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Submission + - xbox modding trial goes wonky, (wired.com) 1

Submitted by mrbongo
mrbongo writes: Opening statements in the first-of-its kind Xbox 360 criminal hacking trial were delayed here Wednesday after a federal judge unleashed a 30-minute tirade at prosecutors in open court, saying he had “serious concerns about the government's(TM) case.” Makes for a nice read.

Comment Homebrew Pioneer! (Score 1) 130

by bgweber (#33982588) Attached to: SD Adapter For Dreamcast Released

The dreamcast was the first system that really got me into the homebrew scene. During the days of locked down dev kits, running my own code on a console had a surreal appeal to it. The idea of an SD brings up nostalgic feelings, but its a bit too late. Alternatives such as XNA mean that I don't have to worry about such an archaic system in order to run code on a console!
Emulation (Games)

SD Adapter For Dreamcast Released 130

Posted by timothy from the for-all-you-dreamers dept.
YokimaSun writes "The Dreamcast was the last console by Sega that had innovations that today's consoles have taken on board, i.e. broadband online gaming and innovative gaming controllers (such as the fishing controller). The console still lives on today, thanks to the support of the homebrew community that still churns out games and emulators and also the odd commercial release for the console by independent developers. Today the spark has been ignited by the fascinating release of an SD adapter for the Dreamcast that allows homebrew games to be played without the need to burn to disc. It's time to dust off those Dreamcast consoles and get back into free gaming. The same company have also released a Dreamcast modified with VGA support and a front-loading SD slot and its own BIOS. Awesome to relive some of those Dreamcast classics."

Submission + - Netsuite CEO says Microsoft cloud is “fake&r (crn.com.au)

Submitted by sholto
sholto writes: This week Netsuite CEO Zac Nelson decided not to get involved in the tiff between Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Salesforce CEO Mark Benioff over the definition of cloud computing. Instead in this blunt Q&A he divided IT vendors into real clouds and fake clouds.
Who is selling fake clouds? “Microsoft is famous for saying 'all our applications are in the cloud'. No they're not. They're their existing applications hosted someplace. That failed back in 1999 — how's it going to succeed in 2010?”
Programming

Submission + - StarCraft AI Competition Results 2

Submitted by bgweber
bgweber writes: The StarCraft AI Competition [http://games.slashdot.org/story/09/11/12/1729217/StarCraft-AI-Competition-Announced] announced last year has come to a conclusion [http://eis-blog.ucsc.edu/2010/10/starcraft-ai-competition-results]. The competition received 28 bot submissions from universities and teams all over the world. The winner of the competition was UC Berkeley's submission, which executed a novel mutalisk micromanagement strategy. During the conference, a man versus machine exhibition match was held between the top ranking bot and a former World Cyber Games competitor. While the expert player was capable of defeating the best bot, less experienced players were not as successful. Complete results, bot releases, and replays are available at the competition website [http://eis.ucsc.edu/StarCraftAICompetition].
Music

Submission + - French government may subsidize music downloads (goodgearguide.com.au)

Submitted by
angry tapir
angry tapir writes: "The European Commission has approved a French program to subsidize legal music downloads for young people. The Carte Musique scheme gives €25 (US$35) to French residents aged 12 to 25 to spend on music downloads or subscription services. Young people can purchase a €50 card for just €25, with the balance paid by the state."

Submission + - Autonomous Taxi Can Be Hailed With An iPad App (gizmag.com)

Submitted by cylonlover
cylonlover writes: Earlier this year the Berlin-based AutoNOMOS group, unveiled the FU-X "Made in Germany," a tech-laden VW Passat that uses GPS, video cameras, on-board laser scanners and radars to navigate autonomously, giving it the potential to be used as a driverless taxi cab. Its latest trick — you can now hail it with an iPad app.
Privacy

Submission + - Data miners scraping away our privacy (correntewire.com)

Submitted by
Presto Vivace
Presto Vivace writes: "Twig, writing for Corrente reports on data scrapers. They are not looking for passwords and such; scrapers are looking at blogs and forums searching for material relevant to their corporate clients. We are assured that the information is “anonymized” to protect the identities of forum participants. However, a new tool, PeekYou permits users to connect online names with real world identities. No worries though, if you have a week to spare, you can opt-out of some of the larger data banks."
PlayStation (Games)

Best Buy Unapologetic About Charging For PS3 Firmware Updates 454

Posted by Soulskill from the a-fool-and-his-money dept.
donniebaseball23 writes "After discovering that electronics retailer Best Buy was charging ignorant customers $30 for the 'service' of installing updated firmware on PS3s, IndustryGamers got word from the company on its policy. Best Buy sees no problem with charging for this convenience, even though it's something Sony provides to PS3 owners completely free. 'While many gamers can handle firmware upgrades easily on their own, those customers who do want help can get it from Geek Squad, and we continue to evaluate this offering to ensure it meets their needs. The service goes beyond a firmware updates, and includes user account setup, parental control setup and other components,' a representative said."

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