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PS3: It Only Catches A Predator
1:00PM Owen Good | Federal agents typically used $US11,000 computers to crack passwords to the seized hard drives of suspected child pornographers. Now they’re using $US300 PlayStation 3s to pull off the same task. More »
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Heist Nets 100 Copies Of Modern Warfare 2
12:00PM Owen Good | Conflict currency — it’s not cash, but goods or valuables that are small, easily liquidated, easily smuggled. Diamonds are the classic example. We might have to add Modern Warfare 2 to the list after what just went down in Pennsylvania. More »
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Oh No! Mario & Luigi Wanted For Assaulting NY Cabbie
6:30AM Michael McWhertor | With New Super Mario Bros. Wii hitting this weekend, you’d think the bros would be on their best behaviour. But cops are on the lookout for Mario and Luigi following an assault on a New York cabbie. More »
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Wii-Bowling Drug Cops Get Off Lite
2:40PM Owen Good | A-member them law enforcement perfesshunals in Florida who killed time on a raid by bowling up big scores on a drug kingpin’s Wii? Well, 11 of them got sanctioned for their conduct, but not too hard, now. More »
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Nintendo Thanks People For Ratting Out R4 Retailers
10:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Kyoto-based game company Nintendo created an anonymous form for collecting information about the sale of R4 cartridges in Japan. This information will be used by Nintendo in its legal suit. More »
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To Catch A Modern Warfare 2 Cyber-Thief
5:20AM Mike Fahey | Modern Warfare 2 is already making an appearance at torrent sites all over the internet, but it could have been worse. Dean Takahashi reports on how IPCybercrime stopped one pirate from making his big score. More »
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Schizo Teen Goes On Drunken Axe Rampage After FIFA Losing Streak
2:00AM Brian Crecente | A schizophrenic teenager who killed a grandmother with an axe during a drunken rampage after a FIFA losing streak went on trial this week. More »
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Postman Swipes 2200 Gamefly Games
3:00AM Mike Fahey | A Philadelphia-area postal worker with sticky fingers has admitted to intercepting $US86,000 worth of games originally intended for subscribers of GameFly’s video game rental service. More »
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German Activist Group’s “Killer Game” Toss Makes Me Uncomfortable
8:30PM AJ Glasser | Game Politics reports that a German advocacy group wants people to bring their “killer games” to the front of an opera house to throw away. One lucky tosser (har, har) will win a signed jersey from a sports team. More »
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