Rare Nintendo cartridge sells for $12,000

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By Chris Morris

When it comes to collecting video games, JJ Hendricks knows his stuff.

Earlier this week, he completed a two-year quest to obtain one of the rarest of Nintendo cartridges in existence, shelling out over $12,000 to do so. But the story of how he finally got the collectible is even more fascinating than object itself.

At stake was a Nintendo PowerFest ’94 cartridge for the Super Nintendo, which was created specifically for a video game competition Nintendo held in the mid-90s across the U.S. and Canada. The cartridge contains tournament versions of three SNES games — Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels, Super Mario Kart and Ken Griffey, Jr. Baseball. A mere 32 were made, and while they were all supposed to be recycled after the tournament, it didn’t work out that way.
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Apple must run “Samsung did not copy iPad” ads: report

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LONDON (Reuters) – Apple has been instructed by a British judge to run ads saying that Samsung did not copy its design for the iPad in the latest twist in the ongoing patent battles between the two tech giants, according to Bloomberg.

Judge Birss, who ruled last week that Samsung did not infringe Apple’s designs because its Galaxy Tab tablets were not “as cool” as the U.S. company’s iPad, said Apple should publish a notice on its website and in British newspapers to correct any impression that the South Korean company copied Apple, Bloomberg said.


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Billboard Hot 100 Singles – Week of July 7, 2012

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1. Carly Rae Jepsen, “Call Me Maybe”

2. Maroon 5 f/ Wiz Khalifa, “Payphone”
3. Gotye f/ Kimbra, “Somebody That I Used To Know”
4. Katy Perry, “Wide Awake”
5. Rihanna, “Where Have You Been”
6. Ellie Goulding, “Lights”
7. fun. f/ Janelle Monae, “We Are Young”
8. Nicki Minaj, “Starships”
9. One Direction, “What Makes You Beautiful”
10. Usher, “Scream”

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Lady Gaga Goes Nude For Fame Perfume Ad

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‘I won’t lie I’m a bit nervous,’ the Mother Monster tweeted before dropping the edgy image.

By Jocelyn Vena

Lady Gaga tweeted out the print ad for her Fame fragrance late Monday (July 16). And the shot leaves very, very little to the imagination.

The black-and-white photo features a fully nude Mother Monster wearing a black mask, with tiny men climbing up her body, strategically placed to cover her more scandalous parts. Shot by famed fashion photographer Steven Klein, the ad’s tagline reads, “The First Ever Black Eau de Parfum.”

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Lady Antebellum speaks on Springsteen silencing

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LONDON (AP) — The members of Lady Antebellum say they are disappointed that Bruce Springsteen was silenced at his Saturday night gig at London’s Hyde Park.

The country trio was the support act for The Boss at the concert. Organizers cut off his microphone when his show, which featured a surprise duet with Sir Paul McCartney, ran late.

The band’s Hillary Scott says, “I’m sure there was definitely a reason. I hear that they had a very strict curfew in Hyde Park.”

Organizers Live Nation and Westminster City Council have been criticized for pulling the plug too early. Live Nation released a statement after the incident saying the show was stopped because of “health and safety” issues.

Lady Antebellum are in the U.K. as part of their European tour.

Speaking on Monday night before a performance at London’s Hammersmith Apollo, the band said their British shows have been “pretty wild” and that they can’t wait to come back.

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Nexus 7 tablet sales off to fast start

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By Salvador Rodriguez

Good luck getting a Nexus 7 — the Google tablet has sold out from many of the retailers carrying the device.

The seven-inch screen device is Google’sfirst in-house developed tablet, and many have said it is the first true challenger to Apple’s iPad. Now that sales have begun, it seems consumers might agree.

The Nexus 7 has been available for pre-order from Google since it was unveiled last month, and recently other retailers have begun carrying the tablet on their sites too. But now most list the Nexus 7 as sold out, back-ordered or have a shipping wait time of a couple of weeks for the tablet.

The Google Play store lists “SHIPS SOON” on their Nexus 7 page and says the device will take a week or two to arrive.
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Warner Bros Civil War? Its Rotten Tomatoes Suspends Comments On Its ‘Dark Knight Rises’ After Movie Reviewers Threatened

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By NIKKI FINKE

Warner Bros owns Rotten Tomatoes (through the social movie site Flixster.com). Warner Bros also owns The Dark Knight Rises (with co-financier Legendary Pictures). Now the studio finds itself with the weird and rare dilemma of protecting movie reviewers who hated the movie from furious Rotten Tomatoes readers. AP reports tonight that RottenTomatoes.com for the first time ever suspended user comments today on movie reviews of the final installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy hitting theaters Friday. Why? Because the comments savaged and threatened those critics who wrote negative reviews, including Marshall Fine of Hollywood & Fine, Christy Lemire of The Associated Press, and Nick Pinkerton of the Village Voice. However the movie overall has an 84% positive rating on RottenTomatoes.com.

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