Internet users around the world send an estimated 60 billion emails every day and many of these are spam or scam attempts, business leaders said on Tuesday. Of course, much of it is spam and phishing attacks.
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More Pre-E3 news is leaking out - this time that Bethesda has both PS3 AND PSP version of Oblivion planned for a November release. This further backs up Sony's insistance that the PS3 will be launching in November, and would make Oblivion a PS3 launch title. An official announcement is expected at E3.
A group of Firefox users so determined to destroy IE that some sites now "actually block users with IE from viewing the page, informing them they must install Firefox to view the site."
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A comprehensive list of the worst video games ever. Includes detailed descriptions of exactly what makes a game bad, or in this case, the worst.
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Like Java because of its nicely structured classes and uncomplicated syntax, but wish it had the power and efficiency of C or C++? Look no further than than D!
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Is Nintendo's new console the freshest thing to (soon) hit electronic entertainment?
My colleague saw it at TGS. He said he hasn't seen that much laughing and sheer enjoyment with videogames in years.
People laughing, joking and not caring what is going on just for the sheer enjoyment of the playing.
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Someone on the DSWifi forums has created a homebrew app that will allow a person to play a game using a Nintendo DS against a person with a Sony PSP (or other way around).This allows 2 people to play against each other using the Wi-fi capabilities for both handhelds! It's only the beginning... Screenshots included.
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First overclocking results with an Intel Duo Core T2600 clocked to 3.4Ghz runs faster than the current world record holder P4 670 at 7.2Ghz with less than halve the CPU cycles!
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Talk about wasted tax dollars. Michigan becomes the first state to require online coursework for its students, billing it as a way to bring students into the 21st century. What if the students are already there? Do students really need help learning to use online tools?
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With the new release of 2.0, DiggUpdate will instantly inform you of new Digg stories that hit the front page or friends digging activity as it occurs. DiggUpdate is 100% free and open source.
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Apple have began to block access to MySpace.com in it's retail stores, as too many people appear to be hogging the computers to access the cesspool.
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Tank Chair is a Custom off-road wheelchair that can go anywhere outdoors. Conquers Streams, Mud, Snow, Sand, and Gravel, allowing you to get back to nature, and can also climb up and down stairs.
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Zelda cubed takes the classic Legend of Zelda from the NES days and puts it into an isometric 3D world. All in online shockwave.
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You can submit your composition and listen to other ones. The drum set is so addictive
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For those not lucky enough to get Game Informer, we've got the next best thing. An anonymous fan has set up a minisite full of high-quality scans from the revealing of Revolution's sure-to-be-big-hit launch title, Red Steel, and Nwizard.com's got exclusive access. In addition, if you check the minisite, article pics are up and readable.
A Gurerilla marketing campaign by the ad company Saatchi & Saachti for Folders has turned some New York City manholes into STEAMING CUPS OF COFFEE! (with pic goodness)
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Iomega yesterday unveiled the latest two members to its StorCenter line of network storage products. The new StorCenter Wireless Network Storage 1TB and StorCenter Network Hard Drive 500GB - both are both available now.
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The new craft is referred to as Penetrating High Altitude Endurance (PHAE), and is thought to be able to cruise at 70,000-80,000 ft, similar to the U-2 (Global Hawk has a ceiling of 65,000 ft).
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Techcrunch reports, "The service will launch at AIM.com, and individual user pages will be aim.com/[username]. Functionality will be similar to MySpace - with blogging, photo and music widgets available for integration."
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A reader's poll at Joystiq shows that readers are more excited over Nintendo's possible offerings at E3 than Microsoft or Sony's, even with the prospect of PlayStation 3 demos.
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StrategyWiki has been around since December, but needs your help to grow. Check out http://strategywiki.net/wiki/Zelda:_Ocarina_of_Time/Inside_the_Deku_Tree for an example of the great quality this site can produce!
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This guys has a killer demo of the modded glove with Unreal Tournament. He mapped the in game controls so that his thumb controls forward motion, his pointer finger controls the trigger and his arm motion controls the camera view.
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Robert X. Cringely offers an intriguing reason behind Apple's recent strategy of Boot Camp: '... I also believe that Apple will offer in OS X 10.5 the ability to run native Windows XP applications with no copy of XP installed on the machine at all. This will be accomplished...by Apple implementing the Windows API directly in OS X 10.5.'
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Microsoft is planning to use its server farms to offer anyone huge amounts of online storage of digital data. Could be accessible from anywhere, on any device.
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There has been talk about a BG overhaul. Looks like some info is out. Most of the community suspected this. Sounds like a good way to revamp and add to the game.
