“The release is still ‘when it’s done,’ but you can expect more frequentmedia releases and we’re not changing engines again and we haveconsiderable work behind us,” Broussard told Shacknews today when asked about a release date.

Get the Flash Player to see this player.

Registered users can also use the HD stream or download the HD trailer.

The trailer features the work of longtime Duke voice actor Jon St. John as well as prolific game composers Jeremy and Julian Soule. Several captures from the video are available below.

Platforms for the game were not confirmed, but when asked today whether Xbox 360 in addition to PC is likely, Broussard’s response sounded positive though not definitive. “I don’t think we’ve stated that yet for the record but your observationsare probably correct,” he conceded.

First announced for PC in 1997 as a followup to the studio’s classic Duke Nukem 3D, Duke Nukem Forever is known to have gone through several significant development iterations. Its last major showing was at E3 2001 with its impressive gameplay trailer; the current Duke Nukem Forever is said to share little in common with that game. For more on the history of Duke Nukem Forever, check out Nick Breckon’s feature, published today.

“It’s basically a restart as the techchanged and we’ve been on this version of the game since 2004 or so,” Broussard said today.”The released media up to this point are not longer relevantother than for curiosity purposes.”

New Duke Nukem Forever Teaser Trailer Released!

Related posts

• No related posts.

Fianna Fail was not responsible for the leak that led to Trevor Sargent’s resignation, a rebel TD has said.

Donegal TD Dr Jim McDaid said if a member of Fianna Fail revealed the story, it was suicidal for the Government.

He said, however that the Government won’t last another year.

“It would be absolutely crazy that any Government minister would try to snitch or do a Mossad-type assassination on Trevor Sargent because it was certainly not in the coalition’s interest. And secondly, there may be other people in Fianna Fail’s sights but Trevor Sargent wouldn’t be one of them,” Dr McDaid.

“But nonetheless, they have damaged the trust in there and there are factions within the Green Party. But I also think this Trevor Sargent thing will do them more good than harm.”

He predicted on Newtalk’s Lunchtime with Eamon Keane show that the Government would collapse this year.

Dr McDaid was speaking in light of the resignations of both Mr Sargent and Willie O’Dea.

He expects the Greens to push through a number of items and then pull the plug.

“My honest opinion of this is that I do think there are some pieces of legislation the Green Party want to get through and I do think they’ll get them through in the next two to three months,” he said.

kdoyle@herald.ie

- Kevin Doyle, POLITICAL REPORTER

McDaid insists FF not to blame over Sargent leak

Related posts

• No related posts.

FORD male models. an ice skating and cocktails party. New York Fashion Week. Johnny Weir. Yep, makes sense to me. On Thursday night, VMAN magazine and FORD models celebrated their spring issue with a party at Sky Rink in Chelsea Piers. Johnny and Ice Theatre of New York (which promotes ice skating as a theatrical art form through performances and educational programs) provided the entertainment for the evening — Johnny skated an exhibition piece to Lady Gaga’s Poker Face and Ice Theatre ensemble members skated with the crowd while dressed as fashion models. other attendees included Richie Rich of Heatherette, Kanye West, Oksana Baiul, REM lead singer Michael Stipe, designer Zac Posen, Ford male models, stylists, designers, and regular folks like you and me (albeit cutting a somewhat more stylish swath).

I had a chance to interview Johnny at the party (video story later this week which includes his interview and his entire skate) and he plans to pursue a fashion career in the near future. he also said that part of his plan is to attend college to learn about the business end of the fashion industry so that he can be well-versed with all aspects of the industry. And his thoughts on Worlds in March? To root for Evan Lysacek! (Photo above, Johnny Weir performing at VMAN party. Photo below, from right to left, Richie Rich, Richie’s mother, Moira North (founder of Ice Theatre of New York) and Christopher Colton (Moira’s son))

FEBRUARY 28 UPDATE: Click here to see our exclusive video interview with Johnny, as well as full coverage of his program at the VMAN magazine party!

Johnny Weir at New York Fashion Week party

Related posts

• No related posts.

By clicking on “sign up” you agree with CNN’s Terms of Service, CNN iReport’s Terms of Service, and CNN’s Privacy Policy and consent to the collection, storage and use of this information in the U.S. subject to U.S. laws and regulations. (learn more)

For our international users, please be aware that the information you submit when registering for our services is collected in the United States of America. in addition to being subject to our Privacy Policy, the collection, storage, and use of your data will be subject to U.S. laws and regulations, which may be different from the laws and regulations of your home country. by registering for this service, you are consenting to this collection, storage, and use.

Justin Bieber Dead at 15

Related posts

• No related posts.

