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LulzSec Offers to Take Revenge On Sega Hackers 244

Posted by samzenpus from the enemy-of-my-enemies dept.
An anonymous reader writes "Sega Corp joins the ranks of video game companies to be hacked in recent time with one small twist, it seems LulzSec was not behind this one. They reached to Sega's official twitter account and offered to destroy the hackers that attacked them. From the article: 'In its offer to assist Sega, the Tweet from Lulz hinted that its leaders might count themselves among a small but highly loyal group of gamers who still play on the aging Dreamcast console. "Sega - contact us," Lulz said in its Tweet to the video game developer. "We want to help you destroy the hackers that attacked you. We love the Dreamcast, these people are going down."'"
Google

Why Doesn't 'Google Kids' Exist? 561

Posted by samzenpus from the won't-somebody-please-think-of-the-children? dept.
theodp writes "Slate's Michael Agger wishes there was a website his 6-year-old son could visit on his own to watch amateur Star Wars Lego movies and other stuff he's curious about. 'But I don't leave him alone on YouTube,' he laments, 'because I never know if some strange-ass video will appear in the 'Related Videos' section.' Agger suggests that Google should create Google Kids, a search engine that filters the Web for children. 'Think back to when you were a kid and your parents dropped you off at the library,' explains Agger. 'In the children's section, the only "inappropriate" stuff to be found was Judy Blume's Forever, which someone's older sister had usually already checked out anyway. Similarly, Google Kids would be a sort of children's section of the Web, focused on providing high-quality results based on age.'"
Government

State of Alaska Prints Out Palin's E-Mails; Online Distribution 'Impractical' 516

Posted by timothy from the my-power-is-inconvenience dept.
ZipK writes "Three years after numerous citizens and news organizations requested the release of Sarah Palin's gubernatorial e-mails, the State of Alaska is finally making ready to make them available. In print. In Juneau. News organizations must fly or sail to Juneau and pick up the 24,000 page disclosure in person. The state claims it impractical to release the original electronic versions of the e-mails, so the Associated Press, Washington Post, New York Times, Mother Jones, ProPublica and MSNBC each plan to turn some or all of the printouts back into searchable, easily distributed electronic data. Thanks, Alaska." Where's WikiLeaks North?
E3

Microsoft Announces Halo 4, TV For Xbox Live, Kinect Star Wars 157

Posted by Soulskill from the better-than-last-year dept.
Today Microsoft held their E3 press conference, announcing a number of major new games and services for the Xbox 360 platform. Halo 4 was briefly revealed, and is currently planned for a holiday 2012 launch. In addition, the original Halo is getting an HD remake. Smash indie hit Minecraft will be coming to the 360 this winter, with support for Kinect. In fact, there is a huge push from many game-makers to bring Kinect integration to the next level — from a new Fable game where you can use your hands to cast spells, to EA Sports titles, to Kinect Star Wars. Topping it off is an update to Xbox Live which will bring live TV to the console (including DVR functions), controllable by voice through Kinect. YouTube and voice search through Bing are coming as well. The update is planned for this fall. Those interested can catch a video of the press conference, which includes all the relevant game trailers, at G4TV.
Google

New Google Tool To Find Trend Correlations 76

Posted by samzenpus from the not-causation-tag-in-3-2-1 dept.
Kilrah_il writes "In 2008 Google found correlation between seasonal flu activity and certain search term, a finding that allowed it to track flu activity better and more rapidly than previous methods. Now, Google is offering a new tool, Google Correlate, that allows researched to do the same for other trends. 'Using Correlate, you can upload your own data series and see a list of search terms whose popularity best corresponds with that real world trend.' Of course, Google reminds us that correlation does not imply causation."
Privacy

Mandatory Automotive Black Boxes May Be On the Way 619

Posted by timothy from the pesky-privacy-laws-be-damned dept.
Attila Dimedici writes "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expected to announce a new regulation requiring all vehicles to contain a 'black box.' Not only that, but the devices would be designed to make it difficult (possibly illegal) to modify what information these devices collect or to disable them even though the courts have ruled that the owner of the vehicle owns the data. The courts have also ruled that authorities may access that data (to what degree and whether a warrant is necessary depends on the state)."

