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Submission + - EA: No patches, no support for a 5-month-old game

Submitted by Xyston on Saturday April 21, 2007 @08:39PM

Xyston writes: It's been five months since the release of EA's Rise of the Witch-King, and fans who were hoping for a patch were let down again this month when the promised patch never materialized. The game, which has been plagued by bugs, cheats and imbalances since its late November release, has become the source of frustration for gamers at several fan communities. While EA programmers admit they've neglected the game in favor of Command & Conquer 3, their last official statement was that a patch "should" have been available weeks ago. Gamers are still waiting.

Submission + - Upgrading Laptop Battery

Submitted by RelievedSimpleton on Friday April 20, 2007 @01:49AM

RelievedSimpleton writes: I was looking to rebuild my laptop battery and I noticed that every site seems to suggest replacing with the exact same cells. I was hoping to be able to replace with higher capacity cells of the same voltage so my question is, is it possible to replace the cells with higher capacity cells and not cause any damage to the laptop?

Submission + - New Zealand Telecom restructure

Submitted by

Kris van der Merwe

on Thursday April 19, 2007 @05:21AM

Kris van der Merwe writes: "New Zealand has one of the worst broadband infrastructures in the developed world. NZ Telecom has pillaged the country's telecommunication ability over the last decade and a half. They have used their monopoly to squeeze consumers for every cent they can while not investing in local infrastructure. The NZ Government is planning to restructure NZ Telecom along the lines of British Telecom, and is inviting discussion. The article discuss the restructure by way of a case study (a small community in the NZ capital city). http://krisvandermerwe.blogspot.com/2007/04/horoki wi-case-study-on-separation-of-nz.html"

Submission + - Valve Cafe hacked! Financial info stolen.

Submitted by denominateur on Thursday April 19, 2007 @04:57AM

denominateur writes: According to a forum thread at No-Steam Valve Software's "Valve Café" servers have been compromised giving the perpetrators access to users' financial information and Valve's balance sheets for the café service. So far Valve has reacted by deleting posts mentioning the security breach in the official forums. Apparently, they responded to one user asking about why his post was deleted and why Valve won't inform its users with: "Actually mate....as far as I know only the Cyber Cafe owners were hit. I am not sure though...but there is no need to panic at this time."

Submission + - Mainstream GeForce 8600 GTS has 1600x1200 Gaming

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 17, 2007 @07:30AM

An anonymous reader writes: HardOCP shows the new GeForce 8600 GTS video card's gaming compared to ATI's X1950. The 8600 GTS dominates ATI's last-gen cards. HardOCP play STALKER as well and the differences between ATI and NVIDIA are tremendous. The 8600 GTS can deliver 1600x1200 resolution gaming at the $220 price point.

Submission + - $90,000 103in HDTV reviewed

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 16, 2007 @04:37AM

An anonymous reader writes: Found this review of Panasonic's 103in plasma. Not only is the screen itself massive, but the price tag comes close to $100,000! I guess if you can afford a room big enough to house it, you can afford the TV. http://www.trustedreviews.com/tvs/review/2007/04/1 6/Panasonic-TH-103PF9-103in-Plasma-TV/p1

Submission + - Yugma to hold "show us the code" deadline

Submitted by linuxgnuru on Sunday April 15, 2007 @04:36AM

linuxgnuru writes: Yugma is reaching out to Linux community and Microsoft for May 1 "Show Us The Code" deadline. This should be a great place for he high noon to take place. http://digg.com/linux_unix/Yugma_offering_to_provi de_a_meeting_place_for_Show_Us_The_Code_deadline

Submission + - Wi-Fi highly critical flaw found in Linux

Submitted by thisispurefud on Sunday April 15, 2007 @04:23AM

thisispurefud writes: A flaw has been found in a major Linux Wi-Fi driver that can allow an attacker to run malicious code and take control of a laptop, even when it is not on a Wi-Fi network. http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,130717-pg,1/arti cle.html

Submission + - Guitar Hero II Update Damaging Xbox 360 Consoles

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 15, 2007 @04:23AM

An anonymous reader writes: The Guitar Hero II saga continues. As reported on GamingExcellence, the latest update to Guitar Hero II is actually damaging Xbox 360 consoles, resulting in blinking red lights of death, and constant freezing. No word from RedOctane or Activision yet.

