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Gamestop pondering a move into vintage games
GameStop CEO Paul Raines is planning on adding a vintage games store to the company's online offerings. The outlet has been amassing warehouses full of classic titles that were traded in over the years, and the chief sees a "sales opportunity" in going toe-to-toe with sites like eBay. There are still several problems to overcome, including conditioning, sourcing and refurbishing the hardware abused by our younger selves -- but at least we might be able to replace our busted SNES controllers without worrying about getting outbid at the last minute.
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Friday, August 31, 2012
Black Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE with Jelly Bean hands-on
What's this we have here? An international Samsung Galaxy S3 with 4G LTE support? In glossy black? With Android 4.1 Jelly Bean? We spotted this desirable device at the Vodafone Germany booth at IFA 2012 in Berlin today, and took it for a quick spin. It's a tad thicker than the standard international Galaxy S3, and a little heavier too. The glossy black chassis makes this S3 a bit less flashy than the other models, though if you prefer the original pebble white design, you'll be able to get the LTE S3 in that color too.
On the software side, it's running the latest version of Android, 4.1.1 Jelly Bean. Jelly Bean on the S3 works just like it does on the leaked builds we've seen for the 3G/HSPA model. You've got a redesigned notification bar, Google Now and other Jelly Bean features, along with new TouchWiz features like Dormant mode and Easy mode.
We've got more photos, and a full video walkthrough after the break.
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Japan Sizes Up Social Media as an Emergency Response Tool
Today in international tech news: Japan's government engages in talks about devising an official social media emergency response system. Also: Sony unveils some nifty new gadgets in Berlin, including a water-resistant tablet; a journalist is arrested for hacking a blogger's email account; and Assange supporters go on strike.
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No. 5 seed Tsonga upset in US Open 2nd round
NEW YORK (AP) ? This U.S. Open finally got its first shocker.
After three days of the top players not only winning but winning decisively, fifth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was upset by Martin Klizan of Slovakia in the second round. The 52nd-ranked Klizan won 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 on Thursday.
Before Tsonga's loss, top-five seeds on the men's and women's sides had played 14 matches ? and won all 14 in straight sets.
Tsonga was the runner-up at the 2008 Australian Open and a semifinalist at Wimbledon this year. He had reached at least the third round in 18 straight Grand Slam trips.
"Today I was not in a good shape," he said. "I didn't play good tennis. It seemed like I couldn't hit the ball enough hard to put my opponent out of position. I don't really know why it was like this today, but sometimes it's happen with me."
The 23-year-old Klizan, meanwhile, had failed to make it past the second round in three previous Grand Slam appearances. He had never defeated an opponent ranked better than No. 49.
"I had no pressure," Klizan said. "If I lose, then I lose. I lose with (a) good player. But I won and I'm very happy. It means for me more that I beat finally a guy from top 10."
This year's Open has generated plenty of drama in one area: comebacks from two sets down. American Mardy Fish rallied to beat Nikolay Davydenko 4-6, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-1, 6-2, the 10th time in this tournament a man has won after losing the first two sets ? already an Open record.
The 30-year-old Fish, seeded 23rd, missed two months this season because of an accelerated heartbeat but showed few signs of fatigue in playing nearly 3 1/2 hours.
And after Tsonga lost, another top-five seed was at least pushed beyond a straight-sets finish. Second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska was down a set and a break to 39th-ranked Carla Suarez Navarro. Then she won 11 straight games for a 4-6, 6-3, 6-0 victory.
Jack Sock also reached the third round at a major tournament for the first time. The 19-year-old from Nebraska beat Flavio Cipolla 6-2, 6-2, 6-4.
Sock, ranked 248th, got in with a wild card. He saved 12 of the 13 break points he faced, while converting all six he earned on the 88th-ranked Cipolla's serve.
Next up is a meeting with No. 11 Nicolas Almagro of Spain, a 6-3, 5-7, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 winner over Philipp Petzschner.
A week before the start of the Open, Ana Ivanovic couldn't walk without pain in her right foot.
"That's when I started to panic a little bit," she said.
Two matches into the tournament, the 2008 French Open champion is feeling healthy ? and relaxed. The 12th-seeded Ivanovic and another Serbian former top-ranked player, Jelena Jankovic, have quietly reached the third round at Flushing Meadows. Each has dropped just nine games through a pair straight-set wins.
Ivanovic beat 51st-ranked Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday. Jankovic, seeded 30th, defeated 115th-ranked Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino of Spain 6-4, 6-2.
Asked if the torn tendon is fully healed, Ivanovic laughed and said, "I still have a handful of pills every morning."
But the foot hasn't been hurting since the tournament started, and Ivanovic's draw is looking fairly painless with Caroline Wozniacki and Francesca Schiavone eliminated in her quarter.
