Archive for October 5, 2007

Unreal Tournament 3 system requirements revealed

I know, all of you PS3 owners are sad about Unreal Tournament 3 being pushed back until 2008. Oh well. Guess we’ll just have to wait and see what happens. In the meantime, PC gamers will still get to experience UT3 this November. Today Midway released the official system requirements for the game, and I have to say, I’m pretty happy.

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New iMacs plagued by interface freezing issues

A growing number of users have reported that Apple’s aluminum all-in-one computers suffer from a flaw that locks up the interface, rendering the system all but inert until a reboot.

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Half Life 2 Episode 2 Pre-load now available.

If you ordered the Orange Box from steam you can now preload Half Life 2 Ep 2.

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Demonoid Aftermath: An Open Letter to the CRIA

In the aftermath of the recent demonoid turmoil, A former music buyer posted an open letter to the CRIA - an impressive summary of what’s wrong with the music industry and how they alienate their customers. The RIAA and the CRIA have to rethink their business mo

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Gathering ‘Storm’ Superworm Poses Grave Threat to PC Nets

Although it’s most commonly called a worm, Storm is really more: a worm, a Trojan horse and a bot all rolled into one. It’s also the most successful example we have of a new breed of worm. Storm represents the future of malware. Let’s look at its behavior…

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Halo 3: Over $300 million in one week

Halo 3 continues to fly off the shelves, with over $300 million dollars in sales in the first week alone. Other interesting data from the press release (at the bottom of this post):

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Can IE’s architect explain why it’s so bloated?

More good news for Internet Explorer users: Microsoft’s IE chief explains why IE is fatter than Firefox and will never have a similarly comprehensive plugin system.

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Apple Seeds ZFS Read/Write Developer Preview 1.1 for Leopard

Apple has seeded version 1.1 of ZFS for Mac OS X to Developers this week. The preview updates a previous build released on June 26, 2007.

In the release notes, Apple confirms that the original release of Mac OS X Leopard (10.5) will only offer Read-Only ZFS. As a result, no ZFS pools or filesy…

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Fedora 8 Test 3 (7.92) released

Today the Fedora Project released Fedora 8 Test 3, which is scheduled to be the last test release before the general availability of Fedora 8 on the 8th of November 2007. Community help is greatly appreciated to help us stomp out as many remaining bugs as possible during the next few weeks!

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Source: Apple planning to launch iTunes HD videos in October

Apple hopes to boost the weak sales of its Apple TV media hub by adding 720p movies and TV shows to its roster before the end of October, according to a new leak.

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Rumor: Mac mini turns Nano in late October

Mac OS Rumors reports that they’ve heard that as of October’s end, the mini is dead– long live something new called the Mac Nano. Supposedly, the new low-end Mac will be even smaller than a mini (just tall enough to fit a hard drive in), and the enclosure will have a completely new design.

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Simpson’s Game Upsets Rockstar and Other Game Companies

“I was always under the impression that when you do parody, it’s a sign of respect… If we make fun of Grand Theft Auto, we’re not going to hurt the sales of Grand Theft Auto… But yeah, we’ve definitely had some reactions - we’ve had to pull stuff from the game”,

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