Archive for June, 2009:
filed in Nintendo, Space on Jun.29, 2009
Earlier this week, NASA released an amazing photograph of an eruption of Sarychev Peak Volcano, taken by astronauts aboard the orbiting International Space Station (ISS). Seeing that great photo prompted me to dig into the archives and see what other imagery I could find from recent NASA archives. Collected here are a handful of photographs [...]
Tags: ISS, Space, station
filed in PC Games on Jun.23, 2009
Surprisingly, 3D Realms explicitly notes that it continues to work on “the development of” Duke Nukem Forever, though “it released the majority of its employees working on the development” because of a “lack of funding to sustain the high level of development.”
“[3D Realms/Apogee Ltd.] admits that it has continually worked on the development of the [...]
Tags: duke nukem
filed in Nintendo on Jun.22, 2009
Apparently someone has created a combo hardware and software solution that allows you to plug in your dusty carts directly to your rig, and see the ROMs appear as standalone files which you can then load into the emulator of your choice. For more information, some photos, and a video visit this page (via engadget.com)
Tags: snes cartridge
filed in Gaming on Jun.20, 2009
I can’t wait to get this game, it looks amazing! Hopefully now they will finally release the Ghostbusters 3 movie.
Watch the HD video review.
Watch the SD video review.
Tags: ghostbusters, review
filed in Microsoft on Jun.18, 2009
With Windows 7 or Windows Vista you actually don’t have to copy all contents from one folder into another to merge them. You can simply rename one folder to the same name as the other to trigger the merge process. You’ll be prompted to replace any files or subdirectories that have the same name, but [...]
Tags: 7, vista, windows
filed in PC Games on Jun.18, 2009
“There’s still no release date for the long-awaited three-quel, though with StarCraft II supposedly arriving first – and that only going into beta this summer (maybe) – a 2010 release for Diablo is looking more than likely.”
View them here (via computerandvideogames.com)
Tags: diablo, diablo 3
filed in Software on Jun.18, 2009
I never heard this term before today and did some research to find out what it was. Here is what I found:
“A reverse proxy or surrogate is a proxy server that is installed in a server network. Typically, reverse proxies are used in front of Web servers. All connections coming from the Internet addressed to [...]
Tags: proxy, reverse-proxy
filed in PC Games on Jun.17, 2009
There are tons of upcoming sci-fi based MMORPGs for the PC. For the past few years there has been a lack of sci-fi based MMOs, but that is about to change this year and through 2010! Which one are you waiting for most?
Click the following link to view the full article and to see the [...]
Tags: mmo, mmorpg, rpg, sci-fi, science fiction
filed in Gadgets on Jun.17, 2009
The HTC Touch Pro 2 is the successor to the original Touch Pro which debuted back in June 2008. This successor has many improvements over the predecessor. The most notable are the screen, more finger-friendly, battery life, physical design, and conference call abilities.
Tags: htc, touch pro, touch pro 2
filed in Software on Jun.16, 2009
“Opera Unite: a Web server on the Web browser. With Opera 10, we are introducing a new technology called Opera Unite, radically extending what you are able to do online. Opera Unite harnesses the power of today’s fast connections and hardware, allowing all of us to help define the future landscape of the Web, one [...]
Tags: opera, unite