Amazon.com has halted sales of a Japanese video game that simulated the rape of a mother and her two daughters. The Rapelay game had been offered, not directly by Amazon.com, but rather through its third-party Amazon Marketplace service. The seller specializes in “hentai” — sexually explicit nime and manga. The description of the game, obtained before it was removed, is: Rapelay is an offshoot of the Illusion series, Interact Play. You, like in previous installments, play as a public nuisance that gets away

Lian Li is traditionally know for deploying big, beastly cages with lofty price tags and enough room for at least two whole computer setups. Clearly, the company is coming back in touch with its softer side, as the latest chassis to flow from its doors is one designed specifically with space savings in mind.The PC-Q07 Mini-ITX box is ready-made for those eager to build their own small-form-factor (SFF) machine, though it’s no less sturdy than every other tower in the company’s fleet. The black, hairline-brushed

Lian Li is traditionally know for deploying big, beastly cages with lofty price tags and enough room for at least two whole computer setups. Clearly, the company is coming back in touch with its softer side, as the latest chassis to flow from its doors is one designed specifically with space savings in mind.The PC-Q07 Mini-ITX box is ready-made for those eager to build their own small-form-factor (SFF) machine, though it’s no less sturdy than every other tower in the company’s fleet. The black, hairline-brushed

Lian Li is traditionally know for deploying big, beastly cages with lofty price tags and enough room for at least two whole computer setups. Clearly, the company is coming back in touch with its softer side, as the latest chassis to flow from its doors is one designed specifically with space savings in mind.The PC-Q07 Mini-ITX box is ready-made for those eager to build their own small-form-factor (SFF) machine, though it’s no less sturdy than every other tower in the company’s fleet. The black, hairline-brushed

Lian Li is traditionally know for deploying big, beastly cages with lofty price tags and enough room for at least two whole computer setups. Clearly, the company is coming back in touch with its softer side, as the latest chassis to flow from its doors is one designed specifically with space savings in mind.The PC-Q07 Mini-ITX box is ready-made for those eager to build their own small-form-factor (SFF) machine, though it’s no less sturdy than every other tower in the company’s fleet. The black, hairline-brushed

Although Nokia isn’t the hippest brand in America — in large part due to its reliance on unlocked sales rather than subsidized sales like with the iPhone and BlackBerry Storm — it does have one differentiator that sets it apart from the competition: “Comes With Music.” Said service launched in the UK just months ago, and generally speaking, acclaim has been high. So high, in fact, that the company is getting ready to expand it to more corners of the globe.For those unaware, “Comes With Music” is an unlimited

Earlier this week, Charles Miller, principal security analyst at Independent Security Evaluators, discovered a bug in the multimedia subsystem Android uses for its browser. Initially, Miller warned that the bug could be used to run arbitrary code in the phone’s Web browser. As a result, he urged users to use the browser on the T-Mobile G1 with caution until a patch could be deployed. Now, Miller is stating the vulnerability isn’t as serious as he first thought: “While the bug can be activated

The FCC approved the 2009 version of the HTC Touch Cruise for sale in the U.S. a few days ago, and it looks like the new Cruise will be headed to the smartphone-Mecca of AT&T Wireless. 

The Cruise approved for sale in the States supports AT&T’s 3G mobile broadband network.  AT&T has not confirmed that it will be offering the 2009 Touch Cruise, and it may turn out to be sold unlocked. 

But, whatever the distribution model, this touch-and-GPS centric Windows Mobile smartphone should be available soon.

via Cell Phone Signal

Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Just months after sat radio powerhouses Sirius and XM merged, the singular entity is teetering on collapse. The company (and formerly, companies) have always been pretty strapped for cash, but it appears that its leverage has almost expired. According to a recent report from the Associated Press, it’s expected that the satellite radio company could file for bankruptcy as early as Tuesday.Apparently, the firm is having a difficult time negotiating with the holders of its debt,

We know how protective Apple is with the iPhone, going to great lengths to make sure users can only install “approved” applications, but a way around that is to jailbreak the phone. Given that, Apple has filed comments (.PDF) with the U.S. Copyright Office as part of the 2009 DMCA triennial rulemaking, claiming that jailbreaking an iPhone constitutes copyright infringement and a DMCA violation. The Electronic Frontier Foundation doesn’t agree, And why would they. They’ve already filed their own comments with