Isn’t new technology helpful? For those who don’t have a girlfriend, don’t fret, as you can bring your virtual dream girls out on a date.

A popular seaside town of Atami (near Tokyo) has brought this dating game to reality for all geeks out there, all thanks to a game called Love Plus.

Players can now bring their virtual girlfriend on a romantic “vacation” to beach resort. There are 13 locations where you can scan a 2D barcode which will produce images of young girls in the game.

You can even pose for a picture with the virtual girls who wear attires cute/sexy enough to drive any hot-blooded game fan crazy.

But I have to warn you. Love Plus can be a very addictive dating simulator game. There is one guy who got so involved with his virtual girlfriend, he married her in a Tokyo ceremony last year.

You may lose yourself further by going on this actual field trip. Though a virtual girlfriend is not healthy but at least, she will never make any demands or break up with you.

[Mashable & Engadget]

You can engage experienced coaches or online pundits of FIFA Championship Manager to analyse the merits of individual football teams/players or even a supercomputer to work out the probability of match winners, but technology and cold logic is no match for Paul the Oracle.

In case you aren’t aware, Paul is not a person but rather an octopus residing at the Sea Life Aquarium in Oberhauser in Germany. It has generated worldwide interest with accurate predictions on results of German matches at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Paul the Octopus correctly foretold the Germans’ quarter final victory over Argentina, their second round win over England, as well as group round wins over Australia and Ghana and a loss to Serbia.

The octopus picks results when two boxes with flags from opposing teams are lowered into his tank. The food is placed on top of each box and the first box which the octopus moves toward is declared his choice.

To prove that Paul is not biased towards his countrymen or the colors of Germany’s flag, he has predicted a win for Spain over Germany for the semifinals. Spain and Germany are two of Europe’s finest attacking teams, thus football fans must not miss out this match, which should be full of suspense and goals.

Though it is not a nice feeling for football pundits to be outperformed by an octopus, I am sure most of them will be placing their bets according to Paul’s predictions.

Farmville addicts have good reason to cheer. Very soon, their their beloved agricultural simulator game on Facebook will appear on mobile platforms like the iPhone, iPad and Android OS.

The rumors began circulating when domain names (farmvilleandroid.com, farmvilleipad.com, farmvilleiphone.com and farmvillesms.com) were discovered to be registered to DNStination Inc. who also holds the official website domain (farmville.com) for the Zynga game.

In addition, a statement from a Zynga Spokesperson confirmed that they have plans to expand to various mobile platforms.

Fertilizing crops on the go can definitely kill boredom and we can make ourselves more popular on Facebook by helping out on our neighbors’ farms. I expect workplace productivity to drop while we go into crop tending and harvesting frenzy.

Bosses will be crying foul as their employees bury themselves in their iPhones under the pretext of working. But there is little they can do as Farmville is so popular, with more than 80 million users, it will be hard-pressed to find an employee who is not a virtual farmer.

[Mashable]

Sony and FIFA are gonna revolutionize World Cup 2010 with 3D broadcast. I can’t wait, just thinking of experiencing the players’ exhilariting movement and close ball control.

A list of World Cup 2010 games that’ll be broadcast in 3D was just released, with ESPN taking care of the US audience, Sogecable for Spain, and more partners to come (including eight matches for selected 3D cinemas around the world).

Out of all ten stadiums, only five of these — Soccer City and Ellis Park in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth — are chosen for the 3D broadcast. Each venue will have seven 3D-camera positions with three above the pitch and four on pitch level, and don’t forget the two “3D Outside Broadcast” trucks that’ll be busy shuffling between stadiums to process the footage for us all.

If you end up totally loving the 3D experience, a Blu-ray 3D compilation disc will be available within 2010. This souvenir should go nicely with the updated PS3 by then. Sony’s console may also undergo a 3D upgrade around the same time as the launch of its 3D TVs.

The World Cup 2010 is but two months away. I bet it will be a blast for all soccer fans…

[Engadget]

James Cameron is no stranger to technological breakthroughs in movie making. After an extended hiatus from making his romantic blockbuster “Titanic” and other sci-fi juggernauts as “Aliens” and the original “Terminator”, he is back with an eye-popping, groundbreaking action/adventure/romance, “Avatar.”

Costing more than $300 million, moviegoers can catch new cinematic technologies, a rain forest planet, a functioning language were created.

Check out its trailer below.