Comment Re:Over my head (Score 1) 460

by HelioWalton (#36093024) Attached to: Is Process Killing the Software Industry?
Not exactly. During a sprint (A set period of time, but constant, ie 2 weeks always), you work on something from start to finish (lets make this button show a pie graph with blah blah balh), dev to test to documentation and whatever else. Pre-sprint grooming is essentially refining tasks that are yet to be done to ensure they can be done in a sprint, or ensuring you know how much of a sprint the task will take up. You might for example break down the previous "press a button, get a pie graph" into "press a button and get a pie graph with constant values" and "make the pie graph actually retrieve our current values" (Not the greatest example, but whatever.)
Of course, this all depends who you talk to...
Sci-Fi

Project Icarus: an Interstellar Mission Timeline 265

Posted by Soulskill from the to-boldly-go dept.
astroengine writes "What would the infrastructure supporting an interstellar mission look like? Considerations such as fuel sources, mining methods, interstellar spaceship construction activities and maintenance are being analyzed, all of which would be carried out before even reaching the ultimate interstellar goal. Project Icarus is currently unravelling the complexities of this operation and recently created a nifty animation of how one of the many fuel tanks may be recycled as communication relay pods en route to nearby stars."

Submission + - Simply call Of Duty Black Ops Zombies Game Approac (simplycallofdutyblackopszombiesgameapproach)

Submitted by shannonferre1025
shannonferre1025 writes: If the soviets were to ambush an old-school American convoy, this is what the call of duty black ops zombies look and feel like. The only matter you will need to anticipate to see at this zoo is a very few hostiles and your allies. This abandoned zoo features a variety of elevation factors furnishing some fantastic in excess of-enjoy positions. The principal target of this mode is to kill a optimum variety of zombies not having dying, and at the similar minute, trying to fix the entry points!

Following are some of the strategies that can be employed to survive in the zombie mode.

Bulk or all the gamers initiate the zombie game employing a pistol or knife. If they have sufficient factors to get their hands on a rifle or a shotgun, they are able to use that weapon as nicely. It sure is interesting for any gamer to be a part of the sport, which begins with shooting of the zombies with a seriously equipped/lethal weapon. Even however making use of a sharp-edged weapon might be valuable, you would not have plenty of bullets in the gun and therefore, utilizing the knife is always a superior choice. This will also enable conserve the bullets when you will counter the great-powered zombies in the sport.

Contact of Duty Black Ops zombies sport is always considerably much more enjoyable with multiplayer feature use. Thus, when you play the sport alongside a buddy, it will be additional exhilarating, and much easier! This works as a good method to make items uncomplicated since both are able to retain an eye on the zombies and survival does not seriously appear a problem! Being in a group is heading to add to your survival prospective customers.

The very best issue about Phone of Duty Black Ops Zombies sport tactic is realizing about zombies killing in numerous techniques! An individual of the greatest ways is to target their legs, this will make them crippled, and they will fairly crawl. Consequently, they would not be even a small risk for you. You would also be capable to gather more factors and get far better, great-powered weapons right after shooting the zombies legs. Make guaranteed you operate close to on a rapidly tempo since a crippled zombie will not previous for long.

If the zombie crosses over any barrier or breach, it is heading to be a larger menace for you. Standing close to the entry stage will equip you with improved probabilities of quickly killing the zombies with the use of your knife/rifle.

The Zombie Survival Mode is going to be a major problem for you, which will put all your capabilities and strategies at stake. Shoot all the zombies coming your way by many barriers, and you can only do this via the techniques you utilize! Hence, continue to keep your eyes open, and diligently put all your tactics into practice.

Make convinced you maintain a sturdy communication level with your team because taking turns in investing the points to open the doorways and correspondence about the breaches will get the job done perfectly for your survival. In addition, the firearms will be a confined order for you. Do not hesitate from attempting your luck on the random boxes.

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