The N64 was still in that era where 3Dprocessing was at its infancy but the graphics weren’t as smooth as we might like. In fact the 32bit PS1 had a number of later games that gave the best of the N64 a run for its money in graphics. However, with some emulation tweaks, we can give some of your favorite N64 games a significant boost.
Sandvine, manufacturers of BitTorrent throttling technology has seen its first quarter sales drop 88% in a year. After achieving 42,000% growth in 5 years, the company - best known for providing the technology which put Comcast into the spotlight recently - has seen its value plummet 42% in a single day.
April 24 will be a red letter day for the Ubuntu project. It will be three-and-a-half years since the experiment began and the release that day of Hardy Heron, as version 8.04 is known, will be a defining moment. This could well be the release that either makes or breaks the project.
According to Stan Glasgow, Sony Electronics US president, “Sony is in talks with console rival Microsoft about offering a Blu-ray drive for the Xbox 360.”
Peter Rakos warns that using Microsoft Excel as a game engine is “only for determined experts.” Nonetheless, it can be done, he says, and in this Gamasutra feature, he explains how. For one thing, he says, few people know that Excel has not one, but two embedded rendering subsystems.
We all are waiting for AMD’s comeback, for a processor that revolutionizes the way we are using a computer. But after yesterday’s Intel analyst day, it appears that AMD’s situation may get much worse before it gets better. Intel has a huge lead in 45 nm, popping out 100,000 CPUs - ever day!
In the US, several universities have banned filesharing applications such as BitTorrent, mostly under pressure from the RIAA. A university in the Netherlands has taken a different approach. They use uTorrent to distribute software and OS updates across 6500 workstations, and end up saving a lot of time, money and resources by doing so.
Hardy Heron Alpha 6 is the sixth and final alpha release of Ubuntu 8.04, and with this new alpha release comes a whole host of excellent new features.
Note: This is still an alpha release. Do not install it on
production machines. The final stable version will be released in April 2008.
Force-feedback exoskeleton gloves, remote-control surgical robots, touchscreens and video games that touch back—tactile technology is taking off.
How far does the US government’s reach extend? Now it’s started to get domains killed for European sites that broke no laws in Europe. Steven Marshall, owner of sites such as www.cubanculture.com, is a British travel agent with an interest in Cuban culture who sells tours. Not now since the US government got eNom to put a “hold” on his domains..
The US version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue adds new split screen multiplayer, a new track, and new modes. Read about all the new features, see the complete track and car list, and see brand new screenshots.
Wine 0.9.57 was released today, with the following main changes:
* Support for multiple OpenGL pixel formats.
* Improved support for color profiles.
* Many window management fixes.
* Better fullscreen support.
* Lots of bug fixes.
