Submission + - Going Rogue - Indie game development (escapistmagazine.com)

Submitted by

cliffski

on Wednesday August 06, 2008 @08:57AM

cliffski writes: "Why Indie? Jay Barnson interviews the new crop of indie game developers. How could anybody abandon the steady paychecks, access to the best tools and engines, large teams of skilled colleagues and the glory of working on one of next holiday season's blockbusters for a chance to labor in relative obscurity on tiny, niche titles? Steven Peeler was a senior programmer at Ritual Entertainment. For him, leaving and forming the one-man studio Soldak Entertainment came down to a desire for creative freedom. "I really wanted to work on an RPG, and Ritual only made shooters," he says. "There were some annoying politics going on that was really frustrating, I disagreed with the direction the company was taking, I was really tired of pushy publishers and I just wanted to do my own thing.""

Bookmark 4 Tips to Extend your Lithium Battery Life (spicygadget.com)

by Iron Cook on Friday July 13, 2007 @06:13AM

Feed The Register: Tiscali swallows Pipex broadband and voice (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Friday July 13, 2007 @06:13AM

Bridesmaid scores usher

Tiscali will cough £210m to buy Pipex's broadband and voice businesses later today, according to reports.

Feed The Register: US ocelots on the brink (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Friday July 13, 2007 @06:12AM

Last stand in corner of Texas

The US's population of ocelots - estimated at "100 or less" - came one step closer to extinction this week with the unexplained death of a breeding age male in southeast Texas's Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, Reuters reports.

Submission + - Dangerous Java flaw threatens virtually everything

Submitted by Marc Nathoni on Friday July 13, 2007 @06:12AM

Marc Nathoni writes: Google's Security team has discovered vulnerabilities in the Sun Java Runtime Environment that threatens the security of all platforms, browsers and even mobile devices. "This is as bad as it gets," said Chris Gatford, a security expert from penetration testing firm Pure Hacking. "It's a pretty significant weakness, which will have a considerable impact if the exploit codes come to fruition quickly. It could affect a lot of organizations and users," Gatford told ZDNet Australia.

Feed New Scientist: India's HIV toll lower than predicted (pheedo.com)

From feed by nsfeed on Friday July 13, 2007 @05:52AM

India's total number of HIV infections is lower than predicted, but health workers cannot afford to be complacent

Feed The Register: Europe goes mad over outsourcing (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Friday July 13, 2007 @05:52AM

Accounts for half of global deals

Demand for outsourcing in Europe has increased dramatically in the first half of 2007, compared with the same period last year, according to the latest Quarterly Index from labour sourcing advisers TPI.

Feed The Register: British customers miffed at email response times (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Friday July 13, 2007 @05:32AM

Nine out of ten driven to defect

British consumers are unhappy with the time it takes for email queries to be answered, according to a new report.

Feed The Register: Olympic planners left IT out of the budget (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Friday July 13, 2007 @05:32AM

D'oh

The government failed to account for the costs of IT when putting together its budget for the 2012 Olympic Games, according to the bean counter watchdogs of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

Journal Journal: "The next 9/11 is Bush's fault" 10

Journal by smittyoneeach on Friday July 13, 2007 @05:31AM

http://www.americablog.com/2007/07/next-911-is-bushs-fault.html
Dear John Aravosis (DC):
As long as you're taking over for God in this case, can you examine the alternate histories and give credit where due for the ~6 years of no large-scale terrorist attacks on US soil?
Actually, I don't expect much in the way of objectivity, or examination of historical context from you.
Here: have a link to a diape

Submission + - Optimum Copyright period decided by maths!

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 13, 2007 @05:22AM

An anonymous reader writes: So how long SHOULD a copyright be valid for? There are as many opinions here as there are humans. But a Cambridge student has stepped into the discussion with a dispassionately calculated estimate of the optimal period a copyright should be granted for. Here is ArsTechnica's take: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070712-rese arch-optimal-copyright-term-is-14-years.html, and here is the original paper for all you maths dudes out there: http://www.rufuspollock.org/economics/papers/optim al_copyright.pdf

Journal Journal: Why the Sun is not responsible for Global Warming

Journal by Noryungi on Friday July 13, 2007 @05:09AM

I just stumbled upon this well-written article at Celsias, that explains why the Sun cannot be responsible for Global Warming.

Feed Linux.com: Where are your site visitors? GeoIP knows (linux.com)

From feed by lcfeed on Friday July 13, 2007 @04:52AM

If you maintain a portal, ecommerce site, or heavily trafficked Web site, you might appreciate the ability to identify the geographical location of your site visitors. Geolocation information can help you localize content, serve relevant local advertisements, offer a download mirror close to visitors, and detect online fraud. Techniques like whois lookup of IP addresses are of some help, but they don't always find accurate locations. A better approach is a database that maps each IP address to a location -- such as MaxMind's GeoIP.

Feed The Register: Nintendo to let Wii gamers go for their guns (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Thursday July 12, 2007 @07:52AM

Bang

With a look reminiscent of the Steyr Aug 9mm assault rifle, Nintendo's Wii Zapper is set to help gamers dive into the melee, deploy superior firepower and, it's hoped, endure.

Feed The Register: Beeb reveals Kylie as Titanic waitress (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Thursday July 12, 2007 @05:32AM

First still from Who Xmas special

The BBC has released the first still from Doctor Who Xmas special Voyage of the Damned, showing Oz popstress Kylie Minogue as a waitress on the Titanic.