So it looks like the PS3/Xbox 360 arguement of the PSN being free may be slowly coming to an end.

It has been confirmed (original article from Engadget, link at the bottom) that Sony is going to start offering a “premium” pay service to the PlayStation Network that will leave existing services intact and free, but add new stuff for a monthly fee.  Now, my question is, how long before they start moving services from the “free” category to the “premium” category.  Check out the full article at the link below and let us know what you think!
Engadget: Sony’s Kaz Hirai confirms ‘premium level’ subscription coming to PSN.

File this under: incredible custom gaming consoles. Built by hailrazer of Ben Heck’s forums, the NCube originally started out as a Datamax Kid’s Delight toy, which was then gutted and fitted with GameCube internals along with a PSOne display. Video after the break. Click here for first picture in gallery.

found @ www.techeblog.com

Rumores em vários sites de tecnologia da web de que a Fundação Mozilla e a Sony estejam negociando o Firefox para o console PS3, é notícia hoje.

Em se tratando de acesso web, o Xbox 360 está á frente do console japonês, e por este motivo a Sony vê com bons olhos o interesse da Fundação Mozilla em integrar seu browser á plataforma.

Na semana passada a Sony atualizou o firmware da seu console para a versão 3.10, possibilitando acesso ao Facebook, em resposta á integração do seu concorrente da Microsoft ao Twitter e também à mesma rede social.

Nintendo promised to roll out their 4.2-inch screen iteration of the Nintendo DS thus named Nintendo DSi LL on November 21 and so they did. Last Saturday, the handheld consoles were let loose to eager Japanese upgraders.

I admit I just recently converted from mainly playing with my PSP to owning a DS Lite and I chose the DS Lite over the DSi for a couple of reasons:

1. Camera’s not worth the Php4,000 price difference
2. There’s really not much difference that I’d miss between the DSi and the DS Lite which is primarily the camera and the larger screen
3. I don’t surf with my handheld consoles. That’s what the iPod Touch is for.

So would I be bothered to get the DSi LL when it hits Philippine shores? Nope. It’s going to be nearly twice the size the DS Lite and size was one of my issues with the PSP (but unwilling to give up the screen real-estate, I didn’t bother with the PSP Go either ). I’m also not sure if the games designed for the DS Lite and DSi would fit the larger screen of the LL or that we’d just be staring at games with larger pixels. But if at some point there are way too many good games exclusively released for the LL screen size and resolution that it’s stupid not to upgrade, then maybe I’ll fork over my money to get one. But until then, I’m sticking to Wadsworth.

News from Engadget.

I have recently been playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 a lot.  I love the game!  (Although it is taking me a while to get back into my first-person shooter groove.)  I haven’t finished the single-player campaign yet, but what I have played of it is wonderful.  The graphics are amazing, the storyline is flawless, and the missions are both fun and challenging.  Online mulitiplayer on XBox Live is fun.  The weapon choices are amazing and the customizations that this game has brought are unbelievable.  The classes are very thorough and the side-arm choices are great this time around.  No more sticking to only pistols.

I was a huge fan of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, especially the online mulitiplayer.  This game has stayed true to that experience, but has really upped the ante.  With kill streak as well as death streak customizations, even getting killed a few times isn’t as bad.  I was not a fan of Call of Duty: World at War, so I am very happy to see a game that is basically an improvement upon the first Modern Warfare.  It is very easy to get sucked in and play for hours.  I love the introduction of the Predator Missile, as well as the care package drops and all the other new perks this game has to offer.

If you haven’t tried it yet, I say pick up a copy and happy gaming!

This site is a testament to our core ideology of being a PC gamer. Starting out young on a computer, we have remained true to our platform, stuck with it throught thick and thin and I think it’s safe to say that our loyalty has stood strong thus far.

Now, however, our worst fears are becoming realised, and the future is no more like what we  had envisioned. Our beloved platform is being pushed down to the depths of commercialisation and generalisation. Instead of being at the forefront, the PC is continually being viewed at as the third wheel of the gaming industry, the orphaned 15 year old kid that no foster family wants. The PC has fallen victim to numerous rushed console ports and a general lack of attention from developers.

So we begin this site to concentrate on the platform we love best, its hardware, and more importantly, its games. In the future, we will be discussing games, writing reviews, showcasing previews, and even adding a laugh or two in between.

Hopefully one day we can look back at this article and remind ourselves of our true identity.

If you’re a Goshdarn fanatic, or you just stalk me whilst I go about my daily business, then you will know that Sam of Goshdarn has a favourite colour that is green. That’s why the Gosh in Goshdarn is green, and also why his name comes first. My favourite colour, on the other hand is red, and explains why the Darn is red, and why I come second in the typical naming procedure.

However, everything may change as of now.

I woke up this morning, happy and content. My cousins were staying, and we had been playing a little Assassin’s Creed II – which is awesome, FYI – and after they had gone to bed, I had played some Left 4 Dead 2 – another fantastic game. Both of these beautiful games were being played on my equally beautiful XBOX 360, and had been recently purchased to add to the brilliance of the weekend to come.

