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Microsoft FAM 2010, Part 1: Microsoft’s Consumer Initiatives

By pthurrott

If you don't follow Microsoft closely, you may be surprised to discover that its annual one-day meeting with financial analysts, called the Microsoft... »

 

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Civilization V Special Edition comes with toys and hefty price tag

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Look how cute! You get those little guys up there with the Civilization V Special Edition , which also includes an art book, CD sountrack, and "making of" DVD. And the price is... Oh »

What if Bioshock used the Doom 2 engine?

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Jean-Paul LeBreton is a level designer for Bioshock and Bioshock 2 . He's just reworked Arcadia, the undersea forest from the first game, using the Doom 2 engine. Yeah, Doom 2 »

HP MediaSmart Server 3.0 Update Available to Order This Week

By pthurrott

We Got Served has the scoop on a new software update for users of HP's previous generation (EX470 and EX480) Windows Home Server-based MediaSmart Servers. It will bring them up to the 3.0 software level, providing them with the capabilities HP previously provided to users of the current generation (EX490 and EX495) MediaSmart... »

Has THQ decided too late to support Darksiders?

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This is normally good news: Gamers will be able to get to grips with Darksiders™' true essence in the upcoming release of a 90-minute game demo for Xbox 360® and PlayStation®3 based on THQ Inc.'s critically acclaimed action-adventure game. The demo contains the entire first dungeon encounter from the game, the sprawling Twilight... »

Nintendo decides Zelda fan film isn’t such a good idea after all

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Over the last few years, a couple of enterprising fellows named Joel Musch and Daniel Bass, together with a not insignificant number of cast and crew, have been making a fan-film based on Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time . But rather than call it that, they've called it Hero of Time .... »

Microsoft Ends GPL Saga and Posts WUDT Source Code

By pthurrott

From Rafael : Back in November, I wrote about Microsoft lifting GPL licensed code for use in a Microsoft Store tool, more specifically the Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool. A few days after the initial report, Microsoft confirmed my findings and vowed to set things right . Only a month later, access to... »

Microsoft’s Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool Uses Open Source Code

By pthurrott

And apparently does so illegally. Rafael has written up a great post , with a side-by-side code comparison, about how Microsoft's Windows 7 USB/DVD Download Tool uses code that was obviously taken directly from open source code that is licensed under the GPL »

iOrgSoft DVD to Creative Zen Converter

By daemon

DVD to Creative Zen Converter is a professional yet easy-to-use application for ripping DVD movies to Creative Zen. The program can rip DVD movies to AVI,WMV, and MPEG that compatible for Creative Zen. »

WinToFlash: Automate making a bootable, USB-based Windows 7 installer

By pthurrott

Nice! It looks like I have my software pick of the week early this week: What is WinToFlash WinToFlash starts a wizard that will help pull over the contents of a Windows installation CD or DVD and prep the USB drive to become a bootable replacement for the optical drive. It can also... »