The day before yesterday I showed the above video (it has now been viewed nearly 100,000 times), which shows some jaw dropping examples of next generation image manipulation, and said “I want this in PhotoShop immediately.” Well, that may be happening sooner rather than later. Co-inventor Shai Avidan has now joined Adobe…
Ever do a multiplayer match of Halo online? If so, then this advertisement for the Mountain Dew/Halo 3 soda should make perfect sense. Look at all the people screaming in their languages, it’s so international. Wonder if the Halo 3 version of Mountain Dew is even available in all those countries featured?
According to IBM the bulk of the PS3’s processing power is located in Cell’s SPEs. Without using them games development is very similar to developing a game on a decent specced single processor PC or Mac (so not really difficult at all like some developers claim, funnily those who do not even use the SPEs the porting process.
I had a call from Microsoft Legal this morning and they have told me that we are no longer allowed to endorse AutoPatcher on Neowin. Microsoft will only allow updates to be downloaded from its own servers.
A look back at the lava filled pits, nonsensical power-ups and other gimmicks that dominated games of yore. More importantly, a call for the retirement of “platforms that float for no discernible reason” and other cliches that have stuck around way too long.
Join the Green Party, New Internationalist, Friends of the Earth International, People and Planet, and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) in signing this statement calling on social activists and progressive organizations to join with them in rejecting Microsoft’s Vista and to encourage instead adoption of free software. Sign in support now!
The CCIA has already filed an FTC complaint alleging that sports leagues and publishers are misleading the public with their copyright notices. Now, the group launches a site called Defend Fair Use to, well, defend fair use.
George Reyes will be one of only a few of the Internet search giant’s top executives to have left since its founding in 1998.
A web based application that allows users to have the same experience as they would when purchasing a Apple TV device. Features such as a History and Favories list have been implemented plus utilizes RSS feeds from the top web sharing sites such as YouTube,Google,MySpace,Digg,BlipTV,MetaCafe,iFilm,Pornotube,
DailyMotion,Break,Grouper,Heavy and Guba.
>Is this it? The HD DVD stake into Blu-ray’s heart that will signal a start to the resolution of these next-gen DVD format wars? We tracked down a price on the upcoming Venturer HD DVD player and discovered it to be $199, the magical price that everyone’s been waiting for.
Finally, what is arguably the biggest release of the year, Halo 3, has gone gold. All that really means is that the game has been finalized and has begun being manufactured – maybe not the most exciting sounding thing in the world, but it does tell us that the game’s development cycle is complete.
After months of speculation, rumor, and silence from Microsoft, the company is finally talking publicly about Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista.
Microsoft says that the first public beta of Windows Vista SP1 will be available in the next few weeks to TechNET and MSDN subscribers.
