Tuesday, January 31, 2006
PSP Sony PlayStation Portable
Fanjita has done it again with a new bit called eLoader-beta, which can run the vast majority of homebrew games, applications, and emulators on PSP firmware revisions 1.0 - 2.6
PSP Sony PlayStation Portable - News and Homebrew Updated 24/7
PSP Sony PlayStation Portable - News and Homebrew Updated 24/7
Sunday, January 29, 2006
[H]ard|OCP - ATI Radeon X1900 Series Evaluation
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Until now, we haven’t had a single video card that was able to run F.E.A.R. smoothly at 1600x1200 with 2X AA. Well, the X1900 XT and XTX can not only run it at that resolution, but they can also run it with Adaptive AA and High Quality AF enabled to boot.
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If you want the fastest performing video cards right now that provide the highest level of image quality in games, it doesn’t get any better than the Radeon X1900 XT and XTX. You get High Quality AF, Adaptive AA, HDR with AA, and very fast shader performance. If you have been waiting to play F.E.A.R. at very high quality settings, your wait is over; the Radeon X1900 XT/XTX is the card for you.
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The full review here:
[H]ard|OCP - ATI Radeon X1900 Series Evaluation
Until now, we haven’t had a single video card that was able to run F.E.A.R. smoothly at 1600x1200 with 2X AA. Well, the X1900 XT and XTX can not only run it at that resolution, but they can also run it with Adaptive AA and High Quality AF enabled to boot.
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If you want the fastest performing video cards right now that provide the highest level of image quality in games, it doesn’t get any better than the Radeon X1900 XT and XTX. You get High Quality AF, Adaptive AA, HDR with AA, and very fast shader performance. If you have been waiting to play F.E.A.R. at very high quality settings, your wait is over; the Radeon X1900 XT/XTX is the card for you.
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The full review here:
[H]ard|OCP - ATI Radeon X1900 Series Evaluation
Saturday, January 28, 2006
Friday, January 27, 2006
Visible Earth: January, Blue Marble Next Generation w/ Topography and Bathymetry
NASA & BitTorrent feed: regarder la derniere image de la page: 86400 X 43200 2.9GB !!!
Visible Earth: January, Blue Marble Next Generation w/ Topography and Bathymetry
Visible Earth: January, Blue Marble Next Generation w/ Topography and Bathymetry
G71 is the Geforce 7900
G71 is the Geforce 7900
Some suffix is possible, natch
G71 is Nvidia's first serious 90 nanometre chip that is supposed to fight and according to win over the R580, Radeon X1900 XTX. As far as we are aware, it is still not quite ready and is not launched either.
We will keep our eyes skinned, but unless Nvidia suddenly doesn't go through a change of heart the chip should be named the Geforce 7900.
G71 is the Geforce 7900
G71 is the Geforce 7900
G71 is the Geforce 7900
Some suffix is possible, natch
WE'VE HEARD the Geforce 7900 name before. Some people mentioned it earlier, this is the first time we could confirm it from several independent sources. It seems that Nvidia plans to use Geforce 7900 xxx for its G71 chip. It can be GTX, GT or goodness knows what else now.
G71 is Nvidia's first serious 90 nanometre chip that is supposed to fight and according to win over the R580, Radeon X1900 XTX. As far as we are aware, it is still not quite ready and is not launched either.
We will keep our eyes skinned, but unless Nvidia suddenly doesn't go through a change of heart the chip should be named the Geforce 7900.
G71 is the Geforce 7900
Sony PSP : les firmwares 2.0 à 2.5 contournés
Le jeu du chat et de la souris se poursuit entre Sony et les hackers au sujet de la console portable PSP. Ainsi, aujourd'hui nous avons appris qu'un hacker qui répond au nom de « Fanjita » a publié une nouvelle version de son programme « eLoader » pour les consoles de la marque nippone. Cette version estampillée 2.0 permettrait d'exploiter des failles du jeu GTA pour PSP afin de contourner les protections des firmwares 2.0, 2.01 et 2.5 (la version 2.6 n'est pas gérée) liés à cette console.
