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North Korea Threatens War With US Over Seth Rogen Comedy

The Interview has touched a nerve. An unidentified spokesman for Kim Jong-Un’s regime has declared that North Korea will unleash a “swift and ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 25, 2014

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Magnificent Seven‘s Eli Wallach Dies at 98

Wallach leaves behind a wife, three children, five grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Eli Wallach, character actor famous for playing dozens of iconic Mafioso, ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 25, 2014

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Star Wars Museum Will Go To Chicago

Though his heart may be in San Francisco, Lucas believes Chicago’s the better place for his museum. Chicago has won the bidding war ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 25, 2014

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League of Legends Maker Says Here’s The Cash, New Hire, Now Quit

Sometimes things just don’t work out, and when that happens Riot offers Queue Dodge. There are times when, in spite of a rigorous ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 20, 2014

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Walking Dead Producer: Piracy’s Pushing Content Creators To ‘The Precipice’

Better than an Emmy? No way, says executive producer Gale Ann Hurd. Gale Ann Hurd’s been in the entertainment business for over 20 ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 19, 2014

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Cubicles & Careers Videos Teach Fantasy Heroes To CURSE THIS GAME!

The folks over at FantasyCon have the right idea. Roll against Nepotism, buddy, and you’d better roll high. What’s that? A 16? Oh, ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 19, 2014

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Domino’s France Will Not Pay Hacker Extortionists

Image Source: Dominos, via Facebook Rex Mundi wanted €30,000 (c $40,700) or it threatened to publish customers’ information on the net. A hacker ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 17, 2014

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Game of Thrones Finale Pirates Rack Up 1.5 Million Downloads In Half A Day

254,114 people shared the same torrent at the same time. Game of Thrones fans flocked to the show for its series finale, with ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 17, 2014

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Minecraft‘s Notch: Mojang Isn’t Worse Than EA

Charging for in-game items is a tricky business. Charging for in-game Minecraft items and perks is a very sensitive subject, one for which ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 14, 2014

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Windows 8 Leak Earns Ex-Microsoft Employee 3 Month Jail Term

Image Source: Alex Kibkalo via Linkedin ‘I got my lesson not to discuss my work projects with external parties,’ Alex Kibkalo tells the ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 13, 2014

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Moon Impact Proves Earth 60 Million Years Older Than We Thought

Theia’s time capsules showed two geochemists how it happened. “It is not possible to give an exact date for the formation of the ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2014

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Welcome to Doel, Belgium’s Doomed Graffiti Village

It gets much livelier at night … The first mention of the medieval village of Doel is in 1267, when ‘the Doolen’ was ...

By Adam Gauntlett Legacy AuthorJune 12, 2014

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