Nokia is sending word that they've just opened up the Dutch branch of their online Music Store service, accessible by either PC or their mobile phones. The store's opening also comes with a limited-time promo, which you can read over in the full article.

The THQ Gamers' Day 08 sure is making the most out of the event by promoting their upcoming titles. de Blob (Wii, DS) is one of them, and that's why we got three videos for you guys to watch. Remember, the operative terms for this title are "color" and "revolution". Join in on the fray by heading to the full article.

The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Devil May Cry 4 (also on PC) will not be priced the same in some PAL regions. When asked about the matter, Capcom said that this is because of a certain business model they are allowed to use in the said territories.

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Ready to put your game on in FIFA Street 3 (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and NDS)? Well, it's still a couple of months away from the arcade sports video game's Europe release, but EA threw us a bone - a list for the game's soundtrack. Check out full article for the complete list.

Apple has announced that it will be standardizing the prices of music on the European iTunes service over the next six months. This means that the UK iTunes store will be dropping its prices to match those found in other pan-European areas.

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If you're the type of person who's afraid of the dentist and his deadly implements of cleaning, then here's a clever little device that might distract you while he pokes around inside of your mouth. Doing away with the standard anaesthetic treatment, patients can now focus on movies played through a video eyewear device during the operation.

The RelaxView 5.0 Dental Pack makes use of a 65 gram video eyewear with VGA resolution, which makes the patient see an image of almost 1.5 meters at a distance of three meters. The setup is similar to other video eyewear devices commonly seen in the market nowadays.

Communication with the dentist is still maintained because the patient is still able to have eye contact with the dentist by focusing the eyes above the video screen. The volume level is also adjustable through the earphones that go with the eyewear and ensures proper communication between the patient and the dentist.

Dr. Rob Roef, a dentist in Ninmegen, Netherlands, explains the concept of the new RelaxView 5.0 Dental Pack:

It is all about focus. Patients that, only occasionally see, hear, taste and smell the things that happen in a dentistry tend to become very sensitive even for the more simple procedures. The pain that people experience should not be minimised. Some people are so frightened that they require anaesthetic treatment, or they simply don't seek necessary treatment until it is too late. Facilitating and helping to get the patients' focus away from pain to pleasure pays off for both the patient and the dentist.

The entire package is worth EUR 300 (or around US$ 573) and consists of a premium pair of video glasses, together with a portable DVD player, model Discman, and a disposable hygiene set, all of which make the dental office a more relaxed place to be.

While gamers in parts of Europe have a long road ahead regarding their copy of Take-Two Interactive's Manhunt 2 (PSP, Wii), word is out that the game is expected to be released in the Netherlands. According to Holland Justice Minister Ernst Hirsch Ballin, this is because existing Dutch laws do not authorize banning games due to violent content.

The Minster noted that theoretically, it would still be possible to prosecute people who distributed the game to people under the age of 16 provided the images were violent enough. "The current law is based on the principle that every adult is considered capable of deciding for himself which games he wants to play, unless it contains illegal material," said Mr. Ballin in a letter to the Dutch Parliament.

Ballin further noted that the decision of what sort of video games children are allowed to play is "the joint responsibility of parents, the audiovisual industry and the government." Ballin wrote in the letter a plea for unified EU standard for video game ratings. As it stands, Manhunt 2 has been re-rated M by North America's ESRB, and has been cleared for an October 31 launch in the region.

Before getting rid of your old mobile phone for a new one, you may consider doing this as a farewell ritual to your old phone: throwing it away. Literally.

In Savonlinna, Finland, mobile phone throwing is actually a local event. Contestants to the mobile phone abuse-a-thon engage in various activities such as mobile phone juggling and phone throwing.

For some of the participants, mobile phone juggling is actually an artistic endeavor. Taco Cohen, a contestant hailing from the Netherlands, used his training as a circus performer to nab the freestyle gold medal in the event. When asked about how it is to juggle cellular phones, he said, "Juggling I have done for many years with balls. (But) these are irregular shapes and weights, it is difficult."

Another contestant, Tommi Houtari, added his impression on the mobile phone-throwing event. "I have never thrown a phone before but have been participating in potato-throwing ... surprisingly, a potato flies further."

The strange (yet possibly cathartic) activity has drawn a large crowd from other countries such as Canada, US, and some neighboring European countries.

The make or model of the phones used in the event were not disclosed.

When it comes to predicting how Earth would look like hundreds of years from now, there are two schools of thought dominating the field of science. First are the conservatives who believe global warming, exhaustion of fuel cells, and destruction of the environment will ultimately lead to our extinction. The second group is the liberals, who think that Homo Sapiens are far too advanced to let these things end their existence - they maintain that we'll be able to come up with scientific methods to clear pollution, produce alternatives for energy, or if all else fails, create a colony of our own outer space.

We're neither fans of human extinction nor are we narcissistic fools, but this latest technological wonder from Netherlands can further fan the flames of that debate.

The folks over at the Delft University of Technology has come up with a solar-powered mouse (not live ones silly, we're talking about computer peripherals here). According to the press release they issued, Sole Mio was designed to be used by anyone with access to sunlight, or even artificial light. The technology behind this product enables it to charge power from sources of light, making it available for the owner's usage. Here's a text from the press release:

With solar energy, under ideal circumstances charging can occur a factor of five times quicker than in the current situation. Over time it is estimated that several hundred million batteries could be saved annually on a global scale. The net environmental benefit is still restricted by the high energy content of current PV cells. However the introduction of new types of cheap and energy-extensive PV cells, on which TU Delft and partners are working, would eventually yield an even higher environmental gain.

So they're looking into making this more environment friendly in the long run. Is this then the first step towards what the liberal wing in science believes as the next stage of man's evolution? Can humans actually create ways to destroy the planet and save itself at the same time?

Wake me up from cryostasis when a solar-powered race is in charge of the planet.

 

Back in the day, in some backwater places, only the cool kid gets to have a gaming system. Today, it's either you've got the latest high-end console or you prefer sticking to retro. In other words, video games can almost measure your machismo. People in Amsterdam have a similar idea - the PSP in the Netherlands is a fashion statement.

Some models during the Amsterdam Fashion Week walked the ramp carrying PSP units with "Go! Cam" attachments. We do not know if Sony is behind this, but we can say that a portable 1.3 megapixel camera with a microphone, 180-degree rotating lens, and huge capacity that can hold 40,000 images and about 2 1/2 hours of video is very sexy. Oh, the models are pretty hot too.