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Minecraft let’s play w/ samfty, WizardCM, Motordom – Episode 1
02 months ago
by samfty
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162 Million People Saw Wikipedia’s SOPA Blackout Page
0For those of you that know the internet went on strike to make people aware of the bill that is currently going thought the US Government.There are millions of people that are against sopa because it gives the us government the right to shut-down any website they wish that is deemed to have illegal content on it but that is only a simple explanation of SOPA there is a lot more to it. But to protest against the bill sites like minecraft.net, wikipedia.org and reddit put their site down for a day so they can make people aware that the us government wants to censor the internet net.
Minecraft 1.0 Released
0It has been two years or so since notch ( the creator of the game) released the first alpha version of the game Minecraft and now it has been officially released for PC. I have been playing 1.0 and most of the bugs that i was experiencing in the beta release has disappeared. For the people that don’t know what Minecraft is. I’ll briefly explain what the game is, it is basically a game where you are able to craft items and find resources. when you have found what you need you can be as creative as you can to create what ever you can think of. That is just a basic explication of the game but there is more then what i have explained to the game. Now that Minecraft is released Notch can work on advertising the game to people rather then working on getting stable enough for people to play. But that’s now the only news about Minecraft it also has been announced that Minecraft will be released on the Xbox 360 soon and here is the trailer.
IPad Arcade Machine
0So as some of you know that there are a lot of interesting 3Rd party accessories for the ipad but this has to be one of the best. This Arcade Machine that is run by the iPad. This machine is created by game publishers called Square Enix. This item gives you controls just like an arcade machine. The only disadvantage is that you have to pay for the app as well which is pretty much stupid .
Anyway thats a little bit about Square Enix’s arcade machine for the ipad.
Microsoft wanting Companies to Get Rid of Windows XP
0During this week Microsoft has been wanting company’s to get rid of windows xp and to upgrade to windows 7 or 8 (when it is released). Microsoft has released a date when XP and office 2003 will stop being supported and will no longer receive security patches and fixes. Which this date will be April 14th. I’m would say that because xp has been around so long most of security holes would be patched which is what most corporations want.
Google Chrome Turns Three
18 months ago
by samfty
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This week google chrome turns three. This week three years ago Google released their web browser. I first remember when I first started up Google chrome, it was so much faster then Firefox and still is.I like how in chrome you don’t have to restart your browser after installing a plugin it just works. I also like how the ram usage is a lot less then firefox. I know firefox has included a lot of new features in its latest release but i just like the experence that you have in google chrome. Well anyway that’s a small rant on why I like Google chrome.
Skype Now Has Home Phone Adaptors
1Skype has released home phone adaptors were you can just plug your normal phone in this device. It allows you to call Skype numbers for free and normal landlines and mobile phones at the Skype Standard rate.
All people have to do to set it up is connect it into your computer and set up your Skype details.This product may become appealing to people that don’t want to give up their normal home phone for a computer or Skype dedicated phone.
Microsoft Patch 22 Vulnerabilities in Windows
0This month’s windows update intends to fix 22 vulnerabilities in some of Microsoft’s programs. The update will be distributed from Tuesday 9th of August. Which you have to worry about if you have the windows to update Automatically.
An overview of the affected componets are
- Internet Explorer (6,7 and 
- Microsoft Developer Tools
- Microsoft .NET Framework
- Microsoft Office (Visio 2003, 2007 and 2010)
- Microsoft Windows OS (XP, Server 2003, Vista, Server 2008 (& R2), 7)
Eight of the thirteen updates will require you to restart your sytem for them to become effective.
Windows 8 Not Going To Have native support of Dolby’s Technologies
0Microsoft previous operating systems have supported Dolby Digital out of the box but Dolby have recently had a conference call with investors to say that Windows 8 will not support Dolby technologies out of the box. Which is a worry for some of us people that use the technology daily that watch DVDs in windows media player. But it looks like that i will likely have to change to vlc for watching 5.1 surround sound DVDs which does support Dolby.
Anyway that is what i think of windows 8 not going to have native support for the Dolby Technologies. Please leave a comment on what you think.
