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What's the Best Game Console of All Time? 479

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday January 29, 2008 @02:22PM from the duh-obviously-the-fairchild dept.

The C|Net Crave blog has up an article exploring the history of console gaming, and wonders aloud about the pecking order of the various systems. "Gaming is so subjective that there is no single "greatest" system ever. It might sound like a cop-out, but it really depends on what standards you're using and what generation you grew up in. I loved the SNES, and would personally call it the greatest system of all time. However, the NES and PlayStation could both easily be called the best, based on the standards they set and the advances they presented to gaming." The Guardian follows up this piece, noting that the article's rose-colored recollections of the SNES days may not be entirely accurate. Subjective or not, it's a good question: which consoles have a valid place in history and which ones should be forgotten?

Fedora 8 A Serious Threat to Ubuntu 334

Posted by CmdrTaco on Sunday December 30, 2007 @10:59AM from the they-sure-couldn't-talk-more-about-themselves dept.

Tubs writes "According to MadPenguin.org's latest article, Fedora 8 from Red Hat is a serious threat to Ubuntu. The author writes, "I was never that swept up with past releases of Fedora. There was nothing compelling about it. But for the first time, I cannot help but feel that the Fedora team has been spoon fed an extra helping of Wheaties, which has put them into overdrive with their accessibility efforts."

Comment Re:Salt (Score 1) 232

by jacrawf on Wednesday November 21, 2007 @02:00AM (#21431801) Attached to: Using Google To Crack MD5 Passwords

Just another reason to not rely on that crap and instead opt for judicious use of crypto at layer 3 wherever possible. Having your router only accept DHCP and IPSec traffic is a pretty good start if you're paranoid. Just turning off SSID broadcasting seems good enough if all you want is to keep out the neighbors, though.

A Truly Open Linux Phone 164

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 07, 2006 @08:49PM from the apt-get-phone-software dept.

skelator2821 writes to tell us about the debut of the OpenMoko, a Linux phone with GPS that is open from top to bottom. The device is set to debut to developers this month for $350, according to the article, but there is no detail on how to get your hands on one, and no link to the manufacturer (FIC). From the article: "This is the first phone in a long time to get us really interested in what it is, what it isn't, and the philosophy behind it. The philosophy is the thing that makes Linux great... it is really open. It runs the latest kernel, 2.6.18 as of a few weeks ago, and you can get software from a repository with apt-get."

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