News technology 2008-04-12 Andanh.com

Blogs, Web sites, e-mail, video — Iraq war is fought on the Internet Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:05:55 CDT
The black-shrouded Web site opens with a soldier's silhouette and the pounding rhythm of Nine Inch Nails: 'Into the fire you can send us,' the words say, 'from the fire we return.' This is the Unlikely Soldier's blog, where a young infantryman known as The Usual Suspect rants and shares his experiences in what soldiers call The Sandbox.

Feisty gardeners win raves for their online rants Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:05:55 CDT
Sometimes it is useful to state the obvious. The invention and universal acceptance of the Internet has transformed gardening, and for the better. One of the great boons is the notion of an electronic forum where ideas and advice are shared and didactic instruction debunked.

Pushing Buttons: 'Brawl' has split personality Sat, 15 Mar 2008 08:05:55 CDT
It's finally here. 'Super Smash Brothers Brawl,' the Nintendo Wii installment of this highly popular series, hit the shelves this week after months of delays. The game pits a vast array of mostly stock Nintendo characters against one another in a manner not unlike many other fighting games.

New featherweight laptop comes wrapped in leather Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:57:37 CDT
Apple may be aiming at metalheads with its thin MacBook Air, but Asus is chasing the leather crowd. Asus' ultralight laptop, the U2E, has black pebbled leather on the top and the palm rest.

Video game mini-bytes Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:00:51 CDT
Feel like you've been missing something on the PlayStation 3? While Sony was fighting a lawsuit over the force feedback in its controllers, it decided to leave the technology out of the PS3's Sixaxis.

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