Fans may purchase tickets online at Phillies.com beginning at 8 a.m., by phone (215-463-1000) from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. or in person at the Citizens Bank Park West Ticket Windows next to the Majestic Clubhouse Store (on Thursday only), from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

After Thursday, tickets will be available at the first Base Gate ticket windows, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on weekends starting on March 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Phillies individual game tickets available Thursday

Related posts

• No related posts.

Why is my horn sounding when I turn the wheel of my Citroen C3?

Related posts

• No related posts.

Editorial Director:
Brian Lam |

liamE | Twitter

Editor:
Jason Chen

liamE | AIM | Twitter

Features Editor:
Wilson Rothman

liamE | Twitter

Senior Contributing Editors:
Jesus Diaz

liamE | AIM | Twitter

Senior Associate Editor:
Mark Wilson, Reviews

liamE | AIM | Twitter

Reporters:
Matt Buchanan

liamE | AIM | Twitter
John Herrman
liamE | Twitter
Brian Barrett
liamE | Twitter

Contributing Editors:
Adam Frucci

liamE | Twitter
Kat Hannaford
liamE | Twitter

Contributing Editor, Weekends:
Jack Loftus

liamE | Twitter

Junior Reporter:
Rosa Golijan

liamE | Twitter

Columnist:
Joel Johnson

Editorial Assistant:
Kyle VanHemert

liamE

Interns:
Don Nguyen

liamE
David Chaid
liamE

Heroes and Friends

Comment Account questions:

moc.odomzig@stnemmoC

Pogue's iPhone Video Review

Related posts

• 32 New Strangely Familiar Google Services – Photoshop Contest … (0)

even their surprising blitz of the Bucks showed how much better they look if they can just make open shots.

In the hours that followed, they got what they have so obviously needed, trading for Kevin Martin of the Kings.

it cost them. In addition to Tracy McGrady’s expiring contract, the Rockets gave up second-leading scorer Carl Landry and second-year center Joey Dorsey.

there have been times that Landry has looked as valuable as a scoring guard. but the Rockets had long targeted Martin as the player they needed. He will be reunited with Rick Adelman, should fit well with Yao Ming and find a team in need of what he does best.

after days of talks with the Knicks and Bulls designed mostly to get a prospect, the Rockets got what they wanted and needed most.

ROCKETS 127, BUCKS 99: the Rockets’ offense had fallen apart again, offering no signs of a revival, especially when they opened the game making two of 11 shots. Then Shane Battier hit a three-pointer and the Rockets rolled as they had not all season. the Rockets’ 16 three-pointers far surpassed their previous high this season of 12. Their 57.5 percent shooting, even with a sloppy final eight minutes, was their best of the season, as was their 69.6 percent shooting from beyond the arc. By the time the Rockets cleared their bench with 9:50 still to go, they led by 40, their largest lead this season, and had made 38 of 60 shots and 16 of 21 three-pointers.

NOTES, QUOTES

—As much as Shane Battier is recognized for his defense, he has no objection to scoring. He just has not done it often lately.

Coming off a 1-of-10 shooting game, and with just 16 combined points in his previous four games, he made all six of his three-pointers, scoring 20 points and showing noticeable relief.

“I’ve been very disappointed in my play lately,” Battier said. “I finally feel relieved I helped the guys on the offensive end. it was one of those nights I felt really, really good. the ball was moving. I got my shots in rhythm and I knocked them down. This is what I’ve been trying to get to, a night like this, for a long, long time.”

—Though the player that was the most likely to be dealt, Tracy McGrady, wanted to be, the rest of the Rockets were uneasy with the wait for news. Shane Battier, who had not been mentioned in trade rumors, said it had been “a distraction.”

“Trades used to happen because of what happens on the court,” Rockets coach Rick Adelman said. “Now they happen for contracts, money, clearing salary room for the summer, whatever it is. I’m sure it’s tough on some of the players.

QUOTE TO NOTE: “The basket gets real big, and anything you put up, you feel like you’re going to make. Man, the hoop was big (Wednesday night). we needed to see the ball go in the basket.” — Trevor Ariza.

ROSTER REPORT

ROTATION: Starters — Point guard Aaron Brooks, Shooting guard Trevor Ariza, Small forward Shane Battier, Power forward Luis Scola, Center Chuck Hayes. Bench — Guard Chase Budinger, forward Carl Landry, Guard Garrett Temple, Center David Andersen.

—G Trevor Ariza, making just 30.5 percent of his three-pointers, hit 6-of-7 shots from beyond the three-point arc, scoring a game-high 22 points. Having not made more than half his shots in a game since Dec. 19, Ariza made 8-of-11 attempts.

