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It’s been quite the interesting year for Google Street View drivers as just this past summer, one was pulled over by police in Japan while another was detained by Thai villagers thinking the driver was spying on them. Now, we’re hearing reports a Google Street View vehicle was not only involved in a failed hit-and-run, but as a result of their driving, they rammed into two busses and a truck. (more…)

Google Street View Vehicle Crashes Into Multiple Vehicles In Indonesia original content from Ubergizmo.

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Low Latency is a weekly comic on CNET’s Crave blog written by CNET editor and podcast host Jeff Bakalar and illustrated by Blake Stevenson. Be sure to check Crave every Friday at 8 a.m. PT for new panels! Want more? Here’s every Low Latency comic so far. [Read more]

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As we saw in a very early rendering of the newest DROID family devices, there’s a Limited Edition of the DROID Ultra out there in the wild. This device has appeared for the first time in “real life”, as it were, this week on eBay, some collectors – or employees, more than likely – have […]

Given all of the times that the Star Trek crew has traveled to the past in the Holodeck, I’m really surprised that we didn’t see a phaser and tricorder like these ones on the show.

Flo Svensson’s steampunk Starfleet away team gear is nicely detailed and are gadgets of an age to come that just happen to look like weapons from an age gone by.

I can already see Data and Picard wearing top hats and monocles, blending in with the locals, in search of an alien who altered the timeline. It’s a good thing LaForge gave them some time-accurate gear so they won’t stand out.

Maybe Mark Twain will show up. Props to these props.

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Video game controllers have evolved from simple plastic molds disguising circuit boards to sophisticated ergonomic input devices that can not only sense varying degrees of button pressure, but also motion and tilt. Now they’re completely wireless, they vibrate, rumble, light up, and make sounds.

As any athlete values his or her equipment, so do gamers their controllers. In fact, the industry has seen an explosive response to the expanding market of controller customization. Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo all offer nontraditional versions of their respective console’s controllers, ranging in design from simple alternative color options to over-the-top franchise-inspired works of art. More often than not you’ll find that along with the release of a triple-A game, there’s an inspired custom controller to match.

Jordan McKinney foresaw this trend but had a different take. Why not offer gamers the option to personally customize their game controllers on their own terms? (Credit: The Controller Shop)

It started out simple enough. A Chicago native, McKinney was an active member of the MLG (Major League Gaming) online forums and huge fan of competitive Halo and Halo 2 multiplayer. One day he decided to create a mock-up Xbox controller with the MLG logo on it and share it with his message board colleagues.

The response was immediate. Everyone … [Read more]

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