Verizon is the latest carrier to become convinced that unlimited doesn’t mean unlimited, as its started charging customers of its $59.99 unlimited mobile broadband plan overages if they exceed 5GB in a billing cycle.

So while its going to still call it “unlimited”, customers will get charged a premium of $.49-per-megabyte over 5GB.

We think Verizon needs to call it, oh, the 5GB plan. Or something.

Verizon’s New $59.99 Data Plan has Overage Charges [Mobile Burn]

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uGenGames is not simply a gaming site. Yes, you can play games, there are plenty of them to choose from, however, why limit yourself to playing, when you can create your own? As the name suggests, uGenGames is a portal for Flash developers, graphic designers and games enthusiasts. They can design and customize their own games using the site’s API. There’s also a chance to win money. Uploaded games may only be in Adobe Flash SWF file format; games with widths more than 560 pixels will be resized. Games can easily be embedded in blogs and social networks such as Facebook and Myspace. Of course, if you’re not into making your own games, there’s plenty to keep you occupied. Some of the more attention-grabbing games include ‘Kick my Ass,’ ‘Pimp My Sleigh,’ and ‘Muck About’. As you can see, the developers like to keep it interesting.

In their own words

“ugenGames is a Consumer online User Generated Games portal for players, developers and graphic designers, allowing them to create & upload, customize and share web and mobile Flash based games.

ugenGames site serves as a unique way for users to mix their media with existing game engines and share their personalized games alongside friends. Anyone can add their own game engine or graphics to ugenGames library in a process that.s fast and simple..

It's easy, fun and can be rewarding !

Any ugenGames can be embedded on a blog page (MySpace, Facebook, Blogger...) a forum or anywhere on the Web.”

Why it might be a killer

Anyone willing and wishing to whet their whistle making games will appreciate this site. It lets you flex your Flash muscles and develop, cute, smart and entertaining games that will be enjoyed by the masses. Game lovers, on the other hand are guaranteed fresh, new games frequently.

Some questions

Do game developers get to license their games? How are contest winners decided?

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What it does

uGenGames is not simply a gaming site. Yes, you can play games, there are plenty of them to choose from, however, why limit yourself to playing, when you can create your own? As the name suggests, uGenGames is a portal for Flash developers, graphic designers and games enthusiasts. They can design and customize their own games using the site’s API. There’s also a chance to win money. Uploaded games may only be in Adobe Flash SWF file format; games with widths more than 560 pixels will be resized. Games can easily be embedded in blogs and social networks such as Facebook and Myspace. Of course, if you’re not into making your own games, there’s plenty to keep you occupied. Some of the more attention-grabbing games include ‘Kick my Ass,’ ‘Pimp My Sleigh,’ and ‘Muck About’. As you can see, the developers like to keep it interesting.

In their own words

“ugenGames is a Consumer online User Generated Games portal for players, developers and graphic designers, allowing them to create & upload, customize and share web and mobile Flash based games.

ugenGames site serves as a unique way for users to mix their media with existing game engines and share their personalized games alongside friends. Anyone can add their own game engine or graphics to ugenGames library in a process that.s fast and simple..

It's easy, fun and can be rewarding !

Any ugenGames can be embedded on a blog page (MySpace, Facebook, Blogger...) a forum or anywhere on the Web.”

Why it might be a killer

Anyone willing and wishing to whet their whistle making games will appreciate this site. It lets you flex your Flash muscles and develop, cute, smart and entertaining games that will be enjoyed by the masses. Game lovers, on the other hand are guaranteed fresh, new games frequently.

Some questions

Do game developers get to license their games? How are contest winners decided?

Updates


 » original news

What it does

uGenGames is not simply a gaming site. Yes, you can play games, there are plenty of them to choose from, however, why limit yourself to playing, when you can create your own? As the name suggests, uGenGames is a portal for Flash developers, graphic designers and games enthusiasts. They can design and customize their own games using the site’s API. There’s also a chance to win money. Uploaded games may only be in Adobe Flash SWF file format; games with widths more than 560 pixels will be resized. Games can easily be embedded in blogs and social networks such as Facebook and Myspace. Of course, if you’re not into making your own games, there’s plenty to keep you occupied. Some of the more attention-grabbing games include ‘Kick my Ass,’ ‘Pimp My Sleigh,’ and ‘Muck About’. As you can see, the developers like to keep it interesting.

In their own words

“ugenGames is a Consumer online User Generated Games portal for players, developers and graphic designers, allowing them to create & upload, customize and share web and mobile Flash based games.

ugenGames site serves as a unique way for users to mix their media with existing game engines and share their personalized games alongside friends. Anyone can add their own game engine or graphics to ugenGames library in a process that.s fast and simple..

It's easy, fun and can be rewarding !

Any ugenGames can be embedded on a blog page (MySpace, Facebook, Blogger...) a forum or anywhere on the Web.”