Le programme « eLoader » permet ainsi de faire tourner des programmes non officiels (émulateurs Super Nintendo, lecteurs de flux RSS, émulateur MAME, émulateur SCUMM ...) sur une console PSP avec firmware 2.0, 2.01 et 2.5. La liste des programmes compatibles avec « eLoader 2.0 » s'allonge très rapidement au fur et à mesure que le temps passe.
Pour le moment, seul le firmware de 2.6 de la PSP n'a pas été contourné, mais ce même Fanjita a déjà réussi à faire fonctionner un Tetris non officiel sur une PSP équipée du firmware 2.6... Le hacker serait donc déjà en train de travailler sur une autre version d'eLoader qui pourrait être compatible avec ce nouveau firmware. Nul doute maintenant que Sony proposera rapidement un autre firmware qui viendra colmater ces brèches. Sony reste effectivement farouchement opposé à l'utilisation de programmes non officiels sur sa console.
Sur CLUBIC:
Sony PSP : les firmwares 2.0 à 2.5 contournés
Le programme « eLoader » permet ainsi de faire tourner des programmes non officiels (émulateurs Super Nintendo, lecteurs de flux RSS, émulateur MAME, émulateur SCUMM ...) sur une console PSP avec firmware 2.0, 2.01 et 2.5. La liste des programmes compatibles avec « eLoader 2.0 » s'allonge très rapidement au fur et à mesure que le temps passe.
Pour le moment, seul le firmware de 2.6 de la PSP n'a pas été contourné, mais ce même Fanjita a déjà réussi à faire fonctionner un Tetris non officiel sur une PSP équipée du firmware 2.6... Le hacker serait donc déjà en train de travailler sur une autre version d'eLoader qui pourrait être compatible avec ce nouveau firmware. Nul doute maintenant que Sony proposera rapidement un autre firmware qui viendra colmater ces brèches. Sony reste effectivement farouchement opposé à l'utilisation de programmes non officiels sur sa console.
Sur CLUBIC:
Sony PSP : les firmwares 2.0 à 2.5 contournés
Thursday, January 26, 2006
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
8088 Corruption - Google Video
Color video running at 30 frames per second, with audio, on an original 4.77MHz 8088 IBM PC Model 5150 with 640K RAM, CGA video, 10MB drive, and Sound Blaster Pro.
No tricks, this is for real! This kind of speed is only achievable using text mode (!) and 8088 assembler.
No tricks, this is for real! This kind of speed is only achievable using text mode (!) and 8088 assembler.
| Programmer: | Jim Leonard |
8088 Corruption - Google Video
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Saturday, January 21, 2006
Microsoft Research Group Shot
C'est très rare que je fais un WOW @ M$! Mais WOW! Si vous avez des photos de groupe, vous devez essayer ce petit logiciel, ça fonctionne très très bien!
Microsoft Research Group Shot
Microsoft Research Group Shot
High-def ‘down-converting’ forced
In a deal reached this week after tense negotiations, the eight-company consortium behind the Advanced Access Content System, created for use by both high-def formats to prevent unauthorized copying, has agreed to require hardware makers to bar some high-def signals from being sent from players to displays over analog connections, sources said.
Video Business Online - 1/19/2006 - High-def ‘down-converting’ forced - CA6300812
Video Business Online - 1/19/2006 - High-def ‘down-converting’ forced - CA6300812
Friday, January 20, 2006
All Things Billy: Futurama coming back as a series???
Voici un post de Billy West sur son forum:
HERE'S GREAT NEWS!
Here's the official word on Futurama!!
David X. phoned me about an hour ago and said that this Futurama project
is a done deal! Here's the word from DX---
There are 4 DVD movies that we'll start recording at the end of July or
August.Full feature length FUTURAMA movies.
Everybody is excited to get back together--as I am!
Into the Future,
Billy
Qui est Billy West? Il fait les voix de:
Philip J. Fry/Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth/Dr. Zoidberg/Zapp Brannigan/Leo Wong/Smitty/President Richard Nixon's Head/Additional Voices
All Things Billy: Futurama coming back as a series???
HERE'S GREAT NEWS!
Here's the official word on Futurama!!
