Archive for February 20, 2008

Run Linux inside Windows

andLinux is a complete Ubuntu Linux system running seamlessly in Windows 2000 based systems (2000, XP, 2003, Vista [32-bit only]). andLinux is not just for development and runs almost all Linux applications in Windows without modification. It supports quick launch icons, start menu, system tray, Explorer shell extensions and file type associations.

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British bank Halifax blocks WOW subscriptions

While not some attack or slur upon Blizzard Entertainment the Halifax bank, with the Bank of Scotland as a subsidiary, are blocking automatic monthly payments to the MMO. They cite that World of Warcraft is experiencing high incidences of credit card fraud….

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Whistle blower site taken offline

A controversial website that allows whistle blowers to anonymously post government and corporate documents has been taken offline in the US.

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Apple Depicts Advanced Multitouch Control Panel in Mac OS X

In case there were any doubts that Apple was exploring the use of advanced multitouch gestures under Mac OS X, a recent Apple patent application authored by Wayne Westerman (of Fingerworks) shows mockups of a Mac OS X gesturing control panel with options to configure standard trackpad, basic multito…

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iPod shuffle, now just $49

Well, what do you know. What was $79 just a few minutes ago is now just $49. Making room for something new are we Apple?

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Paramount and Universal to publish films on Blu-ray

Not a whole lot to go on right now, but German site HDTV Praxis has it that both Paramount and Universal will now make the obvious choice and publish their films on Blu-ray.

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Demonoid Tracker Is Back, Will the Site be Next?

It has been three months since the popular (semi)private BitTorrent tracker Demonoid went offline. Since then, there has been a lot of speculation about its future, and many feared that the site would never return. Totally out of the blue, however, the tracker is now responding again.

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Consumer’s Cheat Sheet to HD DVD’s Death, Blu-ray’s Victory

HD DVD is dead. Officially. That may mean a whole bunch for the early-adopter tech geek crowd that’s been wading in the kiddie pool of technological bickering and backhandedness for years, but what does it mean for the average consumer with only a cursory interest in high-def DVDs? Here’s our cheat sheet Q&A for you to explain to your parents.

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Can Xbox 360 Achievements Be Cloned For PS3?

A company named GameStrata thinks so.

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PS3 reaches 10 million four months sooner than Xbox360

What does it say when a console launched a year later, being more expensive, was prey to the most crazy anti-viral smear campaign ever, had two massive competition to deal with and “no” games to speak off… and still sold better/faster than the 360? Wow.

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A Second Earth in Our Solar System

It could be that there are objects of Earth-mass in the Oort cloud (a band of debris surrounding our planetary system) but they would be frozen at these distances. They would look like a frozen Earth.
So all we need to do is haul one of those babies into our orbit, defrost it, and start populating. Earth 2, here I come!

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Red ring of death returns at GDC 08

Microsoft wants consumers to believe that its problems with the Xbox 360 console in terms of hardware failure are over.

But wandering through the Game Developers Conference halls and it’s clear that the problem persists.

On Microsoft’s own stand at the show one of the demo consoles has a rather familiar problem - the red ring of death.

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