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Activision Blizzard Announces Guitar Hero 5, New Call of Duty 85

Posted by Soulskill on Sunday December 07, 2008 @04:40AM from the axes-and-guns dept.

MTV's Multiplayer Blog reports on recent announcements from Activision Blizzard which confirm that sequels to several popular franchises are on the way. The games include a new Guitar Hero, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, and a new Tony Hawk, which will use some kind of non-standard controller. "At the meeting, Activision Blizzard showcased new games that would make sense for in-game ads, including the vaguely titled "Guitar Hero 5," which included a screen shot of gameplay with a Burger King ad to the right of the note highway."

Comment Re:I knew IE7 was bad, but... (Score 1) 370

by astralbat on Tuesday March 18, 2008 @12:30PM (#22784436) Attached to: Firefox 3 May Be More Memory Efficient Than Either IE or Opera

I'm sorry buddy, but it ain't a myth. What do you think runs the Windows shell? IE is explorer + html rendering engine.

Wrong. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_7#Features_and_changes. This seems to be a change in IE7, although I thought the entire process had been decoupled within IE6... Anyhow, I'm referring to memory usage and as the graphs show, IE has no memory advantage over rival browsers.

Submission + - Novell says desktop Linux costs 10% of Vista

Submitted by Robert on Monday January 22, 2007 @07:49AM

Robert writes: Novell Inc might have signed a patent and interoperability deal with Microsoft Corp but it is not about to give up competing with the software giant and last week released a study that suggests its Linux desktop product is better value than Windows Vista. The Waltham, Massachusetts-based company's competitive guide compares SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop with Windows Vista and claims that the Linux product provides 90% of Vista's functionality and 10% of the price.

Submission + - Three UK cancels roaming costs in 7 countries

Submitted by pieggi on Monday January 22, 2007 @06:49AM

pieggi writes: I report you an article seen on 21talks.net (http://21talks.net/voip/3-roaming-fees) via voipblog.it:
"British mobile provider 3 has made an impressive step into the deregulation of the telecoms market. It abolished roaming charges for its UK customers in seven nations, meaning its UK users won't be charged for calling or receiving calls or text message on their regular cellphone when on trip."

The seven countries are Italy, Australia, the Republic of Ireland, Austria, Hong Kong, Sweden and Denmark.

The article links also a BBC article http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6263699.stm

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