Nintendo Wii passes Microsoft XBOX 360 in Worldwide sales
Good job Nintendo!
Archive for August 23, 2007
Mac Tagline Pulled from Site: Eating Disorder Blamed
Apple’s new iMac Campagin states that, “You can’t be too thin. Or too powerful.” The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness calls upon Apple to rethink their new media campaign.
Why Graphics Matter
“Graphics don’t matter. It’s all about gameplay.” We’ve all heard it, and maybe you’ve even uttered these words yourself before. Since the advent of video gaming, graphics have been a hot topic amongst gamers.
Next Ubuntu Release: Hungry Hippo
You know you want it to be true.
Linus Torvalds talks future of Linux
INTERVIEW | Linus Torvalds relates his plans for the future of Linux, including the 3.0 kernel, problems with the Linux release cycles and which distro he personally runs on his home PC. ” ’Compile everything by hand’ ones simply weren’t interesting to me,” Torvalds says. And there was that time he was bitten by a ferocious real-life penguin.
Smart Image Resizing Cuts The Useless Out Of Your Pics (+VIDEO)
Wouldn’t it be useful if you could make images smaller by selectively removing the least important pixels? Ariel Shamir of the Efi Arazi School of Computer Science in Israel has developed some software to automatically do just that, in realtime no less. Watch and be amazed.
BitTorrent Admin Monitored by US Government, Forced to Dump Linux
Sk0t, an ex-administrator of the EliteTorrents BitTorrent tracker is to have his internet connection forcibly monitored by the US Government. If that wasn’t bad enough, the monitoring software is Windows based - which means he is being forced to ditch Linux - or face being barred from the internet.
2007 Desktop Linux Survey results revealed
According to DesktopLinux.com’s just completed survey, the number of Desktop Linux users has more than doubled in the past year, and Ubuntu remains their Linux distribution of choice. Of significance, Ubuntu’s growing prominence has made GNOME surpass KDE as the most popular desktop environment.
Is ‘Bioshock’ the best game of 2007?
2K Games’ new M-rated shooter/survival horror/adventure/RPG title for Xbox 360 and PC. If you love gaming, if you think gaming can be a form of art, if you like your digital entertainment to be smart, stylish and suspenseful, “BioShock” is for you. It’s also a serious Game of the Year candidate.
The iPod nano mock-up (PIC)
You may have seen the blurry spy-shots, but this is a crystal-clear rendition of what the next-generation iPod nano will allegedly look like. And yes, I still hate it hate it hate it… although I admit I’m starting to lik– no, I hate it.
