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Comment Less detail, less operations (Score 1) 563

by biofrog on Wednesday July 25, 2012 @02:53AM (#40761287) Attached to: Windows 8 Graphics: Microsoft Has Hardware-Accelerated Everything

I'm pretty sure an erase background message filling a solid block of colour will also be substantially (437%?) faster than rendering a translucent gradient texture filled rectangle. Aero is some what hardware accelerated, but it certainly isn't operation 'free'.

ArenaNet's MMO Design Manifesto 178

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday April 28, 2010 @03:54AM from the not-the-crazy-person-kind dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ArenaNet studio head Mike O'Brien has posted his vision for a new type of MMORPG, which they used in developing Guild Wars 2. Quoting: 'MMOs are social games. So why do they sometimes seem to work so hard to punish you for playing with other players? If I'm out hunting and another player walks by, shouldn't I welcome his help, rather than worrying that he's going to steal my kills or consume all the mobs I wanted to kill? ... [In Guild Wars 2], when someone kills a monster, not just that player's party but everyone who was seriously involved in the fight gets 100% of the XP and loot for the kill. When an event is happening in the world – when the bandits are terrorizing a village – everyone in the area has the same motivation, and when the event ends, everyone gets rewarded.'"

Journal Journal: Software company sues online forum

Journal by naught101 on Wednesday September 12, 2007 @04:25AM

An Australian accounting software company has sued one of the maintainers of the whirlpool broadband discussion forum. An article in the Sydney Morning Herald explains that the company, 2Clix, sued forum maintainer Simon Wright, after a number of users complained about the company's software not living up to it's claims. The case is an out-

Symantec Sues Microsoft, May Delay Vista 303

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday May 18, 2006 @10:42PM from the delays-other-than-tom dept.

AuMatar writes "Symantec filed a lawsuit against Microsoft over patents on the volume management technology in Vista. They're seeking an injunction to stop Vista from being sold until the suit is completed. Given the recent Supreme Court ruling it should be interesting to see if the injunction is granted, since Symantec does produce software which uses the patent. If it is granted, expect MS to settle to prevent another Vista delay."

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