The time of the year when retail stores can get themselves out of the red by boasting phenomenal sales, which in past years have had a hysteria following as people sat outside of stores early in the morning anticipating a good deal on holiday gifts.

Here are my favorite Black Friday sites to check:
• The Black Friday - http://www.theblackfriday.com
• Black Friday 2008 - http://bfads.net
• Black Friday info - http://www.blackfriday.info

So if your looking for deals on that Blu-Ray player to help improve your home theatre experience this would be the time to hit the stores with the potential to pick up a player from WalMart for under $150.

Read more Blu-Ray News from EngadgetHD!

I have know idea if this is going to be free or another purchase from the Playstation Store. And preferably priced $4.99 cause that is within my economic crunch financial ability.

Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced that the latest downloadable content for its Metal Gear Online title for PlayStation 3 will be released on November 25th.

Entitled MEME EXPANSION, the download adds new characters and gameplay elements to Hideo Kojima’s hugely popular online epic.
The MEME EXPANSION unveils two new special characters, which are playable for the first time. Liquid Ocelot enters the fray with the ability to manipulate the Sons of the Patriots’ lock system using his Guns of the Patriots skills, and can also deactivate the weaponry of a targeted for within Metal Gear Online’s multi-player modes. Similarly, Mei Ling comes into play with three unique attributes, including the Trench Mortar weapon, Soliton Sonar capabilities, and the means to transfix enemies.
Three new maps have also been created, with the rough, uneven industrial elements of Silo Sunset, the dense foliage of Forest Firefight and a snow-blown deserted factory called Winter Warehouse available for the first time.

[SOURCE: Metal Gear Online PS3 expansion is confirmed ]

Plain stupidity but mostly greed.  She continued to send money to Nigeria without trying to get some additional detail or information on where she was sending this money, the people involved or how did they find her is always my first question.  I have problems just getting my family to use the write email address to send me crappy inspirational PowerPoint slide shows of places and things I will never own.

Why did this woman, a reverend and a nurse, give over $400,000 to Nigerian email scammers? It started with just $100. The emails told her a long-lost relative with the same last name had $20.5 million caught up in the banks of Nigeria. Janella Spears just had to help with a few processing fees…

 

As she sent the money, more and more obstacles would arise, each needing more money to solve. Driven by blind greed, she sent over $400,000 to the scammers, draining her and her husband’s savings, retirement fund, mortgaged the house and put a lien on the car.

Don’t ever send money or personal information to anyone claiming something unsubstantiated via email.  There are ways to verify the legitimacy of things like this and it’s not sinking your life savings into the belief that your are gonna get it back.  Only people starting a business take this kind of risk.  Hey Janella I have a check her for you totaling $7.5 million and it will only cost you $30,000 in processing fees.  This is time sensitive cause I need to pay my student loans.

I just submitted a complaint about a Fedex Courier holding my money in a bank in West Africa to the Internet Crime website. http://www.ic3.gov which is what Janella should have done.

Next time check: Its Too Good To Be True, dumb ass! http://www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com/

[SOURCE: Scams: Woman Loses $400,000 To Nigerian Email Scam]

This could potentially lead to much more if the technology was to utilize microwave technology to oscillate the lines in your home detecting which room you were in or to assist mapping software with a peak inside your home from satellite.

Update: Good story here (or here) about the reasons for the power line investment by Google, written by our colleague Sam Diaz. One main reason: faster “upload” speeds.

Meanwhile, reality checks here by Mike and Om.

Cute little quip here by John Paczkowski of GMSV, on the bizarre notion that Google’s investment in Current Communications, a company that installs broadband over power lines, could some day lead to a mapping of the power lines of your house.

Along with Goldman Sachs and Hearst, Google is investing about $100 million in Current.

[SOURCE: SiliconBeat: Google Maps to include wiring diagram of your house?}

But later on in the day, on the drive home from work, I started to realize and felt its magnitude.  And I’m not even the one that gets to rule the country.  Now, I understand what Rev. Jesse Jackson could have been experiencing at the moment he had tears roll down his face, remember the little girl that cried on American Idol when Sanjay performed.

Congratulations to the next President of the United States.