David X. phoned me about an hour ago and said that this Futurama project
is a done deal! Here's the word from DX---
There are 4 DVD movies that we'll start recording at the end of July or
August.Full feature length FUTURAMA movies.
Everybody is excited to get back together--as I am!
Into the Future,
Billy
Qui est Billy West? Il fait les voix de:
Philip J. Fry/Prof. Hubert J. Farnsworth/Dr. Zoidberg/Zapp Brannigan/Leo Wong/Smitty/President Richard Nixon's Head/Additional Voices
All Things Billy: Futurama coming back as a series???
Nintendo jabs at Microsoft... promises Revolution will outsell 360
"We will sell more units than Xbox 360 did here in the United States in our launch window," Reggie Fils-Aime, executive vp of sales and marketing, NoA
GameDaily BIZ: The news source for video game industry professionals
GameDaily BIZ: The news source for video game industry professionals
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Creative Fatal1ty 1010 Mouse
Bonne souris, mais notre G5 est encore ce qu'il y a de mieux!
"This is a good gaming mouse at a pretty reasonable price, but it's far from the best we've seen. It seems tailor made for a particular gaming genre and style, and while that may suit some gamers, it's not for everyone. You've got to spend some real time with it before it becomes natural and comfortable. The software covers all the basics, but doesn't really offer any advanced functionality. We feel much more comfortable suggesting Logitech's G5 Laser Optical Mouse to the average gamer."
ExtremeTech Review: Creative Fatal1ty 1010 Mouse
"This is a good gaming mouse at a pretty reasonable price, but it's far from the best we've seen. It seems tailor made for a particular gaming genre and style, and while that may suit some gamers, it's not for everyone. You've got to spend some real time with it before it becomes natural and comfortable. The software covers all the basics, but doesn't really offer any advanced functionality. We feel much more comfortable suggesting Logitech's G5 Laser Optical Mouse to the average gamer."
ExtremeTech Review: Creative Fatal1ty 1010 Mouse
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
iMac 17" Core Duo : Page 1
Bon test du nouveau iMac par arstechnica. Voir les pages sur le benchmarking ainsi que la page 7 pour le dual boot.
iMac 17" Core Duo : Page 1
iMac 17" Core Duo : Page 1
Celestia
Welcome to Celestia
... The free space simulation that lets you explore our universe in three dimensions. Celestia runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
Unlike most planetarium software, Celestia doesn't confine you to the surface of the Earth. You can travel throughout the solar system, to any of over 100,000 stars, or even beyond the galaxy.
All movement in Celestia is seamless; the exponential zoom feature lets you explore space across a huge range of scales, from galaxy clusters down to spacecraft only a few meters across. A 'point-and-goto' interface makes it simple to navigate through the universe to the object you want to visit.
Celestia is expandable. Celestia comes with a large catalog of stars, galaxies, planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and spacecraft. If that's not enough, you can download dozens of easy to install add-ons with more objects.
Frameset Template
iMac G5 vs iMac Intel Boot
In this video two iMacs with equal RAM are booted at the same time. One is a 2.1 Ghz G5, one is a 2.0Ghz Intel Core Duo. The Intel is on the left, the G5 is on the right.
YouTube - iMac G5 vs iMac Intel Boot
YouTube - iMac G5 vs iMac Intel Boot
Monday, January 16, 2006
How Much RAM Do You Really Need? | Tom's Hardware
The Need To Invest In 2 GB Of RAM Is Not Marketing Hype
How Much RAM Do You Really Need? | Tom's Hardware
How Much RAM Do You Really Need? | Tom's Hardware
Sunday, January 15, 2006
iPod Nano Games - Half Life
Playing Half Life on my iPod Nano. As you can see, I'm not very good.. but that's not the point.
Note, you'll need to be running iPod Linux to do this!
iPod Nano Games - Half Life - Google Video
Note, you'll need to be running iPod Linux to do this!
iPod Nano Games - Half Life - Google Video
Riding the Superconducting Maglev Train - Linear Motor Car
Riding Japan's Superconducting Maglev "Linear Motor Car" Train at 502 kilometers/hour on a beautiful day at JR Railway Technical Research Institute's Yamanashi Maglev Test Line.
