fistfullast33l - Slashdot User

Submission + - Sony PSP-Slim gets a Digital TV tuner

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17, 2007 @07:47AM

An anonymous reader writes: SCE Japan has announced the best accessory any portable gaming console can get, the PSP-S310 a Digital TV tuner for the upcoming PSP-Slim. It has an extendable antenna and is the same size as the PSP's camera unit. Just hook it up and you can watch hundreds of digital TV channels on your PSP when on the move. The unit picks up One-Seg terrestrial digital broadcasts a mobile terrestrial digital audio/video and data broadcasting service in Japan.

Submission + - Gentoo crisis continues on the -dev mailing list

Submitted by

Anonymous Coward

on Monday July 16, 2007 @09:24PM

Anonymous Coward writes: "Following on from a previous Slashdot comment, Gentoo's main developer list seems to have exploded again.

In a scene that is all too often seen at Gentoo nowadays, an initial subject of whether to continue to allow user's contributions on a developer list blew up five days later with developers saying that they didn't care about the community or users, a developer leaving and users "finding it commonplace" in the Gentoo communication channels.

Is this another nail in the coffin leading to a fork or is Gentoo just losing excess baggage?"

Submission + - Open Sound System goes Open Source

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16, 2007 @05:46PM

An anonymous reader writes: It's been over a month since 4Front Technologies announced that they were opening up the source to to their Open Sound System (OSS) v4.0, and I've seen no discussion of this here on slashdot. Having long wondered about the relationship of ALSA to OSS, both in terms of history and the future, I'm curious about what others think of the impact that 4Front's new multiple licensing scheme might have on Linux sound support.

Submission + - Transformers movie verdict

Submitted by

fistfullast33l

on Wednesday July 04, 2007 @11:39AM

fistfullast33l writes: "Transformers movie verdict?

Options:

Not enough plot
Too much plot
The robots looked fake
Megatron should have been a gun
One word: Bumblebee
Amazing! You mean there's a cartoon?
Amazing! The cartoon is mostly a haze
CowboyNealformers was better
I don't watch movies"

Submission + - Haze Confirmed to be PS3 Timed Exclusive (eurogamer.net)

Submitted by

fistfullast33l

on Wednesday June 20, 2007 @10:35AM

fistfullast33l writes: "Ubisoft published a confusing release schedule yesterday showing the PS3 having a one-week timed exclusive for the game Haze, with a release date of November 23rd, 2007. Further clarification from Ubisoft (see main article) indicates that "Haze is still to be confirmed for PC and Xbox 360, apparently, so the 30th November date now slips into the realms of TBA. The exclusive PS3 date remains the same." For those that aren't keeping track, Haze gained some notoriety for being the one title that might challenge Crytek's claim that upcoming Crysis will be the best looking game to date. Could this be Sony's Halo killer for the holiday season?"

Submission + - Jerry Falwell Dies

Submitted by on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @01:50PM

An anonymous reader writes: Evangelist Jerry Falwell and enemy of science has just died. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6659457.stm

Submission + - PS3 SDK 1.60 OS Features, Footprint Analyzed

Submitted by

fistfullast33l

on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @10:42AM

fistfullast33l writes: "Innerbits has an interesting blog post from last week analyzing what version 1.60 of the PS3 SDK featured for developers as well as an analysis of the memory footprint of the OS. They were quick to point out the main memory footprint is now down to 52MB from 64MB in December, but the OS also uses some 32MB of video memory. This is compared to Xbox 360's 32MB footprint for the whole system. Two interesting tidbits of info — the friends list requires some 24MB of memory plus an extra 8MB for startup, and the in-game keyboard takes up 7MB of memory. Interesting feature additions to this SDK allow developers to support Remote Play (8MB of memory required) or an integrated web browser (some 40-90MB of memory) in-game. The biggest takeaway is stated at the end of the article — "We won't rehash the same argument we have made previously that developers could have benefited from some of these features earlier on...[however] integrating with the Network Platform is something Sony should encourage in every game. This would go a long way in addressing the lack of consistency in the online experience across the various titles currently available.""

Submission + - Sidestepping Vista's UAC

Submitted by

Ron

on Tuesday May 15, 2007 @10:02AM

Ron writes: "A security researcher has recently discovered a hole that could help Trojans bypass UAC on Windows Vista. According to his paper, and a Symantec security researcher, this effectively nullifies UAC's protection. The way it works is that the Trojan replaces shortcuts on a user's start menu or desktop with shortcuts to itself. Then, when a user thinks he's elevating his favorite program, such as World of Warcraft, he's actually elevating the malicious program. Cancel or allow?"

Submission + - "Libertarians are Terrorists" says Alabama

Submitted by on Friday May 11, 2007 @11:21AM

An anonymous reader writes: In a surprise move, the Alabama Department of Homeland Security (ALDHS) has seen fit to redefine terrorists as those who oppose a strong and dominant government, which includes Libertarians.

