Lego and Muji reinvent construction paper

Lego has teamed up with Japanese retailer Muji to create an interesting take on the building block toy. The Lego for Muji Paper and Block Set together with a paper punch allow the colorful sheets to nestle nicely on the pieces. The builder can cut the paper into different shapes, giving lots of possibilities with just a few blocks. Some of the pictures show cute animal constructions and some Christmas-inspired designs. This product is available in Japan starting at 2,300 yen (US$26) a box. Check with a local Muji shop for availability in your country.

Via High Snobiety

Rumor: PS3 to have Firefox?

We've been hoping for a while that Sony would replace the PS3's mediocre built-in Web browser with something more robust, so it's nice to hear that Sony might be in talks with Mozilla to port Firefox over to the PS3--even if it's just a rumor.

The folks at PlayStation Insider say they've "received a tip from a source very close to Sony" about possible conversations between Mozilla and Sony. No word on whether a deal is close, but having Firefox on board would put a little more wood behind the PS3's arrow in its battle against the XBox 360 and the Wii.

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Via Crave CNET (Source: PSInsider via Gizmodo)

PS3 Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Edition coming!

This is not exactly the Christmas bundle I mentioned in my crave on the 250GB PS3 for Asia, but it's the closest in terms of a packaged deal. The Final Fantasy XIII Lightning Edition announced in Japan in September will be released in Singapore for a cool S$685 (US$492.77). The above picture of the Ceramic White 250GB kit should give you a pretty good idea of what you're paying for (is the Sony designer a Hello Kitty fan?). This is on top of a Japan edition Final Fantasy XIII valued at a whopping S$133 (US$95.68) and it doesn't even support the English language.

Both the 250GB PS3 and Final Fantasy XIII special editions are due December 17.

Sony doubles PS3 storage for just S$40 more

That's right. For 120GB PS3 Slim early adopters in Singapore, the latest news from Sony is going to be a hard pill to swallow. At just S$552 (US$397.09), the latest 250GB model more than doubles the built-in hard drive capacity of its predecessor, while offering all the same functions provided by the 120GB kit retailing for S$512 (US$368.32). Sony further clarified that it has no plans to phase out or revise the lower-end system despite the minimal price difference. However, we're also hearing contradictory chatter from the country's game retailers regarding this.

Then there's the possibility that Sony will be launching a special Christmas bundle for these consoles to cash in on the year-end festivities. For gamers sitting on the fence, we suggest that you stay put for a little longer in case there are more surprises better deals in the pipeline.

But if cost is your last concern, the latest 250GB PS3 Slim is now in Singapore and Hong Kong (HK$2,599).

PS3 the new crime-busting tool

The PlayStation 3 has been used for a variety of altruistic tasks following its launch in 2006. Perhaps the most high-profile of these ventures is the Folding@home project, which uses spare processing power from idling, networked PS3s to undertake the arduous task of simulating protein folding in order to study the causes of various diseases.

The latest effort to harness the PS3's processing power for good comes from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Cyber Crimes Center. As reported by Axcess News, the Cyber Crimes Center (C3) is using networked PS3s to capture sexual predators by cracking passwords on computers suspected of containing child pornography.

The report notes that while law enforcement agents can execute a warrant to secure the physical computers, the Fourth Amendment protects suspected predators from surrendering passwords and other encryption material. As such, the agency attempts to crack the passwords by using a program that tries all possible key combinations. The report notes that a six-digit password has nearly 282 trillion possible permutations, and the networked PS3 can attempt 4 million guesses per second.
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