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The Myth of Upgrade Inevitability Is Dead

Several readers pointed out a ComputerWorld UK blog piece on the expanding ripples of the Vista fiasco. Glyn Moody quotes an earlier Inquirer piece about Vista, which he notes "has been memorably described as DRM masquerading as an operating system": "Studies carried out by both Gartner and IDC have found that because older software is often incompatible with Vista, many consumers are opting for used computers with XP installed as a default, rather than buying an expensive new PC with Vista and downgrading. Big business, which typically thinks nothing about splashing out for newer, more up-to-date PCs, is also having trouble with Vista, with even firms like Intel noting XP would remain the dominant OS within the company for the foreseeable future.

Left 4 Dead | Xbox 360 | Left 4 Dead is the newest addition to the zombie-survival genre. It features a strong emphasis on co-op tactics in order to survive endless waves of zombies. This is the second most notable zombie type game for the 360, the first

Left 4 Dead is the newest addition to the zombie-survival genre. It features a strong emphasis on co-op tactics in order to survive endless waves of zombies. It also runs on the Valve engine, same as counter-strike. This is the second most notable zombie type game for the 360, the first being Dead Rising. So grab a few friends and go get some zombies!

Dead Space Highlights Disparity Between Plot and Gameplay

Gamasutra is running an opinion piece praising recent horror-action game Dead Space for its pacing and gameplay while simultaneously criticizing the plot and the attempts to scare the player. Quoting: "What Dead Space is, is carefully and stylishly unoriginal. You'll love playing it, but when you aren't playing it, it's hard to say what's so great about it. It has some really great set pieces, some sweet effects, solid gameplay, an amazing interface and that's all. Anything and everything having to do with dialogue and story comes off as rote. ... You get the feeling the developer are trying very hard, though. When I see a dark shape in the distance, which turns and disappears, I don't get scared. I know he'll pop out of a vent later! Likewise, when I find a scientist who promptly slits her throat because of the horror, I just check for a

Dead Rising For Wii">

Interview: Capcom's Nakai On Remaking Dead Rising For Wii [01.06.09] A migration from Xbox 360 to Wii is deceptively complex, especially for a game like Capcom's Dead Rising, and producer Minoru Nakai reveals to Gamasutra how both game mechanics and tech have been changed to convert the game to Nintendo's console.

HowTo upgrade from Debian Etch to Lenny

MDLog:/sysadmin: "Debian Lenny's release is getting closer and closer and many people will want to upgrade their Etch servers to Lenny, maybe even before Lenny is declared stable (at RC1 at this time). Even people that don't want to upgrade to lenny might find some useful information in this post." Full Story...

First Issue of Dead Space Comic Available Online for Free

Image Comics published a six issue Dead Space mini-series (before the game was even out). The first issue of the Dead Space comic is now available online - for free.

Startups seek more dignified exit than a belly flop into the dead pool

Remember the dead pool? No, not Clint Eastwood's fifth and final Dirty Harry movie, but the internet graveyard that became a byword for failure during the last dotcom crash. In the lowest days of 2000 and 2001, the topic of who would be next to sink into the dead pool became a Silicon Valley obsession, with websites like FuckedCompany gloating over the collapse and closure of scores of startups.

Left 4 Dead Review

It was less than a year ago that Valve unleashed the Orange Box onto the world, showering gamers with a collection of some of the best games of the year, including Portal and Team Fortress 2. This year, it looks like Valve has done it again with the release of the Turtle Rock Studio developed Left 4 Dead, a zombie shooter that not only supports co-op gaming, but downright demands it. Left 4 Dead seems to take just about every zombie movie cliché, tosses them in a blender and hits frappe. What you get afterwards is a deliciously inspired gaming experience that seems to always get you to jump and scream, no matter how many times you play through the various campaign maps, whether it’s from the unseen attacks from smokers and hunters or the ominous rumbling (and ensuing cursing) from an approaching tank.

T-Mobile Eliminates Handset Upgrade Fees

T-Mobile has announced that beginning Wed., Dec. 17, the company is ditching the handset upgrade fee for customers. The elimination of the $18 upgrade fee applies across-the-board to all handsets (including the T-Mobile G1) and in all channels (e.g., retail, online, etc.).

Motorola wins China Telecom network upgrade work

BEIJING, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Motorola has won a contract to upgrade part of China Telecom's network for advanced multimedia services, the U.S. telecom gear maker said in a statement on Tuesday. Motorola will provide CDMA infrastructure in 42 Chinese cities, which would be installed in early 2009, the company said, without giving any price or other details. It is the second announcement about 3G network upgrade work awarded to a foreign company in recent weeks. Alcatel-Lucent said in early December it had won a $230 million contract from China Telecom to provide CDMA equipment in 56 cities. Foreign equipment makers are eager to secure such contracts as China will award 3G mobile phone licences by the start of 2009 and the government has said at least $29.

