Archive for March 7, 2008

Apple set to release OS X 10.4.12

We have it on good authority (meaning this is a rumor, and “good authority” could mean anything) that Apple is ready to drop its final update to yesterday’s OS, aka “Tiger”. That’s right. 10.4.12 is allegedly ready to roll, and will spring forth in less than 2 weeks or so

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NIN Confirms Uploads to Public and Private Torrent Sites

The acceptability of P2P took another big step forward over the weekend, as accounts claiming to be ‘the official profile for NIN’ appeared on a number of torrent sites, including The Pirate Bay and the private trackers What.cd and Waffles.fm. NIN has now confirmed that these accounts indeed belong to the band.

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Apple TV vs. Vudu vs. Xbox 360: Video Download Battlemodo

If you’ve been wondering how to compare the video-download options of Apple TV, Vudu and the Xbox 360, I think today is your lucky day.

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History suggests copyright crusade is a lost cause

Supporters of more restrictive copyright law love to draw analogies to traditional property rights and equate file sharing with theft. They might not be so enthusiastic if they knew more about the actual history of American property law.

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Office Live vs Google Docs: Feature-by-Feature Comparison

excellent comparison..I was actually waiting for such a comparison after release of Microsoft offive live to public

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In-Game Communication Coming to PS3 This Summer

Ray Maguire, Sony Computer Entertainment UK
’s head, recently spilled the beans on an upcoming feature the PlayStation 3 will be getting – in-game communication. Presumably this means being able to have a private chat with friends while playing a game, similar to what you can do on Xbox Live.

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Steve Jobs pans Flash on the iPhone

Over the last year, many observers have wondered when Apple would deliver Adobe Flash support on the iPhone. At the company’s shareholder meeting on Tuesday, Steve Jobs made comments that indicate that support isn’t coming anytime soon, thanks to architectural limitations in Flash itself. A full explanation of those limitations follow.

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Study: Piracy is Caused by Poor Choice

According to a new study just released in the UK, one of the biggest causes of copyright infringement is a lack of choice. The study further shows that one third of the Brits have downloaded copyright infringing content, or plans to do so in the future.

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Internet Explorer 8 Has Arrived

Microsoft’s next-generation web browser, Internet Explorer 8, has arrived. In a surprising move, after the demo of IE8 and its new features at today’s session of the MIX08 conference.

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Activision May Be Considering An MMO Call of Duty

While a Call of Duty MMO may be a long way off, if it ever gets off the ground, it’s starting to sound like Activision execs may be giving it serious thought and we’d expect it to be a big focus for the publisher’s ad revenue model.

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EA Tells Jack Thompson to Take a Flying Leap

Last week Jack Thompson offered to assist EA in their buy-out of Take-Two. Today EA says, hell no.

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This is absolutely pathetic: Bully: SE for the 360 is broken

Various forums are buzzing with reports of complete system lockups during gameplay in Bully: Scholarship Edition for the 360. There’s also frustration from the unstable framerate and audio glitches. This is NOT just an isolated issue and Rockstar needs to be held accountable for releasing the game like this.

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