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Comment Re:Oh Noes! (Score 1) 583

by spir0 (#26137025) Attached to: Microsoft Knew About Xbox 360 Damaging Discs

Microsoft didn't get the hardware right. They *did* get support right, and have paid dearly for their hardware mistakes. Let's see if they're better at it the 2nd time around.

I think you'll find that the 360 is their 2nd time around (3rd if you count their input toward the Dreamcast)..

maybe 3rd(4th) time lucky eh?
Wii

Nintendo's Homebrew-Blocking Update Hacked 157

Posted by timothy from the initiative-applied dept.
ElementC writes "Team Twiizers, the group behind almost all of the Wii Homebrew scene, has released an update to the Homebrew Channel (and installer) that allows for installation on a Wii with the most recent update installed. While the team still recommends against installing the Nintendo update, those who accidentally updated or purchase games that require the update are no longer left out to dry. This update to the Homebrew Channel also adds SDHC support, a feature Nintendo has not implemented in vanilla Wiis. The community has also created an app that updates just the Wii Shop Channel — allowing users to purchase Wiiware and Virtual Console games without losing their homebrew. It took the team only two days to get the fix out."
Movies

Submission + - Pr0n vs. Sony, Round 2: First Betamax, now Blu-Ray

Submitted by Ozymand E. Us
Ozymand E. Us writes: :This just in, from the Las Vegas bureau:

http://www.tgdaily.com/2007/01/11/ces2007_hddvd_bl u_ray/

Apparently, the porn industry is coming down on the side of Toshiba's HD-DVD over Sony's Blu-Ray. Why? for reasons including: ease of manufacture, lower costs, and-oh, the millions of HD-DVD players sold- in the form of XBOX 360s. For those who remember the format wars of the 80s, things are not looking good for the Blu-Ray camp.

Bet they wish they hadn't delayed the PS3, huh?
Google

Submission + - Google Page Rank Update

Submitted by
rugjeff
rugjeff writes: "Are you ready for another update from Google...I know I am. My blog is only a few short months old and is still sitting on a page rank of zero. From the news I am hearing Google is set for another update on January 28, 2007. You can find out some more information from a site that predicts Google page rank updates.

If you are curious on how your page rank will be effected by the new update, check out this page rank prediction tool by iwebtool. If the tool is accurate, and I believe it is, my page rank will raise to 4. Not great but much better than zero.

Most of the information on page rank and page rank updates can be found here. I have to give thumbs up to the post and the blog. If you have the time check it out for tons of great tips and useful information.

Keep blogging, getting [tag]backlinks[/tag] and building relationships... You still have time to raise your page rank a little higher before the update."
The Courts

Submission + - YouTube ban reversed in Brazil

Submitted by
xirusmom
xirusmom writes: "From reuters: A Brazilian judge reversed his order to ban the YouTube site in Brazil. MTV Brasil, where the model in the center of the controversy, Daniela Cicarelli, hosts a show, has received thousands of emails of protest. A website urging people to boycott the modelwas set up, and a blogger had an online petition signed by around 7500 people. The ban on the sex video itself is still valid."
Windows

Vista Casts A Pall On PC Gaming? 425

Posted by Zonk from the stay-oofff-the-mooooors dept.
simoniker writes "In an opinion piece, casual game publisher WildTangent's CEO Alex St. John (himself a Microsoft veteran and one of the DirectX creators) has sharply criticized some of Windows Vista's features as they related to video game creation, noting: 'We have found many of the security changes planned for Vista alarming and likely to present sweeping challenges for PC gaming, especially for online distributed games. The central change that impacts all downloadable applications in Vista is the introduction of Limited User Accounts. LUA's can already be found in Windows XP, but nobody uses them because of the onerous restrictions they place on usability. In Vista, LUA's are mandatory and inescapable.'" Meanwhile, the word has also come down that games will be on the Zune by Summer of next year.
Networking

Submission + - BitTorrent vs. Usenet

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Slyck.com is running an interesting article which compares the attributes of BitTorrent, and the up-and-coming revival of Usenet. The results are quite surprising.

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