Just as a little friendly reminder, tomorrow is April Fool’s Day.

If it seems too good to be true, it probably is: We’d all love for Nintendo to suddenly give everyone who clicks a link a free Wii, but face it, it doesn’t seem too likely.

Sourcing is important: If a blockbuster April 1 story comes from unnamed sources or a mysteriously dead web site, remain skeptical. The least they could do is forge some documentation for their joke; make them work for it.

Heck, you may just want to ignore any news tomorrow. Most of it will be crap. even UsbringGeek is getting a jump on it….

I personally hate this holiday… but whatever… what’s life without any fun?

What about you? Do you like or hate April 1?

Martin LaMonica over at CNET.com pointed out something rather interesting in the Safari TOS. It specifically says “The software allows you to install and use one copy of the Apple Software on a single Apple-labeled computer at a time.”

Apple apparently hasn’t gotten use to the whole making browsers for Windows thing yet…..

I know that no person actually bothers to read this junk, but when the company that actually MAKES the software doesn’t bother to read it, it’s an insult. Apply, along with other companies, can and WILL use the TOS to sue anyone who alters their programs or hardware in anyway. So why would they literally just copy and paste the thing into every program?

After seeing Martin LaMonica blog, Fabio Zambelli of settleB.IT informs him that “the Apple license has been updated so that Windows PC users can install Safari without fear of violating any licenses. Zambelli says the change occurred overnight Wednesday to Thursday European time.”

[CNET: Safari for Windows: Only for ‘Apple-labeled’ computers?]

If you’ve been tampering with your GamerScore on Xbox LIVE, prepare to receive a nasty little treat from the administrators of Microsoft’s online gaming network.

In a blog posted by administrator Major Nelson, the picture boy for Xbox Live if you will, the company will no longer tolerate players cheating in any way to alter their online stats. Apparently hackers and modders have been running modified games and systems that automatically award a player Achievement Points, a score built by accomplishing tasks in a game, without even having to play the game for a single second. Apparently having a HUGE GamerScore is more important than actually enjoying the game. Must be compensating for something…

On Tuesday, Nelson announced that the Xbox team had begun to take steps against cheating. Anyone found altering their scores will have their account reset to zero, have all achievements marked as incomplete (even the legit ones), and have their profile branded “as a cheater for the community to view” on both Xbox.com and in the Xbox Live dashboard. OH, THE HORROR!

Judging by the response on forums, the new enforcement is greatly welcomed with legit players. Xbox however will not state just how exactly many players they are nailing, and how exactly they are determining who is cheating and who isn’t. They have however posted an FAQ about the matter here.

[CNN.news: Xbox Live taking action on Gamerscore tampering]

It never seems to end does it? It seems like Blu-ray only just won the format war against HD DVD, and already it is about to get tangled in another fight. This time, it’s copyright infringement.

Apparently the U.S. International Trade Commission, or ITC, has voted to investigate claims by a Professor Gertrude Neumark Rothschild that SONY violated her patents that involved methods of using light emitting diodes to read data off of discs. (The full details are: U.S. Patent No. 4,904,618, “Process for Doping Crystals of Wide Band Gap Semiconductors,” and U.S. Patent No. 5,252,499, “Wide Band-Gap Semiconductors Having Low Bipolar Resistivity and Method of Formation”)

Professor Gertrude Neumark Rothschild has requested that Sony, along with roughly 30 companies, be issued a cease and desist order, preventing them from manufacturing and importing anymore units into the US. If she is successful, not only does Sony lose a major format war it so long fought for, but a console war as well! After all, PS3s are Blu-ray players.

The ITC has stated that it has simply started an investigation into the matter, and hasn’t made any decision as how to handle the issue. The next step in the process will be to hold a hearing to determine whether there really is a violation in patent laws.

[Joystiq: US Trade Commission investigates Blu-ray patent]

According to a number of record industry executives, there’s currently talk between Apple and the music industry about giving iPod and iPhone users unlimited access to music downloads, after a special fee, of course.

This news comes as a bit of surprise, considering just last year Steve Jobs made it clear that he believed customers didn’t want to rent their music and that Apple had no plans to create a Music Subscription Service. Yes Steve, we would MUCH rather have to buy the same stupid song 4 times so we can listen to it on different devices. Apparently Apple realized that people would rather use other download services that DON’T use DRM protection. Go figure.

The iPod is a dying fashion. It used to be a novelty to carry around 10,000 songs in your pocket, but people wanted more. Then Apple added video. And people wanted more, so Apple made it smaller, and then threw in a phone. Giving the iPod unlimited access to music might just be the thing to make people want to upgrade their iPods.

Many reports are speculating the service will cost $7 a month for unlimited music, or an extra $100 stuck onto the iPod’s/iPhone’s price tag, giving users a lifetime’s access to free music. Record companies would receive compensation for every sale of a portable device, something Apple isn’t too thrilled with if you ask me.

If Apple ran with this idea, they would pretty much have a monopoly over the music industry. But $7 for unlimited music? Not a bad deal…

Apple has yet to comment on the idea.

[Los Angeles Times: Apple may offer music subscription service]

If you a huge fan of the series Metal Gear Solid like me, chances are
your gonna want to get the Limited Edition version when it’s released
on June 12, 2008.

The Limited Edition comes packed with the game (of
course), two Making Of Documentaries, and the complete soundtrack…
along with some sexy boxy art.

If your planning on picking up the limited edition, be forewarned. While the price of the normal game is going to be $60, the L.E. is going to set you back $85. And get this, and can only be purchase at GameStop (as far as I know, this is only in America).

You gonna get it?

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