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Verisign seizes domain name... that is registered outside the US, by non-Americans, who bought it from a non-American company, that is hosted outside the US.

Why? Because, apparently, the State of Maryland feels that non-Americans moving money from one non-US location to another non-US location might be illegal in Maryland, and claims that you can't "flout US law" simply by NOT BEING AMERICANS OR IN THE USA.

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A gothic cathedral, in Minecraft.

By prickvixen. Click for more pictures, and a bunch of screenshots of the construction.

I love living in the future.

Japanese scientists invent a speech-jamming cannon that makes people shut the fuck up.

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Detecting which social networks your visitors are logged into, via holes in their privacy protection.

Or, in the case of Facebook, via an API specifically created to allow websites to determine if you're logged into Facebook. But that's not the point.

Cheap video games!

Payday! is free to play all weekend, and 50% off ($9.99) until Monday. The premise is simple: You're robbers, on a heist. Things go pear-shaped and bullets fly everywhere. Games are fast-paced, short, and great fun multiplayer. Single-player, it suffers from, well, nobody but you DOING anything. The AI will shoot bad guys and help you up if you're down, but that's it. With 2-3 players it's one of the more fun team FPSes out there, and you can't beat "Free" for an introductory price.

Also, Grand Theft Auto: Complete Insanity is 50% off, and the previous version is $4.

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Rule #1 of surgery: Do not set the patient on fire.

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Maryland dragged, kicking and screaming, into the century of the fruitbat.