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Comment Re:"pirate" flag of convenience ? (Score 1) 219

by reidbold on Monday August 09, 2010 @02:16PM (#33193500) Attached to: Servers Ahoy — Startup To Build Floating Data Centers

Closer still, it's 12 nautical miles, approximately 14 miles.

Fan-Developed Ultima VI Remake Released 161

Posted by Soulskill on Friday July 09, 2010 @05:39AM from the serious-dedication dept.

An anonymous reader writes "20 years after the original game launched, a fan-developed Ultima 6 remake has finally been released! The Ultima 6 Project was formed in 2001 by Sliding Dragon to develop a remake of Origin's Ultima VI: The False Prophet with newer graphics and a more immersive engine. Soon assembled under the banner Archon, the team members, who hail from all over the globe, have set about recreating the world of Britannia, adding an enhanced storyline to bolster intraseries continuity and building on the Ultima legacy in a way that will please fans new and old."

Comment Re:PC gaming never went away. (Score 1) 495

by reidbold on Monday July 05, 2010 @02:48PM (#32802502) Attached to: Is PC Gaming Set For a Comeback?

You can use your Steam, and GoG games anywhere, they are not tied to one box. This was one of Steam's original touted features, no physical media required to play counterstrike anywhere. This is much more convenient than having to go to that shelf over there to pick something to play, it's just mouse clicks away.

Comment Re:Hey, with luck... (Score 1) 90

by reidbold on Thursday May 06, 2010 @02:13PM (#32115610) Attached to: FCC Moving To Retain Control of Net Neutrality

The CRTC will follow by going in the opposide direction, as today they granted UBBell hell.

Comment News: More Processing Requires More Power (Score 4, Funny) 330

by reidbold on Sunday October 14, 2007 @03:53PM (#20975909) Attached to: Ubuntu's Power Consumption Tested

toast, still not free

Feed The Register: Amazon joins Google in assault on eBay's PayPal (theregister.com)

From feed by registerfeed on Friday August 03, 2007 @03:12PM

Putting the micro in micro-payments

As eBay continues to fight off calls for the addition of Google Checkout to its online marketplace, here comes another big-name PayPal alternative.

Feed news.com: Lookout PayPal: Amazon has a new payment service (com.com)

From feed by cnetfeed on Friday August 03, 2007 @01:53PM

Blog: Amazon is taking on Google Checkout and PayPal with a new online payment system.

Comment A Sign of Things to Come (Score 2, Interesting) 201

by carb on Thursday October 07, 2004 @08:25PM (#10466329) Attached to: Sun and Kodak Settle Out of Court

Should things happen the same way with Microsoft and the hundreds of other "patent-infringers", is now a good time to buy Kodak stock?

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