New Technique Promises Much Faster Hard Drive Write Speeds 148
Scientists Create World's First Atomic X-Ray Laser 145
Wicked Lasers Introduces Handheld One-Watt Green Laser 404
Military Working On Laser Powered Drones 95
Boeing's Enormous Navy Laser Cannon 291
Biological Lasers 90
AC/DC Music Attracts Great White Sharks 89
The Psychology of Horror In Video Games and Movies 126
Sharks Seen Swimming Down Australian Streets 210
Saudi Arabia Captures "Israeli Spy Vulture" 8
R2-D2 Creator Grant McCune Dead At 67 37
Scientists Using Lasers To Cool Molecules 169
Researchers Create Shark-Bite Severity Scale 3
The First Robot To Cross the Atlantic Ocean Underwater 156
13-Year-Old Radio Pirate Defies Canadian Authorities 13
The Jet Fighter Laser Cannon 464
Great White Sharks Visiting San Francisco 105
Barry White Music Gets Sharks in a Frenzy 15
Blizzcon 2009 Wrap-Up 297
Last year's Blizzcon was tremendously popular. So much so that their servers were unable to handle the strain of fans competing for 15,000 available tickets. This year, Blizzard was more prepared; they made an additional 5,000 tickets available and set up a queue so that the transaction servers weren't overwhelmed. CEO Mike Morhaime said during the keynote address that if you weren't able to get into the queue within 30 seconds of its opening, the tickets were sold out before your turn came. Tens of thousands more chose to order the pay-per-view coverage, demonstrating the extraordinary enthusiasm felt for Blizzard's games. Their presentations didn't disappoint. Read on for details on the status of StarCraft II, Diablo III, World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, and the new Battle.net. It's divided into sections by game in case you're only interested in one or two of them.