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Rent A Movie on Campus

By Mandy Erfourth

Don’t know what to do tonight, why not rent a movie? A Blockbuster kiosk will be put in the Vaughn Center on the first floor by the entrance of the courtyard according to Megan Frisque, Assistant Director of Civic Engagement. She also said that it’s being put in the Vaughn Center because it’s open later then the other buildings on campus. “There are almost a thousand movies that will be in the kiosk, we’ve been informed,” Frisque said.

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Ride the Wave: Google Wave Destined to Make a Splash

By Shannon Grippando

In case you haven’t heard, Google has a new toy in the works set to launch later this year: Google Wave. And just as they wowed the world with Google Maps and their oh-so-simple Gmail service, Google Wave will revolutionize the ...

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Audiosurf: A Rhythm Game for the Budget Gamer In You

By Shannon Grippando

For a poor gamer, it can be hard not to become jealous of financially better-off friends, especially with music games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band costing upwards of $250. What’s a budget gamer to do to stay in the rhythm ...

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3D X-rays might be possible, says U. Nebraska professor

By UWIRE

By Ellen Hirst, Daily Nebraskan, U. Nebraska Intense laser physics. Sounds fun, right? Anthony Starace, a professor of astronomy and physics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has had 15 years to appreciate the joy of intense laser physics. His research at UNL, ...

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Red Hat CEO explains benefits of open source

By UWIRE

Red Hat President and CEO Jim Whitehurst opened the third year of Fidelity Investment’s lecture series “Leadership in Technology” with his address entitled “The Open Source Opportunity,” Tuesday night in North Carolina State University Engineering Building II. Red Hat is one of the fastest growing and most profitable software companies in the country, and “we do that by giving everything we do away,” said Whitehurst.

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‘Scribblenauts’ Falls Short of Perfection on Nintendo DS

By Shannon Grippando

“Scribblenauts” is the much anticipated game for the Nintendo DS by developer 5th Cell (makers of “Drawn to Life”). Here, gamers spell out words to shape the world around them and create anything their minds can imagine (kind of). Players control Maxwell, ...

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40 Years of the Internet! The Best & Worst Through the Years

By Shannon Grippando

Happy birthday, Internet! Stick forty candles on your metaphorical cake and wish for something nice (no more goatse!). In September of 1969, two University of California computers 15 feet apart began sending information to one another. And so the internet ...

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Tech Jerks: Four Way Not to Make Friends This Semester

By Shannon Grippando

With a new semester brings new chances to meet people and make friends. But technology can get in the way. It’s during these situations that certain personalities surface, proceeding to annoy everyone around them. Following are four tech jerks that ...

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