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Nintendo and AOL are running a promotion. They will pick three people at random to be flown to Los Angeles to be the first consumer in the world to play Nintendo's next-gen console, the Revolution.
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Ubuntu 6.06, aka "Dapper Drake" has just gone into a stable Beta fase after 5 very succesful Alpha versions.
A full list of new features and screenshots and be found at the official wiki.
Downloads available as usual, but bittorent is appreciated.
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The 2006 NAB conference is fast approaching and as any self-respectiing maclot knows, it can only mean one thing: new pro products. The Register is reporting that the new 17" MacBook Pro could debut as early as this Sunday and sport the 2.16GHz Core Duo with an outside chance of the new 2.33GHz Intel Core Duo making an appearance.
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Check out the newest legal threats to The Pirate Bay from Linotype and Prophecy House "(he also called us, talking about the antichrist)".
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More strong rumours in the link concerning price drops and games on Xbox 360
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Apple expects the average selling price of its iPod digital music players to decline in the current quarter from the prior period, the company's CFO said on Wednesday.
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3/4 of a terabyte and that's just the first 7200.10 Barracuda drive Seagate announced! We might see 1TB drives before the end of this year.
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The record industry may be on the verge of waving the white flag in front of Apple boss Steve Jobs, and abandoning its demand for iTunes to charge different prices for different songs
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The U.S. Navy has been unafraid of Iran's super-torpedo since it was the Soviet super-torpedo in the 1970s. This guy dicusses all of the flaws of Iran's super-torpedo, and why no one in the U.S. military cares about it.
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Five teenage boys accused of plotting a shooting rampage at their high school on the anniversary of the Columbine massacre were arrested Thursday after details of the alleged scheme appeared on the Web site MySpace.com
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THQ has announced Frontlines: Fuel of War for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC.
The one thing thats especially intersting is this, the developers that are making this game originally were with Trama Studios:
About Kaos Studios
Kaos Studios, a division of THQ Inc. located in New York City, was formed in 2005 by industry veterans of the FPS genre. The core members of the group came from Trauma Studios, creators of Desert Combat (one of the most successful mods of all time from the original Battlefield) and the R&D team for DICE's Battlefield 2. The 50-person team includes additional members from the development teams of other acclaimed shooters, including FEAR, Medal of Honor and Doom 3. More information about Kaos Studios and its products can be found at www.kaosstudios.com.
We are not sure what a PPU can do for you today, but the guys at the HardForum have stripped their new BFG PPU card down and water cooled it. Looks like any old GeForce 4 water block might do. What else would you expect out of them?
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Check out some new screens of this truly next-gen title, CRYSIS - the game looks absolutely beautiful.. shame I don't have a snowflake's chance in hell of running it. Yet.
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THERE is a lucrative new sport in the Wiltshire village of Luckington: fishing stranded motorists out of a ford at £25 a time.
Since a road closure, dozens of drivers have blithely followed directions from their satellite navigation systems, not realising that the recommended route goes through the ford. Pict included.
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The only thing other than X-Play that was still worth watching on G4, Icons, is about to be broken. I wonder how long it will be before we get profiles on Pamela Anderson or Jessica Simpson.
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Previously it was $149 - will Microsoft follow suit by dropping the original Xbox price?
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Interview with Microsoft executive gives important news about HD-DVD periphial. "We will make sure that the HD-DVD-peripheral device will meet all the requirements to enjoy high-definition DVD playback."
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Seems like someone with the new PC Gamer has access to a scanner as the first screens from the game have been uploaded:
Here is some additional Info...
Taken from http://cncden.com/
-C&C 3 to ship sometime 2007.
-Mike Verdu will be the Executive Producer.
-Jason Bender will be the Lead Designer.
-C&C 3 begins in the year 2047.
-FMV cut scenes return.
-Kane will return from the dead. But was he ever truly dead?
-Game will use an updated version of the Sage engine.
-Sides are GDI, Nod, and a yet un-named third side.
-Smarter AI (remains to be seen)
-Voice over IP support, Clan support, Observer and spectator modes.
-Single player missions/AI Skirmish
-Multiplayer: Skirmish, Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, World DominationAlso, EA will be holding several 'player summits' during the development of C&C 3 so they can get feedback and ideas from C&C players.
Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2006 second quarter ending April 1, 2006. International sales accounted for 43% of the quarter's revenue. Apple shipped 1,112,000 Macintosh computers and 8,526,000 iPods during the quarter, representing 4% growth in Macs and 61% growth in iPods over the year-ago quarter.
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Paul Thurnott, who is usually excited about all things Microsoft seems very dissapointed with Windows Vista. Here is the conlusion of his review of the latest CTP. He still gives it 5 pauls though.
