Microsoft has, as planned, stopped downloads for the Windows 7 Release Candidate. The official download has been available since early May.
For those of you that are already running the RC Microsoft were quick to point that it will expire in March next year. Certain users such as developers and early Windows 7 testers have been able to download the final version since early this month.
Microsoft finally took Windows Live Movie Maker out of beta yesterday and released the full version of it. There has been a lot of improvements from the beta such as the option to render your videos in HD and direct upload to Youtube. You can also add visual effects like black & white and high contrast.
Also, you can add animations to your videos. There is a new feature called AutoMovie which will make a movie automatically out of your pictures and videos. You can also change the aspect ratio for your videos so that you can publish them in widescreen.
If you aren't aware of the Guild or Felicia Day then just leave right now. She's been a face to the nerdy, and a beacon of hope to who aren't quite normal. Yes, she'd make a fine wife... err...um...excuse me.
Check out the Guild on youtube or even on the Xbox marketplace. It's a funny show that would make any gamer proud. And as for their music video, it's so damn catchy and awesome there's no denying you won't eventually see it. I finally cracked and went ahead and bought the mp3 on iTunes. Support the Guild!
Caught this on Digg the other day, thought it'd be worth sharing. Ever wonder what popular sites looked like back a decade ago? Well, Smashing App's has got you covered.
Check out Google, Yahoo, and Msn's 1999 duds here
Amazon, Google, and Apple still seem to resemble their past selves, but other sites like Microsoft got full make overs. Makes me wonder what these same sites will look like in another ten years...
[Smashing App's via Digg]
If I asked you to tell me the average age of a video gamer what would it be? What if you were asked that same question 10 years ago? Your answer would probably be a whole lot different. Today's gamers are not the 10 - 14 year old stereotype they used to be labeled as. Those same kids grew up, but that doesn't stop them from buying at least one new game each paycheck nowadays. Games in recent years, the top selling games to be specific, have been heavily mature in terms of theme. Bioshock, COD4: Modern Warfare, and Gears of War have all been blockbusters, but if you notice, they aren't anything like the games of 15 years past; Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Final Fantasy VII, or even Super Metroid.
Gamers grew up and so did their games, Hollywood Reporter writes. However, what they're really talking about is how now that we have these gorefest type games already out of the way, maybe we can now experience some deeper, more narrative based titles. Games cited were Alan Wake and Heavy Rain. Young teenagers seem to like what is out of this world - blood and guts all over the place; things they don't see in their "civilized" societies. Alan Wake is possible now because of the maturity level of gamers has deepened once they've gotten a bit older - or so that's what I'm lead to believe from reading the article. Although, I know far too many people who'd rather play Madden and Halo than ever consider playing a "good" game in their life, but let's just go with this for now.
"Traditionally, in the video game world, 'mature' means about 14 years old, but that's not what were talking about now," said Matias Myllyrinne, managing director of Finnish-based games group Remedy, which created the best-selling "Max Payne" franchise and is working on the hotly anticipated mystery title "Alan Wake" for Microsoft. "If you make just the hardcore WWII games, the hardcore fantasy games -- you know, with the big-breasted women who slice people up and drink their blood -- you're limiting your audience."
So what he's saying is that the audience has widened. You have your grown up gamers, then you have the younger set, and then finally the casuals. If you're making the same repetitive violent games every few months then you're limiting to who you can offer it to in those 3 markets. When I first saw Alan Wake, what turned me on was that it wasn't another Bioshock, or Dead Space - not to say they weren't amazing - but I was glad to see a game in which its environment wasn't covered in the red stuff from wall to wall. I can't wait to try it out Wake when it comes out.
But anyway, off the main topic, I started thinking about something. Where were the 20 something gamers a decade ago? And what about the 10 - 14 year olds now? What are they playing? They seem to be stuck in a limbo of playing what their older brothers (or sisters... pfff) are playing, and what the kids at school think is good - which in my opinion is skewed ginormously compared to what my generation thought was good when I was a kid.
Anyway, it got me thinking and it might make you too.
[Via Hollywood Reporter]
A recent article on CVG has told us that Microsoft might be planning a price rise from £130-£160 for the Arcade SKU of the console in the UK. The article also tells us that Microsoft may discontinue the Pro SKU.
This is following the recent news of Sony unveiling the PS3 Slim for £249.99
Apple is investigating media reports that one or more of the company's iPhones have exploded in Europe, a European Commission spokeswoman said Tuesday.
Yes, a few iPhones have exploded, but we shouldn't be scared of having an iPhone in our pocket... Right? What is the cause?
Apple said it knew about the media reports, which includes a teenager in France who said he was slightly injured when his iPhone made a weird noise and shattered. I dont think he would buy another iPhone again!
Apple have come back to us ... and what they've said to us is that they consider these are isolated incidents. They don't consider that there's a general problem.
They're trying to get more information on the specific details of those incidents (reported in the media) and they will do tests as necessary to investigate the possible cause.
Helen Kearns told a news briefing.
But a spokesman for Apple Europe Ltd. said:
We are aware of these (media) reports and we are waiting to receive the iPhones from the customers. Until we have the full details, we don't have anything further to add.
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