Archive for November 12, 2007

Prince To Take On The Pirate Bay

Prince, one of the most creative and talented musicians, hired the infamous “Web Sheriff” who announced lawsuits against The Pirate Bay in the U.S., France and Sweden. “Way to go on losing all your fans” was the first response of Pirate Bay admin Brokep.

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Mozilla Still Flummoxed by Firefox’ Appetite for Memory

Anyone who uses Firefox on Windows knows the browser has an almost insatiable appetite for memory, and it’s not unheard of for PCs to allocate a half GB or more of memory just to the browser alone.

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PCSX2 0.9.4 has arrived….

PCSX2 0.9.4 has arrived….
Well ladys and gents, here it is, the brand spanking new PCSX2 0.9.4. We have lots of new stuff for you people to try out, some of the major features included in this release are:

Fedora 8 Games Spin (Live DVD) released

Fedora 8 Games spin is a custom version of Fedora 8 from the games special interest group in Fedora that includes includes tons of free and open source Linux games in a installable Live DVD. You can download it from it from http://spins.fedoraproject.org. If you thought Linux, lacked great completely free games, check it out.

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Dust Voids PS3 Warranty…part Deux

The drama continues…and it isn’t pretty.

Ive: “I’m calling just to pretty much clarify the PS3’s warranty, if there’s any clause in the warranty that makes it so that if the PS3 is too dusty that the warranty is void.”

CSR: “No.”

Ive: “No?”

CSR: “No.”

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iTunes 7.5 and iPhone 1.1.2 return custom ringtones

The combination of iTunes 7.5 and the 1.1.2 iPhone once again allow you to add custom ringtones without fussing with property lists and special software. Take any m4a file, thirty-seconds or less (although some report success with tracks up to 40 seconds), rename it to m4r and double-click to add it to iTunes.

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Graphics of new ‘Ratchet & Clank’ game rival look of movies

But what defines great animated characters like Mickey Mouse and Shrek is not any notion of realism, but rather an exaggerated yet unthreatening expressiveness. That is one reason so few of the classic animated characters are human: anthropomorphized animals give the artist much more creative leeway.

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Intel Official: Say Goodbye to Privacy

Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguards people’s private communications and financial information.

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Bungie Adds Traffic Cone as Tool of Destruction

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Apparently a traffic cone is now officially a weapon.

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The first MacBook Pro with a 64GB SSD?

Ryan Block, editor of Engadget transplants a 64 GB SSD into his MacBook Pro. “Yeah, I just couldn’t resist transplanting the Samsung 64GB solid state drive from my PC to my Mac after I finished most of my tests (which are now up over at Engadget). This is really how everyone’s laptop experience should be..”

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Sony CEO wants to go back in time, avert high-def format war

The public’s patience with the high definition format war is beginning to fray, as is Sony CEO Howard Stringer’s. Regrets, regrets.

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First Arcade Joystick for Nintedo Wii

This is the first arcade-style joystick i’ve seen for the Wii. Comes in 3 Colors and has Turbo. The design looks pretty good too.

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