I’ll be 100% sincere here: Internet Explorer is my LAST browser of choice, for several reasons.
BUT after I heard about this campaign, I ended up downloading the 8th installment of it.

Here’s Microsoft’s catch: For every full Internet Explorer 8 download made on the Browse for the Better website, 8 meals will be donated to Feeding America, an NGO that distribute those meals to people in need.
See, you only have to download it to get Microsoft to spend their money on donations.
The campaign goes from June 10th to August 8th… but don’t wait to download it later, just go and download it now otherwise you’ll forget.
Bill Gates is well known for being the one guy that donated the biggest sums around for charity, there is an official Microsoft press release for the campaign, and they never said you actually have to use it to make your download valid… so I say, even if you don’t use Internet Explorer, go ahead and just download it. It’s for a good cause.

Source: Gizmodo

Zombie Apocalypse is like a top-down Left4Dead coming soon for the Playstation Network and XBox Live Arcade:

Kinda similar to another PSN game I posted sometime ago called Burn Zombie Burn!, only with realistic graphics instead of cartoony.
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Just when you start thinking “well, there’s nothing new to create anymore” comes someone with a brand new idea to surprize you:

If you thought “well, I’ve seen better 3D animations before”… that’s not it.
The new stuff on this video is the audio part. Not very impressive huh?
The thing is: It’s not recorded audio.
I know it’s kinda hard to understand, but the difference is basically the same as a landscape photograph, and a 3D generated environment (like seen on the Pixel City post).
Meaning the sounds on this video where not captured from real life situations, but rather made by the computer.
Nice eh?

Source: IndieGames

Get Radiohead stuff, if you feel like doing so!

You know those songs that for some reason are part of your life and will follow you forever?
The ones you always get back to on happy and sad days, like an old friend?
Well, this is one of those for me, and part of a series of posts I’m calling my permanent playlist.

Most robots today either requires special docks, or a human counterpart to recharge it’s batteries… but not Willow Garage’s PR2 Robot:

Takes him sometime to get to 9 power outlets, but he does eventually finds and plugs in them.
So, here we go to Wall E‘s future!

Source: Gizmodo

Well, I don’t really get what this kitty is asking for… maybe milk or something.

In a weird way too. Yeah, I’m also curious of what the high tech bowl does, but it’s a japanese video, and I can’t read japanese so…

Source: YouTube Recommendations

From blog AkihabaraNews, a series of tokyo video tours that I’m a fan of!
This time, Tsukudajima, typical neighborhood with old ladies having drawing lessons, kids, schools, a park with lots of green… did I say this is in Tokyo?

Along with DannyChoo’s Photo Walks, the objective is to show some sights of Japan that we usually don’t get.
And I bet some of these sights will show better why some people like Danny and Daimaou got “enchanted” by Japan, ultimately deciding to move there… and also the reason why I’d also like to move to Japan someday.
Huge help from Daimaou and Danny’s great skills for capturing the essence and beauty of those places (in details), of course. xD

Source: AkihabaraNews

Underworld Trip is a very old style very simple platformer:

In it, you’ll have to face several obstacles to get to the end.
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Not to be confused with Card Crusher Professor Hinomiya-kun.

This interesting robot can read normal books and read it out loud!
Ok, nowadays that’s not much… a robot (japan has lots), with a scanner or high res cameras, OCR software and digital voice (very advanced in Japan, with the advent of Vocaloid…).

Source: Gizmodo

I never heard much about Samsung digicams apart from it’s neat top design, but their viral unboxing ad is very awesome!

The specs is about what you’d expect from a recently released camera, with tons of Mpx, HD video recording and a nice big screen.
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