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Comment Re:Swiss Francs baby (Score 2) 868

by Sprotch (#34954404) Attached to: I'd rather my paycheck be denominated in ...
I have - newspapers have been going to town with unsubstantiated euro bashing. Luckily, I also look at how the euro is doing, as I'm paid in sterling but need to go to the eurozone often. Unfortunately (for me) the euro is doing much better than the sterling (and the dollar). But do continue to believe whatever the news say, it's always the truth.
Real Time Strategy (Games)

StarCraft II Cost $100 Million To Develop 414

Posted by Soulskill from the did-they-have-to-send-a-space-shuttle-to-pick-up-kerrigan dept.
UgLyPuNk writes with news of a report that Blizzard has spent over $100 million developing StarCraft II. Initial development on the game began in 2003, and it's due to be released on July 27th. Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick "described StarCraft as one of the company’s seven 'pillars of opportunity' (where each pillar has the potential to deliver operating profit between $500 million and $1 billion over its life span)." The finalized system requirements for the game have been released, and players planning to buy the digitally distributed version can download it now, though it won't be playable until the 27th.
Microsoft

Submission + - Windows 7 RTM reviewed in detail, benchmarked (cnet.co.uk) 2

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: The code is final, and Cnet has reviewed the final version of Windows 7, with myriad benchmarks to support the case that it's not only the fastest version of Windows to shut down, but also looks like "the operating system that both Microsoft and its consumers have been waiting for." The review continues: "By fixing most of the perceived and real problems in Vista, Microsoft has laid the groundwork for the future of where Windows will go. Windows 7 presents a stable platform that can compete comfortably with OS X, while reassuring the world that Microsoft can still turn out a strong, useful operating system."
Space

Submission + - Roiling Surface Plume of Betelgeuse Imaged (astronomynow.com)

Submitted by BJ_Covert_Action
BJ_Covert_Action writes: Astronomy Now is running a piece regarding some new, exquisitely detailed pictures taken of Betelgeuse, a star in the constellation Orion. Betelgeuse is classified as a supergiant star and is approximately 1000 times the size of the sun. Two teams of astronomers used ESO's "Very large Telescope," its NACO instruments, and as an imaging technique known as "Lucky Imaging" to take some of the most detailed pictures of Betelgeuse to date.

The new pictures reveal a gas plume on the surface of Betelgeuse which extends from the surface of the star a distance greater than that between our sun and Neptune. The images also showed several other 'boiling' spots on the surface of Betelgeuse, revealing the surface to be quite tumultuous. Currently, it is known that stars of Betelgeuse's size eject the equivalent mass of the Earth into space every year. However, the mechanisms for said ejections is currently unknown. This recent astronomy work will help researchers determine the mechanics behind such ejections.

Comment I don't have a SD card library (Score 1) 485

by Sprotch (#26355647) Attached to: How Do You Manage Your SD Card Library?
I just buy the highest capacity card available whenever I purchase a new camera, and I leave the SD card inside the camera. For instance, I recently bought a digital SLR with a 32gb compactflash card. That way I have enough storage for several thousand pictures, and never need to take the memory card out.

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