—F Shane Battier, coming off a 1-of-10 shooting game, turned it around the next night. Battier set a franchise record for made three-pointers without a miss, going 6-for-6 from beyond the arc, scoring 20 points with a game high 10 rebounds and three assists.

—G Aaron Brooks, critical of his playmaking the night before against the Jazz when he had five turnovers and just three assists, consistently drew the defense and found open shooters. He had 12 assists, adding 15 points to help key the rout.

—C Yao Ming (left foot) is expected to miss the season after extensive surgery to repair a fractured bone and reshape the operation of his foot to remove stress on the area.

—G Kyle Lowry (sprained left ankle) is out.

Houston Rockets Team Report

Related posts

• How could the Rockets trade T-mac with regards to salary matching? (0)
• Bulls trade Salmons to Bucks (0)

Francois Guillot/AFP/Getty

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Yahoo Buzz
• E-mail

Moments after the news of Alexander McQueen’s apparent suicide broke, celebrity fans took to Twitter to express shock, sadness and pay tribute to the fashion designer.

• DitaVonTeese: “Rest in peace, Mr. McQueen.”

• Kirstie Alley: ALEXANDER MCQUEEN…you made big bottomed and not so big bottomed girls all over the world look stunning..come back soon..give it another go”

• Kim Kardashian: I just found out Alexander McQueen died!!! I’m in shock! So sad! I’m wearing one of his dresses now! he was such a talented designer”

• Stephanie Pratt: “No, no, no omg so sad “

• Russell Simmons: “Nice guy commited suicide. Hurts to hear”

• Kelly Osbourne: “i am so so sad to hear the news of Lee (Alexander) McQueen! i really just dont know what say im really in shock”

• Rachel Zoe: “I cant describe the tragic loss of such a brilliant man and designer Alexander McQueen..R.I.P xo RZ”

• Katy Perry: “Rest In Peace Alexander McQueen. Just woke up, so sad.”

• Jenna Elfman: SOOOOOOO sad that Alexander McQueen has passed. 40 years old, a brilliant designer. Thank you for all you created…”

• Joel Madden: “R.I.P. Alexander McQueen. you were one of the best man. always hoped to meet you.”

• Simon Huck: “OMG! this is so sad! Alexander McQueen commits suicide. so sad…”

• Donatella Versace: “Alexander McQueen was unique. His imagination had no limits, he had an amazing personality and his creativity was genius.”

• Christian Siriano: “McQueen has inspired me in every way possible,I did not know him well but i feel so honored to have watched him work on his craft.”

• Catherine Malandrino: “I just heard about Alexander McQueen and I feel so devastated. My heart and prayers are with his loved ones.”

Twitter Flooded with Tributes to McQueen

Related posts

• No related posts.

10. Turn off auto-displayed pictures from Gmail contacts

By default, Gmail hides images embedded into emails from chain letters and unknown sources—and that’s a smart move, given spammers’ tracking tactics and malware tendencies. But it still shows images from contacts you’ve previously sent mail to, which can be a pain if you’ve got relatives who just love hi-larious forwards. Head to your Settings page, and look for the “external content” setting, which you can switch off to always ask you to confirm showing images in any email. If you’ve got just a handful of offenders, open up one of the egregious emails, hit the “Show details” link near the bottom of the to/from/subject details, and click the “don’t display from now on” link. (Original post)

9. Fine-tune Google Apps for your domain

Google Apps, formerly know as Apps for your Domain, has a lot of goodies tucked inside it for anyone who owns their own site, runs a family name domain, or operates a small business. unlike Gmail, however, the new features and disabled offerings aren’t as apparent (or blogged about). Gina gave us a great tour of Google Apps, showing how you can control privacy and access, choose which Labs features make it into your domain’s email, and otherwise set up your site to your liking.

8. Prevent Android from automatically signing into Gchat

Simple and easy, but also easy to miss: If you’ve got an Android phone and have launched Google Talk from it just once, you might notice that you seem to catch any and all chats throughout the day. That’s because Talk can sit in the background upon launching, ready to pick up messages. That’s fine if that’s what you want, but if you want a choice in the matter, head to the Google Talk app, hit your Menu key, and choose Settings. Un-check the “Automatically sign in” option, hit your back button, and then hit Menu and sign out of Google Talk. You’ll need to sign back in if you’re downloading apps from the Market (odd pairing, indeed), but you’re otherwise free to chat when you want to. (Original post)

7. Turn off Buzz, Chat, and Labs in Gmail

Not big on Buzz? Chat more distracting than useful? Gmail Labs making your inbox feel lag-ish? you can kill all of them, if you’d like, and get back just a plain vanilla inbox. Scroll all the way to the bottom of any page inside Gmail, and at the bottom, you’ll see two links to turn Gmail’s chat sidebar and Buzz inbox on or off. Actually, you don’t really “turn off Buzz” so much as remove it from your inbox, so be sure and check your Buzz settings at your Google Profile, if you have a Google Profile. If Labs features seem to be slowing down, or even breaking, your Gmail experience, you can turn them off entirely by loading Gmail from this URL: https://mail.google.com/mail/?labs=0#. Bookmark it as your main Gmail link, or title it “Gmail (Safe Mode)” if you’d like to still venture into all the goodies on occasion.

