Archive for December 13, 2007

Xbox 360 Failure Rate: Will My Christmas Present be a Dud?

A few hours into my first game I feel a crazy amount of heat radiating from the machine. It gets warmer and warmer until the green circle on the front of the console fades into the sickening red of hardware failure. Instead of a game box I now have a worthless brick.

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Activision blocks release of Rock Band compatibility patch

The compatibility patch was submitted, approved and had been scheduled for release by Sony on Tuesday, December 4. Unfortunately, Activision objected to the compatibility patch’s release. The patch remains with Sony, but we have been told that it will unfortunately not be released due to Activision’s continued objection.

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10,000 Frozen iPods Inside Popsicles Giveaway

After decades of popsicle promotions that included prizes printed on the stick, Brazilian ice-cream company Kibon has taken it to a new level by including the actual prize inside the popsicle: they will manufacture 10,000 specially made propsicles, identical in size and color to the actual thing, frozen with iPod shuffles inside.

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The Worst Big Budget Games Of 2007

Kane & Lynch, Lair, and company.

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The sonic world of Halo 3

Jack and Craig speak to Bungie’s Marty O’Donnell about creating the sonic world of Halo 3 in Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.

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Remove Mono dependency from Ubuntu

There has been a wide range of discussion on the subject of Mono and its inclusion in Ubuntu by default. Some people believe that Mono may infringe on Microsoft patents while others believe that it is useful to include.

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eeeXubuntu: Ubuntu for the Asus EeePC

Finally! In what seems like an eternity an enterprising soul has taken on the task of customizing Ubuntu (or more specifically Xubuntu) for use on the EeePC.

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Wii Photo Channel 1.0 ‘Downgrade’ Available!

Sick of AAC format instead of MP3s on your Wii? Here’s how!

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Microsoft yanks free Vista, Office offer

Microsoft on Tuesday withdrew an offer of free copies of Windows Vista Ultimate and Office 2007 in exchange for consumers agreeing to install monitoring software, saying it had exhausted the supply of software.

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Unreal Tournament for PS3 is a great piece of code

“After a few hours tinkering around with Epic’s PS3 version of Unreal Tournament 3, we have to say we’re very impressed.” - IGN

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