Loaded Inc has put together their thoughts and impressions regarding City of Heroes, a superhero crime fighting MMOG: At the start of CoH players will create their own hero by first of all selecting their hero’s origin which is how their hero got his/her powers in the first place. The origin affects a few things…
Daily Archives: May 21, 2003
D&D Heroes Xbox Only
ATARI announced today that Dungeons & Dragons Heroes has become a Xbox exclusive title, as the PS2 and GameCube ports got the axe: “The full development team is extremely excited to be working with Microsoft and Wizards of the Coast to bring this product exclusively to the Xbox platform,” said Scott Walker, vice president of…
802.11g heads for standards approval
The latest wireless networking specification is on track for standards approval, which should open the door for further adoption of the already popular technology. A working group within the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), an organization responsible for setting standards for the networking industry, finished work on the most recent version of the…
LOTR: Return of the King game footage
Pass along to me by Toneman, “TheOneRing.net has a Quicktime movie up of just over a minute’s worth of live footage from Return of The King , as shown at E3. The quality’s pretty abysmal, but it gives a much-needed taster of what RoTK’s going to look like. The soundtrack (such as it is) is…
Microsoft Proposes Law on Junk E-Mail
Microsoft Corp. is proposing a new legislative approach to battling junk e-mail, hoping to bridge a widening gap between various industry and consumer groups that threatens to bog down congressional efforts to eradicate spam. Like several bills already proposed or being drafted, the software giant wants increased penalties for the fraudulent practices of many spammers…
Chipmaker puts focus on Xbox
Focus Enhancements, a small chipmaker specializing in video-related products, has received its first order from Microsoft to supply chips for the Xbox video game console. Focus signed a deal with Microsoft last year to become a supplier of TV-encoding processors, which convert PC code into signals suitable for display on a TV set. The Campbell,…
Wi-Fi: Will the revolution be oversold?
To be a networking player in 2003, Wi-Fi is not just a good idea. It is not an option. It is an absolute essential. But don’t let the whiff of industry fashion fool you. Despite the best efforts of the hype-meisters, this revolution is showing signs of keeping its feet on the ground. Firstly, to…
No Soup, errr cell phone for You
The Matrix Phone aka Samsung SPH-n270 is already sold out on the Samsung Matrix Online Store. Matrix fans can register with their email to get notified when its in stock again. The Matrix Phone is already trading on eBay for over 700 USD. I4U reported about the Samsung Matrix Phone back in February. The Phone…
