HTTP:: p2pnet talks to Green Party s Elizabeth May
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zp2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- Federal Green Party leader Elizabeth May has moved to Vancouver Island in British Columbia where she’s filed her nomination papers to run against minister of state for sport Gary Lunn in the Saanich-Gulf Islands riding.nShe’s taken up residence in Sidney, near BC’s capital, Victoria, and close to p2pnet’s [...]
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Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Pingie: HTTP:: Good Writing Is Essential for Dragon Age Origins
HTTP:: Good Writing Is Essential for Dragon Age Origins
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Dragon Age: Origins is the project BioWare is set to release next, in the run up to Christmas and with the development studio well known for its complex story lines, gamers have set it high standards when it comes to the narrative of the videogame. So, it's a good thing to see one of the people working on Dragon Age claiming that good writing is essential to the experience which titles, in general, and role playing games, in particular, are delivering.Mike Laidlaw, who is the lead designer on Dragon Age, told Destructoid that “In terms of how important it is I'd say it's vital, and I think where certainly there's been huge successes are games that embrace the understanding that ultimately the gaming medium is defined by interactivity and reactivity, as opposed to narrative. A game that forces me down a single path and has no options or any sense that I'm actually affecting the world leaves me a little bit colder than a game that actually has some sort of interaction.â€La!
idlaw also says that at the moment the increase in graphics power is no longer delivering enough enhancements to allow developers to sell a game on beautiful and fluid images alone. So in all game genres, the creators are forced to deliver improved narrative, connecting gamers with the characters that they play and crafting wo...
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Dragon Age: Origins is the project BioWare is set to release next, in the run up to Christmas and with the development studio well known for its complex story lines, gamers have set it high standards when it comes to the narrative of the videogame. So, it's a good thing to see one of the people working on Dragon Age claiming that good writing is essential to the experience which titles, in general, and role playing games, in particular, are delivering.Mike Laidlaw, who is the lead designer on Dragon Age, told Destructoid that “In terms of how important it is I'd say it's vital, and I think where certainly there's been huge successes are games that embrace the understanding that ultimately the gaming medium is defined by interactivity and reactivity, as opposed to narrative. A game that forces me down a single path and has no options or any sense that I'm actually affecting the world leaves me a little bit colder than a game that actually has some sort of interaction.â€La!
idlaw also says that at the moment the increase in graphics power is no longer delivering enough enhancements to allow developers to sell a game on beautiful and fluid images alone. So in all game genres, the creators are forced to deliver improved narrative, connecting gamers with the characters that they play and crafting wo...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Ladies Shine at the GQ Men of the Year Awards
HTTP:: Ladies Shine at the GQ Men of the Year Awards
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The GQ Men of the Year 2009 Awards gala was held last night at The Royal Opera House in London, England, and, while a celebration of male accomplishment in several fields, including showbiz, television and politics, it was the ladies who stole the thunder on the red carpet. As limousines started pulling up in front of the venue, the biggest female stars of the moment took to the red carpet to dazzle the media and fans with their choice of outfits for the evening. Actress Eva Mendes, who was just recently in Italy, at the Venice Film Festival, promoting her latest film, “The Bad Lieutenant,†brought true Hollywood glamor to the event. Decked in a floor-length, purple gown that also had a sparkly, long trail, the actress was one of the few women to choose what one may call a “formal†outfit for the event. Not that it lacked the wow factor or anything, it is being said, since the gown was made with bits of sheer fabric that allowed a glimpse of Mendes’ leg and thig!
h when the blitzes of the cameras went off. “Slumdog Millionaire†and by-now established stunner Freida Pinto went for classic black in a little, cut-out number, again made of sheer fabric. The star chose to pair the somewhat asymmetrical dress with gladiator-style, black pumps and, surprisingly enough, n...
