Microsoft to unveil DirectX 11 at XNA Gamefest
Microsoft will take the wraps off DirectX 11 at its annual XNA Gamefest, which is scheduled to take place on July 22 and 23 in Seattle, TG Daily has learned.
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Archive for July 12, 2008
Sony PlayStation 3 to Have In-Game Ads
The company has yet to reveal when these ads will begin appearing in PlayStation 3 titles, though with two of the world’s largest dedicated firms as well as their in-house branch working on inundating players with advertising, expect to see some results in short order.
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What Comcast Wants
So what does cable giant Comcast want? Only to monopolize your Internet connection, block online competitors, and control what consumers do online. Comcast wants to turn the Internet into cable TV, where every Web site has to cut a special deal with them to get carried or else get blocked. And Comcast wants to be above the law while doing this.
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First Look At Half-Life 2: Episode Three
The official Into The Pixel web site give us our first conceptual look at Half-Life 2: Episode Three with this moody painting of, we assume, protagonist Gordon Freeman facing down the Advisor seen in previous episodes.
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Apple and AT&T Stores Having Difficulty Activating iPhones
Uh Oh… “Apparently Apple completely underestimated the load on their servers for activation and ALL COMPUTERS in the Boston Apple store are stuck” “I was in the first group of 30 to get an iPhone 3g at the biggest AT&T Experience store in Houston, Texas. The staff couldn’t get anyone’s phones to activate”
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Comcast loses: FCC head slams company’s P2P filtering
The FCC’s Kevin Martin announced late Thursday that he wants to act against Comcast in the ongoing debate over the company’s P2P throttling scheme. If he can round up two more votes, net neutrality could soon be coming to an FCC near you.
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iTunes activation servers go down, told to activate at home!
We’re hearing that the servers are now definitely down after being intermittently active for the past few hours, and that customers are either being turned away or sent home from both Apple and AT&T stores to activate at home using iTunes.
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The Cake is a Lie, but Portal 2 is Not
Though we may forever be waiting for that delicious cake, the next Portal game is in the works to help satiate our hunger. This time around, you may be the one taunting with fallacious baked goods, instead of chasing the sugary, evil AI-inspired dragon.
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Canonical hopes Best Buy Ubuntu will spur Linux adoption
The increasingly popular Ubuntu Linux distribution will soon be sold on the shelves in Best Buy. Will users pay $19.99 for what they can get online for free?
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How to Make Sure No One Uses Your Coffee Cup [PIC]
Might be useful in the office or at home, if you’re the type that is obsessed with absolutely having no-one touching your stuff.
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Can Internet Activity Ever Be Truly Anonymous?
How much information should Internet companies be able to collect about your Web activity in order to serve you more relevant and targeted advertising? An IP address? Search queries? Your system settings and browser of choice?
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Motus Shows Off Xbox 360 Motion Controller
With an unlikely PS3 motion-sensing controller popping up at one peripherals maker earlier this week, it’s little surprise that - just days before E3 is due to kick off - that one appears for the Xbox 360. This one from hardware maker Motus Games, however, looks a lot more real and there’s even a few videos of it in action.
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