Why it might be a killer

Anyone willing and wishing to whet their whistle making games will appreciate this site. It lets you flex your Flash muscles and develop, cute, smart and entertaining games that will be enjoyed by the masses. Game lovers, on the other hand are guaranteed fresh, new games frequently.

Some questions

Do game developers get to license their games? How are contest winners decided?

Updates


 » original news

A couple weeks after trying to shut down Wikileaks a federal judge in California, after hearing the various first amendment concerns realized that perhaps he was a bit hasty. He has now reversed the order, allowing the site to have its domain name back. So, after all of this, the site still remains up and millions more people now know that the Swiss bank Julius Baer tried to shut it down to hide various documents. The end result: not only is the disputed content still available, many more people have seen it. I assume that this was not quite how the bank's lawyers expected this situation to turn out.

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This is the kind of power I can see being used on Arrakis — Dune — the desert planet. This huge array of mirrors automatically adjusts to face the sun, and concentrates its rays onto a pipeline filled with the spice melange — I mean oil, which heats up to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. The oil is then used to vaporize water for steam power, or the heat is transferred (to molten salt!) stored for a rainy day.

Its simplicity is its strength, and the fact that heat energy is easily storeable makes its higher cost (twice that of wind power) worthwhile to pay. There’s more cool technical info in the article if you like that kind of thing.

Solar Without the Panels [Technology Review]

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Ask is rumored to be considering switching to Google for search and subsequently downsizing its engineering team.

According to Silicon Alley Insider, Ask may abandon or selling its Teoma search engine in favor of using Google for its search results. Teoma has powered Ask since it was acquired in September 2001. The decision will result in “bad news for Ask Engineers.”

Paid Content puts the downsizing figure at 100 in April, although they note that the final decision on the switch to Google hasn’t been signed off on yet.

The decision to abandon Ask’s in-house search engine comes following a $100 million advertising campaign in 2007 that succeeded in growing Ask’s market share, but not to a significant level in the overall market. Google already provides Ask with its search ads through a recently renegotiated, five-year, $3.5 billion deal.

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Nice going RIM, you've successfully filed for a patent on a device that companies like HTC have been making since 2005. That's right folks, your friends at Research In Motion have just thrown an application in the direction of the US Patent Office which should look painfully familiar. The company is calling it a "Hybrid Portrait-Landscape Handheld Device With Trackball Navigation and QWERTY Hide-Away Keyboard," but we're calling it the Wizard. We suppose it's possible that the BlackBerry-maker has something up its sleeve that goes beyond the typical functionality of a phone like this, but nothing in the application seemed to indicate such a scenario. Did RIM even check out the competition before issuing this paperwork? It seems unlikely given the obvious and commonly used shape and design of this particular handset... oh, wait, this one has a trackball. Okay, our bad.

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Hate messing with old-school printers and copy machines to figure out how to assemble booklets (which page goes where and which way does it go in the copier)? Try BookletCreator, a free web tool that lets you turn any PDF into a printable booklet. BookletCreator will reorder a PDF’s pages and layout so that it’s printable as a booklet. You don’t have to mess with staples either if you don’t want to. BookletCreator will even send you back an extra copy to keep or print on other devices. Once printed, just follow BookletCreator’s folding instructions to make yourself a booklet or two. If the document is larger than eight pages, there’s an option to split the document into multiple booklets. Or if you just want to print a few pages, you can do that too. It’s free and there’s no registration required.

In their own words

“BookletCreator - is a free online tool that allows to create a booklet from a PDF document. It reorders pages so that after printing and folding the pages you get a small book.”

Why it might be a killer

BookletCreator is a great, free solution if you don’t want deal with copy machines or hard to use software. It’s simplicity and lack of registration is perfect for those who want no fuss.

Some questions

How will BookletCreator generate revenue to allow it to stay afloat? Will users find it easy to use? Or will they want more?

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What it does

Hate messing with old-school printers and copy machines to figure out how to assemble booklets (which page goes where and which way does it go in the copier)? Try BookletCreator, a free web tool that lets you turn any PDF into a printable booklet. BookletCreator will reorder a PDF’s pages and layout so that it’s printable as a booklet. You don’t have to mess with staples either if you don’t want to. BookletCreator will even send you back an extra copy to keep or print on other devices. Once printed, just follow BookletCreator’s folding instructions to make yourself a booklet or two. If the document is larger than eight pages, there’s an option to split the document into multiple booklets. Or if you just want to print a few pages, you can do that too. It’s free and there’s no registration required.

In their own words

“BookletCreator - is a free online tool that allows to create a booklet from a PDF document. It reorders pages so that after printing and folding the pages you get a small book.”

Why it might be a killer

BookletCreator is a great, free solution if you don’t want deal with copy machines or hard to use software. It’s simplicity and lack of registration is perfect for those who want no fuss.

Some questions

How will BookletCreator generate revenue to allow it to stay afloat? Will users find it easy to use? Or will they want more?

Updates


 » original news