Image Courtesy: Traci Cloyd, Photographer: Harold Young

We got into the arena after our little walk through the numerous homeless people in Downtown Miami that live on the sidewalks of the streets leading to the arena.  (Michelle wants to start a homeless shelter so if their are any of you out their interested in fundraising or able to make a large considerable donation please contact us).  More after the jump…

I love getting comp tickets to events however, you never know where the seats will be or who you will meet.  Like Marva B. (also from Hot 105 who I haven’t seen in awhile, still looking good girl) and her friend Bebe who was so cute and friendly, sorry we disappeared and didn’t get photos with you girls.  First we were placed in the nose bleed section way up at the top but you know that wasn’t going to be the case for long.

Immediately after a few beers and the wine Michelle consumed before I picked her up, we went on a little tour of the arena as we watched the seats fill up.  Keeping an eye on the empty ones of those that didn’t make it or possibly not coming.

So you are probably wondering what the view looks like from the seats we were supposed to sit in.  We just couldn’t allow ourselves to be this far up and behind the stage.  We could barely even see the projection screens cause we were on the bias and that was no fun.  We lead ourselves down to the stage floor and I even attempted to get myself backstage which was partially successful since I did get to the kitchen and laundry facilities were I ran into a really nice security guard named Aubrey who was singing tunes in the back so I stopped to get a photo with him.

It was amazing how much we heard from the staff about them being fired for even attempting to let someone break the rules of the arena.  I wish my friend Gloria Estefan was their cause then they wouldn’t have said anything since she practically the ambassador of the arena.  These folks are really serious about firing these great employees that take their jobs seriously for the low pay and short hours they work, at best this would be a part-time.  But don’t hold it against them cause finding good jobs in Miami isn’t easy and that’s why I live in Fort Lauderdale.

So where did we finally find seats to really enjoy the show?  On the floor where you need a wrist band and tickets handy to get past the gate keepers. This is the new view:

To quote Michelle, “That’s How We Do!”

Tonight the Wizard of Oz opened at the Arsht Center in Miami, FL.  Thanks to my good friend Jamil who scored some tickets for me and my guest Scott.

There was alot of excitement and tension anticipating the show that I have not yet see until now.  The performance was great and the seats were awesome (thanks Jamil) but they were missing the theatrics that I have come familiar with in other great shows.  Lots of projected images on silk screens like in the photos above that left me questioning what happened to the set designs.

Although fun and creative changes to the story, such as the Lion King reference from the cowardly lion, the show was witty but still fell short in a few areas.  but then again I may just be projecting my expectations on them and that couldn’t be too fair.

Still worth going to see, absolutely.

NEW YORK, Oct 27, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today congratulated law enforcement for uncovering and preventing what the League called "potentially the most deadly racist shooting spree in many years, including an assassination attempt on presidential candidate Barack Obama."

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Crockett County, Tennessee Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation that resulted in the arrest on October 22 of Daniel Cowart, 21, of Jackson, Tennessee, and Paul Schlesselman, 18, of West Helena, Arkansas. The white supremacists were charged with suspicion of possessing an unregistered firearm, conspiring to steal firearms from a federally licensed gun dealer, and threats against a major candidate for the office of president.

"The arrests of these dangerous white supremacists prevented what could have been the most serious act of domestic terrorism in recent years," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. "This case shows how extreme ideologies easily lead to extreme actions."

[SOURCE: MarketWatch - ADL Commends Federal Agents for Preventing Killing Spree and Obama Assassination Attempt]

I didn’t expect to see another game cancellation or delay but it seems that the US isn’t the only place filled with over-sensitive people.  Scroll down for more photos of the Prophet Muhammed, just kidding.

 

Microsoft has announced that post-nuclear RPG Fallout 3 won’t be coming out in India, citing "cultural sensitivities." Here’s the official word:

Microsoft constantly endeavors to bring the best games to Indian consumers in sync with their international release. However, in light of cultural sensitivities in India, we have made the business decision to not bring Fallout 3 into the country.

Although Microsoft won’t say specifically what is culturally insensitive about the game, we have to imagine it’s the nuclear weapons; India is engaged in take-no-prisoners cold war with their neighbors in Pakistan. Both countries are packing nuclear arsenals, so we think a game that centers on a nuclear conflagration’s aftermath might be a little less fun to play when it could actually happen at any moment. Either that or the game contains violence against cows.

Here in less-sensitive North America, Fallout 3 comes out for the PS3, 360 and PC on October 28th.

Source

[SOURCE: G4 - The Feed - 'Fallout 3' Canceled In India]