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GTA IV On PC Goes Exclusive With 'Games For Windows Live' 132

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday September 27, 2008 @11:27PM from the yeah-thanks dept.

Erik J writes "Microsoft has announced that the PC version of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV will exclusively use Games for Windows Live for its multiplayer mode when it hits shelves November 18th. Rockstar founder Sam Houser explained the decision: 'As we work toward the release of the PC version, Games for Windows Live affords us the opportunity to seamlessly translate the multiplayer console experience for PC gamers, the service is a natural fit for the platform and we strongly believe it will help in building a strong online community around GTA IV PC.'" Wired is running a story suggesting that this release could save the rather unpopular Microsoft PC gaming platform.

Windows Mobile 7 Phone Release Delayed Again 131

Posted by timothy on Saturday September 27, 2008 @04:34PM from the many-thousands-will-die-without-seeing-it dept.

jcoventry writes "Microsoft is delaying Windows Mobile 7, and it is thought new phones with the operating system are unlikely to reach the market before 2010. Microsoft partners who had expected to have a final release in their hands by early 2009 have been told that it won't be ready until the second half of 2009. Partners include companies like Verizon, Motorola and Samsung, all of which plan new phones that include the Mobile Windows 7 OS. Windows Mobile 7 is expected to have features like gesture recognition and speech input."

Chinese Astronauts Complete First Spacewalk 310

Posted by timothy on Saturday September 27, 2008 @03:30PM from the awesome-cgi dept.

As_I_Please writes "At 8:40AM (GMT) this morning, Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang successfully spent 18 minutes in a tethered spacewalk outside the spacecraft Shenzhou 7. This is an important step in China's goal of building an orbiting space station and sending astronauts to the moon."

Adobe Flaw Allows Full Movie Downloads For Free 166

Posted by Soulskill on Friday September 26, 2008 @11:52PM from the it's-not-a-bug-it's-a-feature dept.

webax writes with this excerpt from Reuters: "[An Adobe security hole] exposes online video content to the rampant piracy that plagued the music industry during the Napster era and is undermining efforts by retailers, movie studios and television networks to cash in on a huge Web audience. 'It's a fundamental flaw in the Adobe design. This was designed stupidly,' said Bruce Schneier ... The flaw rests in Adobe's Flash video servers that are connected to the company's players installed in nearly all of the world's Web-connected computers. The software doesn't encrypt online content, but only orders sent to a video player such as start and stop play. To boost download speeds, Adobe dropped a stringent security feature that protects the connection between the Adobe software and its players." webax also notes that the article suggests DRM as a potential solution to the problem.

Comment G4 is the worst (Score 2, Interesting) 261

by sfr79 on Monday May 31, 2004 @11:19AM (#9296448) Attached to: TechTV.com RIP

The two dweebs G4 has reviewing games are horrible. X-Play wasn't great by any means, but at least it was fun to watch. Let alone the fact that TechTV didn't have every show sponsored by Pringles or something else. The only good show that G4 has is the ICONS show. Their awards show was painful to watch, let alone the 2 hour roundtable they showed 6 times a day for the two months leading up to it. TechTV had some bad programming as well, but to think for a second that G4 brought more to the table is a complete joke. Its clearly the egos of the comcast management at work here.

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