Archive for November 27, 2007

Yet Another Apple Blog Hacked - Apple Matters

Malcor’s recent defacement of Apple Blogs has continued its rampage and has shifted toward Apple Matters which was hacked less than a couple hours ago (at the time of this submission).

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Unreal Tournament 3 officially dated

Midway has come forth with an official announcement regarding the highly anticipated Unreal Tournament III, confirming the release date hinted at by Epic’s Mark Rein last week.The PS3 version of the game will be shipping to North American retailers in limited quantities on Monday, December 10th, and will be on store shelves the following day.

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Hellgate London DX10 Impresses

Like few games before it, Hellgate: London gives us a real reason to play in DirectX 10. It looks better and more realistic in DirectX 10, and though the performance penalty is stiff, it is not without merit. We’ll run this new hybrid RPG/FPS through the paces and show you if your video card is up to the task for DX10 in Hellgate!

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Microsoft “learning” from WGA failures, but the lesson should be: kill it

After suffering through false positives and an embarrassing server outage, the Windows Genuine Advantage crew says they are really, really sorry, and they promise to work hard to make sure nothing goes wrong again. They should scrap WGA, really.

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major nelson give details of new dash update for xbox 360

major gives news. coming dec 8th

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CNet rates Vista one of “worst products in history”

CNet has named what they claim are the worst technology products in history. Probably the most controversial is the inclusion of Windows Vista which sits alongside the Sinclair C5, the Gizmondo and the Tamagotchi.

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Google Announces “Google Body Search”

Information search giant Google, Inc. announced Thursday the release of Google Body, a search service aiming to index the internal and external anatomy of every living creature on the planet.

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The insanity of France’s anti-file-sharing plan: L’État, c’est IFPI

The controversial agreement between the French government, the entertainment industry, and national ISPs is something of an anomaly on the P2P landscape. Largely unenforceable and overbearing, the plan gets at least one thing almost right, despite being mostly wrong-headed.

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Eidos Announces DEUS EX 3!

Holy shit, Deus Ex 3!

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ABC News Joins Forces With Facebook

With just under a year until the 2008 presidential election, ABC News and Facebook have partnered to launch an online political initiative that will combine the latest news from the campaign trail with a variety of discussion and interactive forums.

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Editorial: Coolest Girl in School - Controversial New Game for Girls

In accordance with the public’s voyeuristic addiction comes a controversial new video game for girls - the mobile based Coolest Girl in School. Emerging as a rpg for teens, the game sets a stage for girls where “stealing, sexual dalliances, drug use and gossiping pave the path to teenage empowerment”.

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NASA satellite finds evidence for parallel universe

A huge, 1 billion light-years “void” or empty space in Eridanus found by a large scale NASA space mapping project has been considered as hard evidence for the existence of another universe.

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