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One of the 2 people who hasn't played Half-Life/Half-Life 2 yet? Really want to jump on the bandwagon with Episode 1? This is a great timeline that summarizes the stories of both games, and includes extra information possibly unnoticed even by Half-Life veterans. Check this out if you're at all interested in the Half-Life Saga plotline.
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Microsoft and Bethesda have just released the very first quest for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.
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Mr. Blackman outlined a new storyline that delved deeper into Darth Vader's history.
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Quite interesting article describing 1080p technology from gamers perspective
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Store policy usually means you get another copy of the same bad game. This guy found a way around that.
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We could have told you more about how it works and discussed the brilliant scientist who invented it, but noooooo instead we use it to set things on fire, create sparks and illuminate lightbulbs wirelessly. (Don't try this at home.)
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For $489.99 you can get PGR3, Plug & Charge, an Extra wireless controller, and the Premium Xbox 360. This normally retails for about $520. This is a good opportunity to get an Xbox 360 if you don't have one already.
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The free series will feature classic public domain cartoons, including Bugs Bunny, Mighty Mouse, Daffy Duck, Betty Boop, Little Lulu, Porky Pig, Donald Duck and Felix the Cat, along with fairy tales and musicals.
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Apparently, the ATI graphics card in the Macbook Pro is underclocked. You can get extra performance out of it if you don't mind the extra fan noise.
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Brain scans have revealed how information we learn during the day is squirrelled away into long-term memory while we sleep. During a good night's rest, memories of recent events are shifted from one part of the brain to another, a process that is crucial for developing long-term memories.
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Mention the phrase "I love the PowerGlove, it's so bad" and the first thought that pops into many minds is "The Wizard" that 1989 gamer flick. Take a trip down memory lane with this memorable scene. Video clip after the jump.
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Inside is a photo of the newest OXM. It promises the world's first screenshots of FEAR, previously thought to be a PC-only shooter, on the Xbox 360 platform.
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Lucent Technologies has filed an injunction against Microsoft that could disrupt the distribution of the Xbox 360 game consoles. This would be a major blow to the 360 in the midst of the PS3 and Revolution releases.
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For many reasons, Metroid Prime 3 is considered the flagship title for Nintendo Revolution -- at least in the West, where the first-person shooter is king. And Nintendo knows it.
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Fast food from McDonald's is healthiest in Denmark and worst in the United States, a Danish study comparing levels of the deadliest kind of fat, trans fatty acids, showed.
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RAW DEAL! Worst computer deal in the history of scams. They are selling a $300 desktop computer for $2200. They are scamming the public by making it look like an easy payment plan. If the overall price wasn't bad enough, they don't even take on any risk, as they won't ship the computer until you've spent more than $600! Help expose this scam!
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'We hope to have The Orrery available for purchase next week. This plugin will cost 150pts on Xbox, and $1.89 on the PC.' Also, 'We are working on a patch/update for both the PC and Xbox 360. It is our plan to first release it as a beta patch for the PC when it has cleared our initial testing cycles internally.'
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Wow, they look amazing. Hopefully this game turns out to be pretty damn good.
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This is the best and biggest list of free MMORPG's on the Internet! Tons of great stuff here, many things you never heard of.
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Over 100,000 parts were used in this model, many of them fabricated under a microscope to ensure accuracy.
Complete accuracy is followed right down to the rivets and screws whose diameter and separation are kept to scale.
This free script lets you accept file uploads through the web while displaying a progress bar. Very easy to install and modify. Excellent support provided in the project forums.
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The price of Intel Core Duo chips is set to plummet on the 28th of May, and there's faster chips coming along anyroadmap. Those include the 2.33GHz T2700, but this is only the start of better things from Chipzilla later this year.
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Now that Boot Camp finally provides a baseline for a true head-to-head contest of Apple hardware vs. PC hardware, we went out and bought a 2.0GHz MacBook Pro last night. Then dug up some good PC competitors, one of which has almost identical specs. This morning, we started testing. Here's what we found...
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Workers are taking down the black construction barricade around the glass-cube entrance to the Fifth Avenue (NYC) Apple Store, in preparation for the future grand opening.
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"You can convert a room full of machines running Windows into a Linux cluster, and when you shut down, your Windows machines are in their original state. The computers in the cluster can be homogeneous or heterogeneous. Getting the cluster up and running takes about 5 minutes.."
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Apple's new software update for iPod adds a setting where you can choose your maximum volume and set a combonation to avoid the kids changing it!
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Asustek has secured a contract with Apple for "iBook notebook personal computers"... Apple has secured approximately 1.2 million units initially and will reportedly start selling them in June.. The laptops will be equipped with 13.3" displays.
