Silicon Knights versus Epic: Round 151
Can someone just get a court date for these two already? Also (without taking sides), I just want to point out that "Too Human" sucking had nothing to do with the game engine it was made on...that game just sucked. In 2007, Silicon Knights sued Epic Games for failure to "provide a working game engine" for Too Human, causing the Ontario based game developer to "experience considerable losses." Silicon Knights' suit alleged that Epic was "sabotaging" Unreal Engine 3 licensees, withholding an improved version of that game engine while also using licensing fees to fund development of Gears of War, not to improve the Unreal Engine. In short, Silicon Knights said it didn't get what it was promised by Epic and it wants a cut of those Gears of War profits as compensation. Comments
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Government Develops "Panic Button" App
This sounds like a great idea until a drug dealer uses it to wipe his phone before the police can get their hands on it. Honestly, how long do you think it will take for an app like this to be misused? Some day soon, when pro-democracy campaigners have their cell phones confiscated by police, they'll be able to hit the "panic button" -- a special app that will both wipe out the phone's address book and emit emergency alerts to other activists. Comments
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Morphological Anti-Aliasing Explained
There is a new AMD blog post worth checking out today that explains Morphological Anti-Aliasing and its benefit to enthusiasts and gamers alike. With the introduction of Morphological Anti-Aliasing (MLAA) to all the cards in our new AMD Radeonآ™ HD 6000 series, we thought everyone could use a lowdown on what the technology does, and how it benefits gamers, and when it works best. Comments
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MSI P67A-GD80 Socket 1155 Motherboard
The guys at OCIA have strapped the MSI P67A-GD80 Socket 1155 motherboard to the test bench today to see what it is made of. Overall, I think the crew really liked the P67A-GD80. Here's a quote from the review: That said, the MSI GD80 that we looked at today rates at the top of my list for P67 boards that I have tested thus far. MSI has improved their ClickBIOS substantially since we first looked at it and the results are certainly noticeable. Comments
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Autonomous Flight with a Kinect
I almost didn't post this because I thought it was a repeat of the video we showed you last year (here). Watch this video, it is very impressive: Comments
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Corsair Big [H] Give-away!
Just a reminder that we've teamed up with Corsair to give away ten prizes in the HardForums. We have five 8GB sets of Vengeance RAM as well as five sets of SP2500 Gaming speaker systems being given away, simply make a post in each thread and you are entered to win. Good luck!
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Antec Kuhler H2O 620 CPU Water Cooler
There is a review of the Antec Kuhler H2O 620 liquid CPU cooler posted at Legit Reviews today. For comparison purposes, our evaluation can be found here. All in one kits are becoming more and more popular as some users want the benefit of water but either don't want to build a custom loop or have the fear they may assemble it wrong and it leaks all over their system. The self contained all in one kits like the Kuhler H2O 620 are simple to install, maintenance free, and cost much less than its custom counterpart. Comments
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Your Phone Tracks Your Every Move
I'm just posting this article to scare the crap out of you guys. Think about how much your phone knows about you...and it's all a subpoena away from the [insert 3 letter agency here]. Quick, everyone panic! The results were astounding. In a six-month period آ— from Aug 31, 2009, to Feb. 28, 2010, Deutsche Telekom had recorded and saved his longitude and latitude coordinates more than 35,000 times. It traced him from a train on the way to Erlangen at the start through to that last night, when he was home in Berlin. Comments
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Music Labels Look for Rights Violations in Amazon Cloud
And the countdown to lawsuits against Amazon begins in 3...2...1. This is the movie / music industry we are talking about here so it isn't a matter of "if" there will be lawsuits, just a matter of "when." Amazon's new unlicensed and widely written about cloud service was closely examined by the major record companies yesterday. Within each label there were debates about how to respond. The first order of business was to determine whether Amazon violated copyright law or the terms of the company's current licensing agreements with the labels, music insiders told CNET. Comments
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Foxconn International Net Loss Widens More Than Estimated
It would seem that all the money Foxconn spent on safety nets and raises for employees hurt its bottom line, the company just posted a $218M net loss. Foxconn Technology Group, posted a full-year net loss that was wider than analysts estimated as costs increased and sales shrank. The shares fell. The net loss was $218.3 million, or 3.06 cents a share, compared with net income of $38.6 million, or 0.55 cent, in 2009, Foxconn said in a Hong Kong stock exchange filing yesterday. Comments
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Microsoft Voicing Concerns Over Search in Europe
Microsoft is filing a formal complaint with the European Commission as part of the Commission's ongoing investigation into whether Google has violated European competition law. We thought it important to be transparent and provide some information on what we're doing and why. At the outset, we should be among the first to compliment Google for its genuine innovations, of which there have been many over the past decade. As the only viable search competitor to Google in the U.S. and much of Europe, we respect their engineering prowess and competitive drive. Google has done much to advance its laudable mission to "organize the world's information," but we're concerned by a broadening pattern of conduct aimed at stopping anyone else from creating a competitive alternative. Comments
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Samsung Keylogger Story Update
Engadget has an update to the story we posted earlier. Kudos to Samsung for hitting this head-on. An hour after we inquired for comment, a company spokesperson tossed over this official quote: "Samsung takes Mr. Hassan's claims very seriously. After learning of the original post this morning on NetworkWorld.com, we launched an internal investigation into this issue. We will provide further information as soon as it is available." Ongoing Discussion
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Samsung Installs Keylogger On Its Laptops?
According to this article, Samsung might be installing keyloggers on its laptops. Thanks to Shane Sheffield for the link. After the initial set up of the laptop, I installed licensed commercial security software and then ran a full system scan before installing any other software. The scan found two instances of a commercial keylogger called StarLogger installed on the brand new laptop. Files associated with the keylogger were found in a c:\windows\SL directory. Comments
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