Wii Virtual Console cross region purchasing
A video that shows how to buy VC games from other regions.
Archive for December 14, 2006
Is Google buying another Office Suite Company?
The Korea Times reports that Google discussed the possibility of buying ThinkFree, a subsidiary of a Korean company. ThinkFree is a software that wants to emulate Microsoft Office.
Ars Technica’s first look at Firefox 3.0
The recent release of Firefox 3.0 Alpha 1 provides insight into the future of the popular open source web browser. With the new Gecko 1.9 rendering engine, Firefox 3 now leverages the powerful Cairo vector drawing library and passes the Acid 2 test.
PS3 looks like crap when running old and new PS2 games!!!
This video has a side by side movie of FFX with both the PS2 and the PS3 running at the same time. I just bought FFXII and I own a PS3 and im upset that i will have to rehook up my PS2 just to play it! Sony please for the love of all that is good FIX IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
PS3 future going the way of the Jaguar
Atari was set to market the Jaguar with a $3 million advertising budget, a telephone support line, and promised support from over 20 third party developers. However, retailers and the media were still skeptical that Atari could deliver quality software and keep all of its promises.
Computers learn to parse natural human language
A company in Israel claims to have solved the problem of enabling computers to parse natural human language. Linguistic Agents says its “NanoSyntax” technology translates normative human language into a formal computer language, potentially improving search interfaces, application interfaces, text-message-based network APIs, and phone trees.
Process Tamer: Download of the Day (Windows Only)
Windows only: Freeware system tray app ProcessTamer is a lightweight CPU usage monitoring tool that watches your computer for CPU hogs and “tames” them before they freeze up your computer.
Geek to Live: iTunes power tips
We’ve posted boatloads of iTunes hacks, workarounds, features, screenshots and tips over the past 2 years. But today I’d like to highlight some of the lesser-known but super-useful iTunes features available in the latest version.
Google liberates the Google Web Toolkit
Google has released the source code of GWT under the open source Apache 2.0 license.
World’s First Carbon Fiber MacBook
ired with the MacBook’s lack of color options, an inventive Apple fan customized their MacBook with Carbon Graphix, an easily attainable $20 vinyl sticker that looks like real carbon fiber. The sticker can be easily applied and removed from your MacBook to give it that MacBook Pro look.
