The top 10 IT disasters of all time… The WWIII one is damn scary.
From faulty satellites nearly causing World War III to the Millennium Bug, poorly executed IT has had a lot to answer for over the years.
Archive for November 26, 2007
Game Development Archeology: Zelda on Game Boy comes with source
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This is what happened with the 1998 Game Boy/Game Boy Color game “The Legend of Zelda - Link’s Awakening DX” (MD5: ee0424cf1523f67c5007566aed70696d). If you look at the image starting at 0×106000, you will find all kinds of interesting data, which will tell you a lot about the game’s development. Let’s call this “game development archeology”…
The “999,999,999 in 1 Super Game” System
With a claim to fame of one less than a billion games included, the “999999999 in 1 Super Game” should give the “big three” consoles a run for their money.
Apple aims to patent ergonomic, full-hand multi-touch input
Three patent filings set into motion by Apple just a month after the iPhone’s US debut open the door to curved multi-touch surfaces that can recognize more than just fingertips.
Why Assassin’s Creed Fails
It’s not easy to criticize a game that does so many difficult things right. In terms of presentation, Assassin’s Creed for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 is a slam dunk: A clever premise, a unique setting, a fully-realized world, beautiful graphics and music, responsive controls.
Firefox 3 vs. Firefox 2
Great comparison of Firefox 3 with Firefox 2. Nice one!
Resistance 2 in 2008, Syphon Filter PS3 in 2009 According to PSM3
There have been smidgens of review scores from PSM3’s Christmas Edition, but not so much has been seen of the news section in the magazine. And oh, there are a bunch of treats held within its pages. There is news on Resistance 2, and next-gen outings of Hitman, Prince of Persia, and Syphon Filter. Carry on reading over at Ripten.com
Open Letter From TorrentFreak To Brein
The infamous anti-piracy watchdog BREIN infringed our copyright earlier this week as they used a quote from one of our articles without attribution. As a follow up to our previous article, we wrote an open letter to BREIN to educate the public about their lack of res
Crop Circle Hall Of Fame [pics]
Collection of exquisite, brilliant, gorgeous, magnificent, great, outstanding, marvellous, impressive, breathtaking, dazzling crop circles.
Missing Logo Costs Sony BMG Five Million Dollars
Sony Music must pay $5m to a small record company for missing its logo off Meat Loaf’s Bat Out of Hell album, a US court has ruled.
PS3 sales jump in US
Sales of Sony’s PlayStation 3 have been given a boost in North America since it cut the price of the console and introduced a cheaper version at the beginning of November. The company said Thursday that combined sales of the older 80GB model and the new 40GB model have increased by 192 percent at the top-10 major retailers in North America and [...]
Creationists Violating Copyright to Promote Intelligent Design
The Discovery Institute, copied Harvard’s video ‘The Inner Life of the Cell,’ stripped out their copyright notice, credits, and narration, inserted their own creationist-friendly narration, and renamed the video ‘The Cell As an Automated City.’ The new title subtly suggests a cell is designed rather than evolved.