6. Disable SafeSearch (or lock it in semi-permanently)

Google’s SafeSearch isn’t an entirely comprehensive solution to preventing impressionable eyes from the worst realms of the internet. It is, however, a good stopgap until they learn to grow up and install other browsers, wipe out cookies, and customize user scripts. Whether you don’t have any young ones in the house and want to turn SafeSearch off altogether or you want a complete SafeSearch lockdown on your computer, head to your search preferences, scroll down to the SafeSearch section, and find the setting that fits you. (In Google Image Search, they’ve helpfully placed the control right under the search box on your first result.) If you want to permanently enable SafeSearch, click the “Lock SafeSearch” link—and repeat for any browsers the little ones use. now when they’re performing a Google search, you should see some giant Google-colored balls in the upper-right corner—or else they’ve gotten too smart.

5. Set your default SMS location

For those without web-connected smartphones, or at least a decent data connection, Google’s SMS service is seriously helpful—it’s how I (used to) get by with just an iPod touch and a standard phone. To make it even more helpful, text set location, followed by the city and state or ZIP code where you spend the most time. now you can just text “weather” or “pet store” to get the skinny on what’s happening. (Original post)

4. Link and integrate your apps

Taking off the privacy and preference hat for a moment, Google’s apps have a lot of neat settings just beneath their surface that make using them all together a tight experience. you can turn emails into tasks, and then map those tasks on your calendar. you can send voice messages and SMS from Google Voice to Gmail, and mark them as read when you open them there. Gina previously ran down seven easy ways to integrate your Google apps, and even more seem to come along every week.

3. Turn off Search History, logged in or not

If you’re logged into Google for Gmail or any other service, there’s a good chance Google’s keeping tabs on all your searches, months after you made them. If you aren’t logged in, Google’s probably still tracking and personalizing your searches based on what you previously typed in. this one-stop solution should work for most users, but if it doesn’t, log into Google and head to google.com/history. A notice at the top will tell you if you’ve “paused” or otherwise stopped your search history, or else you’ll see your recent searches listed with dates and times. you can clear out this history by hitting the “Remove items” link on the left. If you aren’t logged in, look for the “Web History” link in the upper-right corner. from there, you can choose whether Google tracks your searches via cookie and IP address and customizes your results.

2. back up Google apps’ data

For all you’ve heard about Buzz, privacy, and Google this week, you still can’t fault them too much for their efforts to let you take your data with you if you decide to leave their app ecosystem. the Data Liberation front site, a pet project from Google’s engineers, explains how you can pull your information, documents, and other data out of nearly any Google product. Gina’s also covered some of Google’s apps in a cloud backup feature, and Adam tackled the best-at-that-time tools for Google backups in 2007. (Original Data Liberation front post)

1. Control what Buzz says about you on the web

Google’s new social service Buzz showed up suddenly in everyone’s Gmail accounts this week, and right away it wanted to get you connected with the people you contact over email and chat the most. Before you let it turn you loose, though, consider whether you want the world to see exactly who you “follow.” Google has since improved the on/off visibility, but if you want to make sure you’re not broadcasting your inbox to the web at large, we suggest visiting your profile and checking your follower counts. If you don’t see a profile at all, or don’t see the followed/following numbers, you’re likely in the clear, but as with many aspects of Buzz in this early stage, you can’t be too careful. and when you actually start using the thing, be careful not to broadcast private email addresses yourself. (Original posts: Buzz update, private emails).

Bonus item: Open search results in new tabs

Lifehacker copy consigliere Dustin Luck mentions yet another reason to hit up your search preferences from time to time. With a single click, you can choose to open the results you click on in new windows. If you’ve set up your browser the right way, those new windows become new tabs, and little research projects on Google just became far more convenient.

What settings do you always make sure are set in your own personal Google universe? what settings do you wish existed for better control and privacy? Tell us about them both in the comments.

Send an email to Kevin Purdy, the author of this post, at kevin@lifehacker.com.

Top 10 Google Settings You Should Know About

Related posts

• No related posts.