Publisher Game Factory has unveiled new details concerning Two Tribes' time-waster send-up Rubik's World (Wii, NDS), and released a pair of accompanying screenshots. Both the Wii and DS version

Product manager Erling Ellingsen returns once again, furthering his mission to "take you into the core of Conan." Fortunately, his execution still resembles a weather report. Get the Flash Player to see this player.

That's the headline for this BBC story, which reports: "At least one of Britain's birds appears to be coping well as climate change alters the availability of a key food. Researchers found that great tits are laying eggs earlier in the spring than they used to, keeping step with the earlier emergence of caterpillars. " Link (Thanks, Coop!)...

nicholas.m.carlson writes help you feel better about your hovel. Vallywag recently compiled a list of the top ten places to work, but the resulting submissions and exploration also provided them with an interesting look at some of the worst places to work. "What makes them so bad? Some offend with exposed fluorescent lights, gray cubicles and a dystopian corporate sheen. But others, with their pseudo-hip graffiti, kindergarten toys and plastic decorations -- all in a desperate attempt to seem "Internet-y" -- come off even worse."

I got a bit of time to check out GRID and I am impressed. The physics on the cars are a bit different but after some fussing with all of the options for control I managed to find something I like. The default settings are a bit squishy and unattached feeling though.

An overwhelmingly positive week for the index, to counteract the overwhelmingly negative trend of the real stock market. Electronic Arts Announces restrictive copy protection for Spore and Mass Effect PC, then un-announces it.