It's... actually looking pretty good.

The Prince of Persia was a classic platforming game that's been revitalized in modern PC and console gaming. It was the Sands of Time that modernized the gameplay and the spawned a number of sequels. Now the Sands of Time is being made into a blockbuster summer 'event movie' thanks to producer Jerry Bruckheimer.

While many of us are still skeptical of a movie based off of a video game (and Jake Gyllenhaal, of all people, playing the prince), there's no denying that the movie will bring big set pieces and special effects. After all, if the production company behind this movie turned a Disney theme park ride into an entertaining trilogy, there's hope yet.

Check out the newly released trailer below!

Bye bye N-Gage, it was a courageous run.

Nokia's still the largest cell phone manufacturer in the world, no matter the number of BlackBerrys and iPhones you may see floating around you. And with that, you'd figure that the Finnish mobiles company would have a successful gaming platform with the surging growth of cell phone games. Well, in some ways, the N-Gage was Nokia's dream, but the dream is now over.

Nokia last week revealed that it is pulling the plug on N-Gage at the end of September 2010. That doesn't mean that Nokia has thrown in the towel for games, but rather now all apps will be rolled into the Ovi Store.

Here are some other clips from the official blog post to answer some of your other questions:

^{So, you might ask, what will happen to the current N-Gage platform?
N-Gage games can be purchased until the end of September 2010. While the N-Gage.com site together with the N-Gage Arena and other community features will remain in operation throughout 2010, the Ovi Store will be the new central place for all the mobile games that Nokia and other publishers offer from this point forward. We will no longer publish new games for the N-Gage platform.}

^{What will happen to my games?
Your games are safe - all your purchased N-Gage games will continue to work on your N-Gage compatible mobile device and they’re yours to keep. However, community features of the games will not be functional after 2010.}

^{Why doesn’t Nokia keep N-Gage as a separate gaming platform?
As mobile gaming evolves and begins to encompass social gaming, we want to offer one store front with an even broader portfolio of games – games for everyone. It’s much more convenient to have one place to get all your mobile games, and this it what Ovi Store https://store.ovi.com/games provides. Mobile gaming is one of the most popular activities in the Ovi Store, with games being the #2 most downloaded category for premium content. And besides having all mobile games in one place, people can access other services like Mail, Maps, Music and many more via www.ovi.com.}

Do you have an N-Gage phone? If so, is this a sad day for you?

Concerns raised over the Fight Against Grenade Spam.

Last week, Infinity Ward posted a video on its YouTube channel that aimed to promote Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 in a public service announcement manner. Making an appearance in was an in-engine version of Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels who advised players not to constantly throw random grenades.

The language of the video is mature (as in the ESRB rating for the game), but what some have found offensive about the PSA is the fake organization behind the message – Fight Against Grenade Spam, or F.A.G.S. The video was clearly created with a tongue-in-cheek attitude, but Infinity Ward has responded to concerns by taking down the video from its channel. Other YouTube users have mirrored it below for your review.

Read about the saga thus far at Destructoid and let us know your take in the comments below!

ICANN has approved international web addresses, meaning anyone with the desire to register a domain name containing non-Latin characters will soon be able to do just that.

In what ICANN president and chief executive officer Rod Beckstrom hailed "an historic move toward the internationalization of the Internet," the body Friday approved international domain names containing characters other than the letters A-Z and 0-9.

InformationWeek reports that the first to reap the benefits of the decision will be country-code top level domains controlled by national governments. According to IW, ICANN plans to launch on Nov. 16 a Fast Track Process that will allow nations and territories to apply for Internet extensions reflecting their names and made up of characters from their national languages. If these applications are approved by ICANN, the applicant can start accepting registrations of Web addresses.

Currently, approximately half of Internet users are native speakers of languages that do not use the Latin alphabet.

Read more here.

With Blackra1n, you can use an iPhone on Verizon, T-Mobile, or whatever wireless carrier you want.