This was shot with a JVC Everio GZ-MC500 3CCD hard disk drive camcorder. The length is 6 minutes and 11 seconds.
Riding the Superconducting Maglev Train - Linear Motor Car - Google Video
This was shot with a JVC Everio GZ-MC500 3CCD hard disk drive camcorder. The length is 6 minutes and 11 seconds.
Riding the Superconducting Maglev Train - Linear Motor Car - Google Video
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Developers, analyst predict $500 price tag for PlayStation 3
Round 345698: Start your speculation!
Developers, analyst predict $500 price tag for PlayStation 3 - Jan. 11, 2006
Developers, analyst predict $500 price tag for PlayStation 3 - Jan. 11, 2006
Polyphasic Sleep
Très intéressant & intriguant. J'ai passé au travers tous ses logs, j'ai bien aimé son expérience.
Polyphasic Sleep
Polyphasic Sleep
Friday, January 13, 2006
Thursday, January 12, 2006
Rumeurs autour du 'GeForce 7900 GTX'...
Alors qu'ATI ne devrait plus trop tarder à dévoiler ses Radeon X1900, les rumeurs concernant la réponse de NVIDIA vont bon train. On sait depuis pas mal de temps maintenant que la firme au caméléon travaille sur un chip désigné sous le nom de code G71.
D'après les dernières rumeurs en date, ce chip gravé en 90 nanomètres pourrait être dévoilé au mois de mars à l'occasion du CeBIT 2006 et son nom officiel pourrait être GeForce 7900 GTX. Au niveau des spécifications on parle d'un chip doté de 32 pixel pipelines et d'une fréquence comprise entre 700 et 750 MHz alors que le GeForce 7800 GTX 512 Mo possède 24 pipelines et utilise une fréquence de 550 MHz. Au niveau de la mémoire au parle de GDDR 1,1ns 800 - 900 MHz. Les modèles 7900 GT et 7900 GTX pourraient être lancés en même temps et la disponibilité des cartes devraient être immédiate. Les performances de deux GeForce 7900 GTX en SLI associées à un Athlon 64 FX-60 seraient 70% plus élevées que deux GeForce 7800 GTX 512 Mo.
Bien entendu, il faut prendre ces informations avec des pincettes mais il n'y aucun doute sur le fait que le G71 sera bel et bien la réponse de NVIDIA au Radeon X1900 et que par conséquent, il ne devrait plus tarder à être dévoilé officiellement. Affaire et benchmarks à suivre ...
Rumeurs autour du 'GeForce 7900 GTX'...
D'après les dernières rumeurs en date, ce chip gravé en 90 nanomètres pourrait être dévoilé au mois de mars à l'occasion du CeBIT 2006 et son nom officiel pourrait être GeForce 7900 GTX. Au niveau des spécifications on parle d'un chip doté de 32 pixel pipelines et d'une fréquence comprise entre 700 et 750 MHz alors que le GeForce 7800 GTX 512 Mo possède 24 pipelines et utilise une fréquence de 550 MHz. Au niveau de la mémoire au parle de GDDR 1,1ns 800 - 900 MHz. Les modèles 7900 GT et 7900 GTX pourraient être lancés en même temps et la disponibilité des cartes devraient être immédiate. Les performances de deux GeForce 7900 GTX en SLI associées à un Athlon 64 FX-60 seraient 70% plus élevées que deux GeForce 7800 GTX 512 Mo.
Bien entendu, il faut prendre ces informations avec des pincettes mais il n'y aucun doute sur le fait que le G71 sera bel et bien la réponse de NVIDIA au Radeon X1900 et que par conséquent, il ne devrait plus tarder à être dévoilé officiellement. Affaire et benchmarks à suivre ...
Rumeurs autour du 'GeForce 7900 GTX'...
XBox 360 forums
Someone while on holiday in Japan took these photographs. When they got back, they found the identical place in the Project Gotham 3 race tracks. They are shockingly similar and just highlights the large amount of work that went into making the game. Impressive eh?
