Archive for October 4th, 2003

Camera Phone App Gives Amazon.com Price From Bookstore

NeoMedia Technologies has come out with a PaperClick application that lets you take a picture of a book’s ISBN using a Nokia phone’s camera, then gives you the current price of that book on Amazon.com.
Mike’s List

Earth and Beyond Expansion Pack Denied

Although I cannot possibly fathom why anyone would even think that Electronic Arts would develop an expansion pack to Earth and Beyond considering how poorly the game is doing, they have now officially denied the rumors on the games.
GameGossip

Max Payne 2 Impressions

HomeLAN have slapped up some impressions of Max Payne 2, due October 15. Here’s the scoop:
Of course, most people who are interested in the game are interested in the gunplay combat, which was a hallmark of the original. In our brief demo, there was a lot of shooting of guns, lots of bodies being blown [...]

Third Matrix Movie to Open Simultaneously Worldwide

The third and last installment of the Matrix trilogy, “The Matrix Revolutions,” will open November 5 at 6 a.m. in Los Angeles, 9 a.m. in New York, 2 p.m. in London, 5 p.m. in Moscow, and 11 p.m. in Tokyo, etc. — at the exact same time in 70 countries, regardless of what the local [...]

25 million Bluetooth or WiFi cars by 2008

You always gotta take these kinds of studies with a big grain of salt, but Allied Business Intelligence is predicting that by 2008 25 million cars will come with Bluetooth or WiFi. While we haven’t heard of many cars with built-in WiFi, Bluetooth is already turning up in new models from Acura, Audi, Lexus, Lincoln, [...]

DirectX 9.0b Control Panel

This is the Control Panel for Microsoft’s DirectX 9.0b with a variety of configuration settings. To install, please copy the directx.cpl into the Windows/system32 folder. Now you have the chance to access the Control Panel from your Settings menu. Alternatively click on the file to launch the panel. It’s designed for Windows 98/ME/2K/XP. Download [...]