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submission
ooutland writes:
I just got the call from my local GameStop and picked up the Wii I ordered through the advance purchase program on 12/21. At the time, they said they would be submitting names to Nintendo and "a box will come with your name on it." However, as of today, policy seems to have changed — this store had 18 certificates and I was one of the first in line; they received three consoles today and will be using all units received to fulfill the program. So a five day wait instead of 3-4 weeks! Couldn't get it out of them if this was corporate policy or ??
279261
submission
thefickler writes:
Social engineering attacks are showing a strong rise this Summer. The latest trick is manipulating YouTube users to infect their PCs with a Trojan known as the Fake Codec. For most media, a certain codec is required to encode and decode a digital stream such as audio or video. When a user tries to view a video that requires a specific codec, they'll usually get the message, "Codec not found" or "The proper codec to play this media is not installed." Some sites will usually direct you to another website to download the codec; however, an increasing trend in late August is for hackers to direct users to download a fake codec, which will in turn install malicious software on the user's machine.
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submission
YokimaSun writes:
PeterM has today released the first beta of his port of the classic game Quake
for the Nintendo Gamecube and Nintendo Wii. Awesome release. Quake on Gamecube
now runs At 320×264 (PAL), demo 1 runs at comfortably over 70 frames per
second. At 640×528, it runs at just under 30. Wii Owners must ensure they
do not update to the latest system software which disables support
for the SD Media Homebrew Launcher.