The original article at www.homelandsecurity.alabama.gov/tap/anti-gov_grps .htm [404] has been removed but an archived copy can be found at http://web.archive.org/web/20060421160851/www.home landsecurity.alabama.gov/tap/anti-gov_grps.htm .

A disturbing sign of things to come or a hilarious display of government incompetence? Only time will tell.

Submission + - Ron Paul for Web President?

Submitted by

fistfullast33l

on Thursday May 10, 2007 @10:10AM

fistfullast33l writes: "Jonathan Rickman has a blog post up talking about a press release from Republican Ron Paul regarding his success in breaking through online. Rickman points out that the highlights of the press release — 3rd place in the Drudge Report Debate Poll, 1st place in the ABC News Debate Poll, and 1st place in the CSPAN GOP candidate poll, as well as his huge presence on Digg — show just how well the web can catapult a candidate to the front of the pack from relative obscurity. Rickman says this shows "UGC like Digg represents the nexus of grassroots mobilization and antiestablishmentarian democracy. For evidence, look no further than an editorial in Tuesday's Post: 'Voters trying to sort out their presidential choices aren't helped by debates cluttered with the likes of . . . Ron Paul' ". So, is Ron Paul here to stay? Should Rudy, McCain, or Romney be worried? Why isn't this happening with Fred Thompson?"

Submission + - Gentoo 2007.0 Released

Submitted by IceByt3 on Thursday May 10, 2007 @09:55AM

IceByt3 writes: On May 7, 2007 The Gentoo Release Engineering project is pleased to announce the much-delayed release of Gentoo Linux 2007.0, code named "Secret Sauce". This release met with several delays due to an abnormally high number of security vulnerabilities in large packages which had to be rebuilt using the newer, secure versions of the packages. There was also a complete resnapshot done about half-way through the release period due to the release taking so long and the packages becoming stale. You can find out more information about the release in the official press release. To get the new release, grab it from http://www.gentoo.org/main/en/where.xml.

NVIDIA's 8800 Ultra Provides Performance at a Price 88

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @11:20AM from the pixels-and-vectors-and-shading-oh-my dept.

Mighty Mouse writes "Hardware review sites across the web have published reviews on NVIDIA's GeForce 8800 Ultra. The response appears to be fairly lukewarm at the moment, mainly thanks to its incredibly high asking price. Bit-tech tested the 8800 Ultra in eight different games at three resolutions, finding it to be on average about 10% faster. TechReport's Scott Wasson reviewed the card using another good selection of games, while HotHardware had the chance to check out SLI performance."

Submission + - Slashdot, Too, Engaging in User Censorship?

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @10:52AM

An anonymous reader writes: In light of the recent controversy at digg.com over the censorship of the recently released HD-DVD decryption key, it is interesting to note that, under the very post that discusses digg's attempt at suppressing its users, many Slashdot users are still seemingly barred from moderation, due to a mass meta-moderation by the Slashdot administration over a controversial thread. As a long-time Slashdot reader, I have to question the hypocrisy of criticizing digg at the same time that you refuse to acknowledge censorship of your own users. When will the moderation capabilities of these users be returned, and why was it taken from them in the first place? If Slashdot is indeed supposed to be a "shining example" of freedom online, why is it so difficult for the administration to answer these simple questions in a public manner?

Submission + - Obama's MySpace Drama

Submitted by

fistfullast33l

on Wednesday May 02, 2007 @10:11AM

fistfullast33l writes: "TechPresident, which is covering the use of technology by Presidential Campaigns for 2008, has a very interesting article on how Obama's MySpace page is currently the subject of an underground battle for control by the campaign itself and the volunteer who created it in 2004. Joseph Anthony worked with the campaign initially and grew the site to include over 160,000 unsolicited friends that the campaign could use to reach out to. It currently is the main Obama page in the Impact Channel on MySpace. However, as Obama's campaign became more centralized and formal, the decision was made to attempt to acquire control of the site from Anthony. They asked him for a price, which he offered up as $49,000 plus part of the $10,000 fee paid to MySpace for the Impact Channel. Obama balked at the price, and decided to start afresh rather than pay the money. The fight broke out into the open when Anthony posted a response on his blog to rumors that the campaign was spreading regarding him wanting to cash out. MyDD has more."

Submission + - Facist America in 10 Easy Steps

Submitted by zyl0x on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @12:17PM

zyl0x writes: What would you do if your country was secretly being turned into a fascist regime? An article at The Guardian outlines the 10 steps taken by all fascist countries to rob their citizen's of freedom. Apparently, we're already at step 8. How far will they have to go before we start standing up for ourselves? Or is it too late?
From the article:

It is very difficult and arduous to create and sustain a democracy — but history shows that closing one down is much simpler. You simply have to be willing to take the 10 steps. As difficult as this is to contemplate, it is clear, if you are willing to look, that each of these 10 steps has already been initiated today in the United States by the Bush administration.

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