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UPDATE – Site Cleaned, Malware Removed
Over the last few weeks you might have seen a warning window like the one above (or similar to it) when visiting the site. Unfortunately it looks like some WordPress plugin-tinkering that I did right before going on vacation introduced an obnoxious malware hook into the site (don’t worry, it’s nothing epicly horrible). I just finished [...]
Continue reading...Microsoft Games the Bing Search Results
Monday, June 1, 2009
Saw this on Digg, they are search result comparisons between Google and Microsoft’s new “Bing” search engine with an $80 million ad campaign behind it: Given those results, I have to imagine Microsoft is going to allow advertisers to pay for higher search result placement — which, like this, will give us more helpful and completely [...]
Continue reading...3D Realms + EPIC = DNF Was a Guerilla Marketing Scheme (The Chair Story)
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Laurence Hartje just sent me a link over to Charlie Wiederhold’s blog where he reiterates the “Chair Story”. We were talking about 3D Realms’s announced death and thought things started to sound fishy when Laurence sent this along. At first glance “The Chair Story” sounded stupid, but it was from a 3D Realms insider from back [...]
Continue reading...Duke Nukem ForNEVER
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Update #1: Confirmed, 3D Realms is dead. Big thanks to Ted Regulski for sending this one in and Laurence Hartje for the clever post title. ShackNews is reporting that 3D Realms is currently in a “situation”. The assumption, given that the company hasn’t released a game in 37 years, is that the “situation” is they are “broke” [...]
Continue reading...Verified by Visa is Useless
Friday, May 1, 2009
I was just shopping on Newegg and decided to purchase some more RAM for my computer. I added the item to my shopping card, hit purchase, entered my Credit Card info and hit Finish. I had forgotten that I had enabled the frustratingly stupid “Verified by Visa” check-out security process in the past… I somehow always [...]
Continue reading...Why the Resident Evil 5 Versus Mode is Scarier Than the Game Itself
Friday, April 10, 2009
One of the selling points of all of the new systems, particularly in reference to their various online services, is the ability to download extra content. This extra content varies from new levels, modes, characters, costumes, and anything else you can imagine. One of the first offerings out of the gate of Microsoft’s Xbox Live [...]
Continue reading...Atari Hates Gamers – Riddick Locked to 3 Install Limit
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Looks like some buzz going around the net that the DRM used on Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena for the PC (by Atari) is hard-locked to 3 install counts and then the game will not install again. (Thread 1, Thread 2) Early indications suggest that there isn’t even an support number to call to [...]
Continue reading...Netflix Bumps Blu-ray Access Price up 500%
Monday, March 30, 2009
Given the already impecable service we are receiving from Netflix, it looks like we are getting blessed with a price-hike as well for Blu-ray movie access. When HD disks (Blu-ray and HD-DVD) first dropped at Netflix, they were free for months. Then after Blu-ray won, Netflix shortly announced a premium price-hike for Blu-ray access that was [...]
Continue reading...Netflix Throttling Instant Video Streaming Performance for Viewers
Saturday, March 14, 2009
What’s Going on with Netflix Streaming Performance? I noticed about 3 weeks ago my streaming video performance from Netflix has become unbearably slow. I’m on a 7 mbps Qwest DSL line in Tucson, AZ and my previous experience with Netflix “Watch Instantly” service had generally been excellent, almost never showing the buffering screen for a movie [...]
Continue reading...AT&T Cell Network Sucking Hard for the iPhone Recently?
Thursday, February 19, 2009
AT&T invented illegal wiretapping, monopolies and crushing corporate power, but what they also bring to the table is exclusive rights to Apple’s much-desired iPhone. When the iPhone was first announced on the AT&T network, I still remember the following response from a group of friends about 20-strong: 50% – Sweet! I’m getting one! 50% – Nice phone, there [...]
Continue reading...MSI Scams Buyers On Rebates
Thursday, February 12, 2009
This is a common scenario for most nerds. You have a gadget on the mind. It might be a monitor, a video card, a phone, or in my case a notbook. You do the research, memorize the specs, model names, prices, and they you wait for a reason to bite. That reason ranges from waiting [...]
Continue reading...Android Market “MemoryUp Personal” App Possibly Destroying Data
Friday, January 30, 2009
Possible rumors floating around that the MemoryUp Personal Android Market application is destroying personal data as well as installing adware. So far the evidence seems circumstantial, but a connection between installing that app and lost email, spammed email accounts, adware showing up and SD cards being wiped clean are all getting reported. This brings up an interesting [...]
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
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