However, when I went to turn on the XBOX this morning, I was horrified – I actually screamed – to see that the little light on the right hand bottom corner of the Ring of Light was flashing red. Never a good sign. To accompany that, the console was telling me I had an error E37, and should contact Microsoft. Tossers.

Turns out I have to send it off for repairs, which could cost me upwards of £60, because I’m not bloody insured.

I’m not best pleased. Seriously.

If the console isn’t returned in full working order by Christmas, then I’m going to crack some skulls. I’m still screaming to myself now. Maybe I should just buy a new one. I have to money, and it would make everything much quicker. Maybe an Elite, with 120GB hard drive.

What do you think?

At least this gives me a good incentive to finish NaNoWriMo with minimal distractions…

Author: Roberto Sedycias
Source: ezinearticles.com

The abstraction of the Wii bold animate was conceived in the year 2001 by Nintendo`s bold designers. Advised basically in the Nintendo DS style, the Wii bold animate is the seventh bearing gaming animate which is able to play all official Bold Cube games.

Until April 2006, this animate was accepted with the cipher name of Revolution. As the name Revolution was too continued and difficult to pronounce, the aggregation formulated the new name `Wii` which is both abbreviate and simple to pronounce. The acumen that was cited for the alternative of this name by the aggregation was that as Wii articulate like We, it emphasized that the animate was acceptable for all. The spelling of Wii with two lower cases `i` appearance resembled two humans continuing abutting to anniversary added which represented players acquisition for the game.

The Wii bold animate is a actual glassy and acute accessory with a array of just 2 inches. The amplitude of the animate is about six inches and the breadth about eight and a bisected inch. As the architecture is actual bunched and compressed, it can be adapted to any TV set actual easily. This animate has four ports for controllers that accredit four players to adore these amateur simultaneously. It has become absolutely accepted as a ancestors bold animate and generally becomes a acumen for accepting calm with your ancestors and friends.

Using the animate is as simple, “Game Console“, as arena the amateur and you do not charge to be a approved in adjustment to adore these games. The Nintendo Wii aswell comes with affectionate controls that enables parents to lock those amateur which they feel are not acceptable for arena by kids. As the Nintendo Wii has options for internet surfing, there is an advantage to lock internet admission also.

The Wii bold animate has a wireless advice arrangement and comes with four accordant limited controls. The SOI CMOS chips those admiral the Nintendo Wii animate are advised and developed in accord with IBM. The remotes of the Wii animate are a masterpiece in themselves as they are actual authentic in motion analysis technology. These remotes can aswell be acclimated in abounding added amateur also. The architecture of the limited is such that the user can ascendancy the bold both with the advice of acceptable buttons and aswell with concrete gestures of the body.

Another basic ascribe accessory of the Nintendo Wii bold animate is the Nunchuck. They are aswell actual adequate to use as they fit into the duke of the amateur actual calmly as the remote, and accept added operational appearance and can facilitate added needs of a amateur than the limited control.

The Wii bold animate recorded almanac sales back its barrage and succeeded in overtaking its competitors in the antecedent years itself. In the aboriginal bisected of year 2007, the Wii bold animate fabricated added sales in North America than the accumulated sales of Playstation 3 and Xbox 30. Currently it leads the Japanese bazaar in absolute sales and aswell has a actual acceptable allowance over both its competitors.

With all the concrete advantages, the Wii bold animate has aswell been a amount of criticism for some as the acceptance of Wii bold animate is apparent to be added physically ambitious and the users of this animate has sometimes complained of a tennis elbow. However, with, “Game Console“, the abetment of Nintendo and astringent acceptance of the gaming console, Wii has been able to appear out of all criticism and fabricated a abode for itself in the TV bold animate market.

Roberto Sedycias works as IT consultant for Polomercantil.

Author: Jod Carey
Source: ezinearticles.com

The Xbox 360 (sometimes shortened to X360) has been praised all around, and not without fault; put simply, it’s a great machine.

The Xbox 360 has great graphical capability, processing power, and quite the fan base. Being, “Game Console“, owned and manufactured by Microsoft, it may be the best funded next-gen system, in the PR department (advertisements and the like).

When the Xbox (original) was first released, many consumers were skeptical, seeing as it was made by a computer company, and people just tended to separate computers from video game consoles on a large scale. Since then, the trust in Microsoft to create a genuinely great console has undoubtedly expanded.

The Xbox 360 has made people take a second look at what a good gaming experience is. With the blade user interface (soon to be replaced with a more user-friendly and aesthetically pleasing and functional dashboard), there is so much that you can do, and also so much that Microsoft’s Xbox team can do, in adding to it and expanding on what they have. But this is just the tip of the iceberg… Look further into the system and you’ll find some things that were never even considered to be included in a gaming console before – Things other than games.

