Wednesday, November 18, 2009

IT News HeadLines (bit-tech.net) 18/11/2009


bit-tech.net
Call of Duty: Zombies appears on iPhone
Activision has bought a fully 3D version of Call of Duty: World at War's Zombie mode to the iPhone.
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Microsoft open-sources SPOT
Microsoft has announced that it is to license its .NET Micro Framework - developed from its Smart Personal Objects Technology project - under the Apache 2.0 licence.
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Russian government recalls Modern Warfare 2
All Xbox 360 and PS3 copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 have been recalled in Russia because of objections to the airport scene.
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AMD supercomputer tops TOP500 list
AMD-based systems accounted for the top three supercomputers in this year's TOP500 list - but are overwhelmingly outnumbered by systems based on rival Intel's chips.
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SilverStone Raven RV02 Case Review
SilverStone has re-invented the case by rotating the motherboard orientation. In the Raven RV02 your cards all sit vertically, allowing air to be sucked in from under the case and blown out the top. Will this make a difference to the cooling performance of the case? We test it to find out.
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Free Games I Like: Black Shades
Black Shades isn’t a new game, it’s just a free game that I really like. It’s basically the opposite of Hitman, but reduced down to twitch shooter basics and presented in a typically indie way.

Rather than playing as a hitman, Black Shades casts you as a bodyguard for a VIP who's wandering aimlessly through a crowded city. It’s your job to protect him from the increasing number of assailants who will try to kill him.

What distinguishes Black Shades from that old trope of the FPS escort mission is that the VIP is pursuing a random path through a city which is basically an infinite grid of buildings. Also, the assassins who come from him are randomly generated and will use a variety of weapons and approaches. Oh, and nearly everyone in the city looks alike too – grey and white polygon figures.

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