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Synner writes:
Anti-piracy is squeezing the legitimate user once again. The new Bioshock game from 2K Studios only allows you to install the game twice, no ifs ands or buts. Even though the "Update" for the article says that 2K has replied with a solution, if you read the following forum posts, users have tried the fix and has not been confirmed to work. You might want to hurry before the thread is locked and or deleted, like so many others. This might fuel the fires of piracy, to give legitimate customers a work around until they get the official company line.
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xtracto writes:
Spore is finished. That's the first thing I learn as I head in to my play session at the Leipzig Games Convention. Obviously, the game isn't finished finished (as in ready to ship), but in terms of its content offering, it's all there — the game is complete. At this point, EA is spending the next several months paying attention to feedback from players to tweak and polish Spore for its release next Spring. But otherwise, it's done.
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igorthefiend writes:
Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/gaming/more-bioshock-shock/) and others (http://forums.2kgames.com/forums/showthread.php?t =5527) are reporting that the PC version of Bioshock is loaded with new DRM from Securom which limits users to just two installs.
2K are saying that if users come up against the limit they should contact Securom — but Securom are referring people back to 2K according to NoFrag. http://www.nofrag.com/images/00311b.jpg
Where does this leave the doctrine of first sale? Is this ushering in a new era of restrictive protection on AAA titles?
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DocJock writes:
There's a very interesting look at one of the newest pieces of documentation in the Linux kernel at KernelTrap. Evidently the author of lguest, a simple hypervisor for running a virtual instance of Linux on Linux, felt creative and embed his documentation throughout the various source code files. The article describes the riddle that gets you started on extracting the documentation, and offers samples of what you will find. What you find is evidently quite entertaining, from references to random famous quotes, to steamy love stories, to poetry, and of course actual documentation as well. Following through with the documentation promises to turn you into a guru on lguest, hypervisors, and x86 virtualization in general.
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Heffenfeffer writes:
Kotaku reports that Nikkei Business publication Tech-ON! has enlisted the aid of a thermal design expert to analyze the XBox 360's heat dissepation as a possible reason for the recent costly 3 year extended warranty. The expert's findings were a bit troubling:
"When designing consumer products, it is common to seek a temperature gap of around 10C between exhaust and room temperatures," the thermal design expert said. "The 22C is quite a large gap, in the first place...The heat sink on the graphics LSI is so small, I wonder if it can really cool down the board."
During testing, the heat sink on the graphics LSI reached a temprature of 80 degrees Celsius — 57 degrees above normal room temprature.
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Hanners1979 writes:
For all of the negativity surrounding ATI's Radeon HD 2000 series of graphics boards upon their launch, one of the more interesting features of these news GPUs was Custom Filter Anti-Aliasing, allowing for the company to experiment with some new and intriguing ways of reducing aliasing. While the narrow and wide tent filters unleashed alongside these new boards got a mixed reception, the release of Catalyst 7.7 saw a new addition to ATI's anti-aliasing fold — Edge detect AA. What's it all about, and how does it look and perform? Elite Bastards investigates.
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Megatronium writes:
In light of the ruling in favor of Internet radio royalty fees, Pandora's founder Tim Westergren has sent an email to Pandora listeners pleading for assistance. He links to a petition site where visitors can use a template letter and online submission form to write to their Congressmen. Let's hope it's not too little, too late.
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Andrewm1986 writes:
"British computer users are demanding Tony Blair stand up to Microsoft and stop them being ripped off over Windows Vista pricing.
So far, nearly 5,000 people have signed an official petition on Number 10's website calling on Prime Minister Blair to take action against Microsoft's alleged overcharging."
Article :-
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/28/blair_wind ows_vista_price/
Petition :-
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/VistaOvercharge/
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henrypijames writes:
As widely expected, the MPAA has learned nothing from the debacle of its failed prosecution against DVD Jon (of DeCSS) and is now releasing its army of lawyers to fight against the circumvention of AACS (the successor of CSS): Upon the reception of a DMCA takedown notice, SourceForge has immediately terminated its hosting of BackupHDDVD (a tool to backup HD DVD movies, as its suggestes). The project leader is seeking advice on how to proceed.
