David Horn - Slashdot User

Submission + - Vista - Ubuntu Install Comparison

Submitted by

Cokeisbomb

on Tuesday February 20, 2007 @01:51PM

Cokeisbomb writes: "Andrew Thomas, at the Inqurier has recently installed both Vista and the latest version of Ubuntu on his desktop and has compared the install process and initial setup. Although he has been using computers for 30+ years, his findings were different than what many of us might expect. From the article: "Well, I've only been playing with computers since 1972 and I couldn't make it work. Linux can see the Windows boxes and vice versa, but any attempt to access files is met with a login dialogue box that refuses any username and password I enter. So I've done what any normal person would do in the circumstances — give up"."

Submission + - Call of Duty 2 for Pocket PC

Submitted by on Saturday February 17, 2007 @01:24PM

An anonymous reader writes: Six years ago we got PocketQuake. Since then, the Pocket PC has seen Tomb Raider, Worms, DoomGL, and numerous emulators. The latest big budget title to hit the Windows Mobile scene is Call of Duty 2, a direct port from the original and featuring OpenGL-ES support for the Dell X50v line of PDAs. The game was ported by Aspyr (the Mac games developers), and there's an exhaustive review (also in PDF, no ads) at PocketGamer.org.

Submission + - Asteroid impact threat

Submitted by

Maggie McKee

on Saturday February 17, 2007 @12:43PM

Maggie McKee writes: "Kamchatkans and Venezuelans beware. A 20-million-tonne asteroid could be heading your way. Californians have even more reason to worry — the asteroid is more likely to hit the Pacific Ocean, triggering a tsunami that could devastate the west coast of North America. These are among the scenarios projected for asteroid Apophis, which researchers now say has a 1 in 45,000 chance of hitting Earth on 13 April 2036. Calculations show it would strike somewhere along a narrow track that stretches eastward from Siberia to the west coast of Africa. The threat, while small, is real enough to merit a United Nations protocol for dealing with the problem, experts say."

Submission + - Call of Duty 2 for Pocket PC released and reviewed

Submitted by

David Horn

on Friday February 16, 2007 @09:33PM

David Horn writes: "Acclaimed Mac developer Aspyr has released Call of Duty 2 for the Pocket PC, where "gamers will be transported to the front lines of World War II and experience battlegrounds with artillery and whizzing bullets" in full accelerated 3D. Over at PocketGamer.org we've got an exhaustive review (PDF, no ads) of the game, spanning five pages and featuring input from top Windows Mobile authors. This is an enormous leap forward for the Windows Mobile gaming scene, and if you have a Pocket PC you really ought to be considering this game."

Submission + - Hold Your Wee for a Wii Contestant Dies

Submitted by

theodp

on Sunday January 14, 2007 @01:27PM

theodp writes: "A 28-year-old woman found dead hours after taking part in a radio station's water drinking contest died of water intoxication, the Sacramento coroner's office said. The winner of KDND (ironically, The END) 107.9's Hold Your Wee for a Wii contest was promised a Nintendo Wii video game system."

Submission + - Vista launch promoted with space ride prize

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday January 10, 2007 @03:14AM

An anonymous reader writes: Microsoft is promising to send the winner of an online game on a rocket ride into orbit around the Earth. MS has teamed with AMD to promote the new Vista OS through puzzle game Vanishing Point.

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