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Archive for January 14, 2007
If you want a Wii, then stop bidding on eBay
That sounds counterintuitive. However, in a free market economy, it is the most sound advice you will hear. You cannot find a Wii, because you are bidding on several on eBay. You probably will not win one. Not for a respectable price anyhow. Yet, you continue bidding.
WoW Subscribers 0.1% of the population of the Earth
World of Warcraft hit 8 million subscribers, epically dwarfing all other MMOs. ..and the Burning Crusade expansion has not even been released yet. 8 million x $15/mth…not that is a pile of money.
Fedora releases a live CD
The Fedora community got its first official live CD last month. Based on Fedora Core 6, it shows off the best of what Fedora has to offer. Furthermore, the tools used to put together the CD make creating and maintaining custom Red Hat or Fedora-based live CDs simple.
Youtube ‘You’re Happy’ Hyptonism video watched over 110,000 times
Man attempts to reprogram your mind to be happy
Kojima wants 50GB Blu-Ray disk for MGS4
As crazy as it sounds, Hideo Kojima recently said that “Blu-Ray is too small for Metal Gear Solid 4.”The current spec of Blu-Ray is only 25 GB, and he wants the newer spec 50 GB Blu-Ray for MGS4.
Terrorists ‘use Google maps to hit UK troops’
Terrorists attacking British bases in Basra are using aerial footage displayed by the Google Earth internet tool to pinpoint their attacks, say Army intelligence sources.
Can Java become an important Linux language?
When you think programming languages and Linux, the ones that tend to come to mind are C, C++, Perl, PHP, Python and, lately, Ruby. Java probably doesn’t enter your mind at all — that’s because until recently Java was a proprietary language. The irony of this is that Microsoft’s .NET is more important on Linux today than open-source Java.
Why Super Nintendos Lose Their Color: Plastic Discoloration in Classic Mac.
Writer Benj Edwards from Vintage Computing and Gaming plays the role of a modern day Sherlock Holmes and gets to the bottom of why many Super Nintendo Entertainment Systems (SNES) discolor over time. In the end, science and research explain why, and how to restore your beloved machines! Learn about plastic discoloration!
Paul Thurrott Confirms New Xbox 360 Coming Late 2007
In a new edition of “Windows Weekly”, Paul Thurrott says that a new version of the Xbox 360 will be coming in late 2007 and that only the new 360 will have the ability to use IPTV. In addition to a new Xbox, Paul states a larger hardrive is in the works (28:00)
HD-DVD Volume Unique Keys Discovered
After a month of collaborative work the folks from the doom9 forum have extracted volume unique keys from HD-DVD disks, which can be used with BackupHDDVD to copy AACS protected content.