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...Union (ACLU) disagrees. The ACLU has wasted little time in rallying its lawyers to persuade Congress to ban the use of such technology for routine security screening. Because X-rays pass through clothing, an ACLU officer, quoted in the New York Times, dubbed the scan a “virtual strip search,” claiming that the additional security of the scan is not worth the loss of passenger privacy...
...academic,” stresses Li. “It’s our way of connecting with the broader world. It examines questions like, ‘How does an in-game economy relate to a real-world economy?’ and ‘Can a virtual environment emulate a real world environment?’”Though it will center on gaming, don’t expect the Review to provide a shopping list.According to Li, the first issue of the review will not review games at all, but rather address them...
...That's because the results of the first virtual primary of the 2008 cycle came in Sunday and Monday, and they amounted to a roundhouse kick to the head of McCain. One of his main primary opponents, Mitt Romney, shattered prior fundraising records, pulling in $20.5 million between Jan.1 and March 31, while McCain did just $12.5 million over the same period. That even placed McCain third behind former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, who took in $15 million. "We had hoped to do better," said McCain campaign manager Terry Nelson...
...chatter about Twitter escalated into a virtual roar two weeks ago during the South by Southwest multimedia festival in Austin, Tex., when the barebones service owned by Blogger founder Evan Williams, 34, was named the best blogging tool and attendees used it to meet up at parties. Since then, the fawning attention to the seven-month-old service has come full-circle as reviewers have begun to realize how boring most people's lives really are. (As if YouTube's gallery of puppy and kitten videos hadn't already driven that point home.) Nonetheless, Twitter has been the top term...
...just a guy-gal thing, though that's part of the equation. It's more about the satisfactions you seek in entertainment. A belly laugh? A virtual blast? A story whose noble sentiment makes you feel all warm inside but makes your friend's eyes roll? I call this kind of movie the liberal weepie...