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Portables (Apple)

Submission + - iPod Classic Hash Cracked (nyud.net)

Thumper_SVX writes: "Seems that the screaming about the new hash in the iPod song database was a tempest in a teacup. Despite the fact that we still don't know for sure if the hash was added as a security measure or just a consistency check on the database itself, the hash has been cracked. This opens the door to retrofit all those precious third-party music management apps to the iPod Classic and new Nano."
Wireless Networking

Submission + - Wireless Flash Drive?

AshDotOrg writes: i can't stop thinking about how much easier it would be if my USB flash drive was wireless. No more leaving it behind at friend's or in my work machine, i could just simply wear it and never take it off (evar!). Looking around for one i can only find a little info on the subject, and most of that around 2 years old. Surely someone has produced a wireless flash drive by now? Haven't they? Please tell me they have...
Role Playing (Games)

Submission + - Guitar Hero III coming to PC and Mac (kotaku.com)

socerhed writes: Looks like the PC and Mac are finally getting some getting some serious respect in the gaming world.

Rocking out with a big plastic guitar will soon no longer be purely the privilege of the console owning masses, as Aspyr announces an exclusive deal with Activision to develop and publish Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the PC and Mac platforms this fall. Not only does this open up the game to a whole new segment of players, but if you've got a nice gaming laptop it essentially makes this the first portable version of Guitar Hero. On top of all of the regular features of the game, Aspyr's version will allow PC and Mac users to battle against each other in online multiplayer, perhaps allowing us to settle the Mac versus PC debate once and for all in glorious rock combat! Bring it on!

PC Games (Games)

Submission + - FOSS Gaming Tournament (nuxified.org)

An anonymous reader writes: "Nuxified.org and Cluenet.org are preparing to hold a Free Software gaming tournament. Its purpose is to promote gaming in the Free Software world, on operating systems such as GNU/Linux, and *BSD and show that gaming is not limited to proprietary platforms such as Microsoft's Windows."
"Since this is about promoting games which are Free Software, a question of "how free must it be" becomes relevant. There are basically two major elements of a game, the engine (actual code and logic behind the game) and the data (game art such as maps and textures). For this tournament to make any sense as one of promoting Free Software games the tournament will not accept games which have an engine that is not under one of the Free Software licenses, so what remains to be decided is the freeness of game data (art basically)."

For this purpose you are invited for a vote on the following poll: Which games should be selected for the upcoming tournament?
The Nuxified team even asked Richard M. Stallman for a response on the issue of game art and got one. :)

If you want to participate please sign up here!
You can even suggest more FOSS multiplayer games for the tournament.
Windows and Mac users are also welcome since most FOSS games also run on those platforms. :)

Sci-Fi

Submission + - Tron to be remade by Disney

unassimilatible writes: The Hollywood Reporter writes that Disney will remake the cult classic Tron, and has hired original Tron co-writer and director Steven Lisberger as producer and Joseph Kosinski as director.

The original, about a computer programmer thrust into a computer and forced to fight in games he helped create, is remembered for its sci-fi gladiator-style battles and groundbreaking special effects. It was the first movie to use computer-generated images instead of models and other optical effects in conjunction with live action. The arcade game based on the movie was so popular that it earned more than the movie.

The article also mentions that Kosinski will be remaking Logan's Run for Warner Brothers as well.
Editorial

Submission + - Wii, DS, Xbox 360, PS3, PSP, Game Reviews!

bandit writes: "DCEmu Reviews (http://reviews.dcemu.co.uk) originally started as a PSP site and was featured on Slashdot.org before. With all these new innovative nex-gen consoles such as the Wii, PS3, Xbox360, DCEmu Reviews has expanded and I mean EXPANDED into a HUGE website that not only reviews PSP products but now includes, Wii, PS3, Xbox360 and DS. Not only does it review accessories/hardware but it also expanded into game reviews. Theres a section for all users to post their own reviews whether its games or products for other users to read. DCEmu Reviews is reaching its 1 year mark and has joined partners with Goozex. Goozex is a game trading site based on a points system. With this partnership, there are special deals such as free points and trade credits as well as FREE games for new signups. Hurry fast as this offer is a limited time offer. (Open to US, Canada residents)"
User Journal

Journal Journal: Gods in color

Gods in Color

"Apparently the ancient greek sculpture and idols used to be coloured. Although, only the white of the marble remains, research made by the university of Munich, revealed the original colors of some exhibits."

can you imagine?

Communications

Submission + - TMobile bans OperaMini and GoogleMaps on cells

cshamis writes: "TMobile has recently changed their policies which now make it impossible for customers WITH appropriate data plans AND Java-Micro-App-capable phones from running third-party network applications. You can, of course, still use the incredibly clunky and crippled built-in WAP browsers, but GoogleMaps and OperaMini are left high and dry. Would anyone care to speculate if this move is likely to RETAIN or REPEL customers when the iPhone and Cingular's accompanying liberal network policies come out this summer? http://www.gearlog.com/2007/01/tmobile_disses_oper a_says_get.php"
Movies

Submission + - Bruce Willis: Defender of cyberspace

coondoggie writes: "If he can handle it, and I am sure he can Bruce Willis is set to save cyberspace this summer in the fourth installment of the "Die Hard" series called Live free or Die Hard (or Die Hard 4.0 as it's being called in Europe). And he'll be doing it with the help of the Mac guy, Justin Long, who played the Mac in the "I am a Mac" commercials. This time out Willis' retired, divorced and semi-alcoholic character John McClane takes on a cyber-terrorist who attempts to take down the United States' computer systems on the Fourth of July. I am certain the cyber-criminal here won't be as good as the original "Die Hard" enemy, Hans Gruber (aka: Alan Rickman) but I digress. http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1184 2"
Robotics

Submission + - Greatest invention since the TV remote

netbuzz writes: "Couch potatoes everywhere lost a hero recently with the passing at age 93 of Robert Adler, inventor of the remote control. Stepping up to fill Adler's shoes, however, is recent Duke graduate John Cornwell, who brings us a heretofore unimaginable convenience: the "Beer Launching Fridge." ... Better get yours now before they're outlawed by the health nannies.

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/1184 0"
Real Time Strategy (Games)

Submission + - Second life terrorist attacks?

An anonymous reader writes: Yahoo online news reports about a virtual terrorist group called the Second Life Liberation Army which has ignited a few bombs near online shopping districts in a protest against the way Second Life is currently going. It seems that many players from the first hour do not like the way things are heading in the virtual world now that bigger companies also show an interest in the virtual world.
User Journal

Journal Journal: AJAXian Canvas, Python, and Web 2.0 goodness 4

Ever had to find your way around a huge college campus? How about ever been late for a class or meeting on a regular?

AJAX to the rescue!

WWU Route Finder is a proof of concept of an AJAX map using Canvas and Python. Click two buildings, and the Python back end, accessed using XMLHTTPRequest of course, shows you the shortest path between your start and destination.

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