Comment Re:Violent games (Score 1) 673
And people should ban racing games because it promotes speeding. etc.
Comment Re:Bad write up. (Score 1) 673
Soon enough we'll be arresting people for looking at baby diaper commericals because they depict topless babies. Babies are children too!
Microsoft CEO Signs Student's Mac Laptop 34
Liz Str8 writes "When Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, spoke at a Nashville Technology Council event held at Trevecca Nazarene University, he participated in a 'meet and greet' session with students from local colleges and universities. At that event, a Trevecca student asked Ballmer to sign his Mac laptop. In an action that Tech Flash blogger Todd Bishop described as 'a scene that will make Mac fans feel like they're watching Thomas Kinkade scribble on a Van Gogh,' Ballmer graciously agreed to do so — right across the Mac logo."
Comment I'm not really sure what good does this do (Score 1) 111
Isn't the point of the kindle to display static content really well, thus minimizing battery consumption? With games being developed for the Kindle, I can't help but wonder what that does do to the batter life expectancy of the device. On top of that, the Kindle has a monochrome screen - it'd be like shelling out $259 for a game boy all over again.
Add on the other restrictions, such as no VOIP or no generic reader software, and the whole endeavor seems kinda pointless.
Add on the other restrictions, such as no VOIP or no generic reader software, and the whole endeavor seems kinda pointless.
Submission + - MS: upgrade to IE8, even though it's vulnerable (pcpro.co.uk)
Barence writes: Microsoft has issued a statement urging people to upgrade their browser to IE8, after the zero-day exploit that was used to attack companies such as Google went public. According to Microsoft's security advisory: "the vulnerability exists as an invalid pointer reference within Internet Explorer. It is possible under certain conditions for the invalid pointer to be accessed after an object is deleted. In a specially-crafted attack, in attempting to access a freed object, Internet Explorer can be caused to allow remote code execution." But, although IE6 has been the source of the attacks until now, Microsoft's advisory admits that both IE7 and IE8 are vulnerable to the same flaw, even on Windows 7.
Comment Re:foot.shoot(); (Score 1) 619
delete foot;
or
free(&foot);
or
free(&foot);
Comment Re:sounds familiar (Score 1) 422
I'm sure they can afford to throw out their broken wii balance board and buy a new on the event that one breaks down.
All they really need to do is to make sure the electronics does not interfere with the patients or any other critical equipment, it using Bluetooth and all.
All they really need to do is to make sure the electronics does not interfere with the patients or any other critical equipment, it using Bluetooth and all.
Comment Re:I haven't used DIVX in years (Score 1) 619
There was a time when intel indeo and codecs like that were so widely used. I've come across them again recently and could only remark how obsolete they've become.
The future seems to be H264/AAC.
The future seems to be H264/AAC.
Comment Re:ok... (Score 1) 232
You see, the extra r in different exactly cancels out the missing r in correct, so the sentence is technically correct. Moving on...
Comment Re:Maybe he'll make Chrome OS useful! (Score 1) 232
How about if you lose your connection to the cloud, you lose everything. This all boils down to control. If you own your Hard Drive, you own your data.
As the many examples in history shows, exchanging a little control for convenience will eventually leave you at the mercy of the software's owners.
As the many examples in history shows, exchanging a little control for convenience will eventually leave you at the mercy of the software's owners.
Comment Re:how many scientists are enough? (Score 1) 551
They should just create a new stream in Fraud Science. I'm sure people will be flocking to it.
Comment Re:If I just happen to have 4 people over? (Score 1) 119
Girl gamers?
From my experience, they are pretty spontaneous when it comes to getting together and playing party games. While my sister's friends are staying over for a week, they literally played Mario Party non-stop for hours at a time.
Perhaps the wii is not as attractive to us teenage guys, but they do have a market in party games and casual gamers.
From my experience, they are pretty spontaneous when it comes to getting together and playing party games. While my sister's friends are staying over for a week, they literally played Mario Party non-stop for hours at a time.
Perhaps the wii is not as attractive to us teenage guys, but they do have a market in party games and casual gamers.
Command & Conquer MMO a Possibility? 159
TheProphet92 sends along a speculative piece about the future of EA's popular RTS franchise, writing:
"EA's real-time strategy games don't have the luxury of extensive funding the way some other franchises do. EA has been milking their game engines for all they're worth and then some. They have been using various versions of the 'Sage' engine for the past half-dozen or so RTS games, and they need money to make a new one. Perhaps an MMO is the way to go for EA, using none other than their famous Command & Conquer franchise."
Comment Re:*readies his version of IDA* (Score 1) 235
Think web clips in Gmail for Office - where they will scan your word documents and serve up links pertaining to pancake batter.
Will it accept adblock?
Will it accept adblock?
Comment Not mentioned in the headlines (Score 1) 504
The topic of the year-long research project conducted by the workers is "The effect of sustained Internet pornography on the libido of the typical office worker".
All will be clarified by a press release later in the week.
All will be clarified by a press release later in the week.
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