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Brain-Control Gaming Headset Launching Dec. 21 112

An anonymous reader writes "Controlling computers with our minds may sound like science fiction, but one Australian company claims to be able to let you do just that. The Emotiv device has been garnering attention at trade shows and conferences for several years, and now the company says it is set to launch the Emotiv EPOC headset on December 21. PC Authority spoke to co-founder Nam Do about the Emotiv technology and its potential as a mainstream gaming interface." One wonders what kind of adoption they expect with a $299 price tag.
First Person Shooters (Games)

Infinity Ward Fights Against Modern Warfare 2 Cheaters 203

Faithbleed writes "IW's Robert Bowling reports on his twitter account that Infinity Ward is giving 2,500 Modern Warfare 2 cheaters the boot. The news comes as the war between IW and MW2's fans rages over the decision to go with IWnet hosting instead of dedicated servers. Unhappy players were quick to come up with hacks that would allow their own servers and various other changes." Despite the dedicated-server complaints, Modern Warfare 2 has sold ridiculously well.
Censorship

Modern Warfare 2 Not Recalled In Russia After All 94

thief21 writes "After claims that console versions Modern Warfare 2 had been recalled in Russia due to complaints from politicians and the gaming public over the infamous airport slaughter scene, it turns out the stories were completely untrue. Activision never released a console version of the game in Russia." Instead, they simply edited the notorious scene out of the PC version. They did this of their own volition, since Russia doesn't have a formal ratings committee.
Image

What Does Google Suggest Suggest About Humanity? 513

CNETNate writes "You'll laugh, but mostly you'll cry. Some of the questions Google gets asked to deliver results for is beyond worrying. 'Can you put peroxide in your ear?', 'Why would a pregnancy test be negative?', and 'Why can't I own a Canadian?' being just a selection of the truly baffling — and disturbing — questions Google is regularly forced to answer."
Windows

Michael Dell Says Windows 7 Will Make You Love PCs 627

ruphus13 writes "In a recent talk at the Churchill Club, Michael Dell addressed several topics, including the fact that Windows 7 is poised to take advantage of the upgrade cycle. Dell has always been a strong MS OEM ally and it is now hoping to cash in again from the impending upgrades. From the post: 'Dell made plain several times that he sees the installed base of technology as very old, and sees a coming "refresh cycle" for which he has high hopes. "The latest generation of chips from Intel is strong, particularly Nehalem," he said, adding, "and Windows 7 is on its way." (The operating system arrives Oct. 22nd, although Microsoft's large-volume licensees are already getting it.) He pointed out that many business are running Windows XP, which is eight years old. "I've been using Windows 7 for a long time now," he said, "and if you get the latest processor technology and Office 2010 with it, you will love your PC again. It's a dramatic improvement."'"

Comment How is this even an article? (Score 2, Interesting) 665

What kills me is that in the article they state they picked the worst shops w/ bad reputations. Well duh there gonna be bad, how is this even news? You don't see to many food critics review places they know are awful? Better, would you read an article about how prision imates tend to commit crimes?

Comment Respect, LAMOStraight up (Score 1) 902

Realities of IT: -You will only get true respect from other people down similar career paths. -How do you work for a software company that has only 1 IT staff member out of 60? -You "try to be friendly, helpful, bla bla bla" you mistake here is you try. Do what comes natural and beat the next person who pisses you off down to the ground. This will help you resolve your original respect issue. Real ways to get respect in the IT world: -Learn, read, break, tinker, read... read more... read till you hate reading. Then one day, you will find respect from other members of the IT community -Save your company money somehow and make it known. If we implement X solution vs. (some lame way your company does something) you will save X dollars. Your partners, chief officer, manger, director, president, types will respect you -End users love to feel special. When they feel special you will get respect. Try: -Make strict policies and enforce them. Create some justification. -Relax these polices for certain people that are "in with you". This works in two ways. One, these ppl will "respect you" simply because they don't want X feature disabled. Other people will respect you because they want X feature enabled -Which brings us to human nature. Reality check, most ppl don't get what you do, so they have no respect for what you do. Either find ways to relate to them (Save money, bring in new technology that changes their lives, or take power over them (strict polices) Lastly, shoot for making people happy about 25% of the time. Some ppl here are going to say that number is way too high. I'm so stupid burned out from yet another 14 hour day so I hope this all is coherent. Oh... about that... trust me when I tell your respect is probally the smallest problem your career choice will present you :)

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