ton of DVD's on sale, but New Egg is cranking out it's labor day sale with some great deals, including the Wii Fit.

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Book Review: You Call This the Future? by Nick Sagan

The new book by Nick Sagan (son of Carl Sagan), You Call This the Future?: The Greatest Inventions Sci-Fi Imagined and Science Promised, is characterized by explanations of some of the fascinating technologies envisioned in classic science fiction along with explorations of the progress modern science has made towards achieving those visions. Classic science fiction references appear side-by-side with summaries of state of the art scientific research.

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Tired of standing in line for first day video game releases? Amazon to the rescue

Amazon.com announced today a program to ship games for arrival on their release date.  You can now sneer at those folks who waiting in line at GameStop for almost 20 minutes to receive the latest gaming industry created rogue rip-off or YAFPS (Yet Another First Person Shooter - thanks Cavtroop) while you slave away at work and watch UPS repeatedly try to deliver a game to your empty home via their tracking site.  It's only good on a couple of games right now, but expect more publishers to jump on board soon.

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NewEgg’s clearence, Disturbed MP3s, Clank for the PSP and Indie Flicks – all part of Tuesday’s deals

Just yesterday I was complaining to my co-workers taht I had run out of good things to listen to, as my good music was getting old and stale.  Lo the mighty machine that is Amazon must have heard me, because they've got an album by Disturbed I've been meaning to pick up on sale, as well as a bunch of indie flicks, Clank for the PSP and even some jewelry.  NewEgg is doing some fall cleaning with their inventory as well!

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Ubuntu security notice – kernel vulnerabilities found in all supported releases

There's an important security notice from the Ubuntu folks.  A kernel vulnerability was found.  It's pretty much only vulnerable to local attacks but it's always a good idea to update your boxes to the latest versions of the kernel (as noted in the below announcement) so that you reduce your vulnerability to threats.

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PS3 Uber deals at Amazon?

If you're looking to score a PS3, some PS3 games, perhipherals or even a PS3 shaped oven mitt, you may want to hold off a bit.  Amazon is threatening with their Gold Box storm of deals - the PS3 will be hitting the Gold Box on August 27th at 12:01AM PST.

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The Invasion Has Begun: Death Star Spotted Above San Francisco

Initial reports are beginning to leak out of San Francisco that a mysterious object has been seen in the sky, blotting out the stars and staring down ominously at the peaceful inhabitants of The Golden Gate City. An intrepid amateur videographer has posted footage of the mysterious object on Youtube. Star Wars aficionados may recognize the massive moon-like invader as none other than a Death Star - a space station and weapon capable of destroying an entire planet - previously thought to be mere fiction.

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Mach Dice is the iPhone RPG die rolling app you’ve been waiting for

Finally!  The die app you role players (or lovers of multi-facted dice) have been waiting for has arrived, from MachWerx.  It's Mach Dice and it's beautiful.  The premise is simple.  You choose the dice, you make the roll.  You can select any type of die you want, up to 100 of them - multiple dice of different sides are available as well.

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Fuel of War, Garmin Navis, Kindle $100 off, Nick Cage and Guitar Heroes – Monday deals arrive

On this somewhat rainy Monday morning (at least in my neck of the woods) there are just a few deals to tempt twitchy mouse fingers into clicking 'add to cart'.  A few video games, National Treasure and a very good price on some Garmin GPS devices.

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Fantastic Contraption: Release Your Inner Engineer

In the world of time-wasting, flash games may be the ruling elite.  Simple games like Motherload and Portal: The Flash Version have gotten me through countless long days at work.  And now that I've discovered Fantastic Contraption, I just might never work again.

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