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The GQ Men of the Year 2009 Awards gala was held last night at The Royal Opera House in London, England, and, while a celebration of male accomplishment in several fields, including showbiz, television and politics, it was the ladies who stole the thunder on the red carpet. As limousines started pulling up in front of the venue, the biggest female stars of the moment took to the red carpet to dazzle the media and fans with their choice of outfits for the evening. Actress Eva Mendes, who was just recently in Italy, at the Venice Film Festival, promoting her latest film, “The Bad Lieutenant,†brought true Hollywood glamor to the event. Decked in a floor-length, purple gown that also had a sparkly, long trail, the actress was one of the few women to choose what one may call a “formal†outfit for the event. Not that it lacked the wow factor or anything, it is being said, since the gown was made with bits of sheer fabric that allowed a glimpse of Mendes’ leg and thig!
h when the blitzes of the cameras went off. “Slumdog Millionaire†and by-now established stunner Freida Pinto went for classic black in a little, cut-out number, again made of sheer fabric. The star chose to pair the somewhat asymmetrical dress with gladiator-style, black pumps and, surprisingly enough, n...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Oz prime minister s site hacked
HTTP:: Oz prime minister s site hacked
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p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- “It’s currently 2:34am Melbourne time,†says intrepid p2pnet correspondent Andrew over in Australia, going on »»»nwould of reported earlier but was tired watching TV. nat about 9:30pm it was reported on news.com.au that Kevin Rudds Government website had been attacked, and ACMAs website but were back [...]
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p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- “It’s currently 2:34am Melbourne time,†says intrepid p2pnet correspondent Andrew over in Australia, going on »»»nwould of reported earlier but was tired watching TV. nat about 9:30pm it was reported on news.com.au that Kevin Rudds Government website had been attacked, and ACMAs website but were back [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Test Drive of Spri Linux Beta
HTTP:: Test Drive of Spri Linux Beta
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Spri Linux is a lightweight Ubuntu remix that gears toward speed and uses the IceWM window manager to achieve that goal. Clearly, IceWM requires less resources than its bigger siblings, like GNOME and KDE, it's even lighter than XFCE, in fact you could probably put it in the same category with LXDE. Having that Ubuntu base means that Spri Linux benefits from the well-known hardware compatibility, package management and support that the popular distro has amassed in time. The Spri Beta 2.11 version is based on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and comes in a 340MB ISO file, quite close in filesize to the Lubuntu beta that we wrote about last week. Nothing special kernel-wise, it's the default 2.6.28-15 kernel that is in Ubuntu right now, and IceWM's version is 1.2.37. While booting the operating system, you will definitely notice the lack of a splash screen, usplash or otherwise, and probably some errors about kernel wlan modules. The installer is the same one used in Ubuntu,!
I won't give you any special cues on the installation process itself, because it really can't get much easier than it already is. The login screen is provided by slim, and it's pretty simple and elegant. The default IceWM desktop is also simple, themed in light colors, and it features a Conky instance centered at the top of the screen...
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Spri Linux is a lightweight Ubuntu remix that gears toward speed and uses the IceWM window manager to achieve that goal. Clearly, IceWM requires less resources than its bigger siblings, like GNOME and KDE, it's even lighter than XFCE, in fact you could probably put it in the same category with LXDE. Having that Ubuntu base means that Spri Linux benefits from the well-known hardware compatibility, package management and support that the popular distro has amassed in time. The Spri Beta 2.11 version is based on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and comes in a 340MB ISO file, quite close in filesize to the Lubuntu beta that we wrote about last week. Nothing special kernel-wise, it's the default 2.6.28-15 kernel that is in Ubuntu right now, and IceWM's version is 1.2.37. While booting the operating system, you will definitely notice the lack of a splash screen, usplash or otherwise, and probably some errors about kernel wlan modules. The installer is the same one used in Ubuntu,!
I won't give you any special cues on the installation process itself, because it really can't get much easier than it already is. The login screen is provided by slim, and it's pretty simple and elegant. The default IceWM desktop is also simple, themed in light colors, and it features a Conky instance centered at the top of the screen...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Something Big Music can t do without
HTTP:: Something Big Music can t do without
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p2pnet news view Music:- Guess what?nA, “comprehensive programme a product innovation is necessary to save the music industry from the current Media Meltdown it finds itself in,†the CD is dying, the 99 cent download model, “clearly isn’t enough (nor is live),†and ad supported and subsidized models, “all have much distance to goâ€.nThese [...]
