With E3 winding down, Frank and Ben reflect on the show.The war of the press conferences is always the subject of debate; our thoughts inside.Read More...
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Out of arm's reach: Bionic Commando's swing mechanic
http://arstechnica.comBionic Commando was looking sharp at Capcom's E3 meeting room, but Ben and Frank had very different impressions of the games swinging mechanic. Read More...
Read more »Lego Batman: making Robin cool is hard, but Nightwing helps
http://arstechnica.comAt E3 we had the chance to see Lego Batman played extensively, and we may have teased information about an unannounced character from a member of the development team. Dick Grayson, a man of many masks. Read More...
Read more »LittleBigPlanet: why jump when you can fight?
http://arstechnica.comEveryone knows that LittleBigPlanet has some great platforming elements, but combat, racing, and more can quickly come into play. We tackle a combat sequence in MediaMolecule's outstanding PlayStation 3 title.Read More...
Read more »Fans go pro: how OC ReMix put its stamp on Street Fighter II HD Remix
http://arstechnica.comThe musicians and fans at the popular site OverClocked ReMix were given a dream assignment: remix the songs from Street Fighter 2 for a new high-definition revamp that Capcom is releasing on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. We talk with the remix team about the challenges involved in remixing an iconic piece of video game history.Read More...
Read more »Investment firm flushes $2.5 million with MovieBeam purchase
http://arstechnica.comMovieBeam has found a new home. After many an ill-fated attempt to make something out of the movie-watching service, Indian investment firm Valuable Group has taken it off of Movie Gallery's tied hands for the princely sum of $2.25 million. Read More...
Read more »Gmail Has a Privacy Problem
http://www.ghacks.netYou might have already read it elsewhere that it is possible to reveal the real name of any Gmail user by sharing a calendar in Google Calendar with him. Let me explain how this is done. Google Calendar can be loaded in the header area of Gmail after logging in. A click on settings will load the settings where users can change all sorts of information like the date format and time zone.
Read more »AMD's Q2 results tank; Dirk Meyer replaces Ruiz as CEO
http://arstechnica.comAMD's second quarter performance might have all the appeal of a plate of three-week-old head cheese, but there was one glimmer of light in the company's otherwise-weak performance. Hector Ruiz is stepping down as AMD CEO, and will be replaced by current COO Dirk Meyer, in a move some would say is long overdue.Read More...
Read more »Data Can Leak From Partially Encrypted Systems
http://www.ghacks.netA bunch of researchers, among them the famous Bruce Schneier, have discovered that features like Recent Documents list may reveal information about files on an encrypted partition even when used in conjunction with the so called deniability feature which hides data in an encrypted partition.
Read more »Separating your social and real life
http://www.ghacks.netI just realized this the other day, social sites send an awful lot of “quasi-junk” mail to inboxes around the world. This person wants to share a video with me, that person commented on my video, someone sent me a shout on Digg, someone wants to add me as a StumbleUpon friend, XXYY is following me on Digg and the list goes on and on and on.
Read more »Markey to NebuAd: "When did you stop beating the consumer?"
http://arstechnica.comThe US House of Representatives' subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet held a hearing to look at the privacy implications of deep packet inspection, only to find out that Internet privacy can be a hard thing to define.Read More...
Read more »Create Animated Gifs From Youtube Videos
http://www.ghacks.netAnimated Gifs are mostly a phenomenon of the past and one only comes occasionally upon a website that makes excessive use of them. Those are either websites that have been laid to rest for a very long time by their owner, forums where users post all kinds of images or social community websites like Myspace.
Some make great forum avatars on the other hand. I remember one that showed a bug crawling around that looked so real that I tried to get it off my monitor the first time I saw it.
Amazon to launch movie, TV streaming service this summer
http://arstechnica.comAmazon plans to launch a new video streaming service, called Amazon Video on Demand to the public later this summer. The service will compete with the likes of Netflix, and Amazon even has plans to bring it to high-def TVs.Read More...
Read more »Keep Track Of Your Running Progress
http://www.ghacks.netI already covered a software that would calculate the fuel consumption of your car and now it’s time to present a similar application for runners to keep track of their running progress. Log my Jog is the name of the software that keeps records of the time that you spend running.
Read more »iPhone as a portable gaming machine: how it stacks up
http://arstechnica.comWill the iPhone ever make a legitimate gaming platform? It seems to be headed down the right path, although there are still some things holding it back.Read More...
Read more »Guile vs. Ken, Ben vs. Frank: Street Fighter IV impressions
http://arstechnica.comBen and Frank got to go a few rounds against each other with Street Fighter IV at Capcom's E3 booth. Impressions from both inside.Read More...
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