So the chat cable connecting my turtle beach x11 headset to my controller is no longer functional so I've been using the plastic cheap headset that comes with most xboxs. Most of the time I'm in party chat but this time I had no one to talk to so I was in Single Player in game chat. However I noticed some static noise coming through. I turn up the volume on my headset and as it turns out, your A.I. teammates talk to you while you are in game chat!
Talk about a fun little feature! It may not be helpful all the time but it helps add to the gaming experience.
Sony's representative CEO, Kazuo Hirai, has just released an apology and announcement about PSN coming back online along with some other Ps3 and PSP features that were down alongside PSN. Along with this any PSN user must change their account password and can enroll in free Identity Theft protection. Also, any accounts that were made before the time of PSN downage also appear will get certain bonuses depending on what kind of subscriber you are.
In typical Activision 1 year release fashion, Call of Duty: Modern Wafare 3 is slated for release on November 8th of this year, big surprise right? Just yesterday, they released four teaser trailers showing four different locations, America, England, France, and Germany. Along with this, information from a source inside Activision leaked some plot details regarding Modern Wafare 3's Story Mode.
Also, Special Operations, (a game mode from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 involving missions not directly related to the storyline) is making a return with what appears to be two different modes: Mission and Survival. Also, the names and very few pictures of the Multiplayer Maps appear to have been leaked as well, with a list of about 20 of them. More on the storyline aspect, some of the locations have also been leaked with some weird odd names. "A plane transporting the president of Russia" and "A caste in the Czech mountains."
This is my own personal speculation but my guess is that you either play as a Russian, escorting the president and crash land in the Czech Mountains or you play as Ghost attempting to kill the president and get captured/imprisoned in Czech.
Also, some box art has been released, however it is unknown as to whether this is the official box art, concept art, or subject to change at all. Some IGN speculation has also been recently released discussing the four trailers Activision sent out. More information will be posted here after E3.
Talk about unfortunate timing. Right after the PSN credit card data outrage, Microsoft sent a warning to other users of phishing attempts via the Xbox Live message system. Hackers have apparently decided to target Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 gamers, perhaps because of the game's popularity (or maybe console gamers just make easy targets -- ZING!). ...Read More
You may have noticed a new GPT (GUID Partition Table) formatting option on your new system. Maybe you've heard some buzz about how GPT is replacing the old school MBR option. Or maybe your geek friends at work are talking about GPT at the water cooler and you have no idea what they're rambling on about. Well, what the heck is this GPT thingy? We'll explain it here without being ridiculously technical. Read More
Once Motorola kicked off the Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) party with its Xoom tablet, you knew it would only be a matter of time before others followed suit. Buckle up and brace yourself, because the Honeycomb ride continues with the just announced Acer Iconia Tab A500, Acer's first 10.1-inch tablet running Honeycomb and the introductory model in the company's new Iconia family of slates for North America. read more
In with the new, out with the old. UEFI not only looks snazzier but is replacing the old school BIOS on modern motherboards.
For the most part, this isn't very technical. There is really no magic to it; Nor smoke and mirrors. For decades computer systems have had a simple, keyboard-only BIOS. This BIOS always runs prior to booting in to your operating system. Basically, what the BIOS has always done is allow all the computer parts (hardware) to "check-in" so that all the parts can talk to one-another once the user boots in to the operating system. So, what is this new UEFI that is replacing the BIOS in modern systems? READ MORE
It seems as if there's been a lot of shifting around in the upper management of some big technology companies. Of course much of that is probably due to the massive departure of all of AMD's top management, making other smaller departures seem more like part of the trend. However, it can't be denied that there have been more executives leaving now than there normally are. Now, its Intel's turn to lose a top exec. The President of Intel's Ultra Mobility Group, Anand Chandrasekher, has announced he is leaving "to pursue other interests." Other than that vague description, no reason was given for the sudden departure. ...read more
KiwiPC is not a very big PC manufacturer, and you likely haven't heard of them. They do, however, have some big ideas, as the purpose for their existence is to build very simple, affordable PCs that is easy for the less than tech literate to use. As such, they have released a basic Linux-powered nettop that appears to be based off of Ubuntu. KiwiPC claims they are using a simple open-source, customized distro that senior citizens should have no trouble using to access their favorite sites and games. ...read more