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IE 8.1 Supports Firefox Plugins, Rendering Engine 283

Posted by kdawson from the fruits-of-competition dept.
KermodeBear writes in to note that according to Smashing Magazine, the newest version of Internet Explorer, codenamed "Eagle Eyes," supports Firefox plugins, the Gecko and Webkit rendering engines, and has scored a 71 / 100 on the Acid3 test. The article is pretty gee-whiz, and I don't entirely believe the claims that IE's JavaScript performance will trounce the others. (And note that the current Firefox, 3.0.8, scores 71 on Acid3, and Safari 3.1.2 hits 75.) No definitive date from Microsoft, but "sources" say that an IE 8.1 beta will be released in the summer.
XBox (Games)

One Billionth Halo 3 Game Played 50

Posted by Soulskill from the master-chief-is-a-busy-man dept.
adeelarshad82 writes "Bungie recently announced that Halo 3 has served its 1 billionth game. It's an important milestone which Halo 2 failed to reach. The billionth game was played at 6:36 PM PST last Saturday and lasted three minutes and 19 seconds. The total amount of active match time exceeds 64,000 years." Frank O'Connor, director of the Halo franchise, also made comments recently teasing future Halo games.
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Political Upheaval In Fictional Czech State 21

Posted by samzenpus from the I-want-to-be-ambassador dept.
Rog-Mahal writes "The fictional Kingdom of Wallachia has made the front page of Czech newspapers lately. The practical joke turned tourist attraction started by photographer Tomas Harabis has been locked is a power struggle between Bolek Polivka, the current king, and Harabis, the foreign minister. The faux country has received international attention over the years: 'Wallachia makes money several ways, including offering tastings of its famed plum brandy, slivovitz, to corporate clients. Its biggest source of revenue is the Wallachian passport, which costs the equivalent of $7.69. There are roughly 90,000 citizens of the make-believe nation, once including George W. Bush, who was given a passport some years ago by a Czech living in Texas. Mr. Bush's citizenship was revoked in 2003 after the United States invaded Iraq. The passport has created some confusion, however. When a man from Pakistan recently asked the kingdom for political asylum, Mr. Harabis said he had to gently explain that Wallachia was not a real country. The Wallachian passport now warns: "This passport is not yet an official document of the Czech Republic."' We can only hope for a peaceful end to hostilities."
Your Rights Online

AT&T, Comcast To Join RIAA Team 360

Posted by CmdrTaco from the this-can-only-end-well dept.
suraj.sun writes "AT&T and Comcast, two of the nation's largest Internet service providers, are expected to be among a group of ISPs that will cooperate with the music industry in battling illegal file sharing, three sources close to the companies told CNET News. The RIAA said last month that it had enlisted the help of ISPs as part of a new antipiracy campaign. The RIAA has declined to identify which ISPs or how many. It's important to note that none of the half dozen or so ISPs involved has signed agreements. But as it stands, AT&T and Comcast are among the companies that have indicated they wish to participate in what the RIAA calls a 'graduated response program.'"
Government

US Senate & House Create YouTube Channels 199

Posted by CmdrTaco from the can't-wait-for-them-to-do-something-that-matters dept.
eldavojohn writes "Following an election in which online videos played an important role, the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate have opened YouTube channels (or 'hubs') advertised to be a 'backstage pass to your government.' Ideally this will bring transparency to citizens and inform them of their senators' & representatives' positions and ideas."

Comment Re:That's it? (Score 1) 688

by ttigue (#26374239) Attached to: The Recession
Thank you. I was going to say where is my "pissed off" option!? I think a good place to start is the large financial institutions are their peons in the SEC and Fed and the deregulaters in the government.

Comment Re:Sudden Peace? (Score 3, Insightful) 1067

by ttigue (#26332907) Attached to: In the next 12 months, the Middle East will be ...
Hamas was voted into power in a free and fair election. But I suppose that wasn't by people who are "reasonable free thinkers." What were the people of Gaza thinking!? They should be happy with their benevolent Israeli overlords who control their borders, deny them food and medical supplies, subject them to the worst humiliation in clear opposition of international law, and essentially contain them in "the world's largest prison." I guess we only support democracy when the results are to our liking. It would be funny if it wasn't so serious that you bring up war crimes. I cannot speak to whether Hamas' attacks are war crimes, but it's a fact that Israel constantly commits war crimes. If we should punish a country that commits war crimes by bombing them, then Israel would be dust. Their continued occupation of territories acquired by conquest, torture, denial of food and medical supplies, and other violations of international and human rights laws should be enough for the international community to invade Israel according to your logic. And I think I would take you up on your bet. After Hamas was voted into power, Israel tightened its grip on Gaza starting the world's largest siege in an effort to cause the people to stop supporting Hamas. It is having the opposite of your desired effect. I'm not saying that Israel cannot bomb Gaza into submission, but it doesn't mean the people of Gaza will stop fighting for their own deserved sovereignty.

Comment In the end (Score 1) 155

by ttigue (#26300281) Attached to: How Sony's Development of the Cell Processor Benefited Microsoft
Isn't it true that at this point the differences in processing power do not translate into that big of a difference when it all gets rendered? Even if the PS3 is able to render more polygons or process more lighting effects, the 360 has enough power to render really decent looking games. The differences are pretty subtle. I'm looking at the Kill Zone 2 video that was posted earlier and it looks really great. Tons of shit is happening and there are a lot of neat effects. But the advantages are pretty subtle over GOW2 or even Half-Life 2 (5 years old!) for the 360.
Games

Review: Gears of War 2 193

Posted by Soulskill from the who-wants-toast!? dept.
The original Gears of War was one of the most popular games of 2006, helping to solidify the Xbox 360's place in the console market. Since then, it's sold about 5 million copies. When word leaked out that a sequel was in the works, many wondered if Epic Games could reach the bar set by the first game. As it turns out, they could. Gears of War 2 will feel very familiar to those who have played its predecessor. Games often have a way of reinventing themselves as sequels come and go, but Epic stuck to the basics of what had already worked so well, and simply set about improving, polishing, and fleshing out the Gears world as much as they could. Read on for the rest of the review.

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