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Comment Re:Dear Nvidia... (Score 1) 111

That's a trap. The mobo comes with integrated intel, yes. But in most cases the end user also has a discrete card. You can guess which one is actually used.

Depends if its WebGL in a browser nvidia locks you to intel: Option to select the preferred graphics processor is greyed out for IE, Chrome, and Firefox. and https://www.scirra.com/blog/ashley/7/nvidia-hobbles-webgl-performance-on-laptops

Comment Re:Meh (Score 1) 398

having the start button actually does help in one use case, having a windows rdp session. Ever try to remote manage a windows 2012 server via remote desktop without being full screen? It is f-ing hard trying to hit the start corner. I'm happy that they added the start button back even if it only launches the start screen instead of old style menu.

Click application icon top right of the window (the one that gives you drop down of move, restore, close etc)

Then choose Remote Commands, this gives you the options;

  • App Commands
  • Charms
  • Switch Apps
  • Start

Bottom one is what you want.

Submission + - Apple iPhone 5S TouchID broken (paritynews.com)

hypnosec writes: Chaos Computer Club has claimed that they have managed to break Apple's TouchID using everyday material and methods available on the web. Explaining their method on their website, the CCC hackers have claimed that all they did was photograph a fingerprint from a glass surface, ramped up the resolution of the photographed fingerprint, inverted and printed it using thick toner settings, smeared pink latex milk or white woodglue onto the pattern, lifted the latex sheet, moistened it a little and then placed it on the iPhone 5S’ fingerprint sensor to unlock the phone.

Submission + - Nintendo: 160,000 Wii Us sold globally in three months (gamesindustry.biz)

rescendent writes: Nintendo's Wii U console sold only 160,000 units worldwide during the past three months, with the company blaming a lack of first-party releases for the poor performance. Software sales for the system were just 1.3 million units.

During the period Nintendo sold 90,000 Wii U consoles in Japan, 60,000 in the US and only 10,000 in Europe and Australia.

Submission + - Microsoft Office Mobile finally available for Android (bgr.com)

zacharye writes: Microsoft released Office Mobile for the iPhone last month and as the days and weeks passed, many began to wonder when Microsoft’s popular productivity software would finally arrive on Android. The answer: today. Microsoft on Wednesday announced the immediate availability of Office Mobile for Android, which is available at no additional cost for Office 365 subscribers. Office Mobile for Android offers an experience that is very similar to the iPhone app, with Word, Excel and PowerPoint document creation and basic editing on board. The experience is smooth, albeit limited, and the interface is extremely clean, just as we have come to expect from Microsoft apps. Office Mobile for Android is available for download immediately in the Google Play store...

Submission + - WebGL, SPDY/3, New Dev Tools Confirmed For IE11 In Win 8.1 1

rescendent writes: Microsoft News.com reports: Microsoft released Windows Server (“Blue”) to MSDN subscribers today, ahead of the BUILD conference later this week in San Francisco. The build provides us a number of clues as to what we will see in the official Windows 8.1 (Blue) preview. The server build number is 9341, the windows 8.1 preview build will be: 6.3.9431.winmain_bluemp.130615-1214. IE11 scores 351/500 + 2 bonus point, and 25/25 for WebGL. Since this is a server build, the score may be a little higher than IE11 on Win 8.1, but this confirms WebGL for IE11.

IE11 WebGL Conformance Test Results: 14,748 of 20,509 tests pass (71.9%). Many things seen in the Server 2012 R2 preview will also show up in the Windows 8.1 preview. (Cached copy)
Google

Submission + - Google Bans Online Anonymity While Patenting It

theodp writes: 'It's important to use your common name,' Google explains in its Google+ ground rules, 'so that the people you want to connect with can find you.' Using a 'secondary online identity,' the search giant adds, is a big Google+ no-no. 'There are lots of places where you can be anonymous online,' Betanews' Joe Wilcox notes. 'Google+ isn't one of them.' Got it. But if online anonymity is so evil, then what's the deal with Google's newly-awarded patent for Social Computing Personas for Protecting Identity in Online Social Interactions? 'When users reveal their identities on the internet,' Google explained to the USPTO in its patent application, 'it leaves them more vulnerable to stalking, identity theft and harassment.' So what's Google's solution? Providing anonymity to social networking users via an 'alter ego' and/or 'anonymous identity.' So does Google now believe that there's a genuine 'risk of disclosing a user's real identity'? Or is this just a case of Google's left hand not knowing what its right hand is patenting?

Comment Re:Only MMORPGs that run in the browser are in Fla (Score 1) 295

The only MMORPGs that run in the browser that I know of are in Flash... (Dofus for example, 11 million players) Unless you count any online game with a bit of a RPG side a MMORPG.

Umm... RuneScape? Java "The game has approximately 10 million active accounts per month, over 156 million registered accounts, and is recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world's most popular free MMORPG" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuneScape

Comment Re:Shannon would like to have a word with you (Score 1) 295

Although you may be right, all that means is that in 5 to 10 years Web applications will reach the state of the art of current native applications. This furthermore assumes that the latter will remain static during that time.

So, yes, perhaps in 5 years you'll finally be able to play Angry Birds or WoW on your browser, but I would expect native applications by then to offer an even richer experience.

dZ.

You can already play Angry Birds in your browser, its one of the games on Google+ and you can play it from the Chrome Web Store: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/aknpkdffaafgjchaibgeefbgmgeghloj

And here's some early try outs of Rage levels in WebGL in a browser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0S2dsuSxHw

Software

Submission + - Game devs predict death of Flash, installed games (joystiq.com)

rescendent writes: In an Massively.com interview with Illyriad Games devs, James Niesewand predicts the death of Flash and installed games and the rise of HTML5:

"Especially for MMO game developers, I personally don't believe that developers have any real long-term choice about embarking on this path or not. Ultimately, I believe it's either browser-based or obsolescence. If you don't do it, your competitors will, and they'll be making games that work identically on more device platforms, on more browsers, on more operating systems. It's going to take a very long time to get there, though, but this change has begun now, and we firmly believe that HTML5 is the future."

With Microsoft joining the ranks of Apple and not supporting Flash in Windows 8 — there's definitely a risk to flash — but will browser based games really replace installed games?

Comment Re:More like a platform of no gaming future (Score 1) 95

Maybe not quite as full on video and HD graphics; but lengthy games with depth? (e.g. Civ or Sims) then yes these are going into the browser... Except they are hugely more concurrent (rather than just a couple players in multi-player mode)... For example: http://www.illyriad.co.uk/ And with html5 even free civ is browser based: http://www.freeciv.net/

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