Is Intel’s New Series Giving AMD a Better Image?
Intel has been busy at work with new processors to put the Core 2 Duo/Quad names out and come in with their new line, the Core I series. Fantastic little things really, I plan on picking up an i7 920 D0 for my next build actually. That being said, there are some issues I would like to pick about this series, now don’t let this deter you, from it because really, there’s nothing terribly wrong with these, it’s the naming scheme and sheer blind moves that they’re making with them, the first 6 months of this series was simple and effective, especially from a sellers standpoint.
Missing Substance
Games have gone downhill over the last decade, even famous series’ of games have gone more mainstream and lost their way. This is a sad truth not only among video games, but movies and TV as well. The world is dumbing down and looking for the sparkles and bright shiny things, instead of good storytelling and deep character plots.
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Beta Alert: Star Wars The Old Republic
Well, it is official. The highly anticipated MMORPG from Bioware is finally accepting Closed Beta Sign Ups. That is right, Star Wars: The Old Republic. I wrote about it a short while ago after there was some substantial information, however I have been anticipating this game since it was merely a rumor.
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Tactical Drone
MacDev has made top quality Speedball markers for years. A well known name in tournament paintball, and even the more regular recreational players. Most people cannot afford these markers, no matter what would be said about a marker for $100.00 and one for $2000.00, but rest assured, you do in fact get what you pay for, and for $550.00
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Cyanogen Asked to Desist
Earlier this week the Android community learned what Google meant with Open Source. Clearly what Cyanogen, maker of CyanogenMod, had been doing something that violated their idea with their mobile operating system. The actions were a cease and desist order on Cyanogen making his popular mobile Operating System (OS). Many users are running this Operating System for many reasons, some of the main ones are stability, accessibility, and better resource usage. This is even more prevalent on the newly release Hero from HTC, which people have claimed to have been given last years hardware with next years ROM, I personally beg to differ, but that’s a whole other story.
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