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Tolkien's Middle-earth expands in online game

Tolkien's Middle-earth expands in online gameTolkien's Middle-earth expands in online gameScrew Lord of the Rings. Those friggin hobbit movies were boring as hell. All it was, was a bunch of people walking, three movies of people walking to a friggin volcano. Even the trees walked in those friggin movies.Hobbits...

Tags: Games, Middle-earth, Tolkien, online game, game

Discussion threads 2007-01-25

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Google Maps and the mystery of the non-existent town

anagram softwareDid you get the words "not real" out of it? With an extra "G" left over?Brilliant!Good find! If that isn't the solution, then it sure is one heck of a coincidence.It wouldn't surprise me at all if that is it. Similar things -- adding a fictional item...

Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, Network technology, Zack, Yahoo Maps, Google Inc., Google Maps, Argleton

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Can Cool-er e-reader undercut Amazon Kindle sales?

Can Cool-er e-reader undercut Amazon Kindle sales?OMG! You ran over my iPod with a steam roller...OMG! You ran over my iPod with a steam roller! It's ruined! I... I... hey, wait a minute. That'd make a cool looking eBook reader.The ease of buying books will make or...

Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, E-books, Digital music, Digital media, Amazon.com Inc., Cool-er e-reader, Amazon Kindle sale, Amazon Kindle, e-Reader, sales

Discussion threads 2009-05-14

The complexity of copyright

The complexity of copyrightOkay.. so what would be the alternative then?"In my opinion, this experiment (and it was an experiment -- "copyright" is a relatively new concept, historically speaking) has failed and needs to end."So in other words, we should put all works into the public domain then? If...

Tags: Web site development, Web technology, Microsoft Windows, public domain, U.S. Copyright, Web site

Discussion threads 2009-05-07

Summer reading for kids

A user on Slashdot asked yesterday for summer science fiction reading suggestions for his preteen kids. There were, of course, plenty of great thoughts from other Slashdot members that included all of the usual suspects from Bradbury to Asimov to Pratchett to Douglas Adams. However, the...

Tags: Kid, Slashdot, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Roleplaying Assistant 7.13b (Windows)

This is a character generator for a variety of role playing games. It is compatible with Star wars, Cyberpunk, Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, Alternity, Rolemaster, In Nomine Satanis Magna veritas,D20 Modern and Star wars D20. It provides a set of gaming tools, including a name generator with many name styles:...

Tags: Generator, Star Wars, Microsoft Windows, Galaxi Vice, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2008-03-12

Court upholds copyright law on 'orphan works'

Court upholds copyright law on 'orphan works'It's a poor legacy that it leavessad Sony had such a hand in it, but politicians do not make such grand artists but better businessmen. Oh well, time to travel to a foreign country so you can perform Happy Birthday in a restaurant...

Tags: Big Business, useful Art, copyright law, U.S. Senate, Constitution

Discussion threads 2007-01-23

AGLOCO: You can't pronounce success?

AGLOCO is already making the rounds in the blogosphere. I agree with Mike Arrington that it looks like a bad idea repackaged. If they came up with this name, its a bad sign. Liz Gannes points out weve seen this very idea before, as an infomediary called AllAdvantage.com. At VentureBeat,...

Tags: Business &, Technology

Blog posts 2006-11-20

The tip of the open source spear

I'm going to write about this at length next week, but for now, as the press bids farewell to LinuxWorld in San Francisco, something needs to be said.Linux and open source should not be confused with one another. Linux is open source, but so is much else. Instead, Linux is...

Tags: LINUX IS, open source

Blog posts 2006-08-16

Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-earth II demo (Windows)

With all new content from J.R.R. Tolkien's original fiction, delve deeper than ever before and engage in new battles that go beyond the award-winning movie trilogy. Wage war in the North and assume command of the most storied civilizations in all of Middle-earth history--the Elven and Dwarven armies--or fight on...

Tags: Electronic Arts Inc., Microsoft Windows, Benefits, Payroll Solutions, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources

Software downloads 2006-02-09

Gandalf to speed up Internet access

Gandalf is not only a character from J. R. R. Tolkien's universe. It is also the acronym of a European networking project, which stands for "Gbit/s Access Network using remote Delivery opticAL Feeder." Its goal is to carry data at speeds up to a thousand times faster than with existing...

Tags: cable, Gandalf, Gandalf work?The

Blog posts 2005-11-14

ARMY OF DARKNESS 3D SCREENSAVER 1.0 (Windows)

The dreadful Army of Darkness is leaving its stronghold to embark on a bloody campaign to conquer the world. Watch the endless column of blood-thirsty Trolls, Orcs, Mumakils and great machines of war on their way to the land of the final battle between good and evil. This screensaver will...

Tags: 3D, Microsoft Windows, Scout

Software downloads 2005-08-09

Nokia debuts Linux-based Web device

Nokia debuts Linux-based Web deviceNokia debuts Linux-based Web deviceProving once again my theory that nothing good ever came out of the Finnish culture. This device is just about useless and offers nothing that can't be had already. I'm sure a few die-hards will buy it just for the...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, PDAs, OPEN SOURCE, Handhelds, Patent License, Web, Palm Inc., Nokia Corp., Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-05-25

Hesperides 1.2 (Mac)

Hesperides is an adaptation of Didier Willis' Dragon Flame, a sindarin (the grey-elven language, invented by J.R.R. Tolkien) dictionary, to Mac OS X. So, Mac Lovers can now be lambendili too : Hesperides integrates Didier's sindarin dictionary, distributed on his web site as a XML file, with a state-of-the-art Mac...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Nousoft, Hesperides, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2004-11-27

Readers speak: Who's right in iPod fight?

Readers speak: Who's right in iPod fight?Right or Wrong, Real losesIf this goes to court and Apple wins, Real's customer lose.If it doesn't and Apple changes the iPod software to kill the Real hacks, Real's customers lose.Who cares who is right? Either way, IMO, if you are a Real...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple iPod, music, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2004-08-02

Age of Mythology: The Titans The Silmarillion map (Windows)

This is a custom single-player map for Age of Mythology: The Titans. The map is based on the book of the same name by J.R.R. Tolkien. The events take place long before those in the Lord of the Rings, but they are no less epic.

Tags: Titan, Mythology, Mike Martin, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-06-28

Stronghold Lord of the Rings map pack (Windows)

This is a custom map pack for Stronghold based on the universe created by J.R.R Tolkien for the Lord of the Rings books. There are 31 different scenarios with two difficulty settings for each.

Tags: LOTR Team, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-06-28

Age of Mythology: The Titans Siege of Gondolin map (Windows)

This is a custom single-player scenario for Age of Mythology: The Titans. The map is based on the Fall of Gondolin from the Silmarillion by J.R.R. Tolkien.

Tags: Titan, Mythology, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-06-18

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind LOTR Weapons Mod (Windows)

This mod will allow you to use weapons inspired by Tolkien s trilogy in Morrowind. This plug-in adds 9 LOTR weapons (including an Elven-parrying knife equipped as a shield and both a 1 handed and 2 handed version of the ranger sword) to RalenTilvur in the Foreign Quarter plaza in...

Tags: Weapon, Microsoft Windows, Bethesda Softworks, Tribunal

Software downloads 2004-04-22

Aliens Versus Predator 2 Osgiliath Map (Windows)

This is an original Aliens Versus Predator 2 map modeled after the city of the same name from the J.R.R. Tolkien books.

Tags: Alien, Rob Lappin, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2004-04-21