It’s thought to be one of only two shrinkwrapped copies of the game still in existence.

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England beat Australia 3-2 to secure their first win over the Kookaburras since 1985 and open their World Cup campaign in style in India.

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Each year, Nepalese youth in two villages in the south of the Himalayan country save up their choicest insults for a 10-day “cursing festival” that reaches its climax Sunday.

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A collection of Olympic torches from 1936 to today.

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WhatDoIKnow sends in a story about an appeals court ruling in a singular case that might have the effect of narrowing “fair use” rights for transformative uses of artworks. “The sculptor who designed the Korean War memorial [in Washington DC] brought suit against the Postal Service after a photograph of his work was used on a postage stamp. Though first ruled protected by ‘fair use,’ on appeal the court ruled in favor (PDF) of the sculptor, Frank (more…)

theodp writes “Apple’s shareholder meeting this week took on a Jerry Springer vibe, with harsh comments about Al Gore, former VP and Apple board member, setting the tone. Several stockholders took turns either bashing or praising Gore’s high-profile views on climate change. Apple shareholder Shelton Ehrlich urged against Gore’s re-election to the board, claiming that Gore ‘has become a laughingstock. The glaciers have not melted. If [the] advice he (more…)

As a Nintendo Wii owner, you’ve certainly got a smattering of options when it comes time to fire up the light gun, but even Nintendo’s Wii Zapper can’t hold a candle to this.

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daedae writes “It seems Facebook has been granted a patent for the news feed, as a method of monitoring activities, storing them in a database, and displaying an appropriate set of activities to an appropriate set of users. ‘That sounds pretty broad, and the social-networking world was all atwitter at the possible ramifications. Writing for ReadWriteWeb, Marshall Kirkpatrick proclaimed, “This could be very big. … MySpace, Flickr, Yahoo, Twitter (more…)

Michael Schumacher says his Mercedes team have some work to do before they are in a position to win this season.

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Competing in the Olympics comes with many obvious perks (glory, lucrative endorsements). But when elite athletes enter the health-insurance market, they face the same byzantine system the rest of us do.

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