Come summer, the movies blockbusters and music tours would peak the entertainment carts. The video game industry might loose its charm in summer.  At least this is what Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter apprehends. Well, things doesn't seem heading the same way for the fans of Nintendo Wii touching a trifecta this week.  Normally the video game sales inflates in the last quater of the year. However, the big titles can survive at any time of the year.  With potential hits like Atari's Ghostbusters: The Video Game(june 16) and Activision's Guitar Hero Smash Hits (June 16) to make the market, there can be few reasons for the video game market to go for a slog. There are some good reasons to expect the video game market stay cool this summer.

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You must have seen Transformers or what you call robots in disguise . Optimus prime with his team of autoboats fights a battle of life to save human lives. Hard to say how long will these cool animations lag behind corporeality.  The modern day robots hold close affinity to humans. Fondly called humanoids, they have easy to recognize motions and improved adaptability to human environments. These androids have decided to slip into the boots of cyborgs. Here are 5 of them who are amazingly, jaw droppingly humane.

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Hurricane Rita plowed into the Gulf Coast early Saturday, lashing Texas and Louisiana with driving rain, threatening to flood low-lying regions and knocking power out to half a million people as transformers exploded.

Rita struck just east of Sabine Pass, on the Texas-Louisiana line, bringing a 20-foot storm surge and up to 25 inches of rain according to National Hurricane Center said. Residents called police early Saturday to report roofs being ripped off and downed trees. Rescuers were forced to wait until the winds outside died down to safe levels. Officials breathed a sigh of relief that Rita spared the flood-prone cities of Houston and Galveston a direct hit.

Rita's heaviest rains - up to 3 to 4 inches an hour - fell in Lake Charles, La. The town had 8 inches of rain more than two hours before the storm's landfall.
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