Xbox 360 Forums
Xbox 360 Forums
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Nikon - Press room - Press Release
...Nikon Corporation has made the decision to focus management resources on digital cameras in place of film cameras.
Nikon - Press room - Press Release
Nikon - Press room - Press Release
XP Won't Run on Intel MacBook, iMac
Oups, Fafane, you were wrong! Apple will not shoot itself!
XP Won't Run on Intel MacBook, iMac
BetaNews | XP Won't Run on Intel MacBook, iMac: "XP Won't Run on Intel MacBook, iMac"
XP Won't Run on Intel MacBook, iMac
BetaNews | XP Won't Run on Intel MacBook, iMac: "XP Won't Run on Intel MacBook, iMac"
Apple Benchmarketing Raises Questions
When Apple tried to prove that G5 was better than Intel, they used a generic non-optimised GCC compiler for the Intel machine. This time, they used an optimised Intel compiler to prove that Intel is better than the G5. How quickly we forget!
Apple Benchmarketing Raises Questions
Apple Benchmarketing Raises Questions
Le iMac Intel, de 2 à 3 fois plus rapide
"Le premier appareil obéissant à cette architecture est en effet un iMac identique aux modèles d'avant janvier. Vendu au même prix et bénéficiant des mêmes fonctions et ressources, sa puissance a cependant été doublée, voire triplée."
Nouvelles - Technaute.LaPresseAffaires.com
Nouvelles - Technaute.LaPresseAffaires.com
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Take a leap into hyperspace
New Scientist SPACE - Features - Take a leap into hyperspace: "Take a leap into hyperspace"
Super Mario World (SNES) - 10:51 (US version, emulated run)
This video shows a machine mastering Super Mario World in 10:51, the fastest time possible. Starts at level 2 and goes through Bowser's Castle (shortcuts are used). Every situation is handled flawlessly. Amazing to watch! (Note that this is SMW for SNES; not the video of SMB3 for NES that has been circulating for a couple of years.)
Internet Archive: Details: Super Mario World (SNES) - 10:51 (US version, emulated run) - Alexis Neuhaus
Internet Archive: Details: Super Mario World (SNES) - 10:51 (US version, emulated run) - Alexis Neuhaus
Monday, January 09, 2006
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Saturday, January 07, 2006
Friday, January 06, 2006
A real memory stick breakthrough breaks through
"The bar graph below is not an LCD, it is the often discussed and rarely seen ePaper/eInk technology. Once it is set, it stays where it is without any electricity, so no slow battery drain."
A real memory stick breakthrough breaks through
A real memory stick breakthrough breaks through
"The Matrix" Freeway and Mythbusters Test Area
Interesting google maps satellite image of the freeway purpose built for the filming of the freeway scene in the Matrix. Also the area is frequently used by the Mythbusters for vehicular related myths.
Google Local - san francisco, ca
Google Local - san francisco, ca
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Monday, January 02, 2006
The making of: Dust & Dust2
About Dust2:
To this day I am still amazed that such a simple map could go as far as it has, but a lot of people have helped along the way from Jess Cliffe and Chris Ashton at the very beginning, through to Brian Martel, Richard Gray, Kristen Perry, Ido Magal, and a whole plethora of other behind-the-scenes workers. I haven't touched the map for several years now, and it keeps marching on.
At any point in time, Dust 2 is host to around 30,000 players, around 15% of all online gamers (source). Combined with the original Dust, this accounts 20% - 1 in 5 of all players currently playing any online FPS.
johnsto.co.uk | Welcome
To this day I am still amazed that such a simple map could go as far as it has, but a lot of people have helped along the way from Jess Cliffe and Chris Ashton at the very beginning, through to Brian Martel, Richard Gray, Kristen Perry, Ido Magal, and a whole plethora of other behind-the-scenes workers. I haven't touched the map for several years now, and it keeps marching on.
At any point in time, Dust 2 is host to around 30,000 players, around 15% of all online gamers (source). Combined with the original Dust, this accounts 20% - 1 in 5 of all players currently playing any online FPS.
johnsto.co.uk | Welcome
Sunday, January 01, 2006
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