Merriam-Webster Add w00t to Dictionary - Teachers Weep
Congratulations World of WarCraft addicts. Give yourselves a pat on the back, Halo’ers. You and all the other gamers and internet fans out there have collectively legitimized 1337 speak.
Archive for December 12, 2007
Space tug offered for NASA’s orbital use
Space Systems/Loral, a major manufacturer of large, commercial communications satellites, hopes to convince NASA to take a chance on its novel idea for delivering cargo to the international space station.
Office 2007 SP1 ready for download today
Today sp1 ships. hurray. It’s not up there yet but should be later today. Also the kb articles for each patch don’t seem to be live at this moment but should also appear later on today.
New Halo3 Map Pack ‘Heroic’ Released
The Heroic map pack contains three new maps, each presenting a totally different play style. Standoff, Rat’s Nest and Foundry– all for 800 MS Points.
Incredible Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Screens
Breathtaking.
Virtual Console Update for US Brings Gifting Feature
Pokemon Snap, Ghosts’ Goblins, and Baseball Stars 2 released on VC along with Gifting Feature.
Police Closes Pirate Bay Investigation, Trial Awaits
The police investigation into The Pirate Bay has finally came to an end. Today, the Pirate Bay received over 40,000 pages of legal paperwork. At first sight there doesn’t appear to be any evidence that suggests The Pirate Bay is involved in any illegal activities, but that is up to the court to decide now.
Virtual Console Update for US Brings Gifting Feature
Pokemon Snap, Ghosts’ Goblins, and Baseball Stars 2 released on VC along with Gifting Feature.
Apple’s Mac market share rise is good for consumers
According to a recent study by research firm ChangeWave, Apple’s Macintosh line of computers is well on its way to gaining a sizable portion of the computing market in the coming months. Suffice it to say, Apple is the world’s best trend setter. And a world where Apple is commanding such a large portion of the market could be good for all of us.
Apple TV 2.0….iPhone & iPod Touch as Remote?!!
Apple is rumored to be close to announcing movie rentals and Apple TV is perfect platform. Add a 1TB HDD and BitTorrent downloading technology and you have the beginnings of a great living room experience. Enable the iPhone and iPod touch as a remote control for Apple TV 2.0 to replace the bogus “gum stick” remote and and they’ll surely have a hit
The Worst Games Of 2007
Wii and DS were bombarded with trash this year.
Connect360 Mac Streaming Coming for PS3!!!
According to the developers at NullRiver, they’ll be porting their Connect360 software to the PS3, allowing you to stream music and video directly from your Mac to your Sony console.