Memory Efficient Left 4k Dead Packs Zombie Minimalistic Fun

Still waiting on that terabyte drive to come in the mail? Tired of loading screens to get to your zombie apocalypse paradise? Enter game programmer Markus Persson with Left 4k Dead, his 2009 entry for the Java 4k Competition. Challenged with the task of creating a game under 4 kilobytes in size, Persson has created a top-down, minimalistic version of the Valve co-op zombie shooter Left 4 Dead.

Asteroid 'Bites the Dust' Around Dead Star

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope set its infrared eyes upon the dusty remains of shredded asteroids around several dead stars. This artist's concept illustrates one such dead star, or "white dwarf," surrounded by the bits and pieces of a disintegrating asteroid. These observations help astronomers better understand what rocky planets are made of around other stars.

Bioh4zard 2: Resident Evil 2 remade for Left 4 Dead

Zac, petbird, and jonmag are remaking Resident Evil 2 in Left 4 Dead. Titled Bioh4zard 2, the mod will recreate parts of the Resident Evil 2 game into multiplayer co-op scenarios in Left 4 Dead.

Left 4...Winchester?

The software development kit for Left 4 Dead hasn't even been released yet, but some modders are already preparing plans. One group in particular plans on taking the movie Shaun of the Dead and bringing it into Valve's Left 4 Dead.

Top-tier Investment Bank seeking Summit support analyst

Major bank is looking to hire a support analyst to join their Operations I.T. department, providing assistance to the upgrade project. Duties: Providing assistance to the upgrade project Reviewing and taking part in Summit upgrade tasks Capacity planning Hardware infrastructure in relation to Summit installations Skills: Sybase 12.5 Unix scripting Korn shell scripting 6 month contract, paying a competitive rate of between 400 – 600 p.d. depending on experience. Apply now if you feel you fit the bill.

PEAR Switches to REST from XML-RPC with Latest Release

Information is now served via REST files at pear.php.net/rest. If you are using a PEAR version earlier than 1.4.0, you will need to manually upgrade PEAR using direct URLs. To upgrade to the latest PEAR, you can either use go-pear (pear.php.net/go-pear) or upgrade using direct URLs.

Dead Space tops Music4Games Readers Poll for Best Score of 2008

Dead Space received the most votes in Music4Games' Readers Poll for Best Score of 2008. The final results were as follows:

Dead Space Downfall DVD

Dead Space Downfall is an anime movie that tells the story of all of the events that lead up to the game, it's 74 minutes long and it's got a few other features included on the disc. Is it a must have movie? Sort of, it does help to understand the game better, but the actual movie isn't that great honestly. The animation reminds me of more of a child's Saturday morning cartoon than the anime I'm accustomed too, I love anime and this isn't quite it, it's bastardized or Americanized anime at it's worst really. They tried to copy the stylish Japanese animes of the past and present but failed rather miserably, they also mixed computer generated images in with it and it sort of looks a bit out of place. EA should have hired some real talent for this, the game deserved it really and they could have had a great movie on their hands that would ha

Dead to Rights Hints III (PS2)

Dead to Rights is a videogame developed and published by Namco Hometeck. It was released for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony, the original Xbox from Microsoft, the GameCube and the PC. It was launched in November 2002. The title can be played from a first or third person perspective, and is classed as an action game with some mystery elements.

Dead Space Sequel in 2009?

Dead Space will without a doubt be getting a sequel. Will it be in 2009? Also will it be getting the multi-player treatment that EA CEO John Riccitiello mentioned today?

Dead tree returns as holiday elf

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Dec. 2 (UPI) -- A Downers Grove, Ill., man says he dresses a dead tree in his yard with costumes of the season to make people smile.

Dead Space Developers Announce New Project

An abducted soul, a lifetime of sins, a journey to the depths of despair. Electronic Arts Inc. announced today that EA Redwood Shores, the studio behind hit horror game Dead Space, is making Dante's Inferno – a Third-Person Action/Adventure adaptation of the medieval epic poem The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri...

Dead Space for Xbox 360 & PS3

The interactive entertainment industry has witnessed a lot in all respective genres over these years, which isn't really a bad trend if you consider the number of choices the gamer of today has across platforms. Even though abundance has shined over almost every genre, those scintillating, incredibly intense and spine-chilling horror titles have always been hard to come by. Sure, we've got legends such as Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and even Siren, but that's pretty much everything that the genre has had to offer to the new seekers thus far. When Dead Space was first announced by EA, it was pitted to bring classic horror and the “from space, no one can hear you scream” kinda atmosphere, and gladly, that's exactly what Redwood Shores have managed to deliver-a superlative, dark entertainer, and most certainly, one of the best survival h

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