Archive for February 15, 2007

Quake Wars Confirmed For PS3, 360

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars is coming to both the Xbox 360 and PS3

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My first Linux experience: Overwhelmingly positive.

I am a first-year high school English teacher, and I was looking to get computers in my room so I could have a writing lab. I was temporarily elated when our tech coordinator informed me via email that a dozen iMacs had been donated to the school and I was welcome to take a few for my room.

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Gears Of War is coming to PC - Rein

Epic Games’ Mark Rein has reiterated that Gears of War’s Xbox 360 exclusivity is likely to come to an end at some point….

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Microsoft Refunding Overcharged Xbox Live Funds, Official Notice Image

Here is in interesting e-mail we got today. Apparently there was some charges made in error regarding the Xbox Live service and Marketplace. These errors led to a gamer overcharging,and now MS is attempting to refund these monies. That is the only info MS is providing at this point, stay tuned.

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Geneforge 4: Rebellion Released For Windows

Once again, return to the world of the Shapers, where you will explore a vast world, choose what side you will fight for, and create and mold your own army of strange, powerful monsters. Enormous world, with over 80 areas to explore. Dozens of different endings. Slay your enemies or use stealth and diplomacy to outwit them. Lots of replay value.

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Be careful with sharing your itunes library with others *owned*

this dude obviously forgot what he has in his library before enabling everyone in his dorm to see it

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Teacher faces jail time for porn pop-ups

Substitute teacher Julie Amero has been convicted of risking injury to a child for not taking better action against pornographic pop-ups in her classroom, and now faces jail time. But did the school do anything to protect the network in the first place?

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U.S. senator: It’s time to ban Wikipedia in schools, libraries

Here’s the newest from Sen. Ted Stevens, the man who described the Internet as a series of tubes: It’s time for the federal government to ban access to Wikipedia, MySpace, and social networking sites from schools and libraries.

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Quick Firefox Tip: Single-key search tool

When you press slash (or the apostrophe key), you’ll see a little Quick Find field in the lower-left corner of the screen–not unlike what you get from pressing Ctrl-F (but without any of the Find controls). Start typing and you’ll see instant results. Wait a moment and Quick Find disappears on its own.

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Transparency in Social News

The principle of transparency is regarded by many to be necessary in a successful democracy. Every day, people are demanding more transparency out of the media, business and government. Socially driven news sites are a step in that direction. They offer a level playing field where users come to edit news democratically. Read On…

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Capcom’s development plan for the Wii: broad appeal but ….

There was a conversation over at Capcom’s official fora about the company’s plans for the Wii. Someone asked for more Capcom Wii games in the future. They also specified “Mature” rated content. Capcom had this to say about the request:

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Mininova Adds Server Power

Smoother operations anticipated.

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