Looks like Posh Suicide's not only a gamer, she's apparently played Portal as well. I still can't get the intro clip to play, and you have to be a member to see the photo set, but I thought the gaming reference was enough to post this ;-)
X3F has posted a video overview to each of the four new CoD4 maps you'll get with the DLC pack, along with a quick description of each. You can add the video to your portable player, watch it streaming, or download the file manually. Head on over to see what your 800 MS points will get ya.
Kotaku's churning the rumor mill that the Bioshock sequel/prequel may include other platforms based on the job postings on the 2K web site. Wii, anyone?
Roundups: cooling
Written by t-readyroc
Tuesday, 08 April 2008
First roundup is from the roundup kings themselves. The Madshrimps take 7 notebook coolers to task to see which does the best job. I've always wondered about getting a notebook cooler.... hmmm... The second roundup is from BenchmarkReviews, who include a total of 14 different CPU coolers in their Q1 '08 roundup.
"Clark had some small success with the name, based on a pizza delivery and advertising site he started with a friend. When they quickly turned the profit corner with that business, Clark started thinking about selling the domain name."
Sun is now staying the executioner's axe by another ten years for the 1.4 version of JavaSE. 1.4 is the now ancient version of Java from the era before Sun simply ditched the "1." from the beginning of the nomenclature.
I can think of a couple of programs (SAS being the most notable) that still require 1.4.x and will install it if it doesn't find it in your system; so I suppose the support extension is important in that respect.
"This is for paying customers only. Others must upgrade to the latest edition of Java SE, with free support slashed from six to three years - or fend for themselves using Sun's OpenJDK."
Ballmer pushes Microsoft - Yahoo deal into hostile takeover territory
Written by t-readyroc
Monday, 07 April 2008
The Yahoo/Microsoft deal is getting interesting. It seems that MS is getting forceful with its "offer" to buy the search giant, and has threatened to bypass Yahoo's board in the process. Does this mean that an MS purchase of Yahoo is now inevitable? Would the Yahoo brand/services live on after such an acquisition? Crazy to imagine a web without it...
"But, in so many words, Balmer also smugly concluded that resistance was futile and that, not only would they end up taking over Yahoo, but that Yahoo shareholders might well be more than a little peeved at the fact the company had turned down a pretty good deal at the get go, resulting in months of unhelpful stalling."