Ivanovic has been trying to regain her health and her confidence for the last four years. She has yet to make it back to even a quarterfinal of a Grand Slam event.
"I'm really motivated. I want to get back to the top and back in contention to win Grand Slams again," Ivanovic said. "It's been a long process of getting my mind there and my body and game and everything together. Still, it's going to be a lot of hard work and long process, but I'm starting to enjoy it as well.
"I know if it doesn't happen this week, it's coming."
No. 1 Roger Federer opens the night session at Arthur Ashe Stadium against 83rd-ranked Bjorn Phau. Then sixth-seeded Angelique Kerber takes on seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, the juicy second-round match made possible because the American is unseeded after missing time because of illness.
In other women's second-round action Thursday, 13th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova and No. 14 Maria Kirilenko advanced in straight sets.
Kei Nishikori, seeded 17th on the men's side, eliminated American Tim Smyczek.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/no-5-seed-tsonga-upset-us-open-2nd-193842981--spt.html
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Thursday, August 30, 2012
Latvia believes US businessman's body found
RIGA, Latvia (AP) ? A body recently discovered in a forest is apparently that of a Russian-born U.S. businessman who disappeared in mysterious circumstances more than four years ago from his villa in a resort in Latvia, police said Wednesday.
The process of identification is still under way, but it could help police finally determine what happened to Leonid Rozhetskin, a millionaire who made his fortune in Moscow and spent much of his time in Los Angeles and London.
Police spokeswoman Sigita Pildava said DNA samples taken from a body found four weeks ago in a forest near the seaside town of Jurmala match those from Rozhetskin's nearby villa taken after his disappearance on March 16, 2008.
"The DNA from the body in the forest ... coincides with that from his house in Jurmala," she said. "But we cannot say yet that this means it is his body."
Police will now compare the DNA samples to those of his family members to confirm the identification, she said. Pildava declined to give further details and could not say when the results of a post-mortem would be available.
Rozhetskin's credit card was found on the corpse, police said.
Rozhetskin was seen leaving the villa with two unidentified men in the early hours of the morning, according to the Russian-language daily Telegraf. When investigators searched the house later in the week they found traces of blood on the floor, which they said matched the DNA of his personal items.
Born in Leningrad ? now St. Petersburg ? Rozhetskin moved to the United States in 1980. After receiving a degree from Harvard Law School, he moved back to Russia in 1992, where he made his fortune after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He eventually helped establish Renaissance Capital, a top investment bank and brokerage in Moscow that had been at the epicenter of Russia's turbulent financial sector in the 1990s.
In 2001, he became deputy chairman of Russia's Norilsk Nickel, the world's largest producer of nickel, a post he left in early 2005.
He spent much of his time at his homes in Los Angeles and London. In 2003, he bought the villa in the Baltic Sea resort, popular among wealthy Russian businessmen and situated about 15 kilometers (10 miles) west of the Latvian capital, Riga .
In recent years Rozhetskin devoted his efforts to media and film, creating a movie production company with Eric Eisner, the son of former Walt Disney Co. CEO Michael Eisner.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/latvia-believes-us-businessmans-body-found-141333965--finance.html
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Vincent Gray weighs in on Washington Informer contract controversy
D.C.'s decision to publish this year's unclaimed property advertisement in a single media publication ? a move that has since spurred a contracting protest and charges of bias ? was "ill-informed," Mayor Vincent Gray wrote in a letter to Chief Financial Officer Natwar Gandhi.
Gray weighed in Tuesday on the contracting brouhaha between the Washington Informer, the Washington Times and the CFO's office of contracts. While Gray has no say in where the advertisement is run (the Office of the CFO is an independent agency), he questioned why it would run in only one paper, and no free papers, when the goal is to maximize the opportunity for all District residents, "regardless of income level or information consumption habits, to be aware of and review the list."
The contract award went to the Washington Times, which ran the advertisement over two consecutive weeks in August. The Informer, which had the lowest bid (when accounting for its LSDBE preference), protested after the CFO claimed it was not a newspaper of general circulation, because it writes primarily on black issues.
The Washington Informer's circulation is one-quarter that of the Times.
"Given the significance of the regular public of the unclaimed property list for all District residents, I am dumbfounded that a decision was made to limit publication this year to just one media outlet," Gray wrote.
The CFO has claimed it limited publication to a single newspaper to cut costs.
Gray offered a way out: Return to the days of yore, and publish in two.
"Had it been within my authority, I would have ensured that multiple media outlets would have been used as they were in past years," Gray wrote. "Since it is within your authority, I cannot urge you strongly enough to widen the scope of the audience reached by this information and immediately disseminate this information through additional publications including at least one free publication."
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