News articles from all over the world freshly picked for you by CyberiaPC.com. Unfortunately, we have a tendency to be slow and boring at times, which luckily for you means often irregular and occasionally strange articles http://cyberiapc.com/forums/index.php Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:47:30 -0600 30 http://cyberiapc.com/forums/index.php http://cyberiapc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11494
You might have noticed that the outages have become more frequent recently. Unfortunately, I've not been able to pinpoint the culprit by looking through the server logs so what our web-host will do after midnight tonight is take the server down for approximately four hours to run a full hardware diagnostics test in order to see if the issue is related to hardware. Whatever the reason turns out to be, even if it turns out that we have to upgrade our hardware, I'll be sure to request that they do that right away.

Regarding the general activity, I admit that I've not been really active lately, and certainly appreciate all you guys who have been checking in from time to time. Unfortunately, a few things happened in my life recently that have made it difficult to be as active here as before. Things are slowly settling down now, so I should have more free time soon (not the first time that's been said ) to be an active part of this great community once again.

Thanks again, guys. I'll be sure to keep you posted.]]> usr.c usr.c Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:05:29 -0500 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:05:29 -0500 11494 http://cyberiapc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11296
The acquisition appears to be the first step into turning The Pirate Bay into a legal site. The Stockholm-based piracy site is a peer-to-peer server which made video games, movies and music available for "sharing" among users. Swedish police previously raided the The Pirate Bay and those connected to the site, and the ensuing trial against the BitTorrent site's founder resulted in a guilty verdict.

According to Hans Pandeya, CEO of Sweden's Global Gaming Factory, "We would like to introduce models which entail that content providers and copyright owners get paid for content that is downloaded via the site."

Pandeya adds that while The Pirate Bay is one of the top 100 most visited sites on the entire internet, it needs to change. "In order to live on, The Pirate Bay requires a new business model, which satisfies the requirements and needs of all parties, content providers, broadband operators, end users, and the judiciary," says the GGF exec. "Content creators and providers need to control their content and get paid for it." What's more, Pandeya adds, file sharers need "faster downloads and better quality".

According to a statement from The Pirate Bay, "If the new owners will screw around with the site, nobody will keep using it. That's the biggest insurance one can have that the site will be run in the way that we all want to."

Global Gaming Factory X AB will acquire The Pirate Bay this August.]]> Mario MaD_cOw Wed, 1 Jul 2009 18:48:58 -0500 Sat, 4 Jul 2009 11:37:52 -0500 11296 http://cyberiapc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11292
But considering that we're already six months into 2009, a four to six month beta period is kind of cutting it close, if the game has any intentions of shipping this calendar year. Granted, Blizzard hasn't officially committed to that, but StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the company's best bet for a "front line release" this year. So... will it ship this year?

"It's getting there," Browder said, adding "We can still make four!"

While what we played at Blizzard's recent hands-on felt beta ready to us, we're obviously not calling the shots. Browder says that StarCraft II needs to be in the best possible shape before it gets its beta coming out party.

"Beta is extremely distracting for us," he said. "We're playing. We want to see what other people are doing. We need to fix bugs right now. The minute beta goes out, we lose a lot of efficiency."

"So, we don't want to be in beta for nine months."]]> Mario Mario Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:20:33 -0500 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:20:33 -0500 11292 http://cyberiapc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11287

The newest version of Sony's PlayStation Portable isn't even on sale yet, but the company is already looking ahead to what's next, according to Reuters.

The electronics giant is looking into making a combination gadget that would meld its PSP gaming system with the cell phones made by Sony Ericsson, its joint venture Swedish electronics maker Ericsson, according to Reuters, which cited the Nikkei business daily.

Sony reportedly plans to put together a team as early as July to begin development of the new gadget. Sony no doubt has its eye on Apple's iPhone, which is already popular with consumers and is now getting more serious attention from game developers as a platform for their games.

This isn't the first time rumors of this nature have circulated. In 2007, Sony raised eyebrows with a patent filing that appeared to show a PSP-like device with phone capabilities, and British Telecom said it was working with the company to bring voice and video chat to the PSP.

In the meantime, Sony continues to work on its portable gaming device. The PSP Go, which was unveiled at the E3 gaming conference, is smaller than its predecessors and has a slide-up screen. It will go on sale in North America on October 1 for $249.]]> Mario markakleive Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:01:26 -0500 Mon, 9 Nov 2009 07:44:55 -0600 11287 http://cyberiapc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11025 Zii has been unveiled at CES today and I do not feel like anything has changed. But maybe these things need time?

