http://www.citytools.net Your news, your way. Stories on CityTools where either written by members or are existing stories shared by members. In the case of shared stories, all rights reside with the original creator. en 2012-02-04T23:50:56 2012-02-04T23:50:56 httpd:/www.citytools.net/essentials/rss_docs.html http://www.citytools.net/images/rss_logo.jpg http://www.citytools.net 182 35 citytools image http://www.citytools.net/showstory/dac10bd8-4f89-11e1-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ In Taiwan, a man dies while gaming In an Internet cafe. Reports suggest no one notices for nine hours. But, regardless of how long he was actually dead, how could it be that no gamer notices until a waitress finally thinks to check?<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57371225-71/gamers-ignore-corpse-in-internet-cafe/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/78a00498-4f81-11e1-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ AP - Before the big game, there was another game to be had in the city &mdash; DirecTV&#39;s Celebrity Beach Bowl.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120204/ap_en_ot/us_super_bowl_beach_bowl">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/16d3777a-4f79-11e1-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Your Linux and Mac clients won&#39;t be left out in the cold when Microsoft upgrades its Windows Server 2008 software later this year.<a href="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2243158,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03129TX1K0000616">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/b57760f2-4f70-11e1-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ The Facebook chief may be on the hook for $2 billion in taxes with his company going public. But he&#39;s not necessarily all that upset about it, because Facebook in turn gets a tax deduction.<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57371609-93/zuckerbergs-taxes-on-ipo-how-about-$2-billion/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/53679d26-4f68-11e1-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ #crime Remember Dustin McCombs, the rapist suspect who taunted the police in Facebook? Not surprisingly, he was captured by U.S. Marshals in Ohio after their colleagues from the Gulf Coast Regional Task in Birmingham gave them a tip about his whereabouts, presumably using internet address location information. More&nbsp;&raquo; <a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~3/1UtR5-I0Ml4/facebook-police-taunter-captured">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/769f90fc-4f3e-11e1-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Test your might against pigeons, lava, and freezing snow in this montage from Double Fine Happy Action Theater.<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/puzzle/double-fine-happy-action-theater/media.html?sid=6349805&autoplay=6349805&part=rss&tag=gs_all_games&subj=6349805">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/a6c6dda0-4f2d-11e1-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Changes are a-foot again for Firefox. The beta channel can now sync add-ons, the Aurora channel completes a smoother update process, and work on the faster native UI for Android continues.<a href="http://download.cnet.com/8301-2007_4-57371548-12/firefox-11-to-get-add-on-sync/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/ca13fa42-4f03-11e1-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Creators of Asteroids, Missile Command, Battlezone, and more team with Seamus Blackley for mobile and social focused studio; THQ signs on to publish multiple projects.<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6349763.html?part=rss&tag=gs_all_games&subj=6349763">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/be11634c-4f03-11e1-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ When Girl Scout cookie season starts up in your neighborhood, those earnest young saleswomen bearing boxes of sweets may be armed with a new secret weapon: a mobile credit-card reader attached to their smartphones. <a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/technology/~3/qI6jj-YDdx4/fi-tn-girls-scouts-mobile-payment-20120203,0,6321371.story">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/5ab57502-4efb-11e1-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ This breathtaking picture of America&#39;s east coast at night shows the thin veil of atmosphere which protects all life on earth from the harsh and inhospitable environment of outer space.<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2096058/Bright-lights-Broadway-The-astonishing-picture-nighttime-New-York-surrounding-cities-seen-200-miles-Earth.html?ITO=1490">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/436d806a-4ee2-11e1-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Publisher&#39;s antipiracy scheme will prevent customers from playing some of its Mac and PC games for an undetermined period of time during server transition starting February 7.<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6349732.html?part=rss&tag=gs_all_games&subj=6349732">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/373b84ae-4ee2-11e1-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ The correlations between classic arcade games like Centipede and popular mobile games like Angry Birds are undeniable: they&#39;re simple, fun, and addictive. Seamus Blackley has hired a slew of old-school game developers to try to cash in on that fact with his company Innovative Leisure.<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-32973_3-57371509-296/xbox-co-creator-channels-arcade-classics-at-mobile-game-startup/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/d59cb162-4ed9-11e1-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ The hacktivist group Anonymous released a nearly 17-minute recording on Friday of a phone call between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and Scotland Yard pertaining to Anonymous and fellow hacker groups LulzSec and AntiSec. <a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/technology/~3/b7roxhkjsUI/la-anonymous-leaks-fbi-phone-call-discussing-hacking-investigations-20120203,0,6035597.story">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/121fb398-4ec9-11e1-8240-f3337a10a9b7/ Reuters - Micron Technology Inc Chief Executive and Chairman Steve Appleton died in a small plane crash on Friday, a major loss for a U.S. memory chipmaker already struggling with sluggish computer sales and declining prices.<a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/tech/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120203/tc_nm/us_micron">[original story]</a>