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The upcoming stand alone expansion pack Command and Conquer Red Alert 3: Uprising is looking like it will be an interesting experience for Electronic Arts. While they have offered up downloadable games in the past this title (along with the upcoming Battlefield Heroes) is a move to bring some of EA’s big franchises away from retail store releases.

The official C&C web site has posted up new screenshots from Uprising which we have reproduced here. As we have reported before it will contain four new single-player mini-campigns, new multiplayer maps, new units and the Commander’s Challenge mod along with new live-action cut-scenes. Look for the download to be made available sometime this March.

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Trying to capitalize on the current buzz around the HTC/T-Mobile Android G1, a wholalotlot fake Android G2 phones are popping everywhere. Some of them even come with fake screens that include Mac OS X widgets.

Most probably, these cellphones are real Android-based terminals, but they are certainly not the droids you were looking for, even while some say “HTC” on top. But then again, maybe the alleged spy shots we published the other day are not the real deal (although the styling on that G2 is in line with the current G1). [Phandroid]

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An MP3 player purchased for $14.50 (brown Zune?) at an Oklahoma second-hand store had an extra surprise inside—60 files containing Iraq- and Afghanistan-deployed soldiers’ personal info, a mission briefing and base equipment manifests. Score!

Chris Ogle, who hails from the Kiwi town Whangerei, says the device (sadly unspecified) never worked as an MP3 player, and when he plugged it in to diagnose why, said military files were found. Included in the dump are large lists of deployed soldiers with their SSNs, cellphone numbers and health info, as well as lists of equipment deployed to various bases and mission details.

Chris says he will return his new found treasure to the DOD if they so request, and in the mean time, is honing his skills at providing soundbytes in rhymed verse:

“The more I look at it, the more I see and the less I think I should be!” he says.

[TVNZ via /.]

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Google Maps’ satellite imagery has shown us clear shots of the White House, the Capitol and even the Pentagon. But one thing it never displayed properly was Dick Cheney’s house.

The Vice President’s quarters, located at the Naval Observatory since 1974, have been pixelated ever since Google has given the public an easy way to check them out—coincidentally ever since Dick Cheney has lived there. This censorship wasn’t by Google but those supplying Google the source images, the U.S. Geological Survey.

Now on the same week of Biden’s arrival, we’re suddenly allowed to see the VP’s house as clearly as the President’s. Who knows the exact reason for Cheney’s extra security…maybe he’d been nervous about the public catching wind of his Mini Cheney clone farm, or maybe he’s just prone to gardening in his shorts despite being self-conscious about his varicose veins. [Valleywag]

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We’ve seen plenty of pics of the plane that landed in the Hudson, but none quite like these, which were taken by the crane operator who lifted the downed craft from the chilly waters.

Thanks to Travis Cole for the pics and to the crane operator for taking them!

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If you didn’t catch this month’s delightfully ad-light issue of Wired, check out their profile of “the Dark Lord of broadbrand,” Comcast CEO Brian Roberts. His calm demeanor reminds me of Palpatine, the Chancellor. [Wired]

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Nobody asked for it, but it’s coming anyways: 3D porn. Yes, Hong Kong filmmakers are hard at work on the first 3D adult film, shooting with a budget of $4 million.

The movie, which will be in Chinese, is called “3D Sex and Zen” and begins shooting in April.

Just imagine that you’ll be watching it as if you were sitting beside the bed. There will be many close-ups. It will look as if the actresses are only a few centimetres from the audience.

And if lots of close-ups didn’t sell you, get this: only 25% to 30% of the movie will be sex scenes. This sounds like a terrible porn. But hey, 3D guys! You’ll get to watch it with headache-inducing glasses! The future! [LiveNews via The Daily What]

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Warning: If you are bald, there’s a good chance that you will receive the Male Pattern Baldness Mousepad as some lame office joke. And if that happens, here’s what you do:

Smile graciously and say “thanks.” Immediately set up the mousepad on your desk, finish your work day and leave.

On your way home, pick up one of those hats with the dreadlocks coming out of the back. Wear said toupe/hat to work the next day, sit down at your desk and go about your business.

Now if any jerk so much as cracks a smile, tear up immediately. Then return to your spreadsheets with the knowledge that you have made the coming months a guilty, miserable hell for all of those around you with full heads of hair. Plus you can finally wear a Rasta hat without anyone laughing. [hoopla via Nerd Approved]

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This new Funny or Die video, featuring Paul Scheer, takes a good hard look at the unforseen crappy things that can happen when you try to travel through time. Spoiler: hilarity ensues.

[Funny or Die]

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Boeing has shot down an incoming unmanned aerial vehicle using their new Laser Avenger system, which you can see in the picture. According to Boeing’s VP for Directed Energy Systems, this is crucial:

Small UAVs armed with explosives or equipped with surveillance sensors are a growing threat on the battlefield. Laser Avenger, unlike a conventional weapon, can fire its laser beam without creating missile exhaust or gun flashes that would reveal its position. As a result, Laser Avenger can neutralize these UAV threats while keeping our troops safe.

The Laser Avenger is mounted on the kinetic-based Avenger air defense system. However, no kinetic weapons were used in taking down the UAV. Tested at the White Sands Missile Range— a 3,200-square-mile rocket range in New Mexico, the largest military installation in the US—the Laser Avenger tracked three UAVs flying “against a complex background of mountains and desert”, shooting down one of the UAVs.

The test success comes after the company doubled the laser power and added acquisition and tracking capabilities to the original design. Star Wars, here we go. [Via Press Release]

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