Microsoft markets Linux and makes Novell rich
Having successfully reinvented itself as a Linux company, Novell is now making a substantial portion of its turnover from a single and surprising source - Microsoft.
Archive for January 5, 2008
Chyrp: A brand new lightweight blogging engine
Chyrp is a blogging engine designed to be very lightweight while retaining functionality. It is driven by PHP and MySQL (with some AJAX thrown in), and has a pimpin’ theme and module engine, so you can personalize it however you want.
Microsoft appologizes for Xbox Live’s holiday performance
Marc Whitten, Xbox Live’s GM, appoligizes for the poor performance of Xbox Live over the holidays due to the record-breaking increase of people using Xbox Live and due to the issues offers a full Xbox Live arcade game absolutley free.
Uncharted sequel confirmed by Naughty Dog
Naughty Dog, which initially promised a sequel late last year, has now revealed that Nate
’s heroic adventures are set to continue. Specifically, company president Christophe Balestra has this week revealed in an interview with French gaming magazine Jeux-France, that work on Uncharted 2 (working title) is well underway.
Cruis’n Isn’t The Worst-Looking Wii Game Anymore
Color me puzzled. Why would anyone, and I mean anyone, want to port a horrid, mostly unseen coin-op rail shooter from 2004 to the Wii?
The 16 Best Games on the Virtual Console
How are you liking that Wii? Hopefully, you’ve gone online with it by now and have taken a glance at the Shop Channel’s library of downloadable Virtual Console games. Some are fantastic and should not be missed. Others are stinky garbage. Here’s a great list outlining the 16 best Virtual Console games released during the Wii’s lifespan thus far.
Mobile Hard Drives Hit 500GB
New Hitachi drive represents a giant leap forward in notebook storage.
Patched Mac QuickBooks still deletes data
Just two days after Intuit Inc. said it had finally come up with a permanent patch for a bug in QuickBooks on the Mac that erased files from users’ hard drives, the company acknowledged it has not completely fixed the flaw.
Very official MacWorld prediction form - madlibs style
At this years MacWorld, Apple will announce _______________ [your prediction here]
Major Nelson emerges as face of Xbox
Dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and sporting unkempt graying hair, Larry Hryb looks like just another guy in Microsoft’s corporate headquarters. Xbox 360 players know Hryb by his alter ego, “Major Nelson”
The ethics of Stealing Wifi
A recently released study by a security firm says that using an open WiFi network without permission is stealing. Ars looks at the ethics of open WiFi
Xbox 360 worldwide sales hit 17.7 million
Thanks to the holiday season, Xbox 360 worldwide sales have reached 17.7 million units. Last we heard about Xbox 360 sales were back in October when Microsoft reported they’ve sold 13.4 million units and its gaming division profited for the first time.
