Online auction site eBay rules that New Zealand not for sale – MSN-Mainichi Daily News: SYDNEY, Australia — New Zealand is not for sale, despite somebody in neighboring Australia trying to offload the nation of 4 million to the highest online bidder. With a starting offer of just one cent, brisk bidding for the prime chunk of South Pacific real estate quickly boosted the price to 3,000 Australian dollars (US$2,330).. Read More
Belated Level 60 Announcement
Right. So I finally took a character to 60 in World of Warcraft. I’ve been playing since the beta days, so that’s a reaaaally slow burn-rate. When it comes down to it, I’m just a casual gamer, and I wasn’t in a rush to get to 60. To be fair to myself, I have a couple of other characters that I’ve leveled, too. Around level 53 or so, I switched.. Read More
Macworld: News: Adobe aims to ease AJAX programming
Macworld: News: Adobe aims to ease AJAX programming: Adobe aims to ease AJAX programming By MacCentral Staff Adobe Systems on Thursday will debut technology intended to make AJAX (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) programming easier for Web designers. The company will offer a free pre-release version of an AJAX framework called Spry. The Spry framework is HTML-centric and features a JavaScript library specifically oriented to Web designers, said Jennifer Taylor, senior.. Read More
PS3 Announced
So sony finally announced it’s pricing on the PS3, and it’s less than I expected. I know a lot of people are surprised that the high-end, 60 GB HDD version is $599, but that still seems like a decent deal for the simple fact that you’ll get a Blu-Ray player in the deal. I’ll reserve my judgement until the reporters give their impressions on what the playable games are like.. Read More
TIME.com Exclusive First Hands-On w/ Nintendo’s Wii
So Time managed to score the exclusive hands-on w/ Nintendo’s Wii. I’m truly envious of them: I haven’t been this excited about a console launch in a long, long time. I’ve taken an excerpt from the article, which describes the reporter’s first exposure to the remote-shaped, motion-sensing controller and pasted it here; give it a read. TIME.com Print Page: TIME Magazine — A Game For All Ages Nintendo gave TIME.. Read More