Posted by 010081
Entertainment
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
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A little update on Conan O’Brien , seeing as though we spent a couple of days there talking about his every move. The man is taking his show on the road, bringing the funny to a city near you in the coming weeks! It’s the called “ The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On Television Tour ,” and I’m sure it’ll be wonderful. Conan made the announcement on Twitter a few hours ago, but there’s really not a whole lot of info. Presumably it’ll be the things you know and love from the show, but in a Broadway-like setting. The show begins touring in April, kicking off in Eugene, Oregon, which could be the strangest place to kick off a tour I’ve ever seen. Good for Coco. They’re in New York on June 1 and June 2. Do I go or not go?
Posted by Kevin Huffman
Tech
Thursday, March 11th, 2010
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Razer announced today that they are going to be releasing Mac drivers for all of their future products. This comes on the heels of the announcement that Steam is coming to the Macintosh as well. Razer specifically mentioned the upcoming line of StarCraft II peripherals, which makes sense in light of the fact that Blizzard has always released a Mac version of their games at the same time as their PC versions. From the press release: RAZER™ REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO SUPPORT MAC® USERS Game Developers Conference, San Francisco, Calif. – March 10, 2010 – Today at the Game Developers Conference, Razer, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-end precision gaming and lifestyle peripherals, announced an effort to increase support for Mac users by issuing driver support for all upcoming Razer products, including the Razer StarCraft® II peripheral suite. “I’m very proud to say that at Razer, we are committed to supporting both Mac and PC gamers,” said Robert “Razerguy” Krakoff, president, Razer USA. “We are constantly working to increase driver support for Mac with our existing Razer products and have plans to release all of our new products with dedicated Mac and PC drivers. This is a really exciting opportunity to expand the gaming industry and make it more inclusive for Mac users by providing the same level of support that we give to our PC users.” In April of 2008, the Razer DeathAdder™ for Mac was revealed, crafted specifically to provide Max OS X users with the same legendary ergonomic form factor and precision enjoyed by the PC gaming community. Complete with lunar white accents to accentuate the crisp, clean lines customary to Apple® products, the Razer DeathAdder for Mac is loaded with 1000Hz Ultrapolling™ technology and five independently programmable Razer Hyperesponse™ buttons. Today, Razer is proud to offer several options for the Mac gaming community, providing full Mac support for the Razer Naga™, the world’s best selling MMO gaming mouse, as well as the Razer DeathAdder, a cult favorite among the right-handed gaming community. Razer is completely committed to supporting Mac users and will be releasing drivers to equip existing products with Mac compatibility. Basic Mac support is already available for the Razer Orochi™, Razer Mamba™ and Razer Imperator™, with further updates scheduled for later this year.
Posted by Kevin Huffman
Tech
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
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MSI has added another skinny notebook to its X-Slim series with the announcement of the 13-inch X360 model. This one makes use of an Intel Core i5 ultra low voltage CPU clocked at 1.06GHz alongside Intel’s HM55 graphics chipset. Other features include Windows 7 Home Premium, up to 4GB of DDR3 RAM, 13-inch screen at 1366
Posted by Kevin Huffman
Tech
Friday, March 5th, 2010
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Xbox LIVE was previously known to censor or even ban gamers who indicate or even hint they were of an untraditional sexually orientation. This could either be from listing it in user profile or using a slang term in a tag. Of course every time this happened to an avid Internet user, it made headlines across the web, smearing Microsoft’s good name. Microsoft previously stated that the policy was there to protect users from discrimination or harassment, while it actually did quite the opposite. Users were not allowed to be themselves. But Microsoft has finally fixed its error and the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use and Code of Conduct has been update to be a bit more friendly. Gamers can now be any race, nationality, religion, or sexual orientation they choose. This applies to Gamertags and profiles, but there’s probably still a some moderators looking out for truly offensive violations. Surely a few clean tags will be flagged even after this update, although the announcement indicates that a stronger enforcement policy has been implemented as well to prevent misuse. At least Microsoft is trying even if this update comes way too late in the game. Gamers have dealt with this issue for years.
Posted by Kevin Huffman
Tech
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
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Yup , 90 million Windows 7 licenses sold. I think that means we can call it a success. Microsoft made the announcement this week at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media, & Telecom Conference in San Francisco. The company’s CFO, Peter Klein, said the operating system has “terrific momentum.” What he should have said is that Windows XP came out in 2001, and people were waiting for a functional, new operating system from Microsoft since then. Clearly Vista, released in 2007, was the flop of all flops, even if it wasn’t nearly as bad as you’d be led to believe. Bad, but maybe not that bad , you know? And yes, I was one of those 90 million licenses—Windows 7 Home Premium has served my gaming PC quite well. I’m still a Mac guy at heart (meh, I guess, I’m not a zealot or anything!), but Windows 7 does the job quite nicely.