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  AT&T plugs into power lines for high-speed Net   Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - By Ben Charny
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
AT&T and Pacific Gas and Electric on Wednesday announced a trial run of broadband sent over power lines, an emerging alternative to cable and DSL for delivering high-speed Internet access. As part of the test, the two companies tapped about 100 residents in Menlo Park, Calif., where the power grid is used to feed 13 megabits per second of Internet access to Wi-Fi repeaters on street lampposts. Homes then receive up to 3mbps of wireless Net access. Participants were given Wi-Fi phones from Cisco Systems so that they can make phone calls over the broadband connection. Read More
  QuakeCon 2004 Tournaments Announced   Tuesday, July 6, 2004 - JSpawn
MESQUITE, Texas – July 6, 2004 - The battleground is set - the 9th annual QuakeCon 2004 video game festival and tournament at the Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, Texas on August 12-15 will host the first DOOM 3™ deathmatch championship ever. Be there to game, hang out with 5,000 of your closest friends, and compete for $150,000 in cash and prizes in the NVIDIA QuakeCon 2004 Championship Tournaments. First-come, first-serve online registration for QuakeCon 2004 has begun at www.quakecon.org. The must-attend event for gamers is free to all attendees.
  G4/TechTV sucks   Friday, July 2, 2004 - JSpawn
I don't know about you but ever since G4 TV merged with TechTV, the whole thing sucks. First they got rid of Call for Help, then they completely re-did their Web site and now all the links from all the emailed newsletters I have archived don't work...boooo hooooo They have screwed up the show lineup so that now when I get home from a long hard day at work I can't watch The ScreenSavers at 8, which was a re-broadcast of the 4 o'clock show. I have to wait until the weekend to see one of the shows that aired during the week.. Someone needs to start up another ZDNET TV, (the original TechTV). Don't get me wrong, I like G4 TV for gamers, but give me back my TechTV for Techs.
There is one bright light of hope, other than Stephanie Siemiller of course (helloooooooooo). They finely brought back the archives from all the TechTV shows, They call it the Vault

SHHHHHHHH they even have the Girls Gone Wired archives from Unscrewed
  OH YEAH
Blade is back
  Thursday, July 1, 2004 - JSpawn
Wesley Snipes returns as the day-walking vampire hunter in the explosive third and final film in the Blade franchise, Blade: Trinity. For years, Blade has fought against the vampires in the cover of night, with the world above unaware of the brutal ongoing war. But now, after falling into the crosshairs of the FBI, he is forced out into the daylight, where he is driven to join forces with a clan of human vampire hunters he never knew existed -- The Nightstalkers. Together with Abigail (Jessica Biel, "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre") and Hannibal (Ryan Reynolds), two deftly trained Nightstalkers, Blade Read More and View the Trailer Get ready for the goose bumps