Archive for July, 2004
A vulnerability has been reported in Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox, allowing malicious websites to spoof the user interface. The problem is that Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox don’t restrict websites from including arbitrary, remote XUL (XML User Interface Language) files. This can be exploited to "hijack" most of the user interface (including tool bars, SSL certificate [...]
July 31st, 2004 | Posted in Software | Comments Off
Microsoft’s Meltdown conference is all about building games on Windows. Originally started as a compatibility test-fest for hardware makers and software developers, the event has matured into a Windows game developer convention. Highlights from this year’s gathering, held July 27th and 28th in Seattle, included presentations about the company’s XNA development tools and how to [...]
July 31st, 2004 | Posted in Software | Comments Off
Speculation about what Microsoft is going to call the next-generation of the Xbox has become something of pasttime
around these parts, and we still can’t get over the part about how Microsoft supposedly doesn’t want to call it the
“Xbox 2” because they’re worried the “2” in the name will make it seem more antequated than [...]
July 31st, 2004 | Posted in Gaming | Comments Off
Great news!!! As a preview of the upcoming release of the City of Heroes free expansion, “Issue 2: Shadows of the Past,” NCsoft and Cryptic Studios have released a set of screen shots showing off one of the most requested items — capes.
The screens include several different characters hovering, flying, running, jumping and fighting in [...]
July 31st, 2004 | Posted in Gaming | Comments Off
It appears that some lucky people have got their hands on a copy of Doom III and currently links are flying around the internet with early screenshots of the game. This highly anticipated FPS has been in development for many years and is due to be released in the states next week and in Europe [...]
July 30th, 2004 | Posted in Gaming | Comments Off
Yesterday Microsoft held its Financial Analyst Meeting 2004 event at its Redmond, Washington, headquarters and this morning, with that all past, it seems there are more than a few semi-huge to huge bits of information. While most of the meeting didn’t focus on the Xbox or gaming, it was revealed yesterday that Microsoft’s Media Center [...]
July 30th, 2004 | Posted in Gaming | Comments Off
The Dynamic Duo from “The New Teem Titans” comic books are set to do commentary on upcoming DVD.
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July 30th, 2004 | Posted in Comic Books | Comments Off
Intel Corp. has decided to push back the launch date for its 4GHz Pentium 4 desktop processor to the first quarter of 2005, after reviewing its launch schedules and determining it would not be able to introduce the product in sufficient volume, a company spokesman said Thursday.
President and Chief Operating Officer Paul Otellini first [...]
July 30th, 2004 | Posted in Hardware | Comments Off
Dark Horse To Publish Comic Book Adaptation of The Incredibles!
Comic Based on the Walt Disney Pictures presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios film Premiering November 2004
This November Dark Horse Comics, in conjunction with Disney Publishing Worldwide and Pixar Animation Studios, will publish a comic book adaptation of the Walt Disney Pictures presentation of a Pixar [...]
July 30th, 2004 | Posted in Comic Books | Comments Off
According to Half-Life Source Half-Life 2 is getting pretty close to completion, with the game going gold in August and then hitting stores in September. Here’s what they had to say
According to recent conversations we’ve had with Valve’s Doug Lombardi, Half-Life 2 will be passed on to publisher Vivendi for final mastering and duplication within [...]
July 29th, 2004 | Posted in Gaming | Comments Off