Cody Taylor

Contrary to recent rumors, Last.fm did not hand over user data to the RIAA after U2’s yet-to-be-released album leaked online last week. In fact, no such request was even made, according to both the RIAA and Last.fm.

Big Download is running an article with details and screenshots from the MMO under development by NASA. The game makes us of Unreal Engine 3, and it’s titled Astronaut: Moon, Mars and Beyond. A demo is planned for later this year, and in 2010 they expect “the first episodic installment of the game” to come out. Jerry Heneghan, founder and CEO of Virtual Heroes, described it thus: “This game is going to be a fresh look at the future circa about 2035. … The core of the gameplay is going to be people building up their characters and as you move forward, you will have more options unlock with new places to go, new equipment to use and new things to do. We are not so much focused on interstellar flight and all that entails… the gameplay is actually about being in a habitat on a planetary surface and doing things like mining Helium-3 for fuel, operating a hydroponics facility to grow plants and create oxygen and operating robots and vehicles.”

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An anonymous reader writes “Irish internet users are to be blocked from accessing music swapping websites, as internet service providers bow to pressure from the music industry. Eircom, the country’s biggest internet provider, is to start blocking its internet customers from accessing music swapping.”

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