The Zii is a scalable and programmable architecture designed by the former 3DLabs group, which Creative bought in 2002. The first Zii chip will be system-on-a-chip (SoC) with dual ARM-926 cores with 48 programmable processor elements (PEs) and capable of delivering 10 gigaFLOPS of computing power to e.g. render 3D graphics etc. And I have to say I am impressed by what I have found on the web so far:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk-g6CRB0O8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7a6yvEDwdE

http://www.electronista.com/articles/09/01/08/creative.zii/

]]> Ghouler TecKchriS Fri, 9 Jan 2009 10:40:09 -0600 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 01:14:28 -0600 11025 http://cyberiapc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11006 Well, you know son, we're in a recession right now; times are tough and our budget has already been cut in half

Supervisor Smith, why are we no longer allowed to park in the company's parking lot when all the managers still can?
Well, you know son, we're in a recession right now and so we'd like you to save on gas, which is why we're asking that you drive less and instead park in that public parking lot on the other side of town and walk the rest of the way

Dad, I need to pay my college tuition fees; I'm already 3 months late and they've threatened to kick me out!
Well, son, we're in a recession right now and I'm tight for cash; book smarts isn't everything, you know

Mom, did you actually wash these socks because they still stink!
Well, you know son, we're in a recession right now; water and laundry detergent cost money

Honey, this chicken that you cooked for me is raw! Are you sure you even cooked it at all!
Well, you know love, we're in a recession right now; we can't eat as lavishly as we used to]]> usr.c Ghouler Tue, 2 Dec 2008 23:59:28 -0600 Fri, 9 Jan 2009 10:34:24 -0600 11006 http://cyberiapc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=11005 The Onion was a bit more original, but took more time and effort (bah!) So now, I'm thinking: What can we do that is a bit more novel? It doesn't have to be Special-relativity-novel, just something that's a bit fresh and different and exciting.

Hmm...what can we do that's novel? Something that's...a bit different...hmm...

I can't think of anything right now, but I'm sure it'll come to me soon enough. In the meantime, here's a picture of what a geek with a baby looks like.
(original source)

Actually, how about a little experiment. I was reading this article this morning about a teacher who decided to sell ad spaces on her exams! What would be the best way for us to write about/spin/mock/analyze/laugh out loud at such a piece?]]> usr.c D.heaps Tue, 2 Dec 2008 23:30:19 -0600 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:52:23 -0600 11005 http://cyberiapc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10927
I just wanted to see what everyone's opinions are for web browsers. Because I am just getting into web design I have had to deal with the major four a lot lately, and have found that they love to hit on each other (go figure). Safari Brags that it has the fastest load times ( http://www.apple.com/safari/ ). But they are only counting FF 2 and Opera 9 not the new 9.5.

So my personal opinion is that Firefox 3 is the way to go, with opera as second, then safari and lastly IE.

Firefox 3:



this was taken at the same time the others were, but with firefox I was able to max out at about 200mbs.
It is clearly faster for speed tests and ping and so on, and page load times take the same or less than safari for me.
Also all the add ons are amazing.

The only bad thing with firefox is how the add-ons can be incompatible so fast.


Opera 9.5:



Not bad speed, but always had horrible ping. Great interface though

Safari:



I really have nothing agaisnt safari, except it seems a bit 'childish' to me and I like a web browser with power. (and customization)

IE 7:



IE did beat others in speed from speed test.net but it has a horrible user interface is my opinion.

(All these were taken at 2pm on standard comcast internet, nothing fancy.)

Other opinions?]]> TecKchriS D.heaps Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:59:25 -0500 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:34:17 -0600 10927 http://cyberiapc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10921
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/e...key/7371250.stm]]> usr.c TecKchriS Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:26:51 -0500 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:54:10 -0500 10921 http://cyberiapc.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=10906
While one of the crew was using the Russian-made toilet last week, the toilet motor fan stopped working, according to NASA. Since then, the liquid waste gathering part of the toilet has been working on-and-off. Fortunately, the solid waste collecting part is functioning normally. Russian officials don't know the cause of the problem, and the crew has been unable to fix it.

Read the full article here.]]> usr.c amir Wed, 28 May 2008 06:45:18 -0500 Wed, 28 May 2008 10:22:27 -0500 10906