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Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction was originally slated for an October 30th release, but “due to some unexpected quickness at the factory a vast majority of retailers have already received the game,” and are planning on making it available next week.

The official release date is still the 30th, but PS3 owners who want [...]

Media companies including Viacom, Microsoft Corp., News Corp.’s Fox and MySpace units and others have agreed to guidelines aimed at protecting copyrights online, a source familiar with the matter said this morning.
Google Inc, which faces a $1 billion copyright infringement suit filed by Viacom, is absent from the list of companies, but is currently in [...]

This Day in Tech - 1604: Johannes Kepler first lays eyes on the star that will eventually bear his name. It is the last confirmed supernova to be observed in our galaxy.
The German astronomer was not the first to see the star — several others had identified it a week earlier and one, John Brunowski, [...]

SparkIP.com is a new Web site that aims to create a marketplace where ideas can be bought and sold.

Today SparkIP.com covers over 3.5 million US patents going back to the late 1960s.
They have plans to add patent applications, international patents, and other data sets in the coming weeks and they hope to soon have [...]

Apple has announced that Leopard, the next revision of Mac OS X, will go on sale Friday, October 26.
Earlier this morning, Apple pulled down its online store and relaunched with the new announcement and an option to pre-order the software for delivery on Oct 26th.
As with previous OS X revisions, Leopard will sell for [...]

Want all the songs for Guitar Hero III on Xbox 360? Then you’ll have to pony up for the game’s official soundtrack.
The $14 Guitar Hero Companion Pack, which will be released by Interscope Records on October 23.
It will contain a unique download code that can be redeemed on Xbox Live for a three-song download pack, [...]