Monday Reading - briefly
(hx) 04:03 PM CEST - Aug,22 2005
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Hope everyone has had a good weekend. Yesterday I spent most of my time doing
some PHP coding and watching Formula One on TV.
For those of you who don't know, Saga Of Ryzom players get free month of play. So, if you have not yet played this fantasy MMORPG you might to consider doing it by Aug. 29.
What games
are coming out this week? Here's a list: Big Mutha Truckers 2 (PC/PS2/Xbox), Nibiru: Age of Secrets
(PC) and World Series of Poker (PC/PS2/Xbox).
Other games due in stores this
week include 187 Ride or Die (PS2/Xbox), Beat Down: Fists of Vengeance (Xbox), Hello Kitty Roller Rescue (GC), Inuyasha - Feudal Combat (PS2),
King of Fighters 02/03 (Xbox), The Incredible Hulk Ultimate Descruction
(PS2/Xbox/GC), Namco Museum Battle Collection (PSP), Advance Wars: Dual Strike (NDS) , Pac'N Roll (NDS)
and three Nintendogs titles for NDS: Chihuahua and Friends, Dachshund and
Friends and Labrador and Friends.
Here's some stuff:
- Microsoft UPnP MS05-039 Vulnerability Detection Utility -
MS05-039 Scan 1.0 is a Windows based detection and analysis utility that
can quickly and accurately identify Microsoft operating systems that are
vulnerable to the multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities released in the
MS05-039 bulletin.
- Xbox 360 - What You Get For Your Money -1up.com has a news post
throwing together information from various sources, and revealing some
release
details about the Xbox 360. Scans of marketing flyers finally make clear
the differences in the two SKUs.
- Euro Revolution Begins 15 June 2006? -
Amazon.com France has slipped a page with the European release date and
price for Nintendo's monolithic new game console, the Revolution. The release
date is listed as June 15, 2006. The total, after conversion, would be about
$365. European console prices tend to be a bit higher than here in the U.S.,
but this still sounds like a fool's ransom given the Xbox 360's $299-$399
pricetag.
- Linux is really a trademark now -
Linus Torvald has trademarked the name Linux and has moved forward to ask
companies using the name to pay a trademark fee. Late last week, an Australian
company started pursuing companies using the name with the demand that they
pay a $5,000 fee to use it.
- Power-Line Networking: The Next Generation -
HomePlug 1.0 moves data at a theoretical maximum of 14 megabits per second,
with real world performance roughly equivalent to the 4.5 mbps or so of
802.11b Wi-Fi. HomePlug AV's theoretical maximum throughput is 200 mbps;
real-world data rates should run between 70 mbps and 100 mbps, says Andy
Melder, senior vice president for strategic business development at Intellon,
one of the companies contributing to the spec.
- Swiss music industry aims to starting fighting online piracy -
Swiss authorities are working to fight those sharing out copyrighted music,
either by P2P or on a Website. Another issue will be dealing with students in
schools & universities that share out music, since it is much more difficult
to track the individuals involved.
- New AMD chips meant for mobile gamers -
The Turion MT-40 and MT-37 are available to PC makers for $359 and $268,
respectively, in bulk amounts
- Sony launches Walkman Bean -
Walkman Bean will be available in both 512MB and 1 GB capacity (NW-E205
and NW-E207). The models will be priced at £99 and £79 respectively. There
will also be a 512 MB model with a built in FM tuner (NW-E305).
- UK Developing Roadside Sleepiness Test -
UK
officials are developing a roadside video game-like test of awareness to
be used to gauge whether a motorist is driving while drowsy, whether from
over-the-counter medicines or lack of sleep. Scotland on Sunday reports that
the prototypes of the handheld device require suspected drowsy drivers to
guide a cursor around a screen and respond properly as various road signs
flash on the screen. Anyone responding with slow reflexes can be hit with a
£2500 (US $4,490) fine for "driving without due care and consideration."
Reviews:
Battlefield 2 (9.7/10) /
Chrome SpecForce (5/10) /
Dungeon Siege II
(4/5) /
Dungeon Siege II (8.2/10) / Supreme Ruler
2010 (4/5)
Previews:
Age of Empires III /
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter /
Prince of Persia 3 /
Starship
Troopers
Media: Black
Buccaneer GDC movie /
Doom
The Movie QuakeCon Trailer (thanks Pedros) /
East Front movie /
Everquest Babes (wohoo!) /
Joint
Task Force shots /
Starship Troopers
movie /
The Chronicles of Narnia movie /
The
Villager's Tale shots /
Tiger Woods 06 motion capture video /
Total Overdose video /
Worms 4 Mayhem video
Mods/Tools: ONS
Plus Beta 4 (UT2k4) /
Star Wars KotOR/KotOR2
mods
Other gaming news:
Buy goodies: 40% Off Simpsons and Futurama DVDs
/
$20 Price Drop on Nintendo
DS
/ Sony VAIO VGN-T350/L Notebook PC (Price After Rebates: $1,798.99) |
Updated:11:06 PM CEST Jun,04
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