UK catches Pokemon Black and White March 4

UK Pokemon trainers will gain a crucial tactical advantage over their American counterparts on March 4, when Pokemon Black and White launch in that country, two days ahead of the North American release. This date comes courtesy of Official Nintendo Magazine.

To take full advantage of this ... advantage, we've got just the plan for you: first, buy the game. Then, get on the first plane to the USA and train your team the entire time. Then, wait outside of the GameStop until the first customers get their copies. Challenge them to battles on the way out, and bask in the assured victory until the police get here. Then your return travel will be booked for you (when you're deported)!

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Looking for playoff tickets? Bing has you covered

Between one of the most improbable upsets in history and two games decided by only 5 points, the playoffs are off to an exceptional start.  With the Divisional Playoffs on the horizon, serious fans are heading to the stadium and we're here to help them find the best seats in the house.  

Now you can compare tickets from over 50 leading tickets sites, check out the view from the seat and quickly find a broad selection of tickets from multiple providers, directly in Bing.

Below, we’ve included a snapshot of the hottest week 2 playoff tickets:

1. Seattle Seahawks @ Chicago Bears tickets average $402. The lowest priced tickets to the NFC Divisional Playoff are $164. There are 16,000 tickets for sale on the secondary ticket market.

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2. New York Jets @ New England Patriots tickets average $350. The lowest priced tickets to the AFC Divisional Playoff are $175. There are 4,500 tickets for sale on the secondary ticket market.

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3. Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers tickets average $345. The lowest priced tickets to the AFC Divisional Playoff are $80. There are over 14,000 tickets for sale on the secondary ticket market.

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4. Green Bay Packers @ Atlanta Falcons tickets average $315. The lowest priced tickets to the NFC Divisional Playoff game are $105. There are 24,000 tickets for sale on the secondary ticket market.

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May the best team win!

- The Bing Team

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Kid Icarus: Uprising Soars Above Expectations After 20-plus Years

If any one game threatened to overshadow the Nintendo 3DS at last year's E3, it was Kid Icarus: Uprising. A sequel to the beloved NES game had been the stuff of rumors for years, and those rumors only intensified when the lead character Pit appeared as a combatant in 2008's Super Smash Bros. Brawl. Now that the project is out of the bag, it stands as one of the most anticipated 3DS games. Having played it for the first time at this weekend's Nintendo World 2011, I would say it was easily the best showcase of the as-yet-unreleased system's potential.

Kid Icarus: Uprising is a radical departure from the original Kid Icarus, a tough-as-nails action platformer that is likely remembered most fondly by those who never played it. With no extra lives, a confusing upgrade system and nightmarish labyrinth stages capping each linear world, finishing the game was a very tall order.

Source: http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3183018

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DIY convertible table

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Space is at a huge premium in my tiny apartment, which is why I absolutely adore Noëlle's hacked dual-purpose table. Using an adjustable trestle for legs, it can easily convert from a coffee table to a dining table. She even used a pair of curtain rods attached under the surface of the tabletop as a guide track for the trestle. I'm hoping that Noëlle can help me figure out how to make my couch convert into a workbench, though something tells me upholstery and soldering irons won't mix well. [via Lifehacker]

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It's Time to Hate BP All Over Again [Leaks]

A small oil leak has shut down the Trans Alaska Pipeline for the last three days, cutting production there by 98% and prompting price increases. And guess which company is a "major owner" of the pipeline? Poor old BP. [Reuters] More »

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Official PC Kinect Support Coming "in the Right Time"

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Kinect has only been out for about a couple of months, and already there's been a bunch of awesome (and some simply disturbing...) hacked uses for it on the PC. But it sounds like you'll eventually be able to connect your Kinect to your PC in an officially Microsoft-supported way, as CEO Steve Ballmer reiterated that PC support is planned for sometime in the future.

"We'll support that in a formal way in the right time," Ballmer said about plugging Kinect into a Windows PC during a short video interview with the BBC at CES. "When we got an announcement to make, we'll make it."

