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Visually Impaired Gamer Sues Sony
7:00AM Owen Good | GameSpot reports that a man has sued Sony, Sony Online Entertainment and Sony Computer Entertainment of America, contending the company violates the Americans with Disabilities Act for not making its virtual worlds more easily navigable by the visually impaired. More »
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iPhone Games Caught Stealing Phone Numbers?
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | The fact the iPhone is a veritable wild west for developers can often be a good thing. Then again, when shadier outfits start releasing shadier apps, it can also be a bad thing. More »
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PS3 Lawsuits Upgraded To Version 3.01
3:40PM Luke Plunkett | Two men, from Texas and Iowa, are launching a class-action lawsuit against Sony after their PS3 consoles were bricked during a recent firmware update. More »
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Jury Awards $16 Million In Fatal Win-a-Wii Stunt
1:00PM Owen Good | A jury awarded $US16 million to the family of a Sacramento-area woman who died in a 2007 radio stunt in which participants chugged water and held their bladders in order to win a Wii. More »
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Cute Korean Ramen Ladies Rip Off Bubble Bobble?
2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | South Korean idol group Girls’ Generation appears in a tasty noodle commercial, singing a very happy and familiar song. More »
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Resistance Fan Appeals His Ban Lawsuit Getting Tossed
9:30PM AJ Glasser | Meet Erik Estavillo. He likes playing Resistance: Fall of Man so much that he’s willing to sue Sony Computer Entertainment three times over (once on appeal) for having his account banned. More »
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EA, Dawg Apparently Settling $25,000 Madden Lawsuit
9:30AM Owen Good | By the end of this month, Cleveland supafan John “Big Dawg” Thompson should resolve his civil suit against Electronic Arts, alleging the unauthorised use of his likeness in the publisher’s Madden NFL series. More »
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GameFly Filing Shows Netflix-Only Mail Slots
12:20PM Owen Good | The slapfight between GameFly and the U.S. Postal Service now extends to the question of official-or-unofficial “Netflix Only” mail slots, which the rent-by-mail service contends is another example of the inappropriate preferential treatment its peers and competitors receive. More »
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Mobigame’s “Edge” Is Back On iITunes
1:40PM Owen Good | Edge, the iPhone game that kicked off the latest and nastiest battle over trademark rights to the word in video games, is back up on the iTunes App Store as “Edge by Mobigame”. More »
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