With the Xbox Live Marketplace, you can download movies (rental or purchase), TV shows, themes for your dashboard, icons for your gamercard, and even games (this is including original Xbox games that you can fully download to your console and “Xbox Live Arcade” games which are cheap little games that can keep you occupied for some time, and they’re also integrated into the whole user experience, with achievements and the like). This really adds onto the entire entertainment experience, making your gaming console for more than just gaming. Plus, you can buy a pretty large hard drive for your console to store all that extra media. Oh, and the demos… You know how you walk into your local game store, hop onto a console, and play a demo of a game? Well, you can download all those demos for free in the Xbox Live Marketplace, as well. This is one of my favourite, “Game Console“, features, seeing as it really opens you up to new games, and some of the demos can be played over and over again for a free, fun gaming experience.

The Xbox 360 is mostly praised for it’s wide selection of games. I can’t find a way to confirm this, but to me, it does seem true. The selection is very wide, and a lot of the games are “Only On Xbox 360″ games, which plays a large role in the sales of the console itself.

With the Xbox 360, you’ll find games of all genres in good numbers, to please gamers of casual status to gamers of hardcore status (self-endowed, most likely). When it comes to game availability and genre coverage, this seems to be the champion, retaining consistent third-party support.

The console itself is competently stylish. It’s easy on the eyes, but not anything to gawk at.

The layout of the buttons and inputs on the front of the console is very efficient and ergonomic, which is very important, and while I wouldn’t shake a finger at how the back of the console is designed, it’s nothing special (not a knock at the console, though; there’s not much room for intuitive design here, nor does it really effect the console at all).

The games all support 1080p, which is fantastic. So, if you’ve got a spectacular TV, you won’t be disappointed with the way your games look while you play them… Believe me, you’ll actually be pretty consumed. Even with a standard TV, the games still look amazing, and you’ll appreciate little details that some game developers pay mind to.

When it comes to price, the Xbox 360 goes across the scale. (Please note – The following figures are based on the time of writing. There is a good chance that they will change in the near future.) You can find refurbished or used consoles as low as $150, a new console with no hard drive for $200, a console with a 60GB hard drive for $300, or the Xbox 360 Elite (black finish with a 120GB hard drive) for $400. It really all depends on how much you want to spend… Or even what you feel is necessary. If you like the convenience of the 120GB hard drive, but prefer the white finish on the console (as I do), then you can just go for one of the choices other than Elite and purchase the hard drive separately.

The peripherals for this console are great, giving you options such as a steering wheel, wired/wireless controllers (also compatible as PC gamepads, with adapter for wireless, which is very cool if you’re a PC gamer as well as a console gamer), wired/wireless headsets, and so on. You’ll find the way you like to play. Since I’ve gotten my 360, I personally dislike playing with a wired controller on it. The wireless controller gives you so much freedom and ease of use… It’s very nice. Although, there is the fact that you have to change batteries (although the rechargeable battery pack for the controller will fix this right on up, for a price).

The gameplay is generally very smooth. I’ve only ran into the game freezing a few times, and clearing the cache of the console fixed that up each time, so it’s really not much of an issue.

Of course, there are instances where you’ll be playing a game, move to a new area, and it will take a few seconds for the textures to load, which can really be a pain and seem to slow things down, but it’s a small price to pay.

VERDICT:

All-in-all, the Xbox 360 is a fantastic choice for most gamers… Of course, it appeals more to hardcore gamers, but there are selections for those who choose not to participate in games that require constant attention and very quick jabs of the thumbs on the analog sticks.

* Console Power & Functionality: 9/10

* Console Game Variety, Game Quality & Game Prices: 9/10

* Console Additional Features: 8/10

* Console Aesthetics: 7/10

* Console Price/Value: 9/10

* Total Score: 84%

The Xbox 360 review was covered as part of the ongoing Games Lunatic review series. Games Lunatic are a free online games provider who also cover many reviews ranging from flash games to home video game entertainment.

Author: Jod Carey
Source: ezinearticles.com

The Nintendo Wii has been incredibly hyped since release. Almost two years later, it’s still pretty difficult to get the console, and there is still buzz all around about it, whether it be positive or negative.

This console started out with huge sales that it still holds today to a lesser extent, and the hype about the console made the countdown to the release unbearable (and made the time after release when you couldn’t get a hold of one even worse), and there’s still debate as to whether it’s fully lived up to all of this hype. In this console review, I’ll touch down on both sides and give you the serious scoop on what this console is all about, and I’m confident that by the end of it you will have a solid opinion on the Nintendo Wii.

Back when it was called the Revolution, the Wii was just beginning to build up hype. Rumours were spread, fans were anxious, and developers were curious. As time went on and we got more photographs of a more final console and peripherals, we all sat by in awe awaiting the release of the One Console to Rule Them All. Not only was the console aesthetically beautiful, but the peripherals were revolutionary, and the console, in size, was incredibly compact (small enough to fit into some large pockets for easy transportation). All of these incredibly helped boost the console in hype, and by the time the console was finally released there were Nintendo fanboys and video game strangers all lined up to get a chance to try out this new form of intuitive, interactive gaming.

