Archive for December 9, 2006

How to get ATI Drivers working on Linux openSUSE 10.2

Since it’s launch, 2 days ago, it’s known that the new openSUSE 10.2 has problems with the ATI drivers because it includes X.org 7.2, but ATI drivers are built for X.org 7.1. This is a workaround to get 3D acceleration activated.

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Cheaters defeated by new online games software?

They have just patented a method to stop cheats in games like World of Warcraft, Counterstrike, and Battlefield 2142. They can stop ’speed hacks’ that let you teleport or rapid fire. And automatic keyboard and mouse input for level grinding. .
Hey, I thought Punkbuster already did that for years. So why could these Korean guys get the first patent

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Sony confident despite lower than expected NPD data

After delivering just half of the expected 400,000 PS3s promised for its US launch, Sony remained confident on its tried-and-true PlayStation brand while responding to last month’s sales data. “Very pleased” is the official response concerning the crippled PS3 launch.

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Wii trounces PlayStation 3 in US sales in November

Wii outsold rival PlayStation 3 by more than double in the United States in November as the freshly launched video game consoles vied with Xbox 360 for devotees, figures showed.

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Getting That 20% of Reserved Bandwidth “Un-Reserved” For Dummies

Did you know Microsoft reserves 20% of your maximum bandwidth for their own shit? Such as Windows Update and of course interrogating your PC. Well as you can imagine this takes a huge chunk of bandwidth that you could be using to download pr0n or warez.

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The student who claimed 450 GB on a sheet of paper answers critics

The student who claimed 450 GB on a sheet of paper answers critics, see his reply here

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How to Exploit the Top 10 Myths about Bandwidth & Data Transfer

How does one write an interesting article about bandwidth and data transfers without losing the interest of your readers within the first 20 seconds? Are bandwidth and data transfer the same?

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Mysterious Sci-Fi Game Announced For PS3

From the developers that brought you the PSP/PS2 title Crash Dummy Vs. The Evil D-Troit, Twelve Interactive has recently announced that they
’ve signed up and signed on as official developers for the PS3. Included in the double announcement, was the unveiling of a super secret project currently in development for “Next-gen” consoles

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Latest Firefox build passes Acid2!

The Firefox Acid2 bug (bugzilla #289480) has officially been marked as FIXED and VERIFIED, and merged into the official development build (to be part of Firefox 3). Hurray! Thanks goes especially to David Baron for his hard work on the reflow branch.

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Sony bashers will eat their words in 2007

Based on reports of what’s circulating through the blogosphere, video consumers are mighty dissatisfied with Blu-ray and gamers are unhappy that PS3 has upped the price of the console by including Blu-ray. Then of course, there’s all of those stories about how Sony couldn’t meet its production targets. In 2007, when PS3 stocks are plentiful…

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