Archive for February, 2007

Man Arrested For Leaching Wi-Fi to Play WoW… In Alaska?!

A sadly funny story from a blog on Broadband Reports.com (by way of Blue’s News) tells the tale of an Alaskan man who was arrested for leaching his local library’s wi-fi connection after hours. He was sitting in the parking lot to play WoW. In Alaska. In the winter. Seriously.
He may be in legal trouble, [...]

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - Zboard Keyset Review

In our second Zboard keyset review of the day, we look at Ideazon’s offering for World of WarCraft: The Burning Crusade. Whitney Butts took this one for a spin and came back with a more mixed review then Sutich did for Guild Wars Factions.
You can also get a chance to win your own World of [...]

Microsoft limits use of new Vista on a Mac

After years of delays and billions of dollars in development and marketing efforts, it would seem that Microsoft would want anyone who possibly can to buy its new Windows Vista operating system. Yet Microsoft is making it hard for Macintosh owners and other potentially influential customers to adopt the software.
activewin.com

Crackdown

When Microsoft and Bungie announced that they were packing in the Halo 3 Beta program with the upcoming Xbox 360 game Crackdown, many gamers grew skeptical of the quality of the game. Now that Crackdown has arrived, it’s clear that packaging the Halo 3 beta wasn’t just a way for Microsoft to boost sales, instead, [...]

C&C 3 Demo Tomorrow

According to the FilePlanet download manager, I have a reserved download for this demo on Feb 26th. (Cool)
The official website is going to be relaunched, which will include forums too.
gamerscircle.net

IRS goes after eBay, wants info on seller earnings

US tax authorities want to make sure that eBay sellers are not evading their tax responsibilities, and they are asking the online auction giant to provide the government with a list of sellers’ earnings. eBay objects.
feedburner.com

Number 23 is Number 2… at the Box Office

The ComingSoon.net Box Office Report has been updated with studio estimates for the weekend. Be sure to check back on Tuesday for final figures based on actual box office. After one of the busiest Presidents’ Day weekends at the box office ever, things settled down despite the release of five new movies in [...]

Rumor: TMNT Coming Soon To XBLA

Xbox First is reporting that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles arcade game will soon be available for purchase on Xbox Live Arcade. Their information comes by way of Xbox’s Partnernet, an area of Xbox Live reserved exclusively for devs and select members of the press. Not being one of these “select members” I am unable [...]

FPS Creator X10 Techdemo Released

You will need the latest 8800 NVIDIA drivers for Windows Vista to be able to run it
A DirectX 10 techdemo for FPS Creator X10 is now available in our download area. FPS Creator X10 is a package which allows you to build your own game with over 800 3D game objects including 62 different enemies [...]

It’s Official: J.J. Abrams Directs Star Trek!

After months of speculation on the internet, it has been confirmed by The Hollywood Reporter that J.J. Abrams, the creator of the hit ABC dramas “Lost” and “Alias,” will indeed be directing the first movie in Paramount Pictures’ relaunch of Gene Rodenberry’s Star Trek movie franchise.
comingsoon.net