A lot of them were subsequently disappointed (by “subsequently,” I don’t mean right after… Took a while) by the lack of good third party support. It was just astounding how Nintendo, “Game Console“, released console after console without a good amount of developers lined up and ready to create games for it. Of course, we saw so many titles… Mario, Zelda, and Metriod, to name a few. Sound familiar? All Nintendo.

Don’t get me wrong – They’re all great games. But, the lack of variety not only brings the inevitable lack of a wide genre of games, but it also made the console seem pretty useless after a while. I mean, Wii Sports was a great game to release along with the console, but after 2 weeks or so of sore arms, broken lamps, and battery usage… It just tends to get old.

As the console grew, as did it’s functionality. We got the news, the map, the weather, even the internet. And let’s not forget the voting channel. It held its own in the “game consoles do things other than gaming” department… Until the consumers realized that DVD compatibility was nonexistent. We could do so many things with our newfangled gaming console, except for watch movies. It was a large letdown – an all-around disappointment. But, we couldn’t forget the blessings that we received – Backwards-compatibility with Gamecube games, WiiWare giving us downloadable old-school games, and SD card support to save games and view pictures. But – Wait. None of this is new! Downloadable content? Not too revolutionary. Backwards-compatibility has been out ever since console sequels began, and an SD card to save games is just like a memory card or hard drive – Except that with the other consoles, their memory is more versatile.

The Nintendo Wii was also lacking in one major, major area that really gave a low- blow to hardcore gamers – Decent graphics. The Wii has graphics fairly reminiscent to the last-gen Playstation 2, and that’s just, “Game Console“, unacceptable in today’s world of HD-Everything. One game looks spectacular on the other consoles and PC, and yet falls short of par on the Nintendo Wii.

That’s not to say that it’s incapable of decent graphics – Super Smash Brothers Brawl was aesthetically pleasing. But they had to put that on a dual-layer disc to fit all the data, and many of them (like my own) didn’t work because of dust build-up on the Wii’s disc laser, so you had to send in your Nintendo Wii for repair. It’s accomplishable, but at what cost?

One thing that it does have is a built-in wireless adapter. While the Sony Playstation 3 does have this, the Xbox 360, sadly, does not, and it is a very nice convenience (especially with such a tiny console ? It’s nice to not have to lug anything extra around). Again, not revolutionary, but a positive.

One thing I cannot get over is the built-in storage… They supply us with 512MB of memory and expect us to be able to buy all their games from WiiWare? We need to spend even more money to get an SD card to hold all of that stuff, and it’s just tedious. It would be nice without the extra effort is all I’m saying… I mean, that amount of storage space is incredibly miniscule in today’s computing world, and I just find it horrendous.

All these horrible things aside, it does have very intuitive gameplay. It fully immerses you into the game, and makes you a part of it. Of course, it would be MORE immersive with better graphics, but what can you do?

The amount of lost potential on this console astounds me. They could have done so much here, especially with decent third party support, but they didn’t. I feel that a project like this would have been better left in the hands of Sony or Microsoft.

VERDICT:

The Nintendo Wii is great for families and parties, but it falls (incredibly) short for the hardcore gamer. It tucks its tail between its legs at the first sight of a decent first-person shooter, and the online play is… Well, there’s not much to talk about. It’s just like playing online with the DS… No chat, laggy, and not too great of a choice of games to play. Keep in mind, it IS free, so it’s not much of a penalty if you were planning on playing online just occasionally, but definitely not fit for the hardcore, every-day online gamer who wants to build a friends list and chat with buds. Basically, the console is good; not great. I’d wait for a dramatic price reduction.

Console Power & Functionality: 8/10
Console Game Variety, Game Quality & Game Prices: 6/10
Console Additional Features: 3/10
Console Aesthetics: 9/10
Console Price/Value: 6/10
Total Score: 64%

The Nintendo Wii review was covered as part of the ongoing Games Lunatic review series. Games Lunatic host free flash games online and also cover many reviews ranging from flash games to home video game entertainment.

Leave Job Running After Logout

Have you ever run a command on a Unix-like system and then realized it’ll take a really long time, and you want to log out of the computer and leave it running? Or maybe you’ve connected over SSH to a remote server and executed a command that will take a while, and you’re really worried that your network connection will fail and kill the command.

