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lilbridge writes "Huge reserves of "combustible ice" — frozen methane and water, have been discovered in the tundra of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in China. Estimates show that there is enough combustible ice to provide 90 years worth of energy for China. Burning the combustible ice may be a far better alternative than letting it just melt, releasing tons of methane into the air."

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So you do your research, you read up on everything important about the PS3's new Move controller, and you consider yourself well prepared for a future of wild merrymaking and multiplayer gaming parties. And then you find out you can't use four full sets of controllers with your console. As it turns out, the PS3's Bluetooth module is only fit to address up to seven wireless devices at a time, which poses something of a puzzler when you consider that you need a pair of Move controllers (or a Move plus a sub-controller) to get your money's worth and four times two is, well, a number greater than seven. Perturbed by this, Gizmodo contacted Sony for an official response and the news gets even worse:
Four PlayStation Move controllers can connect to a PS3 at one time (or two PlayStation Move Controllers and 2 PlayStation Move sub-controllers). That basically means you can have the full Move experience with only one friend, or you can share out the wands and have that tiny bit less fun with a quartet. Not a problem for the misanthropes out there -- or most people really -- but an important limitation to be aware of, nonetheless.

PlayStation Move will offer limited four player support originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:54:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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An anonymous reader writes "Another one bites the dust, as New Zealand's Internet filter stealthily goes live with two smaller ISPs, and three of the largest already rumoured to have signed up to do the same. However, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is apparently 'committed to helping people to circumvent government internet filtering,' so perhaps the USA will launch an invasion to free the poor downtrodden Kiwis from their own evil government?" Clever of one of the acquiescing ISPs to have named itself "Watchdog."

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In a Camden County courtroom yesterday, a woman kissed the right cheek of her 17-year-old son, who is charged in the February torture deaths of a Burlington County couple, and whispered that she loved him.

Gov. Christie yesterday initiated a study of privatizing parts of state government to save money, hinting at possible downsizing next year.

The cosmos must clearly have approved of Microsoft's actions over this past month, as today we're hearing the Xbox 360 broke out of its competitive sales funk to claim the title of "month's best-selling console" ... for the first time in two years. Redmond's own Aaron Greenberg describes it as the best February in the console's history, with 422,000 units sold outshining the consistently popular Wii (397,900) and the resurgent PS3 (360,100 consoles shifted, which was a 30 percent improvement year-on-year). In spite of the happy campers in Redmond and Tokyo, the overall numbers for the games industry were down 15 percent on 2009's revenues, indicating our collective gaming appetite is starting to dry up. Good thing we've got all those motion-sensing accessories coming up to reignite our fire.

NPD: Xbox 360 wins US sales war in a downbeat February originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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They've tutored young children, raised money for charities, worked toward a cleaner environment, shared their knowledge of animals, and launched blood drives - all while still in high school.

William George is old school. He got his first union card in 1960, when he was 18 and went to work at the old Jones & Laughlin steel mill in his hometown of Aliquippa, Pa.

Ron Rubin wasn't nervous. At least, so says one of his top executives. But even Rubin couldn't downplay yesterday what his company had just pulled off.

A 25-year-old man was killed last night when he apparently stepped in front of an Amtrak train traveling through Northeast Philadelphia on the way to 30th Street Station, according to Amtrak officials and police.

Seeing them now, it's hard to imagine that these are the same Jackson brothers who used to gnaw on the windowsills of the Collingswood torture chamber they called home, just to quell their hunger pangs.

HARRISBURG - The corruption case against former State Rep. Mike Veon was "laughable" and built on a series of lies by dubious witnesses hoping to save their own skins, Veon's lawyer told the jury during closing arguments in the Bonusgate trial yesterday.

Every day, Dawn Freney looks at her six children with fresh gratitude, amazed to think each of them protected her while growing in her womb.

A Danish scientist involved in two major studies that debunked any linkage of vaccines to autism is suspected of misappropriating $2 million in U.S. grants at his university in Denmark.

The top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee wants the White House to spell out all its official contacts with Rep. Joe Sestak (D., Pa.), saying it may have broken the law if it offered Sestak a federal job to sway him from challenging Sen. Arlen Specter in the Democratic primary.

Republican congressional candidate and former U.S. Attorney Patrick Meehan yesterday asked the Delaware County prosecutor to investigate some of his nominating petitions for possible forgeries, saying his campaign had identified at least four signatures as "questionable."

A three-month investigation into online child pornography led to charges against 44 defendants statewide ranging in age from a juvenile to a 70-year-old, state police said yesterday.

A former Downingtown West High School janitor accused of having sex with a 15-year-old female student faces new charges related to two other 15-year-old girls.

City Councilwoman Maria Quiñones Sánchez, defying the Nutter administration, proposed an ordinance yesterday that would set limits on the cost of parades and street festivals.

The U.S. Department of Defense handed over $3.4 million to the City of Philadelphia yesterday, after an Inspector General's Office investigation found evidence of uncashed wage-tax checks from the federal government to the city from 2005.