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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!hmm, a slightly different take on the Apple style adverts this time its the PS3 and the Wii…

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The guys over at pabr.org have managed to configure the motion sensing Sixaxis PS3 controller to work in Linux and control one of their simple robot devices. They noted that the device already acts as a HID compliant USB device, but as its being marketed as a Bluetooth device presumed it would work like [...]

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There have been rumours flying around on whether Ken Kutaragi (Mr Playstation) will be going to work for Nintendo after his decision to retire from Sony. A bloomberg report has quashed this in asking Nintendo head Satoru Iwata for truth in the rumours, his response being “I don’t think that will happen.”
The irony in all [...]

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Firefox easily beats the living daylights out of Internet Explorer but…..
“there is one problem I can’t seem to solve,” writes M.B. of Fuquay-Varina, N.C.
“How do you add sound effects to the browser? With Explorer, it is part of the Windows setup, but Firefox is boringly silent”
If you are an FF user, then congratualtions and welcome [...]

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“I’m a barbire girl, in a barbie world” (makes the screechy record rewind sound) “I’m a barbie girl, in a barbie virtual world”
The maker of Barbie dolls, Mattel announced that it will be introducing a new site for Barbie fans, BarbieGirls.
The site offers opportunities to create a virtual character, play games and chat with other [...]

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To answer the topic - very easy if you do not know how to protect your network.
Everyone bums of a free wireless internet connection. There may be zero harm when someone uses your service but if the wrong person (hackers) get on to it, they could land you in some deep s%$t.
It can take [...]

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We’ve recently heard about about companies such as Apple, Nintendo and Sony enjoying fruitful proft boosts. Lets add Microsoft to that list.
Windows Vista sales have helped the software giants post a forecast-beating 65% rise in third-quarter profits.
Microsoft said net profit in the three months to 31 March was $4.93bn (£2.47bn) or 50 cents per share, [...]

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As I reported earlier there has been a phenomenal impact on the folding @ Home distributed computing program since the PS3 was introduced. I have been also running this program on several PC’s for some time now and decided to setup a comnetslash team to see if we can’t together make a bit of an [...]

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Having taken far longer than Linus Torvalds would have liked the new kernel release but nevertheless kernel 2.6.21 is here. Bringing quite a few changes both minor and major in how linux handles scheduling and time.
In his April 25th release note to the LKML (Linux Kernel Mailing List), Torvalds wrote, “If the goal for 2.6.20 [...]

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The guys over at eweek have put together a slideshow of the most important open source applications of all time, and to be honest i think they have pretty much hit the nail on the head with their list.
The only extra I would probably have added would be sendmail. Click on the image to visit [...]

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The fourth and final test release of Fedora is now available.
Head over to the fedora project to check it out….
Features include:

2.6.21 Kernel
Gnome 2.18
Fast User Switching
Live CD

Release Notes
Download:
Torrent (recommended)
HTTP/FTP/RSYNC

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Here’s another blast from the past. The Super Nintendo,

How good do the graphics look???
Remember the superscope?

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WARNING ComNetters, hold of your racing for your Acer laptops or at least double-check it with the retailer.
Taiwanese computer maker Acer announced a recall of 27,000 lithium-ion laptop batteries on Wednesday. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said, may overheat and pose a potential fire hazard to consumers.
“Acer advises customers to stop using these recalled [...]

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Microsoft has released the first publicly available beta of its next-generation Windows server operating sytem, code-named, Longhorn
Longhorn Beta 3, the first feature-complete version of the product, builds on Windows Server 2003 by addressing the automation of daily management tasks, enhanced security, new scripting and command-line technology, and streamlined installation options. Microsoft has aimed to top [...]

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The Playstation 3 Eye is coming….
The Sony EyeToy, a camera for the Playstation 2 console, was originally launched in 2003 and supported a number of titles that let users control gameplay in nontraditional ways.
Now Sony is due to release the the Playstation 3 follow-up, The Eye.
The new USB peripheral will offer a number [...]

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