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Just a quick message to wish everybody a Happy Easter!
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News: Update: WiiNewz/PSX-Scene |
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This is an update on PSX Scene/Wii Newz. Last week they lost their databases and seemingly had no hard back-up. They have decided to separate WiiNewz from PSX-Scene, whereby WiiNewz will use www.wiinewz.com and PSX-Scene can now be found at psx-scene.blogspot.com.
Here is a quote from WiiNewz;
March 16, 2008 We are almost ready to re-open the site. Since all of the posts over the last eight months were lost, we humbly request that you help us to restore WiiNewz to it's former glory by posting new threads containing any relevant information you may have once we have re-opened. We will be having a "Tutorials" contest very soon. Prizes will be supplied by our sponsors and will include a variety of Wii-related goodies. More details will be posted in the coming weeks but, remember, any tutorials posted on the website will eligible for entry.
We have also added a "Downloads" section where users can upload/download files related to the Wii Scene. Of course this cannot be used to distribute any copyrighted material. The section will be moderated and all uploads require WiiNewz staff approval before they appear in the database. For those wondering, we have nothing to report about a Wiikey update.
Big thanks to the guys for their work on getting things back up and running. Good luck on getting the main website back up.
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News: Vista SP1 - Update should be ready for tomorrow |
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Amazon and other sources are already stating that Vista Service Pack 1 Retail Edition will be ready for sale on Wednesday this week. Other sources are stating that the update for current Vista owners will be available one day earlier, tomorrow (Tuesday). Now I personally won't be updating straight away, I think I will see how it performs for other people first before taking the plunge myself.
There have been a few hiccups though, one was a pre-requisite patch that ending up ruining some peoples perfectly fine workstations. It forced their computer into a cycle of never ending reboots. Microsoft removed this update and said they are working on a fix, and stated further that this update won't effect the SP1 release date.
If you want to read more, you can head over to Computer World which have a longer article on this. I will be making several posts this week about SP1 as I am sure it is something a lot of people will want to know more about. I will also be putting up 'Troubleshooting' post today that will guide you on how you can change the automatic update settings before the release.
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News: Blu-Ray price dro.. what? Hike? |
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Well, are you shocked? I'm not. Sony are seemingly jacking up their prices of Blu-Ray players since the downfall of their only competitor, HD-DVD. Putting an extra £50 notes on mostly Sony, Samsung and Sharp players, it seems they are trying to cash in on the recent publicity that came about with Toshiba pulling out of the duel.
Now, the strange thing is, the Sony PS3 has not changed much, it is cheaper than most standalone players. So, you buy a PS3 instead obviously, chances of you buying games for that PS3? Chances are high, what does that mean? More revenue for Sony! Now, the problem is, how many people go out to buy a Blu-Ray player and think "I will get a PS3, it is cheaper!", not many, most would likely be saying "I am not having that ugly box in my living room".
You can read more about this over at tomshardware, they are also stating that current Blu-Ray players will soon become obsolete. So even if you buy now when the prices are high, you will likely buying an inferior product!
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News: PSX Scene - Disaster Strikes |
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Regular visitors, such as myself, of www.psx-scene.com may of noticed the message regarding the MySQL database's being completely removed.
Here is the quoted message from their website:
"The site's SQL database has mysteriously been emptied of it's entire contents. Even a duplicate backup database is suddenly missing it's data. We are not sure if this was a case of corrupt MySQL or if we were hacked. Regardless, all of the data in PSX-SCENE's six year existence is now lost. Words cannot describe what we are feeling right now. "
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News: Microsoft and Google - The latest head-to-head |
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'What are they trying to buy this time?' you may ask yourself. Well it happens to be no other than.. Digg.
The selling price could be anywhere between $200 to $300 million dollars. Around two years ago it was rumoured Digg was looking for around $20-$30 million but there was no takers, I bet someone is kicking themselves now if the deal is true.
This should probably have been posted in the Gossip section, but it really does seem like something is happening. Jay Adelson (Digg CEO) posted that this story was 'completely inaccurate' but also said 'our policy is to not comment about things like this' - so why comment? It seems strange, perhaps its not Google and Microsoft, who knows, lots of smoke, surely there is a fire?
You can read more on this story here.
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