Tag: protest
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Classic Nokia 3310 Thrown at Police by Protester in Jakarta Fuel Riots!
Nokia has surfaced in the news once again but before you get excited for a new Lumia or the official announcement of the Pureview Windows Phone (which we referred to yesterday) – this noteworthy appearance by Nokia hardware is a pretty random one! Peaceful protests in Jakarta over the rise in fuel costs have recently…
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Baby Named ‘Facebook’ in Egypt After Social Network Used in Support of Uprising
Protests have been raging in Egypt for 20 days now, with an uprising against the country’s government well under way. But we’re not a political website and it’s something that’s far from our area of expertise. What we do know a lot about is social networking. So imagine our amusement/bewilderment when we discovered that amidst…
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“Occupy Flash” urges for removal of Adobe Flash Player
A web group has set out to destroy Adobe Flash and remove its use from personal computers, tablets, mobiles and the internet. The group is calling themselves Occupy Flash, after the recent wave of Occupy protestors (or “trendy students”) causing disruption on Wall Street and other places of capitalist celebration. The Adobe plug-in is…
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Update: PETA vs Super Mario – Animal protesters tell Nintendo fans to ‘Relax!’ over obscene game rip-off
Here’s an update on that PETA vs Super Mario story we covered earlier this week which had gamers in uproar! Following the NYC launch of Super Mario 3D Land for Nintendo 3DS the animal protection group made a graphic website game based on the Nintendo classic in which a skinned tanuki chased a faux-Mario (in blood-soaked Tanooki…
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Super Mario 3D Land launches in NYC – And PETA slams plumber for wearing tanooki fur!
Super Mario 3D Land has finally arrived for Nintendo 3DS and lucky folk in NYC were the first to get to grips with the new adventures of Japan’s most famous Italian (by-way-of-Brooklyn) plumber and also play in a real-life Mushroom Kingdom right in the heart of city! Over this past weekend, Nintendo’s 26 year…
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Gaming Weekly – Half Life Protests, Zombies on Islands and More Nintendo Woes
Global Protests Spread to Bellvue, Washington Activist types rejoice, a radical new sect of Half-Life 2: Episode 3 and Half-Life 3 supporters have congregated outside the Valve headquarters today. The muttering throng, whose numbers peaked at literally several, demand the imminent release of another game in Valve’s legendary Half-Life series, or the studio will apparently…