China To Launch Luna Probe This Year
Physorg
The PRC’s recently announced lunar exploratory program consists of 3 phases. Phase 1 aims to have a lunar orbiter deployed to Luna this year. In 2012 they expect to have phase 2 implemented which is to land on the moon, no targeted date was given for phase 3 which is to collect samples and return them to Earth.

Running D&D For Kids
Jonathan Drain’s D20 Source
Thoughts and tips to successfully running a D&D game for children. Tips include simplifying the combat, pre-generating characters for them, simplifying the magic items, reducing the gore, etc…

NY Cops On Segways
NY Daily News
Can cops looks menacing enough when charging across the Bronx on a Segway? 25 members of the NYPD are about to find out.

Blizzard Officially Announces StarCraft 2
1Up
StarCraft 2 development is well underway according to a Blizzard press release last week at the Blizzard event in Korea. Though they gave no release date there was a live demo for the attendees and there are several gameplay trailers you can view from the link above.

Pac-Man’s Skeleton
Slashgear
Ever wonder what Pac-Man’s skeleton would look like? Well apparently so did the artist that created this. What do you think, did he capture the spirit of the true Pac-Man or is it just a circle with teeth?

Companies Try eBay To Sell Themselves
USA Today Tech
What do Beanie Babies, Pez Dispensers and troubled Internet companies have in common? They’re all for sale on eBay. Does this mean eBay needs a Web 2.0 category for sales?

You Know That Spam And Phishing E-Mail You Get At Work? It May Be Coming From Your Boss!
Washington Post
Some corporate IT departments have been tasked with phishing the employees on their corp net in order to identify the folks at risk to infecting the network. Employees are outraged, I’m snickering.

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