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While ‘Ea Sports FIFA Soccer’ was reinvented to special issue on the up-to-date contemporaries of consoles, ‘Pro Evolution’ has pretty floundered along, banking on the past expression to save it at the lead of the conference.
As we’ve found in the outside two twelvemonths, that is distinctly not enough any longer, and in ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 2010′ we look the start subscribes of the series eventually making its somebody back and future to damages with the more than powerful computer hardware.
For Instance, in my basic 10 minutes with ‘PES2010′ I get Andrea Pirlo to play an famously weighted little chip which Pato then slots home past a hopeless Van der Sar. AC Milan 1 Manchester United 0.
It is an experience that says most of what you need to know about ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 2010′ – most importantly, that ‘Pro Evolution’ is once more about working the lovely game attractively.
By demarcation, sitting with ‘Fifa Soccer SOCCER 10′, it considered me rather a piece to get the back of the net, ne’er mind doing so in style. Whereas ‘FIFA’ is going a toppingly full and pragmatic footballing simulation, it doesn’t admit you to play Brazilian-way football as easily as ‘Pro Evo’ sets – and that above all is what ‘Pro Evo 2010′ has getting for it.
Whereas the player invigorations and game cathartics still do not equivalence with that of ‘FIFA’, there are certainly advances this time round. The game depends and flows a bit cleaner than what it used to. The controls also feeling harder and more antiphonal than earlier. Supply a simple tactical management organisation and a generally brighter interface, and we’ve found a set of little furtherances that add up to something real.
Well accomplished player card and team way systems assist make the tactical face of matters lots easier than it’s always been. While it is feasible to play ‘Pro Evolution Soccer’ without ever even considering around tactics, attractive with the more solid face of matters in ‘Pro Evolution Soccer 2010′ is very honoring and certainly supplies a welcome layer of astuteness to the experience.
As ever, on the pitch ‘Evolution Soccer’ plays a comparatively fast-paced game of football.
That said, when set alongside ‘FIFA SOCCER 10′ with its magnificently executed 360 degree move and its wondrous feel of player burden and impulse, one does feel there is a disconnect in gameplay pragmatism. ‘Pro Evolution Soccer’ may be fun, but ‘Fifa Soccer’ is the proper matter.

‘Pro Evo 2010′ also provides a fairly solid Be A Legend mood, which grants you to hold only a one player on the pitch as matched to every 11 in your team. Be A Legend works only about as good as ‘Ea Sports FIFA’s’ Be A Pro and has the gain of a high cam that leans to whizz out more intelligently than that in ‘Fifa Soccer’. Even, Be A Legend, though a receive bangle, is barely where you’ll drop almost of your time.
It is much more likely you’ll spend your minutes in ‘Pro Evolution’s’ lots-improved on-line mode. Though quite stingy in comparison to ‘Fifa Soccer’ with its Live Seasons and the like, the merrier take on football does make for some extremely pleasurable live matches. I did feel some lag while playing on PSN, but matches were ne’er unplayable as they’ve been in earlier ages.
All that said though, it continues simpler to play gorgeous football in ‘Evolution Soccer’. And, after all, when you play a fast one-two, then scrap the ball into open distance for an on-rushing forward to slide home nervily, you’ll fall in passion with ‘Pro Evolution Soccer’ – not for its pragmatism, artworks, or excellent purgatives, but for its generosity toward your soccer-loving heart.

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Sono molto legato ai colori della bash di linux. Con i file colorati in base al loro tipo.

In oltre programmando spesso via ssh con vim, ormai mi sono affezionato a questo semplice e free editor.

Quindi ho voluto mettere anche sul mio mac le stesse caratteristiche.

Iniziamo dal principio:

Come colorare la nostra bash

il file in questione è

/private/etc/bashrc

Questo file è il file base che viene letto ogni volta che apriamo una shell.

E le caratteristiche che troviamo al suo interno vengono applicate ad ogni utente.

A meno di creare un file ~/.bash_profile all’interno della home dell’utente che vuole delle caratteristiche aggiuntive o comunque diverse da quelle di default.

Se non esiste (di default non c’è) creiamolo:

touch ~/.bash_profile

e all’interno mettiamo:

LSCOLORS='ExFxCxDxBxegedabagacad'
export LSCOLORS
export CLICOLOR=1

(NB: se avessimo voluto applicare gli highlight a tutti gli utenti, sarebbe bastato aggiungere queste righe al file /private/etc/bashrc)

Adesso riavviamo bashrc:

. ~/.bash_profile

C’è differenza?

PS: se volete cambiare i colori consultate il manuale di “ls” con il comando “man ls” e cercate CLICOLOR

Andiamo ora ad aggiungere qualche funzionalità a vim

Come per bashrc c’è un file base anche per vim:

/usr/share/vim/vimrc

e un file che appartiene ad un utente specifico (che di default non esiste, ma lo sappiamo creare con il comando touch):

~/.vimrc

Noi modificheremo quest’ultimo, creandolo e aggiungendo al suo interno:

set tabstop=4           " spazi del tab
set number              " mostra i numeri di riga
set cindent shiftwidth=4    "indenta in automatico
                            "dopo una parentesi
                            "graffa di 4 spazi
set background=dark     " così si vede meglio il colore
set ai                  " auto indenting
set history=100         " tiene 100 linee di history
set ruler               " mostra la posizione del cursore
syntax on               " highlighting per la sintassi
set hlsearch            " illumina l'ultima parola cercata
filetype plugin on      " use the file type plugins

" Quando editiamo un file, salta sempre all'ultima
" posizione del cursore
autocmd BufReadPost *
\ if ! exists("g:leave_my_cursor_position_alone") |
\ if line("'\"") > 0 && line ("'\"") <= line("$") |
\ exe "normal g'\"" |
\ endif |
\ endif

Provate ora ad aprire un file sorgente con vim… notate differenze?

