Comment bull (Score 1) 519
I normally don't post here because there is far too much bullshit being spread, but I felt compelled by this article, as I feel it is a whole load of bullshit.
The Sims 3 Racks Up Over 180,000 Downloads Prior To Release 187
Bloomberg reports that pirated versions of EA's The Sims 3 were downloaded over 180,000 times between May 18 and May 21. The game will not be officially released until June 2nd, and it does not make use of SecuROM for DRM. Quoting:
"That outpaces the 400,000 downloads over three weeks for Electronic Arts' Spore, the most-pirated game of 2008. ... Copies of the game available on file-sharing Web sites aren't the full version, Electronic Arts said. 'The pirated version is a buggy, pre-final build of the game,' Holly Rockwood, a company spokeswoman, said in an e-mailed statement. 'It's not the full game. Half the world — an entire city — is missing from the pirated copy.'"
New Mega-Botnet Discovered 257
yahoi writes "According to the DarkReading article, 'Researchers have discovered a major botnet operating out of the Ukraine that has infected 1.9 million machines, including large corporate and government PCs mainly in the US. The botnet, which appears to be larger than the infamous Storm botnet was in its heyday, has infected machines from some 77 government-owned domains — 51 of which are in the US government. Researchers from Finjan who found the botnet say it's controlled by six individuals, and includes machines in major banks.'"
Comment Re:Long term strategy. (Score 1) 566
Uh?
IEv7 is worse than FF2 with plenty of old bugs that they never bothered to fix.
DirectX? No competition there, so who cares what do they produce?
What will Zune2 introduce? Piss-yellow cover? HDCP support?
IEv7 is worse than FF2 with plenty of old bugs that they never bothered to fix.
DirectX? No competition there, so who cares what do they produce?
What will Zune2 introduce? Piss-yellow cover? HDCP support?
