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In followup to the news box issues we posted about yesterday, it seems that Agg has fixed it however he is still looking for a long term solution to the problem. Thanks to everyone who helped us out on that. Ok, we've figured out one probable issue, so should be mostly working atm, but we'll need to think of a proper long-term solution. Ta for testing.
Battlefield Pirates 1.2, a mod for Battlefield 2, has been released, servers can be found here and an Australian mirror can be found here. Thanks Trevor for all of these links. Ahoy, all eyes and ears! Since the release of our open beta two weeks ago, our crew has been spending plenty time below-deck, fixing up the unforeseen issues and bugs that many have encountered. Today, we're happy to announce the first update for Battlefield Pirates 2; our witty and creative naming committee has dubbed it as version 1.2 (spoiler: 1.1 was an internal build). This major overhaul not only features a range of bug fixes, including for the notorious crash issues, but also introduces a couple new treats to our swashbuckling mod.
Phoronix have revealed more details of the Asus "instant on Linux" feature on some of their motherboards. Following our ASUS Motherboard Ships With Embedded Linux, Web Browser article, ASUS has released a series of slides to Phoronix containing additional information about their "Express Gate" functionality. Express Gate is meant to be complementary to your traditional operating system for when you want to surf the Internet without fear of Windows attacks and when you don't want to wait for your computer to turn on. ASUS Express Gate also consumes less power than using a traditional operating system.
TechGage have interviewed Christopher Cox from Intel. Recently, most of the buzz around Intel's technologies focus on 45nm and X38, but what about memory? We sit down with Intel's Christopher Cox to learn more about XMP (Extreme Memory Profiles) and also get a glimpse of what's in the future for memory.
TrustedReviews have posted about lighting when using a camcorder. Good lighting is an important way to improve the professionalism of your camcorder footage. James Morris explains the basics.
PCMech have posted a video guide to programming your first video game. Some people have great ideas for new video games but don’t know where to start. XNA is a good place to get your foot in the door concerning the world of video game programming. Even if you have absolutely no programming experience, you can check out XNA to see how easy or difficult it is for you to use. Hey, it’s better than starting from absolute scratch!
On a similar note, Bit-Tech have written about writing an adventure game. Adventure games died off because they failed to evolve. They failed to find new answers, a new language different from the traditional ‘Point and Click’, which led them to totally miss the console market. Because console games use a controller and not a mouse, because they are fast paced and targeting a younger audience, they made adventure games look out of place.
LegitReviews have analysed the significance of AMD's triple core Phenom. When AMD announced they were coming out with a triple-core processor in the Phenom family of processors in Q1 2008, it caught many in the industry off guard. It turns out that AMD changed course a bit at the eleventh hour and managed to come up with an interesting gameplan to keep competitive with Intel in the months ahead...
They also have updated their hardware leader board. This month there aren't many component changes on the four systems, though users looking at components in the Dream System will probably want to wait another month or two as the field will change dramatically in the November/December time frame with 45nm Intel CPUs and AMD's Barcelona processors coming out late in the year.
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