Submission + - Gaming on Linux

Submitted by

timtim

on Thursday April 12, 2007 @07:40AM

timtim writes: "Many enthusiasts have talked about how they wish they could switch from Windows to Linux, but the overwhelming hold back has often been the gaming support. The inability to play games under Linux has been a common misconception for quite some time now. This article hopes to clear up some of the myths and proves that Linux ain't so bad after all. From the article: "Gaming is the one thing that Windows has to offer over Linux. There are plenty of open-source office packages, photo editors, web browsers, mail clients,... but the general impression of gaming on Linux is poor. This is because most big gaming developers only use DirectX in their games; and, as we all know, DirectX is one of Microsoft's greatest gifts to gamers.""

Submission + - .NET Messenger Password Maximum Length Bug

Submitted by

Dinana

on Thursday April 12, 2007 @07:20AM

Dinana writes: "Microsoft .NET Passport (or whatever they call it a la live) accepts passwords whose length is more than 16 characters but would only authenticate using the first 16! That includes Windows Live Mail, Windows Live Messenger, MSN Messenger (Pre v.8.0) and maybe even more, can anyone confirm?"

Submission + - Sony to Ship 11-inch OLED TVs This Year

Submitted by

News for nerds

on Thursday April 12, 2007 @07:01AM

News for nerds writes: "Sony Corp. said on Thursday it planned to start selling ultra-thin TVs using organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology this year (PC Watch reports with images from the conference), aiming to become the first to market with a TV using the promising next-generation display. The Nikkei business daily reported earlier that Sony would begin by mass-producing about 1,000 of the 11-inch OLED sets a month and would aim to keep their price within a few times that of existing flat TVs."

Journal Journal: Wikipedia screws up its students at Google Summer of Code

Journal by YA_Python_dev on Thursday April 12, 2007 @06:16AM

This year's students for Google Summer of Code have been selected and assigned to one of the 137 partecipating organizations or free software projects. To all of them except the Wikimedia Foundation, which asked to partecipate and was accepted and assigned five student slots by Google. But Wikimedia then failed (despited repeated warnings fro

Submission + - IBM Extends Moore's Law to the Third Dimension

Submitted by

Andreaskem

on Thursday April 12, 2007 @06:11AM

Andreaskem writes: "IBM today announced a breakthrough chip-stacking technology in a manufacturing environment that paves the way for three-dimensional chips that will extend Moore's Law beyond its expected limits. The technology — called "through-silicon vias" — allows different chip components to be packaged much closer together for faster, smaller, and lower-power systems.
The new IBM method eliminates the need for long-metal wires that connect today's 2-D chips together, instead relying on through-silicon vias, which are essentially vertical connections etched through the silicon wafer and filled with metal. These vias allow multiple chips to be stacked together, allowing greater amounts of information to be passed between the chips.
IBM is already running chips using the through-silicon via technology in its manufacturing line and will begin making sample chips using this method available to customers in the second half of 2007, with production in 2008.

I think it does run Linux and yes, a Beowulf cluster of those would be great."

Submission + - Woman offers herself in exchange for WoW gold

Submitted by aneeshm on Thursday April 12, 2007 @05:02AM

aneeshm writes: A Spanish website writes about a woman who offered sexual services to any man who would give her 5,000 gold in World of Warcraft. The woman, a female Night Elf, Level 70 (the highest level), offered one night of sex to any guy who would give her the gold necessary to purchase the new Epic Flying Mount of the expansion The Burning Crusade. The woman finally accepted one guy's offer, and after the transaction was completed, he gave her the WoW money.

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