Comment Re:Android is barely "Linux"... (Score 1) 212
What is Linux?
No, seriously, what is Linux?
Look at Maemo or Meego for a definitive example of a phone OS that is "full Linux".
Submission + - HP announces a watch that unifies webOS devices (engadget.com)
Norsefire writes: After teasing it last year, HP's Phil McKinney has announced the 'Metal Watch', the device that will act as the aggregation point of your HP/WebOS devices. McKinney claims that it will unify your Pre, Touchpad, Notebook, Desktop and, bizarrely, your printer.
Comment Proposed patch (Score 1) 237
-- sleep(life_the_universe_and_everything);
Comment Youtube will not drop Flash, it's (Score 2) 221
Flash isn't going anywhere as YouTube will not drop it due to limitations with the HTML5 video tag. Such as as no caching, no data protection, the difficulty in embedding the videos into other websites, no full-screen display, and a heap of other things that Google mentioned.
Comment Re:Not sure I'll buy it. (Score 1) 216
If you want to use trainers put the game in offline mode (Play as Guest from the login screen). If you want to cheat by unlocking achievements on your Battle.net account in singleplayer-but-still-online mode you can rot in hell.
Comment Before the inevitable (Score 0, Offtopic) 175
Blizzard don't ban people for cheating in singleplayer (they also have their own cheats built in ). They ban people for cheating to unlock achievements on their multiplayer Battle.net account while playing singleplayer. Even with a banned Battle.net account you can still play singleplayer in offline mode ("Play as Guest" from the login screen).
Comment Re:Still not buying (Score 1) 138
You can resell the game. The person who you sell it to can play singleplayer in offline mode. They don't get a multiplayer account with it because Blizzard gives that to their customers, not your customer and not Gamestop's customers.
Comment Re:Cheating makes achievements meaningless (Score 1) 138
They aren't robbing him of anything. He payed for the game and Blizzard gave him a free multiplayer account along with it. If you cheat using that multiplayer account (eg. by using a trainer to unlock achievements) they ban your multiplayer account. You can still play singleplayer in offline with a banned multiplayer account.
Submission + - PR 1.3 for Maemo available (thehandheldblog.com)
Norsefire writes: Nokia has released PR 1.3 for Maemo 5. In addition to a number of bugfixes this update provides easy access to dual booting Nokia's new Meego OS.
Comment .cx is riskiest (Score 5, Funny) 106
Computers can be repaired, what has been seen cannot be unseen.
Comment Re:DRM (Score 1) 102
You can play SC2 in offline mode you ignorant moron. Click "Play as Guest" instead of logging into Battle.net.
Comment Can people please stop repeating the SP ban crap? (Score 1) 102
It was nonsense published by a website that sold hacks and cheats, and reported on other gaming news sites. When you play in singleplayer you are logged into Battlenet for achievements, therefore by using third-party cheats in singleplayer you are unlocking achievements on your multiplayer account. Starcraft 2 HAS AN OFFLINE MODE, you click "Play as Guest" from the login screen, instead of logging into Battlenet. Blizzard are simply banning Battlenet accounts, which are they perfectly entitled to do, NOT stopping people from playing singleplayer. Starcraft 2 also has cheat codes, which disable achievements, such as godmode, unlimited minerals, instant build etc.
Comment Re:A shame I won't be playing it. (Score 1) 187
You do not need an internet connection to play SC2 in singleplayer you ignorant, gullible moron. You click "Play as Guest" from the Battle.net login screen and you are in offline mode. They are banning Battle.net accounts for cheating in online, SP mode. Having a banned Battle.net account still means you can play in offline mode. Get a clue before you spout crap like this.
Submission + - EVE Online channels in-game donations to Haiti (eveonline.com) 1
PurpleCarrot writes: Players in the MMORPG EVE Online have been encouraged to convert their virtual income into real monetary help for the Red Cross efforts in Haiti through donations of PLEXes, or game-time extensions. CCP, the developer of EVE Online, will forward 100% of the proceeds generated from donations to support Haiti. PLEXes (which extend a player's subscription for 30 days) are sold in batches of two for $34.99 in the United States, and are freely traded in the game's marketplace for ISK, the in-game currency.
Comment Re:32 years? (Score 0, Redundant) 198
Mod parent sad but true ...
