12.22Top 100 Mods of 2007
After 40,000 votes the players choice top indie games and mods are on show and ready to be played
It has been a rough year for MediaDefender and their parent company ArtistDirect. This September nearly 700mb of MediaDefender’s emails leaked to the public. Initially it didn’t seem to affect the stock price much, but after the financial consequences became apparent, their net worth plunged.
12.22Linux MCE Video Demo
Impressive demo on what Linux MCE can do for Media Center and Home Automation.
In the video you can see an interesting HW set-up for Gyro remote and for thin fanless clients.
Apples for the Army? Wow, the old guard has finally moved on. Let the flame wars commence!
The RIAA is allegedly pushing out a video news release this holiday that warns of the dangers of piracy… and encourages ringtone and iTunes purchases. Some stations are already airing it.
12.19Firefox 3 Beta 2
The second beta of Firefox 3 is out. Head on over to the Mozilla site to see what’s new and get the beta.
The IE dev team has reported that Internet Explorer 8 will pass the Acid 2 test. Acid 2 tests a browser to see if it passes W3C web standards . Currently Opera and Safari pass Acid 2 and Firefox 3 will pass Acid 2. This will be great news to all web designers and will hopefully end hacks for IE to make websites work correctly.
Source: Channel 9 Forums
Dell is releasing Ubuntu 7.10 on a laptop and desktop today and with it, Dell will include DVD playback capability. ZOMG DVD Playback? I guess it’s nice linux is getting a little limelight but they make it look so “elementry”.
Sprinkled throughout Lifehacker’s archive of over 14,000 posts, we’ve featured hundreds of free web and desktop apps that help you get things done—but which are the best? As we wrap up the year 2007, it’s the perfect time to put together a quick list of our favorite pieces of free software and web services