Harmonix Buys Harmonix!

Harmonix and Viacom announced that Viacom will be selling Harmonix to "Harmonix-SBE Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Columbus Nova, LLC."

So what it boils down to is, Harmonix is buying itself! The sale price is still unknown, but how much would you pay for yourself, if you were successful (probably a lot).

Oh, and if you don't already know, Harmonix is the developer of Rock Band 3 and Series.

Here's the official announcement!

One More For Chrome! One Million For Charity!

You would of thought the Google Chrome community cared so much! Okay, sure the actual users didn't didn't donate money, but Google did!

So what exactly did the Google Chrome community do? They "donated" tabs to their choice of, trees, persons' water, shelter, vaccinations, or books! Sure tabs are just virtual and not any real currency (although that would be cool), they were used to allocate (or divide) money for the causes.

So what it boils down to is;

• $245,278 toward planting trees in the Atlantic Forest, one of the world's endangered tropical forests,
• $232,791 toward providing clean water, by building freshwater wells for communities in developing nations,
• $112,078 toward building shelter, to be constructed by volunteers for impoverished families in Latin America,
• $267,336 toward administering vaccinations against meningitis to combat outbreaks in Africa, and
• $142,518 toward publishing books by local writers and illustrators, which will be created and donated to schools and libraries across Asia and Africa.

All from Google, and it's Chrome community! 1+ Google!

Life's Apptastic!

Are you getting an iPhone for Christmas? Or maybe sometime later? Do you want some "pay for apps"? Well then, check out this website we recently came across!

Now we all know apps become free once in a while as promotions. What the website basically does, is tells you when an app becomes free. This website also tells/shows you, original price, pictures of content, and links. Best of all, this premium service is free! Now while this isn't a game, we believe it still deserves a rating, so here it is!

The Three States rating; 8/10

This may just become your #1 online website! Either that, or the website we mentioned above...

New FaceBook Profiles

Hey everyone!, FaceBook has just release new profiles (currently optional upgrade), which to some of you may be bad or good. Here we will show you how to make the switch, and list pros and cons.

First, so you know what you're getting into (the is NO turning back!), we will list the pros/cons.

Pros;

• More visual appeal (depending on who you are),
• Smaller Font (once again depend who you are),
• More things will fit on profile,
• Supports more personal information,
• List colleagues, classmates, etc, and
• Can get more specific with your job (for example, current project).

Cons;

• There is NO turning back!,
• Constantly nags asks you for more information,
• Harder to read due to smaller fonts,
• Less visual appeal (depending who you are), and
• Lots of thing are moved around.

How to upgrade;

1. Watch the video on this website, it will help with transition (optional).
2. Goto this website, then click "Get the New Profile" button.

Fire Place Channel

Are you a Bell TV customer? Are you in the Xmas spirit? Well, in addition to Galaxie's Traditional Holiday channel, Bell has yet again brought back "the fire place channel (285)!"

So to commemorate this, warming channel, we thought we would show you how to ditch the music for a real fire sound. While it's not much, it's something. First, goto the "FIRE" channel, 285, press the "menu" button on your Bell TV remote, select "Preferences" (or press 8), select "Alternate Audio" (or press 4), on the list of languages, near the bottom, select "Alternate", and then "done", and your done! Now you have a simulated fire place in your living room!

The Africa Guy

Hey everyone!, one of our employees made a YouTube Account/Channel. Now it's not gaming, but it is made by one of our employees, so hey, check it out! http://www.youtube.com/user/TheAfricaGuy