English version of Final Fantasy XIII-2 next winter, leaked trailer right now

Considering you only learned of its existence a few hours ago, it might surprise you to learn that North America and Europe are just around a year away from playing Final Fantasy XIII-2. But that's exactly the case according to the US PlayStation Blog, which pegs the English version of the sequel-sequel for "next winter."

Of course, this is the time of Netflix Instant Watch and Fast Food Sushi, so a year can feel like an eternity, or at least a year and several months. To help tide you over, we've got the first leaked trailer for the game after the break, but be warned: You probably shouldn't watch unless you finished Final Fantasy XIII.

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Sounds like Chime is headed for US PSN, too

Originally developed for Xbox Live Arcade as the first of OneBigGame's for-charity titles, music-based puzzler Chime is one step closer to release on PS3 via PlayStation Network. Already rated by classification boards in Australia and Germany, the game has now received an "E" rating from the ESRB.

Now this PS3 version of the game just needs to be, y'know, announced. (Hopefully with Portal's "Still Alive" included.)

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Randy commented on James's blog post 'Viacopter'

Randy commented on James's blog post 'Viacopter'
Vicacopter (don't forget the "c").  that's Jack Crossfire's baby..it's a tricopter instead of quad copter so one of the engines rotates via servo.  You can read many of his bloges here on DIYDrones.  He's also got a monocopter (i.e. one blade and th?

Source: http://diydrones.com/xn/detail/705844:Comment:254766?xg_source=activity

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Wikileaks To Shame Cheating 'Pillars of Society' [The Rich]

A former Swiss banker provided the names of more than 2,000 prominent tax cheats to Wikileaks, which has promised to quickly release details of the evasion — unlike governments and the media, which apparently buried the scandal. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/plaF1ogjk6E/wikileaks-to-shame-cheating-pillars-of-society

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TV News Station Tries the 'Cut Everything' Approach [Media Crack]

In your should-be-a-holiday Monday media column: WPIX goes minimalist, Ken Auletta takes on AOL, the Comcast-NBCU merger is almost ready to close, and Piers Morgan will have his first and most-watched episode on CNN tonight. More »

Source: http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gawker/full/~3/7Sm1ttNyn7U/local-tv-station-tries-the-cut-everything-approach

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DIY Arduino animatronics

Just though you guys might like to see my latest Arduino project - animatronics for costuming! I show how to make a nifty little Arduino servo driver board based on the Arduino Pro Mini and there's several code examples to get people started. I expect to see some cool Predator costumes next Halloween.
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Source: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/01/diy_arduino_animatronics.html

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School Locks out FIRST Team, Keeps Their Cash

In a time when some schools are trying to encourage science and engineering education, Franklin High School in Portland, OR not only tried to shut down FIRST team 1432 but is keeping their tools, equipment, and $7,500 the students raised for their team. An article in a local paper called The Bee quotes one of the team members:

“We found ourselves standing outside the auto shop waiting to get in on October 21st. Three times previously, Principal Shay James refused to let us have our robot for the OMSI display on October 23. Finally, James allowed us to remove the robot only. All of our computers, parts, and tools are still locked in the auto shop.”

To get an idea of how the school's actions are affecting the team, here's a quote from Team 1432's website:

It appears we will lose $3,540 from Intel and another $3500 from the grant money that came through FIRST – M.J. Murdock, Oregon Community fund. <...> The school seized all of our property – 7 years of gathering tools, equipment, building materials and computers and kept it from us for the last 31 days. We find out on Monday what they will let us have back. This has kept us from doing Girls Generation, Bunny Bots, and a second regional. It has also cost us half of our new members because of the instability and uncertainty.

The school claims none of its 100 staff members are willing to act as "advisor" for the group. The principal declined to be interviewed for The Bee's article and according to Rebecca LohKamp, "In all the years we’ve been there, a Principal has never come to see us". This apparent lack of interest was confirmed by the school's business manager who told the paper that the robotics team would conflict with plans for a more academic, classroom-based, "smaller scale" robotics curriculum.

We'd bet if this were the football team rather than a club that promotes educational activities, the school administration wouldn't have any problem finding the resources to support them. But until Shay James and the other bureaucrats get a clue, might we suggest that local robot clubs around the country get in touch with Team 1432 and ask how they can help out? One thing that might help is if a 501(c)(3) group could become their fiscal sponsor and help them recover some of their funds from the school. And it probably wouldn't hurt to let the Franklin High School staff or the Portland Public School system know what you think.

Update: The latest update on the team's website clears up a few things from The Bee article. They confirm there were at least 5 teachers willing to act as advisor but school staff "talked them out of it". The school now claims it has returned most of the team's money to the donors.

Source: http://robots.net/article/3078.html

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Kindle Unswindle -- how to remove the DRM from your purchased books

Kindle Unswindle -- how to remove the DRM from your purchased books...

This Kindle hack relies on a few Python scripts to remove the DRM from books already purchase via the Kindle Store. The scripts, of course, require Python to be installed; the hack also uses the Kindle for PC application so you'll need to run this on a Windows machine.
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Source: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/01/kindle_unswindle_-_how_to_remove_th.html

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