If you haven’t played these games yet, set aside a few hours to burn up and dig in. Here are 5 of the best. The strategy is very Warcraft-2-ish in nature, but a bit simpler… like a Tetris game or something. Super simple to get started and just addicting to try and figure out a [...]
Archive | June, 2007
FTC Kills Off Net Neutrality
Their argument? “Consumers should trust the market place to govern itself”… I normally agree except don’t 3 telecom companies own like 95% of all the backbone in the ground with AT&T owning like 70% of it? SUPER… yes let’s trust “the market place” if by “market place” you mean “monopolies”.
Get 5 Free Blu-ray Movies with a Player
Nice… Blu-ray camp is following the HD-DVD camp with the free movie give-aways to entice buyers. If you buy any of the following players from July 1st to September 30th you will get 5 free Blu-ray movies (from a library of 21 titles) in the mail: Sony BDP-S1 Sony BDP-S300 Playstation 3 (60 GB) Panasonic [...]
Honda Civic Type R Revision
Very hot. Looks like Japanese will get their hands on the new Type R in September coming in 22lbs lighter with 15 more HP maxing out at 240hp… for a 2700lbs car… WOOHOO!
Sharp LC-52D92U or Samsung LN-T5265F
OR For anyone in the market for a new HDTV, and has zeroed in on getting an LCD TV you are likely having this connundrum right now… do you get the Sharp LC-52D92U or the Samsung LN-T5265F? If you decide to start your search by Googling for all Sharp reviews, then all Samsung reviews you [...]
South African Zip Line is Insane
Zip Line in South Africa… I think this thing is like 1 or 2 miles long and you get going pretty dang fast… I would have passed out, urinated and shat all over myself… but this guy didn’t:
iPhone AT&T Rate Plans
Apple has posted the rates that AT&T will be charging for the iPhone at launch this Friday. Take a look: Individual Rates Family Rates
FCC Complaints Up 711%
I’m not actually clear on the percentage, but Ars Technica got on their soap box and decided to take a look at what is going on with the rise from 350 complaints in 2000 to 240,000 complaints in 2003. No you didn’t read that wrong… and yes, that was in 2003 not in 2007. What [...]
Microsoft Sells Ubuntu
Laurence Hartje sent this goldie along, looks like at one point Ubuntu was accidentally listed on Windows Marketplace.
Talking Your Cat for a Walk
Have you every tried to walk your cat? I’ve seen the harnesses; my wife has wanted to get them for 2 years now for our cats, but in the back of my mind I’m horrified of the possibility of a stray dog running up to them and scaring them to death. Now I’m not so [...]
Compiz Fusion Effects in Action
Compiz Fusion is really on par with Leopard from what I can see… certainly not totally stable yet, and relies a lot on the drivers being in good shape, but it’s great to see Linux right up there with cutting edge and likely to decimate Vista until it stops sucking in 2010.
Dell Allows Users to Skip Bloatware
Looks like Dell will begin allowing users to check a box during the computer order form process that will skip the installation of many many trial-ware pieces of software that vendors pay Dell hundreds for to allow them to get on the new PCs, hoping to get new consumers signed up. For most folks, this [...]
US States Renamed to Countries with Similar GDP
John Hering sent along this really interesting interpretation of the US states. They have been renamed to the respective country with the closed match to GDP: Original Link
Ink Jet Printers are a Sham
Nice… Slashdot reports that a study done to see how accurate printing-software was with respect to “Ink is low, please replace” showed that in the best case (Epson, who also funded the study) wasted 20% of the ink, while others (I’m sure HP is up there) wasted 50% of the ink in the cartridge telling [...]
BD+ DRM Released
The BD+ DRM that has been sitting in the attic of the Blu-ray spec has finally been released and ready for prime time. Endadget reports that with the recent AACS exploits, studios have been slow to release new titles as they have been waiting for BD+ to hit. Aparently BD+ isn’t some static key-checking algorithm [...]
Gefen Releases HDMI Connectivty Lineup
EngadgetHD caught the new Gefen lineup of wired and wireless HDMI devices that just flew onto the market. Everything from HDMI-over-ethernet to 1080p/HDCP-enabled PVRs. Read – Component + Digital Audio to HDMI Adapter Read – Personal Video Recorders Read – 4×4 HDMI CAT5 Matrix Read – Component Audio Extender Read – Wireless HDMI Extender
Battlefield Bad Company has Destructable Environments
Hot from GameSpot, looks like Battlefield is going to have mostly destructable environments. No digging yourself a fox-hole with a rocket launcher, but it looks like hanging out behind a buildings wall, a row of sand bags, etc isn’t going to be the same anyone if the enemy you are going up against has explosives… [...]
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