Archive for May, 2005

WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos [Mission]

WarCraft III: the Frozen Throne retail bonus map
3dgamers.com

Resident Evil 4 Action Figures

NECA has signed a deal with Capcom to produce action figures based on the Resident Evil 4 video game. The figures should be available in stores in November.
about.com

Mozilla Readies Alpha Release of Firefox Upgrade (TechWeb)

TechWeb - The Mozilla Foundation plans to release in alpha early next week the next upgrade of the Firefox browser.
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Battlestar Galactica Co-Producer Toni Graphia on Season 2; Spoilers

‘…we’re going to see some unholy alliances between people you would least expect to work together.’
greatlink.org

IIS 7 blogged

Robert McLaws has the first blog post I’ve seen about IIS 7 (Microsoft’s Web server).

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Life As A Soul Calibur Model

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be a model at E3? The process is long and very tiring. Just think, what if you had to prepare to be a character from a videogame on stage that involves a sword fight. Professional stuntman and actor Ilram Choi has been in multiple commercials for [...]

iPod Shuffle to Reach 4GB this Summer?

Apple is planning to release 2GB and 4GB versions of the iPod Shuffle this summer, according to a report on Friday by Asian technology site DigiTimes. According to the article, sources said that Toshiba and Samsung have “aggressively” ramped up production of Flash memory chips in preparation for the release of the new models.
betanews.com

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) - 15 mistakes revealed!

There are a few minor issues, such as Obi-Wan saying he hasn’t used that name “since before you were born”, among others, which can easily be attributed to character mistakes, ie. mis-remembering things, rather than “real” movie mistakes.
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Star Wars Ties Record for Fastest to $200M

George Lucas’ Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith has tied the record set by Spider-Man 2 for fastest to the $200 million mark in just eight days. The third and final prequel has amassed $200.4 million in the time frame and already $356.9 million worldwide.
comingsoon.net

Unlocking the GeForce 6800

Firingsquad is running a story on how to unlock all 16 pipelines in nVidia’s GeForce 6800. By default the card only ships with 12 pixel pipelines enabled, but with a tool and a few mouse clicks, the card can be unlocked to run with all 16 pipes. Performance improvements are seen everywhere, so it’s a [...]