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FISHLABS and Nokia has entered an agreement to bring games to the N-Gage service. …

The advocacy group, EPIC, says the privacy issues Facebook brought up earlier this week with it's short-lived Terms of Service Agreement update may not just go away. While they are happy that Facebook made a step in the right direction by voluntarily reverting to their previous Terms of Service Agreement, they said that until official privacy laws are in place, this will still be a major issue in the social-networking arena.

For privacy advocate group EPIC, a victory isn't yet so clear. “It's great that Facebook has responded, and I think thats a step in the right direction–but these issues dont go away, and it's going to be an ongoing concern for users of new network-based services until we get comprehensive privacy laws in place,” Rotenberg says. In the immediate future, EPIC plans to keep a close eye on Facebook's progress and the rights of its users. Rotenberg promises he and his colleagues will step in if the need arises–and won't hesitate to appeal to the FTC if it becomes necessary, either.

Sapphire HD 4670 Ultimate Edition Review @ OCC and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!

“The heatsink used on the Ultimate Edition HD 4670 is a passive design. This means that its sole means of discharging the thermal load, is to rely on the temperature differential between the air in the chassis and the heatsink itself. Of course better case airflow will allow the heatsink to be more effective. Sapphire has come up with creative solutions for cooling ATI based video cards over the past year with the Toxic and Atomic series of video cards. Vapor Chamber cooling and water cooling are two of the avenues they have explored successfully. But now on the Ultimate Edition, the silent heatsink uses two heatpipes attached to a copper plate to and aluminum block and fin array. As large as the heatsink is, it should prove to be effective at cooling this series of cards.”

Dell showed it off to a select few at CES and now Dell's Mini 10 Netbook is really almost here. With it's 10.1″ widescreen display, HDMI out and 160GB HDD, this netbook looks to give the benefits of higher-end netbooks for a fraction of the cost. You can pick yours up on February 26th for an MSRP of $399!

The Mini 10 is scheduled to debut for advance orders (February 19) on QVC at 9 p.m. Eastern. A full Mini 10 overview is available at Dell.com, and the system will be available for purchase directly from Dell in the U.S. and other countries beginning February 26. Yes, that's right–if you want to be among the first to preorder the Dell Mini 10 (which starts at $399), you'll have to tune in to QVC.

Seems that Apple says that using the Jailbrake program to open up the iPhone and iPod Touch to use approved apps and do non approved things violates the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Apple has always been very keen on protecting its property some would say to the point of being a bully. In this case, it puts the company up against a community of software developers and users who would prefer everything to be open.

Over on All About N-Gage we’ve been covering quite a few stories lately, here are some of them: Fishlabs have just announced five games for N-Gage including the next gen’s first RPG, AAN has started its own Twitter channel, a selection of N-Gage games have been greatly reduced in price, there are several N-Gage contests where you can win holidays, phones and games, the S60 Ambassador programme is giving away N-Gage games in a new campaign, and of course Nokia’s recently announced six new N-Gage-compatible phones.

We’re back with benchmarks and overclocking results…Which motherboard takes the X58 cake?

In all the rush of innovation and new devices, we missed the announcement by F-Secure that they are the first anti-virus company to support S60 5th Edition. Their Mobile Security 5 product is now available via F-Secure or Nokia Download, if you feel the need for some extra strength protection.

Rafe’s still pounding the floor at MWC 2009, of course, but he took time with MIR’s Ben Smith yesterday to give his opinions of Nokia’s latest camera flagship, the N86 8MP, in great detail. Below the break is the full six minute video interview, enjoy.

The M-ROCK Zion is one of the most user-friendly outdoor style laptop computer and camera backpacks on the market today. The bag holds up to a 15¼ inch laptop computer or M-ROCK's Great Lakes #550 water bladder in an insulated neoprene bag. Read on to see if this crazy bag is what you need to carry both your DSLR camera and notebook.