“The difference between the Wii and the other nextgen consoles is not just graphics. It’s networked multiplayer games.” - Id like to hear peoples comments about lack of online multiplayer support and why Nintendo should release a free patch for wii sports.
At least half of Google’s Checkout service has been opened up to countries other than the United States. Now, regardless of where you live, you can purchase items with Google Checkout
The foundation says it will work directly with representatives of all interested Linux distributions to manage patches, create distro-specific packages, and make collective decisions on policy.
Following BF2142, Counter-Strike will be getting in-game ads by IGA soon. CS is already struggling, and the ads might be the final blow to an online legend. Goodbye Counter-Strike. Welcome, greedy Valve.
Red Hat making fun of Microsoft… If this is real, it should totally be on TV…
Turns out NVIDIA, AMD and ATI have been accused of some antitrust shenanigans, with the DoJ alleging the firms “have engaged in a contract combination, trust or conspiracy, the effect of which was to raise the prices at which they sold graphics processing units and cards to artificially inflated levels.”
Ending months of speculation, Google has officially joinedGoogle Web Toolkit the Eclipse Foundation as an add-in provider, according to officials at both organizations. In an interview with ZDNet, Eclipse Director Mike Milinkovich said: We are, of course, thrilled that Google decided to join the Eclipse Foundation.
Microsoft is the target of a new class-action lawsuit over its Fall Update for the Xbox 360, an update that caused “problems” on a small minority of systems. By “problems,” of course, we mean “total system malfunction.” Now, one California man is leading the legal charge against Microsoft after his own machine was “bricked” by the update.
Just as if a baseball manufacturer would not be liable if you threw a baseball at your TV, Nintendo holds no accountability for the damage people do with the Wiimote. And many of the pictures I’ve seen are quite suspect and are probably fabricated by scam artists looking for a quick buck.
According to research, the browser is now used by some 23.2 per cent of European PC web surfers - up from 19.4% in April. A detailed percentage-by-country map is at the link.
While many of us were disappointed upon learning the disc slot lights would not act as we had hoped, some were so much so that they went ahead and modded the light to work all the time. With several different settings, some just pulsating slowly, others reacting to sound, these folk have managed to make the Wii more visually appealing…
Everyone’s heard enough about the Wii launch day titles, so IGN looks at the next wave of Wii games and gives you a bit of info on each. Notable titles include Battalion Wars II, Metroid Prime 3, WarioWare Smooth Moves, Super Paper Mario (previously a GC game,) and Mario Party 8.