Wikileaks is Back Online!
A federal judge on Friday allowed whistle-blower site WikiLeaks to resume operation in the United States.
Archive for March 2, 2008
This. is. PORTAL!! [comic]
The Spartans have created the ultimate hell. Either continue to fall until you inevitably starve to death or attempt to escape with gruesome consequences.
Has Vista lost all credibility?
Even internally, Microsoft couldn’t agree on what the base requirements to run Vista were, but that didn’t stop it from inaccurately promoting the OS as running on some hardware. 158 pages of Microsoft internal emails reveal scandalous truths about the squabbles that took place in the lead up to Vista’s launch.
Curved iMac concept bends beyond the realm of plausibility
You don’t have to venture very far to dig up unofficial concepts for Apple products of all sorts, but this one from designer Nuno Teixeira is certainly more attention grabbing than most, even if it isn’t any more realistic. Dubbed the “iMac iView,” the main distinguishing feature here is obviously the curved screen…
Pidgin 2.4.0 released
Every bodies favorite open source free software multi-protocol instant messaging application just got a big update. It’s first since 12/7/2007
Guy reveals more than intended on MSN conversation (PIC)
Close those folders before screencaps, people!
Ten golden rules of Japanese RPGs.
We share with you some of the time honored secrets of Japanese Role Playing Games.
If you’re looking to develop your own JRPG, or are just one of the many devoted genre fans that want to know exactly how they’re made, hit the jump and learn the secrets the world wants to know — the ten golden rules of Japanese RPGs.
Paramount to Release its Final HD-DVD Titles on Tuesday
‘Things We Lost in the Fire’ and ‘Into the Wild’ will be Paramount’s final releases in the HD DVD format. After that, the studio that released Transformers, will switch over to Blu-Ray. That announcement came after Toshiba Corp. said it would no longer develop, make or market players and recorders in HD DVD, the standard it invented.
Shadow of the Colossus’ controls are an exercise in art
While most game developers and fans don’t give a second thought to control schemes, Fumito Ueda does. Shadow of the Colossus’ controls actually contribute, in significant ways, to the artistry of the game.
Staples Rips Off Elderly - $390 For Basic Computer Repair
A Staples tech tried to convince a senior citizen that his computer wouldn’t work properly without repairs costing almost $400.The senior had been lulled into Staples for a free tune up that suddenly cost $39.99.
14 SCi Projects Cancelled as 25% of Jobs Cut
In order to complete a radical restructuring plan, Eidos parent company SCi has announced that it will be cutting 25% of jobs – a maximum staff of 800 – and will cancel 14 projects currently in development to either insufficient quality of an inability to provide an acceptable return on investment.
Physicists Successfully Store and Retrieve Nothing
It sounds like a headline from the spoof newspaper The Onion, but for physicists, this is actually an achievement: Two teams have stored nothing in a puff of gas and then retrieved it a split second later.