Il existe un nombre incalculable de possibilités pour s’amuser avec la Nintendo DSi : libre à vous de créer, de personnaliser et de partager vos photos avec vos parents et amis, de modifier ou incorporer dans les jeux les sons que vous avez enregistrés, de jouer à plus de 1000 titres Nintendo DS, ou encore de télécharger les nouveaux logiciels DSiWare directement sur votre console. Enfin, la Nintendo DSi met Internet directement dans vos mains, pour s’amuser dès que vous allumez votre console

La Nintendo DSi introduit les caméras à détection de mouvement dans l‘univers des jeux vidéo portables
La Nintendo DSi comprend deux appareils photo numériques pour une toute nouvelle façon de jouer. Ces appareils photos sont en mesure de détecter avec précision les traits du visage du joueur et ses mouvements. Ainsi, le fait de déplacer son corps, ses mains, ses bras et sa tête devant l’objectif pourra constituer une nouvelle façon de jouer : les mouvements du joueur suffiront pour interagir avec sa console !

Amusez-vous avec vos photos
Les caméras de la Nintendo DSi sont disposées vers l’extérieur et vers l’intérieur de la console, sur le volet supérieur rabattable. De cette manière, les utilisateurs peuvent se prendre en photo ou photographier à loisir paysages, parents et amis. D’autre part, ce qui rend les caméras de la Nintendo DSi si particulières, ce sont les 11 effets de prise de vue inclus dans le logiciel de personnalisation des photos disponible dans le menu de la console.

Les utilisateurs peuvent modifier leurs images pendant ou même après les prises de vue. Parmi les choix disponibles, un outil de distorsion permet aux joueurs d’utiliser le stylet pour étirer leurs images de façons aussi loufoques qu’amusantes. Vous pouvez même changer le visage de vos sujets en Mario à l’aide de moustaches et de chapeaux, ou encore encadrer vos photos avec de magnifiques cadres. Toutes ces œuvres pourront ensuite être enregistrées dans un album photo personnalisé pour faire ainsi de votre Nintendo DSi un cadre photo numérique personnalisé ! Les utilisateurs peuvent échanger, sans fil, leurs prises de vues avec amis et parents. Ou encore, en sauvegardant les données sur une carte mémoire SD, ils pourront transférer leurs photos sur leur ordinateur ou leur Wii pour encore plus d’échanges via WiiConnect24 !

Jouer avec les sons
La Nintendo DSi jouit d’une meilleure qualité sonore et d’un niveau de volume accru pour que les utilisateurs puissent profiter pleinement du Studio Son Nintendo DSi, un nouveau logiciel inclus directement dans la console. Outre la possibilité de transformer la Nintendo DSi en super lecteur musical (les joueurs peuvent désormais lire sur leur console des fichiers musicaux au format AAC) avec filtres sonores incorporés, le Studio Son Nintendo DSi propose aussi de nouvelles méthodes inventives pour jouer avec les sons : changez le ton, le tempo de vos enregistrements ou encore effacez la piste voix de chansons préenregistrées.

Par exemple, les utilisateurs peuvent ralentir une phrase enregistrée dans une langue étrangère pour en étudier la prononciation. Ils peuvent aussi s’amuser à enregistrer leur propre voix et manipuler ensuite le play-back en ajoutant des effets sonores pour un résultat étonnant. Les joueurs peuvent aussi modifier la vitesse ou ajouter des effets aux chansons pour créer leurs propres remixes ou encore pour apprendre les paroles ou les solos d’instruments plus facilement.

Téléchargez DSiWare et personnalisez votre Nintendo DSi grâce à une multitude de nouveaux titres et d’applications…
Grâce au téléchargement, c’est vous qui composez le menu de votre console portable. Une multitude de logiciels amusants seront disponibles au téléchargement sur la boutique Nintendo DSi lors des prochains mois. Parmi eux, découvrez MovingMemoPad, un logiciel gratuit permettant aux utilisateurs de créer des animations, à partir de leurs dessins ou photos avec les sons qu’ils auront enregistrés. À partager de console en console ou à publier sur un site web pour recueillir les impressions ou les votes des internautes. Le nouveau mini épisode de la série WarioWare utilise la détection de mouvement et demande aux joueurs de bouger devant leur console selon les instructions données par les mini-jeux. Spectacle en public garanti ! Enfin, les utilisateurs pourront télécharger gratuitement un navigateur web conçu par Opera pour Nintendo DSi et cela dès la date de lancement pour surfer sur le web rapidement et facilement avec l’écran tactile.

