Nice quote from James Cameron on TMZ, referring to us managing to escape destruction by Skynet and machines then taking over:

With everybody going through their lives bent over their Blackberries all day long, you could even argue the machines have already won.

A Sun apology from 2005:

Julian’s mother did not say, during or after the inquest, her son often got on all fours creeping around their house pretending to be Gollum.

There’s a level of oddness in there that is almost beyond belief—and parody.

Following on from reports that Microsoft has delivered its ‘other’ tablet operating system (ZDNet), the snappily named Windows Embedded Compact 7, which is meant to be for consumption devices, rather than consumption and creation devices, the rumour mill is hot with news of a further exciting Microsoft announcement later today, sure to scupper Apple’s iPad 2 launch.

According to ‘sources’, Microsoft will unveil Windows Inserted Not Quite Teeny Weeny But Nonetheless Somewhat Small 7, which has been designed specifically for devices that are “mostly consumption devices, but occasionally used for creation, like when the owner’s without a laptop and really needs to creatively create an Excel spreadsheet in a creative manner”.

When asked about how Microsoft’s staggeringly bonkers mobile fragmentation strategy hopes to compete with Apple’s single flavour of iOS across all devices, a spokesperson said: “Look, just fuck off, will you?” before feverishly smashing up an iPhone 4 with a hammer.

Gary Marshall on TechRadar:

Make no mistake, the iPad 2 we see tomorrow will be a disappointment. But it won’t be a disappointment because it’s a bad device, or because it doesn’t take the iPad forward.

It will be a disappointment because it isn’t the entirely imaginary device the internet has been happily inventing for the last few months.

Apple watchers have been playing a game of “my dad’s bigger than your dad”, with iPads instead of dads. “My iPad 2 will have a retina display!” “Well, my iPad 2 will have an eight-core processor!” “That’s nothing! my iPad 2 will be made of carbon fibre and angel skin, and it will have an attachment that gets stones out of horses’ hooves!”

In January, I remarked on IceFish’s amazing line of side-scrolling Metal Slug rip-offs, which weren’t at all basically the same game trying to spam the App Store.

There was Commando:

And the amazing, innovative Commando Soldier:

And then the truly ground-breaking Action Commando:

But it appears I wasn’t thorough enough in my exploration of the App Store, because I missed iCmdo, for which I can only apologise. That creative and novel game looks like this:

But what if, even after iCmdo, you’ve not had your fill of exciting, unique, cutting-edge iOS games? Why, you’re in luck, because IceFish has created two more pioneering titles that are unlike anything you’ve ever seen on the App Store before.

First up, there’s the distinctive CommandoCityRescue:

But Craig, I hear you say, I don’t like games with ‘City’ in the title, so what can I do? WHAT IS THERE FOR ME HERE? Don’t be disheartened, because IceFish has created a game just for you, and it’s called CommandoRescue:

I’m sure you’ll join me in congratulating IceFish for creating what must be the most diverse and imaginative selection of games on the App Store. EA, your time is done—there’s a new champ in town!