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And in other news ... id Software announces doom 4: And in other news ... id Software announces Doom 4hahaDuke Nukem Forever, the ultimate in vaporware!The engine for Doom 4 looks pretty amazing. Hopefully the story is better than the last one.12 long yearsIt's been more than 12 years since I first played Doom and still fondly remember the first...; Tags: Games, Doom 4; Discussion threads 2008-05-08

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News to know: Office 2007 SP1; Microsoft security; KVM vs. Xen; AMD: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Mark your calendars: Microsoft to push Office 2007 SP1 on June 16 EIC podcast: SAP; JavaOne; AMD, Microhoo Larry Dignan: Microsoft previews three critical bulletins; two for Office Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft shares...; Tags: Security, Microsoft Office 2007, Xen, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-09
And in other news ... id Software announces doom 4: OK, this has made my day. id Software has announced that production work has begun on Doom 4: Production has begun on DOOM 4™, the next journey into the legendary DOOM universe. We are expanding our internal team and are currently hiring to work on this highly anticipated title. ...; Tags: Software, Tools & Techniques, Games, Management, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Free Edition (rar): A MUGEN fighting game (150 MB) . The game includes an arcade mode, team battle, survival, and watch mode. The game uses interlaced graphics :( There's a whopping 56 characters. 28 from each universe: Akuma, Amingo, Anakaris, B.B. Hood, Blackheart, Cable, Cammy, Captain America, Captain Commando, Charlie, Chun-Li, Colossus, Cyclops,...; Tags: SpiDoL Games, Games, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2008-05-07
AT: ATThere will probably be......some kind of MD5 digest hashed to an iPhone private key which will be present on an update to the firmware. Yes?Yep - it's goneI tried at a Starbucks here in Colorado Springs and it asks for a user name, etc... vs just asking for you...; Tags: Wireless LANs, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone, Starbucks Corp., Wi-Fi; Discussion threads 2008-05-05

Stanford pushing for new parallel computing model: Stanford University, in conjunction with Sun, AMD, NVIDIA, IBM, Intel, and HP, is working to create a new computing model that fully exploits modern, multicore processing. As a feature in Ars Technica points out, parallel computing has always posed significant challenges to programmers. However, since most of us...; Tags: Computing, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-01
Grand Theft Auto IV hits the streets--it's a '10': Grand Theft Auto IV hits the streets--it's a '10'Sony et al Stores - The Day after ThanksgivingFrom my perception, it's sort of the mentality of those who mob the doors before they even open causing real chaos in the mall despite the presence of police officers and security guards at...; Tags: Games, game, Grand Theft, Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto IV; Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: Morale: Another reason Microsoft should give up on Yahoo: MoraleCan you please point to the time(s)That Yahoo has made a loss in the past few years?And what makes you think any lawsuits against Yahoo is going to succeed? In the spirit of your cloud cuckoo land, I'd say it's more likely...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Investment, Financial accounting, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., morale, Microsoft Windows Vista; Discussion threads 2008-04-28
Effects of XP SP3 update on gaming: Does XP SP3 boost gaming performance? Let's find out! The tests The tests will be carried out on the AMD Spider platform that I have set up in the lab (Phenom 9700, Radeon 3850 graphics card, 2GB of RAM …). I've used this system...; Tags: Video Card, Graphics, Games, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Video Cards, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-04-28
Silverlight to star in NBC's online Olympics coverage: Silverlight to star in NBC's online Olympics coverageRE: Silverlight to star in NBC's online Olympics coverageAre you serious? You'd even think about watching streaming video on Win9x? I'm sure that if they picked Flash 9, you'd be able to, right?Maybe one of every 60 frames.Silverlight is more cross-platform...; Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Linux, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, Web browsers, Microsoft Silverlight, Olympic Games, NBC, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-04-25
Ballmer says XP still has a chance: Ballmer says XP still has a chanceI retired Windows XP when Vista was launched!I haven't used Windows XP ever since Windows Vista became available back in November 2006. Windows Vista runs circles around Windows XP and is much more elegant, secure, and robust than XP.Music/Audio Production and Vista/XPWhen it...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Steve Ballmer; Discussion threads 2008-04-24
AMD/ATi release Catalyst 8.4, adds support for new cards under Linux: For those of you running AMD/ATi graphics cards, you might be interested in knowing that Catalyst 8.4 driver suite has been released. For Windows users this is pretty much the usual fayre of bug fixes and performance improvements (release notes here). Here are some of the highlights:...; Tags: Cisco Catalyst, Card, Linux, Radeon, Catalyst 8.4, Topic Number, Games, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-04-17
My kid hates Linux too! (so what?): My kid hates Linux too! (so what?)Message has been deleted.My kid hates Linux too! (so what?)My completely nonsensical 15 year-old daughter whines about the fact that all the machines in the house run Linux. I laugh....she'll get over it. Else, she can buy/build her own machine....learn to maintain it....alone....while...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux; Discussion threads 2008-04-15
Technology crash [photo]: Technology crash [photo]That's a classic all right... but I wasn't aware it had gone into the public domain.Not much does, after all.Looks like someone's train of thought just derailed.Ba-doom-boom.L'accident de la gare Montparnasse (1895)Nobody knows who took the photo and no one has made any claim to it, plus it's...; Tags: photograph; Discussion threads 2008-04-14
Can Technology Meet the Challenge?: I remember when there were population explosion predictions more than forty years ago: famine and global doom were touted as likely outcomes. Then farmng practics and crop varieties changed and much of the expected disaster fizzled into the continuing run of regional famines that plague poorer parts of the...; Tags: Global Warming, Famine, Humans, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-06
Friday Rant: Let XP die!: So, Microsoft has set the XP cut off date. June 30, 2008. That's fine with me. It's time for XP to die. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I didn't like XP, but that time has passed. Long passed. The last few XP installs that I've carried out have...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-04-04
Vista fiasco continues with retreat to XP: Vista fiasco continues with retreat to XPVista is what squeezed me outof the MS flock. I was an avid supporter and advocate for MS right up to XP. I reluctantly went to XP Pro. Then along came WGA and false positives and Redmond telling me I needed to replace an...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Vista fiasco, ULCPC, fiasco, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Professional; Discussion threads 2008-04-04
SAP's Succession Plans: Making Things Safe for Business ByDesign?: SAP executed the beginning of a well-orchestrated and otherwise somewhat boring (and boring is good) management transition with the much-expected elevation of co-CEO Leo Apotheker to the more important title of heir-apparent. In the process, Henning Kagermann assumed the title of retiree-in-waiting, and all was good with the world. ...; Tags: Peter Zencke, SAP AG, BBD, Corporate Governance, Sales Strategy, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Sales Force Management, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sales, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-04-02
EPA and Gaia Man may agree on one thing: forget about global warming: The Environmental Protection Agency was ordered one year ago by the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a ruling on whether greenhouse gas emissions are dangerous to public health and welfare. That was a year ago. So twelve months later the E.P.,A. has finally decided to act by not...; Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Global Warming, Lovelock, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2008-04-01
Has Microsoft lost its way on desktop computing?: Has Microsoft lost its way on desktop computing?No, seriouslyStrategies and visions are for those who need to get somewhere. Microsoft doesn't want to go somewhere with the desktop, they are [i]there[/i], now. They own the desktop, just as they own the browser and messaging spaces.The only effort required...; Tags: Desktops, desktop, MSFT, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., operating system; Discussion threads 2008-04-01