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Submission + - Pirates crack Vista at last (apcmag.com) 5

Submitted by El_Oscuro on Sunday March 02, 2008 @09:14PM

El_Oscuro writes: A genuine crack for Windows Vista has just been released by pirate group Pantheon, which allows a pirated, non-activated installation of Vista (Home Basic/Premium and Ultimate) to be properly activated and made fully-operational. It seems that Microsoft has allowed large OEMs like ASUS to ship their products with a pre-installed version of Vista that doesn't require product activation — apparently because end users would find it too inconvenient. The question, how can I do this with XP?

The Finest Moments in 2007 Gaming 57

Posted by Zonk on Friday December 21, 2007 @01:26PM from the lot-of-good-ones-this-year dept.

Stephen Totilo, as he did last year and the year before, has put together a piece looking at the finest gaming moments to be had in 2007. From the high-jumps of Portal to the Colossus battle in God of War 2, he's got a lot of gaming goodness packed into this one article. My favorite moment (the end of Mass Effect) isn't on there, but this is a close second: "Late in the much-praised first-person shooter BioShock, the player is required to don the outfit of another character in the game. Saying much more about this moment would ruin the effect. But rest assured, this transformative sequence changes the way every character in the world reacts to the player's presence. Plus, it might just give a BioShock player some pause about what they had been doing for the dozen hours that preceded the moment. Saying anything more would be a spoiler."

Mathematicians Solve the Mystery of Traffic Jams 629

Posted by Zonk on Friday December 21, 2007 @01:16PM from the next-they'll-use-geometry-on-the-mystery-of-the-haunted-amusement-park dept.

mlimber writes "Do you ever find yourself in a traffic jam, thinking, 'Man, there must be a bad accident up ahead,' but as you plod along you see no evidence of any crash? Some mathematicians have solved the mystery by developing a mathematical model that shows how one driver hitting the brakes a little too hard can cascade into a backup miles behind. The mathematicians' future research will investigate how automatic braking systems may alleviate the problem."

Feed Science Daily: To Curious Aliens, Earth Would Stand Out As Living Planet (sciencedaily.com)

From feed by sdfeed on Friday December 21, 2007 @01:13PM

With powerful instruments scouring the heavens, astronomers have found more than 240 planets in the past two decades, none likely to support Earth-like life. But what if aliens were hunting life outside their own planet? Armed with telescopes only a bit bigger and more powerful than our own, could they peer through the vastness of space and lock in onto Earth as a likely home to life?

Feed Tom's Hardware: Fairchild Semiconductor Turns 50 (pheedo.com)

From feed by thfeed on Friday December 21, 2007 @01:13PM

Fairchild Semiconductor played a pivotal role in the formation of silicon valley and several major semiconductor companies.

Submission + - WTO Rules on Internet Gambling Case

Submitted by

doggod

on Friday December 21, 2007 @01:04PM

doggod writes: "The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7171143 reports today that the WTO has finally ruled on Antigua's complaint about the US unfair trade practices relating to its passage last year of a law that forbids banks from handling money to and from on-line casinos.

The amount they awarded is significantly less than Antigua asked for, but still, since they awarded anything all, one wonders how this is going to work. If you download a copyrighted song from a server in Antigua, will that be an ironclad defense that will make you invulnerable to future attacks from the RIAA?"

Comment Re:Blue more likely to win (Score 1) 110

by Wardad on Wednesday December 12, 2007 @03:37PM (#21675217) Attached to: Team Fortress 2 Stats Confirm Every Suspicion

So this is how the United States won its freedom? The Red Coat's always lose. Well at least on this map they did. Red Coat is a term used to refer to a soldier of the historical British Army. Wardad.

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