Archive for October, 2006

New Tomb Raider: Anniversary in the works

Eidos Interactive has announced the next game in the popular Tomb Raider series. Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Anniversery will have Lara chase after the mystical “Scion” artifiact and will focus on more in depth puzzles and more realistic game physics.
No other details or pictures were released, which is normal for such announcements. Tomb Raider: Anniversary [...]

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Why Sony’ll Win the Next Gen Console War

Despite setbacks—a powerhouse brand, solid titles, and free online, among other things, will keep the gaming super-company on top.
Let’s face it; Sony’s seen better days. The company’s turnaround plan hasn’t been going quite as smoothly as they’d hoped, they’ve been forced to recall thousands of laptop batteries, they’ve significantly downsized their PlayStation 3 launch quantities [...]

Monday, October 30th, 2006

Windows licensing no longer a question of trust

Once upon a time there was a company called Microsoft that grew to be the largest software company in the world. It achieved this without the aid of online software checking tools that treat users as suspected criminals. Back in those days Microsoft trusted its users to do the right thing and generally they did, [...]

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Apple issues MacBook shutdown fix but skeptics remain

Apple Computer has issued a fix for a problem afflicting some MacBook owners since July which caused their computers to randomly shutdown. However, some users remain skeptical that the firmware update will solve what they believe is essentially a hardware problem.
According to Apple’s advisory, the MacBook SMC Firmware Update 1.1 The SMC Update improves the [...]

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

China to shield youth from Internet addiction

China is taking steps to discourage minors from becoming Internet addicts while cracking down of Internet piracy.
The draft amendment to a law on the protection of minors would encourage the development of technology that can terminate online gaming at fixed time.
The draft has been submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress.
The move [...]

Saturday, October 28th, 2006

MS Office Validation Now Mandatory

Want to use the extra features within Office? Be prepared to verify that your copy of the productivity suite is genuine. While the so-called Office Genuine Advantage has been around since April, Microsoft did not make it mandatory until Friday. Starting today, using Office Online templates would require the validation, and the ability to download [...]

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Call for jailed bloggers to be freed

Amnesty International is launching a campaign on behalf of a whole new category of prisoners of conscience - internet bloggers and chatroom visitors arrested by repressive governments for expressing unwelcome views or disseminating sensitive information online.
In an appeal issued today, the human rights watchdog is urging webmasters around the world to stand up for their [...]

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Acer: Vista is an excuse for Microsoft price increases

Microsoft is raising the price of its software as it prepares to launch Vista, according to one of the leading PC manufacturers, Acer.
According to Jim Wong, senior corporate vice president of the Taiwan-based company, the issue is simply that the basic home edition of Vista, Home Basic, which is available for preorder on Amazon.co.uk for [...]

Friday, October 27th, 2006

Everex Unveils Energy-Efficient Laptop

Everex designed the StepNote NC1500 laptop, which features Via’s Enhanced PowerSaver and TwinTurbo technologies, to operate on a range of power levels so that battery life is extended by some 20 percent when compared with most portable PCs. The StepNote NC1500 will soon be on the shelves of Wal-Mart stores nationwide, where it will join [...]

Friday, October 27th, 2006

“Rogue” has new mission: Xbox, PS3, PC

Video game publisher Bethesda Softworks is bringing Simon & Schuster’s best-selling book franchise “Rogue Warrior” to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC gamers in fall 2007.
In development at Zombie Studios, the story-driven shooter will put players in the boots of a Navy SEAL who leads a team behind enemy lines in North Korea on a [...]

Friday, October 27th, 2006