You might recall that way back in July of 2009, shortly after the Kinect (then codenamed Natal) was first revealed at E3, Bill Gates very quickly expressed Microsoft's intent to grow the device beyond strictly-gaming applications. Kinect was designed to eventually be "for media consumption as a whole," Gates explained, "even if they connect it up to Windows PCs for interacting in terms of meetings, and collaboration, and communication."

Source: http://www.1up.com/news/official-pc-kinect-support-coming

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Nintendo 'exploring option' of reprinting Super Mario All-Stars

Nintendo wasn't kidding about Super Mario All-Stars: Limited Edition being limited -- the game has become hard to find since its December release, with eBay prices hovering around the $70-80 mark. According to Nintendo PR director Marc Franklin, it may become easier to find in the future, though, as the publisher is considering reprinting the ... reprinted SNES collection ... of reprinted NES games. (A re-re-reprinting, if you will.)

"Because of the strong response, we are exploring the option of bringing this item back at a later date," Franklin told GameLife. "Until that decision is made, consumers should check with retailers, as supplies will vary by store."

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Markdown is a Skill Every Modern Communicator Should Learn


The US Founding Fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence in pen and ink but the true road to revolution was paved by the printing press. It cast the word far and wide that change harkened.

Flash forward to today. The presses still hum. However, just as during colonial times, information travels fastest over a newer medium; but this time it's entirely digital, social and mobile. Those who wish to inspire, teach, cajole, convey or simply express today use these means to do so. They default to digital first. They harmonize text, links, video, imagery and even apps. They're true transmedia storytellers.

It used to be that much of what we published was prepared for physical distribution. But with tablets and ereaders rising, the last stalwarts of physical distribution are in decline and an all-digital future is in sight.

Today anyone who wants to spread their ideas far and wide ? and that?s pretty much every modern communicator ? will focus first on digital means to do so. Markdown, to me, is becoming an essential lingua frança that makes writing and preparing digital-ready copy a snap. Above all, it makes it highly portable so that others can take what we've started and build on it. It?s also supported by many major platforms, including Posterous and Squarespace among others.

In short, it?s a skill every modern communicator should learn at least the basics.

The future is in text

Video and imagery are critical. But, still, nothing on the web flies the way text does. Words power the web. So it?s critical that every communicator know how to succinctly organize, convey and present ideas for the web and mobile so that they build up readers like nutrients do, rather than weigh them down like junk food.

This realization led me a few months ago to fall in love with text editors. I have since abandoned all proprietary systems for storing and managing what I write, in favor of using simple text editors that let me easily move my information around across platforms.

My favorite tools are WriteMonkey for Windows, WriteRoom for Mac OS X and Elements and PlainText on the iPad. None of them blink an eye when I try to edit a text file that I started elsewhere.

A good text editor is your friend. Befriend one.

Markdown is what?s next for text

Text alone, however, is not enough. It needs to contain references to links and formatting that guides a busy web reader?s eyes to where they want to go. Markdown makes it easy to mark up your text without any knowledge of HTML and without getting locked into a more complex editor that others might not use.

Markdown, developed by Jon Gruber half a decade ago, is a simple set of ?strings? that you add to text as you write it. It utilizes sets of characters that you already know like brackets, asterisks and dashes to format and add links to your copy once previewed in a browser. Both WriteMonkey for Windows and Elements on the iPad support integrated Markdown previewing and exporting.

The value here is that Markdown forces you to organize your content, but does not lock you into a system. What?s more, it makes it easier to not only create digital-ready content but also change it later. Your work can find its way into others' hands to build on.

To me, Markdown is what?s next for text, so therefore it?s an essential skill to learn. For more about Markdown visit this page on Wikipedia and then use Gruber?s syntax guide for more advanced formatting. (I even use Markdown to write my to do lists and notes.)

Long live text!

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