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Own The Ultimate Street Fighter Collector's Set!
perezhilton.com 4 days, 4 hours agoWe don't talk about too many video games here, but a few are worth mentioning -- like the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector’s Set! This bad boy is perfect for any child of the '90s. Sure, $149.99 is A LOT to be dropping on something you should have stopped caring about when you turned 18, but this set includes FOUR different versions of the classic arcade fighting game! Plus, the chest of goodies contains a Blu-ray documentary on the game, the complete animated series, a totally kick ass statue of R
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Eugene Polley, Co-creator Of The Wireless TV Remote, Passes Away Aged 96
engadget.com 6 days, 18 hours agoEugene Polley, inventor of the wireless remote control has passed away aged 96. Working for Zenith Electronics , he developed the FlashMatic control in 1955, using beams of light directed at photo-sensors in a television to change channel or volume. Like all pioneering technology it had some quirks -- it couldn't distinguish between the light from the remote and direct sunlight, causing inadvertent channel changes during summer days. Dr. Robert Adler (1913 - 2007) superseded the technology with his ultrason










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