NPD has released its list of top selling PC games in North America for the week of September 21st – 27th, 2003. During that week Electronic Arts had the distinct honor of scoring six out of the top ten selling games in the United States, with Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Breakthrough taking the top…
Daily Archives: October 8, 2003
Microsoft granted an IM patent
“Microsoft has won a patent for an instant messaging feature that notifies users when the person they are communicating with is typing a message. The patent encompasses a feature that’s not only on Microsoft’s IM products but also on those of its rivals America Online and Yahoo. Tweet
ATI Catalyst 3.8 Drivers
ATI’s Driver page is now offering the Catalyst 3.8 drivers for the Radeon family of videocards. Release notes can be found here, there are fixes for games like Neverwinter Nights, XIII, Midnight Club 2 and many others. Tweet Shacknews
Home Theater PCs set to explode?
CNN reviews Snapstream and sums it up best: I have seen the future of television, and it lies within a computer. This review (we reviewed Snapstream too), coupled the recent PSX launch, simple front-ends like this, and posts like this (from a venture capitalist, no less), it’s looking more and more like predictions such as…
New BF1942 Map coming
The official Battlefield 1942 website has been updated, offering screenshots from the upcoming Invasion of the Philippines conquest map which EA will be releasing for free. Tweet Shacknews
The Hobbit (Demo)
“The Hobbit” is a third-person action/adventure game set in the world of Middle-earth. In the game, you take the persona of Bilbo Baggins, an unassuming Hobbit who has been unwittingly thrust into an epic adventure. Explore the mystical world of Middle-earth where you’ll need to jump gaping chasms, climb treacherous mountains, solve mind bending puzzles…
P2P group seeks cross-industry detente
A file-swapping plan backed by Kazaa’s parent and by Altnet foresees $900 million per month in music revenue for record companies. But getting labels and ISPs to agree to it may take some doing. Tweet News.com
Nokia to Probe Flaming Phones
Nokia is to investigate why two of its mobile phones burst into flames and injured their Dutch users. The Dutch consumer board demanded an investigation after a woman burned her face and a boy was injured in the leg. “This is a worrying situation and we demand that Nokia initiate a thorough investigation soon to…
