Archive for October, 2006

Firefox 2: 2 Million Downloads in a Day

Mozilla said that downloads for the second version of its Firefox browser reached two million in the first 24 hours, or more than 30 downloads per second. Microsoft recently announced that IE7 was downloaded 3 million times in four days.
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Nyco Intercooler Responsible For X360 Deaths?

Over at Gameworld Network they have a write up on how the 3rd party intercooler by Nyko could be responsible for some of the dying Xbox360’s out there. There is hard evidence to support these claims, the article does goes into some examples of what has happened with a couple Xbox360’s and the response [...]

Singer’s Superman Sequel Deal Confirmed

Variety has confirmed that Bryan Singer has signed a deal with Warner Bros. Pictures to direct and produce a sequel to Superman Returns , with Legendary Pictures expected to co-finance.
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World of Warcraft and UDE Point System Fiasco

A report on the card game trinket fiasco. When the UDE (Upper Deck Entertainment) point system finally went live, I would imagine most of the people that logged in felt the same fury I did. Blizzard knows the lengths that its fans will go to get trinkets (look at the price of Murloc cards on [...]

Today’s Xbox360 Dash Update To Add WMV Playback and 1080p

Apparently today’s Xbox360 dashboard update is going to add a new look to the Xbox Live Arcade, as well as 1008p support. The best thing they are adding though, is WMV playback support. Not only can you stream WMV, but you will be able to play it off CD,CDR,DVD,DVDR, or even USB stick. This is [...]

EA Community Update: 10/27/06 (BF2142)

Greetings Battlefield Soldiers,
Over the course of last week some players have experienced issues with stats & awards, punk buster, and master server disconnects. We wanted to update everyone on the current status for each of these points as we move into the weekend.
Stats & Awards: Last weekend we made updates that resolved the issues causing [...]

MS Banning Modded Xbox360s On Xbox Live?

According to Xboxic, one of the posters on the XBox.com forums has claimed that MS banned his Xbox360 from the network because they were “modded.” Of course, the user claims this is an error on Microsoft’s part. Well, MS responded apparently, claiming that they would look into the erroneous banning. Notice that they did not [...]

New Comics at the GamersCircle Store 10/29/2006

AVENGERS NEXT #1
DAY OF THE DEADTHE RISING OF BUB #1

FRESHMEN VOL 2MIGLIARI CVR #1
INCREDIBLE HULK #100

IRREDEEMABLE ANT-MAN #2
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #3

HELLBOY: SWORD OF STORMS

“When a university professor opens a forbidden scroll, he becomes possessed by the twin demons of Thunder and Lightning, who seek to return to our world to wake their brothers, the dragons. Hellboy, researcher Kate Corrigan and Russell Thorne, an albino psychic, travel to Japan to investigate. Hellboy finds the Sword of Storms, which transports [...]

Happy 5th birthday, Windows XP!

It’s hard to believe, but it was five years ago this week that Windows XP was officially launched. With Vista waiting in the wings, what will become of the venerable OS?

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