Folding@Home Steps Into the Record Books
The PlayStation 3’s computing project, Folding@Home, has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the most powerful distributed network in the world.
Archive for November 1, 2007
Halo 1 in Halo 3 [PIC]
Some person has recreated the box art for the original Halo inside the Halo 3 engine. Cool stuff!
27 Ways to Save the Consoles
No Wi-fi on the 360 Elite, no headset with the PS3, and no hard drive for the Wii — here are 27 things that need to be fixed!
Holes in Leopard’s firewall
Although Apple is selling its new Mac OS X Leopard operating system on its improved security, researchers at Heise Security have already found fault with its firewall. Unlike with Windows Vista, the Apple firewall is not enabled by default and must be enabled by the end user. Even if you
MGS 4 delayed until Q2 2008
Well, it’s happened. Metal Gear Solid 4 has been delayed until Q2 2008 in order to “provide even greater enjoyment for customers worldwide.” Previously the game had been set with a release date of “this winter,” and things looked to be going well. While it’s likely a case of the game needing more time before it was ready, expect an avalan…
Google Roll Out GMail 2.0 [pics]
Google are starting to roll out thier new and improved new look GMail 2.0 to a few selected users. Find out how to check if you are a “selected user”
Barack Obama Loves Net Neutrality, Promises to Appoint FCC Commissioner
Not only does he say he supports net neutrality, Obama actually seems to have something of a grasp on what it means and why it’s important (politically tinged examples aside), which is kind of impressive, given how technologically ignorant politicians can oh-so-famously be. And look at all those Web 2.0 companies he namedrops: Facebook! MySpace!
Nine Inch Nails Frontman Was a Member of OiNK
Following the bust of the OiNK BitTorrent tracker, most of its 180,000 members are keeping their heads down and trying to stay inconspicuous. However, Trent Reznor, frontman of Nine Inch Nails isn’t worried: “I had an account there” he said. “it was like the world’s greatest record store.”
Trojan horse targets Mac OS X
A new trojan horse designed specifically for Mac OS X systems has been discovered on several pornography websites that can hijack Web traffic, according to security firm Intego. Affected systems are used to hijack some Web requests that lead users to other phishing sites, or simply display ads for other pornographic websites to generate ad revenue.
How Protests Against Games Cause Them To Sell More Copies
Those who organize protests about violent video games would do well to realize that the net effect of said protests is inevitably to cause the game to sell even more copies than it would have with no attention.
Top 10 Free Video Rippers, Encoders, and Converters
Commercial video converter software’s aplenty, but there are several solid free utilities that can convert your video files on every operating system, or if you’ve just got a web browser and a quick clip. Put DVDs on your iPod, YouTube videos on DVD, or convert any video file with today’s top 10 free video rippers, encoders and converters
