February 2006 Archives
Over the past fews years I've been noticing more and more news sources resorting to sensationalizing the stories to get viewers. Whatever happened to good solid reporting? If you don't know what I'm talking about, try watching this WGN report on crack cocaine ... I mean ... video games.
After reading this article I starting having doubts about my intelligence. Even so, this is an amazing breakthrough.
"By combining quantum computation and quantum interrogation, scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have found an exotic way of determining an answer to an algorithm - without ever running the algorithm."
There are many reasons why Linux is having a difficult time becoming a mainstream platform, but Novell releasing their XGL technology to the open-source community has just removed one of those roadblocks. The user interface design and graphical technology of the platform has been struggling to keep pace with the eye candy of OS X and Windows Vista. Well, no longer. Read more about XGL, or watch a video demonstration.
In an open letter to U2's Bono, Jack Thompson makes a plea to convince Bono not buy Take Two studios, the publishers of the Grand Theft Auto franchise. Excuse the editorial, but just for fun you should count how many times he raises the lord's name. Try it. It's fun. Read the open letter here.
As web services become more advanced and media rich, bandwidth is becoming increasingly more expensive. That's just a fact. But what happens when a Telco starts demanding payment not only from the end user, but from the companies providing the media rich services? Well, that's exactly what is happening in the case of Verizon versus Google. Verizon is crying foul because, according to their claims, Google is profiting over their free use of Verizon's network.
Continue reading Verizon + Google = Extortion.
If you've been using Firefox for your Mac but have been frustrated by how slow it runs, you should try a G4 or G5 optimized version. These are not official Mozilla releases, but the DeerPark builds of Firefox are definitely worth a try. After installing a version on a dual 1GHZ G4, I noticed a significant increase in application load time and page rendering. Check it out.
Ever wonder what it's like to be an IT manager at a large company? Well, wonder no more because Intel has released a new Sims-like web game simulator. If you're thinking, "That sounds like an odd idea for a game," you're not alone. Play it here.
Game Caster, a San Diego based company has created a technology to insert camera people inside of a video game for broadcasting the tournament. It works much like real world broadcasting of any sporting event, but it just happens to be virtual. Read more at CBS News.
Adobe has revealed that they will not be releasing a Universal Binary to support Apple's new Intel computers until Creative Suite 3. So when will the next version of Adobe software be available? According to Adobe's own FAQ, "we can point to our consistent track record of releasing significant upgrades to our creative professional applications every 18-24 months." That means we probably won't be seeing support for Intel-Macs until sometime in 2007.