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More and more people are buying and loving Macs. To make this choice simply irresistible, Apple will include technology in the next major release of Mac OS X, Leopard, that lets you install and run the Windows XP operating system on your Mac. Called Boot Camp (for now), you can download a public beta today
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Stuff Magazine claim to have the inside scoop!
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The latest issue of EGM reports that the DS Lite is "due in May" on North American shores. The snippet coincides with 1Up's recent speculation, but does not contain further information that would validate this claim. Consider this a rumor... for now.
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While Apple's "Boot Camp" may be a shot across the bow of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer won't be throwing any chairs over this one. Yet. The OSx86 Project has some good analysis of what the news means for us all.
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West coast US developers are claiming SCEA has given them a final price point of $499 for the Playstation3. This story does point out that other Californian developers have heard nothing from SCEA so there are obvious inconsistencies casting doubt over the claim, though some are "adamant" this is the real deal.
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Is this the world of legacy BIOS emulation we all wanted? Is this XP and Linux and Vista and all the OS goodness running on Intel Macs? It seems Boot Camp is designed only to provide XP with drivers, the new firmware update for Intel Macs adds all the support an Intel Mac needs to boot the OS!
Check out these pics from Flickr that document the install process of Bootcamp for the Mac.
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So I decided try out the new Apple Boot Camp Beta to dual boot Windows XP on my Imac. Everything went great then I got the oh so famous blue screen of death after 30 minutes of using Windows.
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An alarm signalling a still-unidentified problem abruptly woke two NASA astronauts involved in a low-pressure "camp out" on the International Space Station on Tuesday.
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Brainslayer has once again gone and done the unthinkable. Apparently he's found some time away from the FON project to continue forging ahead on getting DD-WRT into the previously un-hackable WRT54Gv5.
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The One Laptop Per Child organization will use Linux on its inexpensive machines, but apparently the OS suffers the same code bloat as Windows, the project's leader said Tuesday.
Linux desktop application operability took a giant step forward today, with the announcement of a technology preview of the first set of common interfaces for the GNOME and KDE Linux desktops.
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Quote - "I get about 100 e-mails a day. We apply filtering to keep it to that level. e-mail comes straight to me from anyone I've ever corresponded with, anyone from Microsoft, Intel, HP etc. And I always see a write-up from my assistant of any other e-mail, from companies that aren't on my permission list or individuals I don't know."
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Ronald Mallett from the University of Connecticut has devised an experiment to observe a time traveling neutron in a circulating light beam. While his team still needs funding for the project, Mallett calculates that the possibility of time travel using this method could be verified within a decade.
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This will enable users to run multiple operating systems like Linux and Windows simultaneously with Mac OS X. This is not simply a "dual-boot" but instead gives users the ability to use Windows or any other operating system at the same time as Mac OS X.
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Will my wireless usb/card device will work under Linux?, sure there are a lot of resources but this simple and straight to the point site will make things a lot easier, hey you can contribute and make it even better.
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way too demo a product..submitted at the slashdot lounge
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Uh oh. Seems like the developers left in unlockable nudity in Oblivion. How long until the company is sued and the game is taken off the market like GTA:SA and a "clean" version is released?
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Yet another source shows Firefox breaking the 10% mark. This brings IE down to under 85%.
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Hate Starforce? Want to sue them? Well, Christopher Spence has already done it on your behalf. Christopher has filed a $5M class action lawsuit against Ubisoft for using Starforce DRM in their games, and if he wins, you�ll be entitled to collect if you�ve ever had your system infected by Starforce.
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Mitsubishi is scheduled to announce an HDTV that uses colored lasers instead of lamps. This is supposed to make the sets thinner and cooler. And, instead of having to replace an expensive lamp, the solid-state lasers are supposed to last the lifetime of the set.
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Whining noises, AirPort connection issues, LCD flickering, and burning hot temperatures -- that's what you get being an early adopter of technology. According to this article on DailyTech though, Apple is releasing new MacBook Pro revisions that fixes the problems.
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Mod to make heavy wireless headphones work just as well with lightwieght and much more comfortable ear buds.
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Today the PCSX2 team has released a new version of their PS2 emultator, the 0.9 version!
"Many games are now going ingame, and some are even playable"
Grab it and test it!
:D
Enjoy
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"If you purchase something from TigerDirect and try to get the rebate from OnRebate.com, Good Luck!"
It seems that many people are being denied rebates for items purchased at TigerDirect. TigerDirect points the fault at OnRebate.com and washes their hands of it.
But guess what? THEY'RE SISTER COMPANIES!
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It's easy to create malicious code, penetrate firewalls, and steal personal and financial information. "Ethical hacker" Andrew Whitaker can show you how.
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