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p2pnet news view Music:- Guess what?nA, “comprehensive programme a product innovation is necessary to save the music industry from the current Media Meltdown it finds itself in,†the CD is dying, the 99 cent download model, “clearly isn’t enough (nor is live),†and ad supported and subsidized models, “all have much distance to goâ€.nThese [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Test Drive of Spri Linux 2 11 Beta
HTTP:: Test Drive of Spri Linux 2 11 Beta
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Spri Linux is a lightweight Ubuntu remix that gears toward speed and uses the IceWM window manager to achieve that goal. Clearly, IceWM requires less resources than its bigger siblings, like GNOME and KDE, it's even lighter than XFCE, in fact you could probably put it in the same category with LXDE. Having that Ubuntu base means that Spri Linux benefits from the well-known hardware compatibility, package management and support that the popular distro has amassed in time. The Spri 2.11 Beta version is based on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and comes in a 340MB ISO file, quite close in filesize to the Lubuntu beta that we wrote about last week. Nothing special kernel-wise, it's the default 2.6.28-15 kernel that is in Ubuntu right now, and IceWM's version is 1.2.37. While booting the operating system, you will definitely notice the lack of a splash screen, usplash or otherwise, and probably some errors about kernel wlan modules. The installer is the same one used in Ubuntu,!
I won't give you any special cues on the installation process itself, because it really can't get much easier than it already is. The login screen is provided by slim, and it's pretty simple and elegant. The default IceWM desktop is also simple, themed in light colors, and it features a Conky instance centered at the top of the screen...
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Spri Linux is a lightweight Ubuntu remix that gears toward speed and uses the IceWM window manager to achieve that goal. Clearly, IceWM requires less resources than its bigger siblings, like GNOME and KDE, it's even lighter than XFCE, in fact you could probably put it in the same category with LXDE. Having that Ubuntu base means that Spri Linux benefits from the well-known hardware compatibility, package management and support that the popular distro has amassed in time. The Spri 2.11 Beta version is based on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) and comes in a 340MB ISO file, quite close in filesize to the Lubuntu beta that we wrote about last week. Nothing special kernel-wise, it's the default 2.6.28-15 kernel that is in Ubuntu right now, and IceWM's version is 1.2.37. While booting the operating system, you will definitely notice the lack of a splash screen, usplash or otherwise, and probably some errors about kernel wlan modules. The installer is the same one used in Ubuntu,!
I won't give you any special cues on the installation process itself, because it really can't get much easier than it already is. The login screen is provided by slim, and it's pretty simple and elegant. The default IceWM desktop is also simple, themed in light colors, and it features a Conky instance centered at the top of the screen...
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Pingie: HTTP:: YouTube movies deal
HTTP:: YouTube movies deal
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p2pnet news view | Movies:- A deal between YouTube, owned by online advertising giant Google, and “several major movie studios about renting movies†has Netflix and Blockbuster worried.nThe agreement could pose “stiff competition†to Netflix’s online streaming and Blockbuster’s rental services, says Reuters.nThe companies have already seen a drop in share prices, says the [...]
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p2pnet news view | Movies:- A deal between YouTube, owned by online advertising giant Google, and “several major movie studios about renting movies†has Netflix and Blockbuster worried.nThe agreement could pose “stiff competition†to Netflix’s online streaming and Blockbuster’s rental services, says Reuters.nThe companies have already seen a drop in share prices, says the [...]