BGR is reporting that iPhone OS hacker geohot (George Hotz) has successfully created an iPhone baseband unlock for the device's OS 3.1.2 and the standard 05.11.07 cellular modem firmware. Called Blacksn0w, the exploit hack jailbreaks the iPhone so it can not only run unapproved applications, but also be used on non-Apple sanctioned carriers. This takes his Blackra1n jailbreaking exploit one step further, which only unlocks the device to allow non-Apple apps.

To prove that it works, geohot uploaded this video to YouTube, showing Blackra1n/Blacksn0w resetting the iPhone to connect to T-Mobile's network. According to geohot's website, Blacksn0w will be released on November 4, and will cost consumers absolutely nothing. However, apparently geohot was offered $10,000 for the Blackea1n and Blacksn0w software, and wasn't exactly ecstatic despite the generous amount.

"First off, Jody Sanders, I am declining your $10,000," he wrote. "Why? Because you, and the rest of the iPhone unlock sites out there are scum. You make money selling freeware; that's not cool, and I am in no way going to legitimize it."

Currently Blacksn0w can be installed through Blackra1n (RC2), however it will be incorporated into the next Blackra1n update set to hit geohot's website at a later date. Blackra1n works with all iPhone and iPod Touch models except for the 8 GB iPhone 3G.

Searches for Windows 7 on Google turn up Apple ads.

Looks as though Apple is taking advantage of Windows 7's release to gain a few bucks. Then again, the company may be feeling the heat from Microsoft's freshly squeezed OS ripped straight from the Microsoft tree. Whatever it may be, The Next Web has discovered an interesting tactic use by the Macintosh and iPhone maker although not unheard of nor all the surprising.

Apparently, Apple has purchased advertisements against searches on Google including "download Windows 7" and "Windows 7 download." TNW even includes a screenshot of Google's results, clearly showing Apple's advertisement in the yellow area. "Upgrading to Windows 7?" Apple asks in the ad. "There's never been a better time to switch to a Mac. Find out why."

Currently our tests using the same Google search terms resulted in absolutely no ads provided by Apple; the UK version of the search engine doesn't provide Apple adverts either. Perhaps Apple's ad doesn't appear with every search result--there's no telling how much the placement is costing the company. No matter the reason, we like a good scuffle, and apparently Apple does too, especially with its recent "Get a Mac" ads.

The Pentagon is working on a long-range taser using a grenade launcher.

"Don't tase me bro, don't tase me!"

That sentence still comes to mind years later after the video clip hit the Internet in September 2007. But with the Pentagon's latest long-range taser prototype, that situation won't be an issue, as the recipient won't see the charged projectile coming. The object here, according to the Pentagon, is to keep a safe distance between the recipient and the one carrying the weapon even though its to deliver an electric shock.

Unlike previous hand-held guns and shotguns, the latest taser uses a grenade launcher. That's right: relive the days of PC gaming by delivering an electrical grenade almost 200 feet away using a standard 40-millimeter grenade launcher. Taser International, who is under a $2.5 million contact with the US Department of Defense, will deliver the first projectile prototypes early next year.

But despite their non-explosive nature, the electrical grenades may still pose some harm. "There is a known risk of severe injury from impact projectiles, either from blunt force at short ranges or from hitting a sensitive part of the body," says security researcher Neil Davison. Wes Burgei, a project engineer at the US Department of Defense's Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Directorate (JNLWD), insists that the devices are designed to deliver minimal force upon impact. Paint balls aren't explosive, but they sure do hurt.

New Scientist reports that there's also concern about the duration of the shock. Because the distance is so great, the projectile will need to provide a shock that will keep the recipient immobile until the marksmen reach their incapacitated targets. A JNLWD reference book released in 2008 suggest that incapacitation times could be up to three minutes.

Microsoft thinks that the next evolution of the PC will incorporate "voice."

Is voice the new "touch?" That's what Microsoft's Zig Serafin is claiming, saying that it's the natural evolution from keyboards and touch screens. The comment makes sense, especially to some of us who spend too many hours watching Star Trek and know how easier it is to tell the computer what to do rather than type out commands.

