Archive for July 2nd, 2003

Connery: Spielberg NOT doing “Indy 4″ now?

Some rather disturbing news to report this morning…The British site Empire Online is reporting that Sean Connery told Entertainment Tonight that Steven Spielberg will not be directing “Indiana Jones 4″ now. According to Connery, “All I know is that someone called the office and said that Steven was not doing the movie,’ explains Connery, [...]

Top 10 Best Selling PC Games

The NPD Group/NPDTechworld has released its latest list of the top 10 best selling PC games in the US, this time for the week ending June 21:
1 The Sims: Superstar Expansion Pack - Electronic Arts $27
2 Neverwinter Nights: Shadows Of Undrentide Expansion Pack - Atari $29
3 The Sims Deluxe - Electronic Arts $41
4 Rise Of [...]

Savage Release Date

Although Savage: The Battle for Newerth has not yet hit open beta testing (word is this will begin at the end of this month), S2 Games sends word of the planned release date for their upcoming game, repeatedly touted as the “First-Ever Real-Time-Strategy-Shooter.” Here’s the deal: “Savage will ship to retail on August 25th, but [...]

Convert DVDs to Windows Media 9

I pop the DVD into my DVD drive, then I use a utility called VSTRIP to rip it into one big VOB file on my hard drive. This isn’t exactly legal, but if I own the movie, then I consider it fair use. VSTRIP does decrypt it and gets rid of the macrovision, so [...]

Scanners thwart exam cheats

Pupils who smuggle mobile phones into their GCSEs or A-levels in an attempt to bamboozle the authorities are in for an unpleasant reception.
Some UK schools have begun using equipment that can detect mobile-phone signals in an attempt to clamp down on high-tech cheating methods. Throughout the educational community, concern is growing that students are [...]

Viacom Responds to Lawsuit

Viacom on Tuesday responded to Activision’s lawsuit over its Star Trek game license - which alleges that Viacom let the franchise deteriorate by not promoting the current TV series or making new movies: “Activision’s allegations are without merit. [The company] appears to be trying to use the courts in an effort to renegotiate a deal [...]