Ralph Baer, 'Father of Video Games,' Passes Away
A sad day for video gaming with the passing of Ralph Baer at the age of 92. His name may not be a familiar one to many people outside of the gaming industry, but if you like gaming, you have 'The Father of Video Games" to thank for your gaming enjoyment.
Baer developed the very first console video game system, originally known as the Brown Box, but later licensed and sold as 1972's Magnavox Odyssey, which laid the foundation for video games as we know them today.
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Judge: Give NSA Unlimited Access to Digital Data
A U.S. Court of Appeals Judge for the Seventh District spoke his mind this week at a conference about privacy and cybercrime. Judge Richard Posner feels that the NSA should have carte blanche access and use of information gathered when it comes to national security.
Much of what passes for the name of privacy is really just trying to conceal the disreputable parts of your conduct, privacy is mainly about trying to improve your social and business opportunities by concealing the sorts of bad activities that would cause other people not to want to deal with you.
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Street Fighter V Confirmed PS4/PC Exclusive
Capcom made the official announcement last night that the next installment of the long running Street Fighter franchise is in the works. Capcom was playing catchup due a leaked trailer on the previous day.The big news and about the only news about Street Fighter 5 is it will be exclusive to the PS4 and PC platforms and will support cross-platform play. No other details were made available.
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North Korea Says Its Supporters May Be Behind Sony Attack
Who says North Korea doesn't have a sense of humor? While steadfastly denying any part in the Sony hack, the DPRK applauds the attack and calls it a righteous deed, possibly perpetrated by North Korea's worldwide supporters and sympathizers.
Joseph DeTrani, a former senior U.S. intelligence official who has served as a special envoy in negotiations with Pyongyang, said that North Korea has historically been truthful when making statements about its involvement in attacks.
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Claim: Chromebooks "Overtook" Apple in U.S. Classrooms Is False
When you talk about misleading headlines to grab readers' attention, an article posted in the Financial Times last week should float right to the top of the list. Based solely on a single third quarter report from IDC, showing Chromebooks shipping a higher number of units, two reporters for the Financial Times managed to come up with this headline: Google Overtakes Apple in the US Classrooms. Sure Chromebooks is definitely making a dent in classroom sales, but it has a long way to go to overtake Apple's dominance in school sales.
Based on IDC's reported numbers, Apple's U.S. education sales of Mac and iPads were not only larger than the corresponding, combined shipments of Android and Chrome OS products, but the "slight lead" Apple had over Google was a margin 172.6 percent greater than the unit differential that Garrahan and Bradshaw directed attention to in their article.
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2K Games Confirms BioShock Infinite on Linux
2K Games announced on Friday that Linux will be getting another major video game on its platform: BioShock Infinite is coming to Linux in early 2015. Look for more specific details to follow in January from 2K Games. Thanks to forum member railhaus for the heads up.
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Texting Turns Twenty Two
Be it for better or worse, this week we celebrate texting turning the ripe old age of 22. No one knew at the time just how big the phenomenon would get, overtaking email as the preferred mode of messaging. The first ever text? Merry Christmas.
Twenty-two years and quadrillions of text messages later, SMS is the king of electronic communications. It makes tens of billions of dollars for network providers and connects billions of people around the world. Annual text traffic is expected to reach 9.4 trillion by 2016.
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DirecTV Puts Another Satellite into Space
DirecTV has placed a new satellite into orbit a few hours ago and the significance of that event is this satellite is designed specifically to bolster the 4K Ultra HD programming. In other words, DirecTV is laying the foundations for expansion of 4K TV next year. Good news for all of you 4K TV owners.
It will be the first commercial satellite to use the Reverse Band Direct Broadcast Satellite (DBS) spectrum, providing additional capacity for the delivery of more 4K Ultra HD programming and other advanced services to DirecTV customers across America including Alaska and Hawaii and Puerto Rico".
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Amazon Now Serves Takeout -- and Diapers
Amazon Elements, a recent addition to Amazon Prime, is a service that will deliver to your door a line of premium everyday essentials. The second addition to the lineup is ordering from local restaurants, deliver it to your door and pay with your Amazon account. The pilot program is now ongoing in Seattle only.
Like GrubHub, Amazon's new service allows users to search for restaurants in their area and place orders for either takeout or delivery. According to Amazon, customers can pay with their Amazon accounts, and its current selection of restaurants includes everything from sushi bars to pizza shops.
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CD Projekt Red Lets You Play as Multiple Characters in The Witcher 3
Polygon is reporting CD Projekt Red promo'd a new trailer for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and with that new trailer, announced that players will have a choice of playing multiple characters. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is due to be released next February.
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Cyber Sleuths Reveal New Clues About Mysterious Sony Hackers
Paranoid Brigade, time to don those tin-foil hats again and delve into the world of intrigue and coincidence. The attack on Sony last week wasn't an isolated incident. It's all part of a larger plan to disrupt and bring down some of the world's largest interests anonymously. The clues are there, but as to who is behind the attacks still remains a mystery.
Could the "Cutting Sword of Justice," the "Whois Team," and "Guardians of Peace" — the hackers who claimed to be behind the Sony hack — be the same group?
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Trailers That Debuted at The Game Awards 2014
Trailers, trailers, and more trailers. We have a smorgasbord of trailers straight from The Game Awards and all in HD. This will give you a sense of what to be looking for your console gaming fun.
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Dolby Is Launching Its Super-Vivid IMAX Competitor
When you think of Dolby, you automatically think audio. Dolby is breaking out of its stereotypical role and entering the world dominated by IMAX. Dolby has announced the company has begun a new project called Dolby Cinema and will be initiating the trial run in the Netherlands.
Dolby Cinema will feature the Dolby Vision™ projection system, which uses state-of-the-art optics and image processing to deliver high dynamic range with enhanced color technology that has been praised by filmmakers for its amazing contrast, high brightness, and color range that more closely matches what the human eye can see
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Dozens of Execs Fired or Demoted This Week at Samsung
Mega-Corp Samsung had a disaster of a third quarter with revenues falling a business killing 60%. Samsung has a cure for falling profits; go after the executives that are responsible. A refreshing change from American corporations that would just promote the executive to another level of incompetence.
According to the paper's sources, several vice presidents, senior vice presidents and executive vice presidents were removed from their positions or fired.
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Latest Federal Bitcoin Auction Sees Low Enthusiasm
What if the Feds held a Bitcoin auction and no one came? That was almost the scenario this week when the second batch of Bitcoins recovered from Silk Road transactions went up for auction. Interested parties dropped almost 50% from the first auction held in June.
The service said it had received 27 bids, far fewer than the 45 bidders and 63 bids it received in its first Bitcoin auction in June.
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Corsair Hydro H75 Liquid AIO CPU Cooler Update Review
Corsair has been in the liquid CPU cooling game for over 10 years now. As sealed system liquid CPU coolers have become the norm among hardware enthusiasts, the competition has gotten stiff to say the least. Another thing that has changed over the years is that many DIYers are going to smaller cases for their systems.
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