The minds of Microsoft apparently want that kind of world as well, and are already implementing voice recognition into Windows 7, Windows Mobile 6.5, and even Bing Mobile. According to eWeek, the company worked on speech recognition off and on for ten years until the company went full throttle in 2007 once it acquired Tellme Networks.

Based on a comment Serafin made on Microsoft's website, the company will develop speech technology even further for everyday use while also keeping an eye on what the competitors are doing. "Today, speech is rapidly becoming an expected part of our everyday experience across a variety of devices," he said.

Tellme's voice-activated user interface, integrated into Microsoft's speech software, can allow web surfers to browse the Internet using voice commands. The software can even allow users to dictate text messages instead of inserting the text via a keyboard. Exchange Server 2010 also has voice technology, translating a voice message into text.

We're really digging the new Firefox 3.6 Beta!

One of the best internet browsers just got better. Is that an over exaggeration on our part? Probably, but after playing around with the latest Firefox release, we can't help but salivate just a little. A few weeks ago we reported that Mozilla would launch the first public beta of Firefox 3.6 the very next day, but the browser never reared its head. After a few delays and last minute bug stomping, the new public beta has finally arrived, promising better performance and a few cool features.

For those who want to skip all the "ooohs" and "ahhhhs" of v3.6, then take yourself here and download the latest build for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Naturally, because this isn't a locked, final build, the beta isn't exactly golden, so expect a few problems with some websites and add-ons. So far we're loving the performance boost brought on by the Gecko 1.9.2 rendering engine, but honestly, the Personas feature is addicting.

What will your browser wear today? That's the question the Personas section asks, taking "themes" to a different level by providing easy-to-install and easy-to-change skins for the browser. Rather than downloading an entire package that changes icons and the overall shape of the browser, Firefox users can choose a skin and see it in action before actually installing it into the browser interface.

Other features this beta provides include alerts concerning out-of-date plugins, full-screen video, poster frame support, WOFF font format support, and new CSS, DOM and HTML5 support. Firefox 3.6 Beta 1 also features improved JavaScript performance, startup time, and browser responsiveness. Unfortunately, those who wanted the revamped user interface will have to wait until Forefox 3.7.

Trick or treat?

Apple's plans for an ereader/tablet have been making headlines for a while now and the company's decision to hand out bookmarks to trick or treaters this past weekend has done nothing to stop the rumors.

iPhoneSavior reports that the Bellevue Apple store handed out a few hundred Nano-sized bookmarks to a massive swarm of kids on Saturday evening. Ignoring the fact that some parents took their kids trick or treating at the Apple store (why?), the bookmarks have sparked rumors about Apple plans for an ereader. iPhoneSavior believes it could Apple be hinting at an e-book reader.

However, while some believe it was a Halloween hint of a product to come, we'd be more inclined to believe that the magnetized bookmarks are an definitive answer for all those asking of the company is planning an ereader. Then again, that could be because compared to tablets, we just think ereaders are kind of boring.

Read the full story here.

All too often filesharers are painted as evil pirates who steal from artists and the music industry. However, a recent study has found that those downloading illegally, spend more money purchasing music legally than those who don't download at all.

Research group Demos surveyed over a thousand British people between the ages of 16 and 50 and found that one in ten people admitted to filesharing. However, those that download music illegally spent an average of £77 (around $126) on music each year. Those who say they don't use p2p sites spend an average of £44 (around $72).

The BBC reports that, of the 16-24 year-olds surveyed, 75 percent of them were willing to pay for their tracks if the price was right. The group agreed that a price of 45p (roughly 75c) would be ideal.

Do you think this is an accurate representation of those who use peer to peer services like the Pirate Bay? Indeed, an awful lot of people download their music illegally but if these results are to be believed, then these folk also purchase a significant amount of music each year. Many of you have said in the past that you'll download a track and if you like it, pay for it out of respect for the artist. Then again, a lot of you seem to think record labels make too much money off of the artists they sign and refuse to contribute to that kind of business model.

Do you purchase or pirate your music? Let us know in the comments below!