WITN: Book Publishing Has A Better Future Than Music and Movies (Thinks One Of Us)

Aaaand... we're back. Fresh from our Christmas and New Year break and ready to talk about the Most Important Stories Outside of Silicon Valley. Stories like, uh, Kevin Rose's new email newsletter. But, yeah ok, while the jumping off point might be a stretch, we soon get to the meat of this week's episode: whether we're seeing a move from fame for fame's sake to a more targeted, troll free kind of media. And also whether mobile platforms are going to prove to the saviour of the content industry. Ohh, it's good to be back. Video below.

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Robot Unicorn Attack Heavy Metal is an awesome Time Waster

A couple of months ago, our friends over at TUAW wrote about Robot Unicorn Attack Heavy Metal for iOS. And I'm here today to tell you this momentous game is now available as a Time Waster for the rest of us -- and it's free! In terms of gameplay, what can I say? You're a robot unicorn and you attack while grooving to heavy metal, which is probably why the game is called Robot Unicorn Attack Heavy Metal!

To be a tad more clinical about it, the game can be described as a platformer, but each run is fairly short-lived. You launch from the left side of the screen, hitting Z to leap into the air. Once you gain a bit of speed, you can hit X to dash forward. You can also hit Z to double-jump (i.e, jump up while still airborne). With a clever combination of Z and X, you might not touch the ground for quite a while.

However, not touching the ground isn't enough to win: the level changes, and there are cliffs and all sorts of tricky topography. Run into a wall, and you die. The goal is to continue moving for as long as possible. If you're into heavy metal and unicorns, you owe it to yourself to try this game.

Robot Unicorn Attack Heavy Metal is an awesome Time Waster originally appeared on Download Squad on Fri, 17 Dec 2010 13:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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2010's best tales from the tech trenches

The daily grind of the tech professional's job is the focus of InfoWorld's Off the Record blog. In this "water cooler chat" setting, readers submit tales that we publish anonymously, sharing stories of humor or frustration or interesting situations faced by those who work in technology.

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Apple's iPad: Disruptive product of the year

In 2010, the iPad was disruptive to the broad personal computing market in many ways. But for me the disruption was personal.

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WakeMate Warns Users Of Major Safety Issue With Product After One Bursts Into Flames

It was only days ago that we wrote that after nearly a year of delays, the first WakeMate units were finally shipping to customers. And now there's some more bad news ? really bad. Some of the initial units are apparently bursting into flames because of any issue with the USB charger included. Repeat: Do not use the USB charger included with the shipping WakeMate units. The company has just sent out the following notice to customers:

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