Toutes ces applications et beaucoup d’autres pourront être téléchargées directement depuis la boutique Nintendo DSi via Internet et, grâce à la mémoire interne de la Nintendo DSi, ces données pourront être sauvegardées directement dans la console. Vous pourrez emmener partout tous vos jeux et tous vos logiciels !

Bourrée de fonctionnalités mais plus mince que jamais !
Outre la présence de toutes ces nouvelles fonctionnalités, la Nintendo DSi est 12% plus mince que la Nintendo DS Lite bénéficie d’une finition mate. Elle devient ainsi la console Nintendo la plus « portable » de tous les temps. En dépit de cela, la DSi regorge de puissance et de beauté grâce à un écran de 3,25 pouces encore plus grand et plus lumineux. La Nintendo DSi a été conçue pour permettre aux joueurs d’utiliser presque tous les jeux existants sur cette nouvelle console. Ainsi, les détenteurs d’une Nintendo DS (qui désirent améliorer leur équipement en se procurant une Nintendo DSi) n’auront pas à reconstituer leur ludothèque.

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I have been playing this for a while now and have to say that it’s probably the best game that i have played this year. If you liked the first modern warfare game then you will love this one even more. A lot of people have said that the campaign mode is too short but i disagree- its longer than the first. The levels are varied and the graphics are absolutely stunning.

There are a huge range of weapons that can have various upgrades such as silencers, scopes and lasers. There are sniping levels, arctic levels, underwater, space and river missions. The game has a unique style where you play as various characters in different stories.

There is also the multiplayer option which is awesome for playing with friends in co-op mode and also playing on Xbox live is brilliant- worth getting the game just for this. The maps are far superior to the first game.You can also play spec-ops mode where you can take on various challenges.

Overall i believe that this game is a must have this Xmas for anyone that owns a console.

Game Rating: 9.5/10

Loja da Sony em São Paulo - 26/10/2009

sim, aconteceu o que todo mundo esperava: a sony trouxe a marca PlayStation para o Brasil. tá certo, foi com mais de uma década de atraso e com uns preços pra lá de esquisitos, mas vamos lá aconteceu, e isso merece sim, uma comemoração, tímida mas uma comemoração! manual em português, suporte oficial… isso são coisas que não fazem muita diferença para os aficionados, mas para 98% do público, isso importa sim. imagina quantas pessoas nunca ouviram falar do PlayStation porque ele nunca foi divulgado em um comercial no Jornal Nacional ou nunca teve um quiosque de venda no Carrefour.  e com a marca oficialmente aqui, isso pode acontecer.

o PS2 é o líder incontestável do mercado nacional de vídeogames – fala-se em uma demanda de 1 milhão de consoles por ano -, então é compreensível que a Sony tenha escolhido ele para entrar no mercado. segundo comunicado da empresa, no entanto, este movimento “marca o início de uma operação de duas fases para implantação dos produtos e serviços da categoria aos consumidores em todo o País”. o que dá indícios de que o PS3 e o PSP chegarão em breve. a pergunta é, se a primeira fase demorou 15 anos para ser iniciada, quanto vai demorar para colocar em prática a segunda?

pelo que senti do Ron Tsutsui em setembro, não muito. e ele ganhou a minha confiança, prometeu que o produto estaria oficialmente no Brasil até o Natal e cumpriu. no Gamasutra vi uma notícia interessante também. a Sony quer vender 13 milhões de PS3 até março de 2010 e talvez chegar ao lucro em 2011. agora, vai me dizer que o Brasil não é importante nessa trajetória? fora que ter o console de última geração aqui é importante na divulgação do formato Blu-Ray, na qual as empresas estão apostando alto.

aí vem aquelas coisas engraçadas do Brasil. o PS3 é tido como o player de Blu-Ray mais barato do mercado (US$ 299). a Sony começou a fabricar um player no país e está vendendo o equipamento a R$ 999. quando o PS3 chegar, é de se imaginar que ele não custe menos de R$ 1,8 mil. “Ou seje”, praticamente o dobro do player mais barato. êh Brasil!

Do you want to backup, copy and burn your video games? Is this even possible? It’s high likely that many people have told you that it’s impossible to backup, copy and burn a console game because of it’s protection, right?

But, is this true? Isn’t there really a software program which decrypt the protection so you can make a back up from the game?

The people who have you that there is no way to take out the protection from an orginal game so you can backup, copy and burn that game have either lied to you, or they didn’t know what they are talking about. Let me say this: It is possible to backup, copy and burn video games for any console out there.

But, which software will take out the protection from an original game?

Easy Backup Wizard is the easiest program that you can have in order to backup, copy and burn video games. The only things you need to have are a burner, and a couple of empty disks.

Easy Backup Wizard works by doing 3 simple steps.

1) Put an original game into your PC.

2) Load the game and make an image or a backup from it.

3) Take out the original game, and put it an empty disk. Once that’s done, you hit the button “burn” and it will start burning the image or backup files directly.

Once the burning process is finished, than you’ve successfully made a backup and a copy from that game.

