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The 15 Biggest Tech Disappointments of 2007 #2. What Is It Good For: The High-Def Format War Did we learn nothing from VHS vs. Betamax, CD-R vs. CD-RW, DVD-A vs. SACD, and so on down the line? At least the warring DVD camps worked out a compromise in the mid-90s that allowed everyone to profit from the new movie format (though it took them a while). Not so in HD land, where a take-no-prisoners attitude on both sides has left consumers cold. It will be a snowy day in Video Hell before we'll put our money down on either format.
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Cray Personal Super Computer coming to a desk near you? http://blogs.computerworld.com/fancy_a_25k_cray_on_your_desk The Cray CX1 supercomputer uses up to eight nodes and 16 Intel Xeon processors -- either dual-core or quad-core. It's the first Cray machine to use Intel processors. The CX1 has up to 4 terabytes of internal storage and 64 gigabytes of memory per node. The machine also comes pre-installed with Windows HPC Server 2008. Nvidia’s graphics processors will be offered as an option in the newest line of Cray desktop supercomputers. The chipmaker plans to announce next week that its Tesla chips can be used in the $25,00 Cray desktop supercomputer ... Nv…
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Test Valve's New Steam Client Heading to the 'Settings' panel in your client gives you the chance to participate in a beta test of Valve's new and improved version of Steam: A Steam client beta is now available. To access it, go to File -> Settings and on the Account tab choose "Steam Client Candidate" in the Beta participation section. The specific changes include: - Fixed downloads becoming paused - Improved download speeds - Decreased application launch time - Fixed URL links in chats to not include trailing punctuation as part of the link - Changed group event notifications to open at most 8 dialogs
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Asustek ships PS3 "After the first batch of PS3 shipments from Asustek, Foxconn Electronics (the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry) will also supply Sony's PS3 game consoles when demand rises, indicated the Apple Daily. The paper cited sources at Taiwan component suppliers as saying that about 200,000 component sets were shipped to Asustek in June and the volume will grow this month. From September to October, the suppliers estimate to ship more than one million sets to the game console manufacturer, the paper added." Asustek warns Taiwan media over PS3 reports
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xStream Gaming-on-Demand Features • Download or stream any type and size of game • Non-intrusive application is only resident when in use and unloads when closed. • Smallest operating footprint - Advanced packaging means much less bandwidth and hard disk space is used. • Rapid start - Game play begins after only a small portion of the game has been downloaded. • Just-in-time delivery - Game levels are preprocessed and packaged for quick delivery. • Highest levels of security - AES-encrypted is session-based with computer-binding authentication. • Implement any business model - Flexible DRM enables subscription, purchase, try-before-you-buy, and rental. …
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N.Y. Times to buy About.com for $410 million "The New York Times Co. on Thursday said it will buy online information portal About.com for $410 million from publisher Primedia as it looks for new ways to advertise itself online. The Times Co., whose newspapers include The New York Times and The Boston Globe, said it will expand About.com's content and visibility and use the site to market its products."
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An in-depth look at the Making of Halo 2: mirrors here. "If you can get 30 secs of fun....you can stretch that out to a whole game."
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The Wow/Guild Wars/City of Heroes guild I play with does BF2 on Thrusday nights. I was wondering if anyone want to get in on this action. http://www.circleofomega.com
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Tom's Hardware I wouldnt mind playing BF like this:
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Xbox Selling Like Gangbusters Since Price Cut, Microsoft Raises Japan Forecast http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/10/xbox-s...-japan-forecast "Microsoft says that sales are shooting through the roof, especially in Japan. Speaking at the Tokyo Game Show, the company said that Xbox 360 sales have doubled in the U.S., are up 62% in Europe, and are up five-fold in Japan, according to a liveblog on video game site Kotaku. In Japan, sales of the Xbox 360 beat native Sony’s PS3 in September for the first time." "Microsoft also showed more details of an online service that allows players to create and customize characters, similar to Sony's Home and Nintendo's Mii chara…
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Epic Games sends news that the dedicated server for Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available, just in time for the retail release of the multiplayer shooter sequel. The download is available from http://download.fasterfiles.com/files/UT20...catedServer.zip These files allow anyone to run a dedicated UT2004 server, even if they do not own a retail copy of UT2004. Once installed, it will occupy around 2.0 GB of disk space, significantly smaller than the 5.5GB required for a retail installation. Server admins wanting to advertise their server to the official master server list, and be included in UT2004 stats will require a dedicated server key. Go to http://unreal.epicga…
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http://www.galactic-conquest.net/ an update to this cool mod for BF1942 that adds a ton of stuff(maps,vehicles,weapons) I've already downloaded server files and client files and plan on having on my server for the lan party, given B.Ob.'s basement is drained out by that point.
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Half-Life 2: Aftermath release "Game Informer Online just grabbed some exclusive news on Half-Life 2: Aftermath. The highly anticipated expansion will be released on May 31st via Valve’s Steam distribution, for only $19.99. We recently spoke with Valve’s Gabe Newell about the release, and he claimed that it took him about seven hours to play through Aftermath. We will have a full interview Newell coming soon, so don’t miss it!"
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