Amy Okuda (\”The Guild\”) flies to Saturn to observe a new giant ring around the planet: the largest ring ever discovered in our Solar System, but one that was only recently revealed through infrared observations by NASA\’s Spitzer Space Telescope in 2009.
While there, she and Irwin — voiced by Wil Wheaton (\”Star Trek: the Next Generation,\” \”Big Bang Theory\”) — encounter an old enemy, and must defeat their sinister plot. Ed Wasser also stars.
Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two Updates Released
Valve Software / Steam has announced:
Updates to Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2: Episode One and Half-Life 2: Episode Two have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:
Half-Life 2 Added support for Mac Added Steam Cloud support for save games Added new achievements Improved graphical effects
Half-Life 2: Episode One Added support for Mac Added Steam Cloud support for save games Added new achievements Improved graphical effects
Half-Life 2: Episode Two Added support for Mac Added Steam Cloud support for save games
Note: Save games for Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One will go through a transition. The current level you are on will be saved, but not the exact position in the level.
Look Ma! No Hands!
Well, evidently the \”Accelerator Stuck\”, but still…
This isn\’t how you park your car…
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Anime Doctor Who?
Anyone know what this is from?
The Haggler – Strategies for Winning Consumer Disputes – NYTimes.com
THE HAGGLER asked readers to send their favorite techniques and stratagems for prevailing in consumer disputes, and let’s just say you came through. Loud and clear. And in very large numbers, with some rather novel ideas.
(View the rest of the article at The Haggler – Strategies for Winning Consumer Disputes – NYTimes.com)
7 Stupidest Employee Mistakes…..
At times, we\’ve all done stupid things, but here is 7 cases which ended up getting folks fired… And boy are they some big ones…
(View the rest of the article at 7 Stupidest Employee Mistakes)
VMware Fusion 3.1 – Better, Stronger, Faster Than Ever
VMWare Fusion 3.1 has been released, as a free update to all existing v3.xx owners…
VMWare is stating:
- 35% better end-to-end application performance (Measured with WorldBench 6)
- Better graphics support, with up to 5x 3D graphics performance. (Hardware Accelerated OpenGL 2.1 support)
- And More…
See VMWare Fusion v3.1 for more details…
Apple Seeds Build 10F58 of Mac OS X 10.6.4
World of Apple Reports:
Apple today gave a select number of developers access to the fifth build of Mac OS X 10.6.4. Build 10F58 includes a multitude of fixes and like the previous build of Mac OS X 10.6.4 contains no known issues.
Mac OS X 10.6.4 build 10F58 weighs in at 593.2MB in its delta form.
Apple first began testing Mac OS X 10.6.4 towards the end of April, a public release is unknown at this point but will most like be in the June timeframe.
Included seed notes below.
Included in this update
- Resolve an issue that causes the keyboard or trackpad to become unresponsive
- Resolve an issue that may prevent some Adobe Creative Suite 3 applications from opening
- Address issues copying, renaming, or deleting files on SMB file servers
- Improve reliability of VPN connections
- Resolve a playback issue in DVD Player when using Good Quality deinterlacing
- Resolve an issue editing photos with iPhoto or Aperture in full screen view
- Improve compatibility with some braille displays
Known Issues
None
Focus Areas:
- Graphics Drivers
- SMB
- USB
- Voice Over
- VPN