Friday, November 6, 2009

IT News HeadLines (bit-tech.net) 06/11/2009


bit-tech.net
No Doubt sues Activision over Band Hero
Pop group No Doubt has decided to sue Activision over how it is represented in Band Hero.
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New York files antitrust suit against Intel
New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo has filed a federal antitrust suit against chip maker Intel, claiming that it bribed and threatened OEMS to maintain a monopoly.
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"Prince of Persia film is a hit with gamers"
Jerry Bruckheimer claims that the Prince of Persia film is going down a storm with test audiences.
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Free Games I Like: Small Worlds
This blog post will be, like the game it’s about, small. I don’t really have a huge amount to say about Small Worlds, which was developed for a recent Casual Games Competition with the theme 'Explore', other than that it’s a remarkably elegant and effective piece of pixel-art brilliance.

A game which only ever alludes to having a deeper plot, Small Worlds opens with a single line before jumping to the gameplay – “There is too much noiseâ€‌.

The gameplay itself is simple. At the start of each of the five levels the viewpoint is zoomed in on you – a small red line with a pale face and zero animation. The aim of each level is then to find the exit, which returns you to a hub level before you move on to the next world. There’s no fighting, no skill trees and no enemies. It’s just a gentle and rather lovely paced matter of exploration.

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Modern Warfare 2 PC player limit slashed
Infinity Ward has announced that the maximum players in the PC version of Modern Warfare 2 has been heavily reduced.
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Apple Atom support lives again
Support for low-power Atom processors - at the heart of many a hackintosh - appears to be back in the latest developer build of Mac OS X 10.6.2 - build 10C525.
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Mod of the Month - October 2009
It's that time again. We've got six new mods to show you plucked straight from our thriving modding forums. Read, drool then vote on the one you'd like to win October's Mod of the Month
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