Lullabye_Muse - Slashdot User

Submission + - Acclaim to give away a Directorship on new game.

Submitted by

Wayne Nelson

on Sunday February 25, 2007 @11:43PM

Wayne Nelson writes: "Acclaim game studios has sent out an email stating that they will let gamers help them with their new game. User input is nothing new so this time they are going to give away the position of 'A Video Game Industry Directorship' on a brand new game to the person that contributes the most. The website for this new project is http://topsecret.acclaim.com./

What do you think, just another ridiculous marketing scheme or is it the break that some of us have been waiting for?"

Submission + - NEED HELP: VIDEO RECOVERY FROM BURGLARY

Submitted by

jasonisgodzilla

on Monday February 12, 2007 @11:53PM

jasonisgodzilla writes: "This is more of a general question for the tech masses here at slashdot. I setup a video surveillance system at my house, due to repeated thefts. I had a break in three days afterwards, and the system recorded it as an avi file. The problem is, I try to play it back and it wont play. I've tried every common recovery app out there, and my question at this point is: "Do services or products exist that allow extraction of raw frames from hex data, derived from an avi file?" The answer to this question could go a long way in removing a thief who has been terrorizing our neighborhood for quit some time."

Journal Journal: MvixUSA, Unicorn Bends to Pressure, Releases GPL Source Code

Journal by kjh1 on Monday February 12, 2007 @11:20PM

After being pressured by their user base, MvixUSA, the distributor of the Mvix MX-760HD Wireless Media Center, has obtained the source code to the firmware from the Korean manufacturer, Unicorn Network Total Solution, and made it available for download on their website. The firmware is based on the uClinux kernel. This is reminiscent of the fight that the community had to go through with GamePark Holdings, Inc. to have them

Comment Im Interested (Score 1) 18

by Lullabye_Muse on Thursday February 01, 2007 @01:13PM (#17845478) Attached to: DIRECTV® Finds Verve in INTEL® Viiv

One I really don't mind this as its a seperate section you have to click to, and slashdot is a for profit organization. But on topic now, I just got the basic HD DVR and honestly I'm loving it, and hopefully by the time my family gets hdtv they move up to the plus and we can really integrate our home network.

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