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Pingie: HTTP:: Google 039 s Ad Exchange Boss Leaves the Company
HTTP:: Google 039 s Ad Exchange Boss Leaves the Company
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Google keeps on losing top-level executives, the third in less than a week, with Michael Rubenstein, who headed DoubleClick's ad exchange unit before the advertising network was acquired by Google in 2008, a position he continued to hold after the deal, leaving the search giant to, what else, “pursue another opportunity,†as Media Memo reports, though, there's no word on what exactly this other “opportunity†may be. Michael Rubenstein was vice president and director of Google's Ad Exchange, a unit that still hasn't seen a widespread roll-out, despite being part of DoubleClick before the acquisition. The exchange would bring together ad sellers and buyers, similar to how a stock exchange works, allowing them to trade ad space. While it isn't live yet, those several industry players already using it on an invitation-only basis, it could potentially become big business for Google. Yahoo bought a company called Right Media for $680 million for a similar technology, so !
it's clear that the top players believe it is going to be big. Rubenstein's departure follows that of DoubleClick's former CEO, David Rosenblatt, who left the company in April. Google acquired DoubleClick for $3.1 billion in 2008, hoping to do for display ads what it managed for text and search advertising, though, so...
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Google keeps on losing top-level executives, the third in less than a week, with Michael Rubenstein, who headed DoubleClick's ad exchange unit before the advertising network was acquired by Google in 2008, a position he continued to hold after the deal, leaving the search giant to, what else, “pursue another opportunity,†as Media Memo reports, though, there's no word on what exactly this other “opportunity†may be. Michael Rubenstein was vice president and director of Google's Ad Exchange, a unit that still hasn't seen a widespread roll-out, despite being part of DoubleClick before the acquisition. The exchange would bring together ad sellers and buyers, similar to how a stock exchange works, allowing them to trade ad space. While it isn't live yet, those several industry players already using it on an invitation-only basis, it could potentially become big business for Google. Yahoo bought a company called Right Media for $680 million for a similar technology, so !
it's clear that the top players believe it is going to be big. Rubenstein's departure follows that of DoubleClick's former CEO, David Rosenblatt, who left the company in April. Google acquired DoubleClick for $3.1 billion in 2008, hoping to do for display ads what it managed for text and search advertising, though, so...
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Pingie: HTTP:: Windows 7 RTM Safe from Vista SP2 and XP SP3 Vulnerabilities
HTTP:: Windows 7 RTM Safe from Vista SP2 and XP SP3 Vulnerabilities
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Not only is Windows 7 RTM not affected by the Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol 2.0 critical zero-day vulnerability, but the latest iteration of the Windows client is also safe from a range of vulnerabilities impacting previous Windows releases. Microsoft released five security bulletins on September 8, 2009, addressing a total of eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Server. However, the lucky few that are already running the gold versions of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 don’t have to apply a single patch. The same is in no way valid for users of older versions of Windows, who are advised to download and deploy the security updates as soon as possible. According to Jerry Bryant, senior security program manager for Microsoft, the five bulletins, which are all rated Critical, are designed to bulletproof Windows machines against two types of threats, namely browser-based and network-based attacks. In this first case, the malicious code is hosted on malform!
ed websites, while in the latter, exploits can come over the network attempting Remote Code Execution (RCE) or Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. Windows Vista RTM/SP1/SP2 contains vulnerabilities patched by no less than four of the total five patch packages released by Microsoft. In this regard, customers need to patc...
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Not only is Windows 7 RTM not affected by the Server Message Block (SMB) Protocol 2.0 critical zero-day vulnerability, but the latest iteration of the Windows client is also safe from a range of vulnerabilities impacting previous Windows releases. Microsoft released five security bulletins on September 8, 2009, addressing a total of eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Windows Server. However, the lucky few that are already running the gold versions of Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 don’t have to apply a single patch. The same is in no way valid for users of older versions of Windows, who are advised to download and deploy the security updates as soon as possible. According to Jerry Bryant, senior security program manager for Microsoft, the five bulletins, which are all rated Critical, are designed to bulletproof Windows machines against two types of threats, namely browser-based and network-based attacks. In this first case, the malicious code is hosted on malform!
ed websites, while in the latter, exploits can come over the network attempting Remote Code Execution (RCE) or Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks. Windows Vista RTM/SP1/SP2 contains vulnerabilities patched by no less than four of the total five patch packages released by Microsoft. In this regard, customers need to patc...
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