Posted on March 28, 2008 by Dan
European fans of the Gran Turismo series of racing games worried about the release after some technical difficulties at the European PlayStation Store delayed things yesterday can relax. Things are fixed and the game is available right now.
The game will set you back £24.99 (€39.99) if you’re interested.
US fans will be getting the title on [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by Dan
Online encyclopedia Wikipedia has passed the 10 million article count with a biography written about 16th century Hungarian painter Nicholas Hillard (here’s an English version).
No prize for hitting that number I’m sure, but still amazing to think about just how huge it has become.
[Via TechCrunch]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by Dan
Last year MacTech magazine printed in its magazine a VBA to AppleScript translation guide to help people who had written Microsoft Office macros in VBA on the Mac only to find out that Mac Office 2008 will no longer support VBA.
Office 2008 is out and MS didn’t back down on their decision to drop VBA [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by Dan
Microsoft puts out a lot of updates for their software that’s great–I know they’re trying to fix bugs, security holes, etc., but when an update has installed and the computer needs to be restarted why does the computer have to continue to nag you ever few minutes about this?
If you’re tired of being nagged (like [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by Dan
The Sony Playstation 3 using Bluetooth for its remote control (and game controllers) is good and bad.
Its not directional so you don’t have to worry about having to aim the remote control at the PS3 for it to recognize which button you’re pressing. As long as you’re within range, it will just work.
The bad is [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by Dan
In a bit of a surprising move, Matt McAlister, director of Yahoo’s developer network, is leaving Yahoo and heading to The Guardian to take over their new technology director role.
Yes, the London-based newspaper.
Its not completely clear what The Guardian’s plans for the future are, but at least they seem to have a plan unlike a [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by Dan
Many Mac users already know and love Quicksilver but some, myself included, just recently discovered it.
What is Quicksilver?
The website calls it “a unified, extensible interface for working with applications, contacts, music, and other data.”
Okay, so what is Quicksilver?
Quicksilver is an application launcher that makes finding and launching/opening your applications, email messages, URL’s, etc., about as [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by Dan
If you’ve ever uploaded a video to YouTube and wondered things like how often it’s played in different parts of the world, how popular it is compared to other videos over a specific time period, etc., Google’s new YouTube Insight can help.
YouTube Insight is a free tool that allows you to look at statistics on [...]
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Posted on March 28, 2008 by Dan
Its no secret that Microsoft had a rough 2007 with the launch of Windows Vista not going off quite as planned, but some news that’s starting to come out is making the story interesting again.
According to Microsoft data, 28.8% of the 1,663,748 Vista crashes logged in 2007 were the result of NVIDIA driver problems. If [...]
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