Features

• Backup games from the following consoles Xbox 360, Xbox, PS3, PS2, Nintendo Wii, Gamecube, PC, Dreamcast.
• Also you will be able to backup your Video DVDs, containing your favourite Movie or Series.
• Finally you will also be able to create Video DVDs, from the video files you have. Almost all video files are supported from divx, xvid to mp4.

Download Easy Backup Wizard

Microsoft lance,en Belgique, le service Zune au travers de sa console de jeux Xbox 360. Le joueur de Xbox 360 Live pourra désormais downloader des films streaming en qualité HD. Microsoft a un accord avec les principaux distributeurs de film (Paramount, Universal, MGM et Warner Brothers) et devient par conséquent un concurrent direct à Telenet et Belgacom TV. Les video seront disponibles au moment de leur sortie en DVD.

Bioshock 2 aura bien droit à une version collector qui comprendra :

- un artbook de 164 pages

- la bande originale du premier opus en 33 tours et celle du 2 en cd

- 3 affiches publicitaires à la mode Rapture

Le tout dans une jolie boîte.

Prix du lot 90 euros pour la version PS3 et Xbox360 et 80 euros pour le pc.

Il servizio McAfee Total Protection Service, che ha circa 5 milioni di utenti, è primariamente basato su cloud per la scansione della sicurezza di endpoint e posta elettronica.

Web Protection Service, totalmente sulla cloud, fornisce invece URL filtering e analisi della reputazione, mentre il servizio Vulnerability Assessment è in grado di scansionare sistemi posizionati fronte internet per scovare vulnerabilità software.

Il prodotto Foundstone Enterprise di McAfee può essere utilizzato per scansionare la intranet aziendale, ma il vendor sta guardando a come fare uso della tecnologia sottostante per fornire un servizio di scansione interna.

Dal parcheggio alla guida, tutto è gestito dal computer di bordo e da un set di microcamere

Fonte: www.cwi.it

Le società coinvolte, fra cui figurano la Intercontinental spa con sede a Firenze, la Financial Trade spa, la Esperian spa e la Consulteam srl tutte con sede a Roma e la Mediacredit società finanziaria spa con sede a Napoli hanno emesso oltre 5000 polizze fideiussorie, per un rischio garantito di circa 750 milioni di euro, non avendo il capitale necessario per coprire le eventuali insolvenze che garantivano con le polizze (da cui il nome Operazione Miraggio).

Nel corso delle indagini, coordinate dal procuratore aggiunto del Tribunale di Roma Nello Rossi e dal pm Stefano Fava, è emerso che le società coinvolte avevano prodotto documentazione fittizia e fornito false comunicazioni alle Autorità di vigilanza, sia al momento della richiesta di iscrizione agli albi e agli elenchi previsti dal Testo Unico delle leggi bancarie, sia durante i successivi controlli.

Le società hanno così operato sul mercato finanziario essendo solo apparentemente in regola con gli obblighi vigenti, ma senza offrire garanzie effettive ai beneficiari delle polizze fideiussorie e turbando di fatto il regolare andamento del mercato, perché le polizze erano molto più convenienti per i clienti di quelle immesse da società in regola con le autorizzazioni.

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Fonte: www.ilsole24ore.com

Namco rispolvera la sua icona videoludica e ripropone il mitico Pac-Mac in versione Remix, appositamente sviluppato per iPhone e touch.

Anche Pac-Mac sta per fare un suo ritorno su iPhone e touch, in una veste tutta nuova, appositamente cucitagli addosso dalla stessa Namco per adattarsi al dispositivo della Mela.

Nuovi labirinti 3D, nuovi bonus e power-up, fantasmi e nemici sempre più agguerriti tenteranno di fermare ad ogni costo la storica pallina gialla di Namco, intenta mangiare le sue “pillole” fino ad esaurimento.

La data di rilascio della app per iPhone e touch non è ancora stata annunciata ma gli appassionati e anche i semplici “simpatizzanti” dell’ “omino-pallino” supervorace si stanno sicuramente preparando a gustare il nuovo episodio di una serie intramontabile firmata Namco.

Fonte: www.macitynet.it

Missione compiuta per Ubisoft, in questo caso, che con Il mio coach di cucina segue disciplinatamente la politica del nazional-popolare, proponendo un nuovo videogioco di stampo gastronomico (cfr.

Riassumibile come un “ricettario digitale con istruzioni vocali passo passo”, Il mio coach di cucina offre un catalogo di circa 240 ricette, consultabili attraverso più criteri, come costo, tempi o ingredienti.

Successivamente, la ricetta viene letta passo passo dal sistema, naturalmente in italiano, con la possibilità di passare alla fase successiva con la pressione di un tasto o, meravigliosamente, urlando “Avanti!” alla console.

Primo, perché Il mio coach di cucina è, nel suo piccolo, l’indice di un mercato da 1,2 miliardi di euro (solo in Italia) che sta cambiando.

Fonte: www.unita.it