By Peter | Published:
September 21, 2005
LONDON (Reuters) – Google, the online search leader, confirmed on Tuesday it has begun a limited test of a free wireless Internet service, called Google WiFi. The existence of the Wi-Fi service, which offers high-speed connections to the Internet over short distances, is confirmed by public pages on the company’s Web site and was first [...]
By Peter | Published:
September 21, 2005
This version includes several security and stability fixes, including a fix for a reported buffer overflow vulnerability and a fix for a Linux shell command vulnerability. Specific changes in Firefox 1.0.7 * Fix for a potential buffer overflow vulnerability when loading a hostname with all soft-hyphens * Fix to prevent URLs passed from external programs [...]
By Peter | Published:
September 16, 2005
Well, here it is the Nintendo Revolution Controller, which looks like….well…..a, ok, its looks a damn DVD remote. Its supposed to track your hand moments, so you swing it around to move things on the screen. The “concept” of a device that that works by tilting and moving is intresting, however the design didn’t sell [...]
By Peter | Published:
September 15, 2005
BERLIN, Germany (Reuters) — A German inventor has angered animal rights activists with his answer to fighting the soaring cost of fuel — dead cats. Christian Koch, 55, from the eastern county of Saxony, told Bild newspaper that his organic diesel fuel — a homemade blend of garbage, run-over cats and other ingredients — is [...]
By Peter | Published:
September 15, 2005
TOKYO – Sept. 15, 2005 – Fueling global anticipation for the arrival of its powerful new video game and entertainment system, Microsoft Corp. today announced that Xbox 360 will arrive on store shelves Tuesday, Nov. 22 in North America, Friday, Dec. 2 in Europe, and Saturday, Dec. 10 in Japan. The announcement, made on the [...]
By Peter | Published:
September 14, 2005
Some nice shots of the new UI of the Xbox 360′s dashboard. Now if they would just release the damn thing!
By Peter | Published:
September 13, 2005
From the creators of the Burnout racing series, Criterion Games, comes Black, a first person shooter title that’s all about the guns. With a simply amazing amount of detail put into how to make the guns exciting, the game focuses on recreating incredible special effects that only hollywood can only dream of, all presented on [...]
By Peter | Published:
September 13, 2005
What look like early screen grabs of the new MS Office 12 interface have surfaced. Not a whole lot of change from the previous versions, however the general navigation of toolbars and menus seems to be getting overhauled. xBetas.com has the photos.
By Peter | Published:
September 13, 2005
The Macromedia Flash Player 8 for OS X has been released, you can get a copy right here. Flash Player allows users to view integrated Flash content in Web sites. Flash Player 8 includes a higher quality video codec, an advanced text-rendering engine, and an improved security model and privacy controls to offer better performance [...]
By Peter | Published:
September 12, 2005
More movie news, A Scanner Darkly posters have also appeared, and look really great! Lots of photos over at GearCritech.