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31
Aug 10

Custom Droid X ROMs starting to break loose, eFuse be damned

Despite Motorola’s best intentions to the contrary, the Droid X has been making steady progress toward viable custom ROMs, first with root access, then with a recovery method… and now, at long last, we’re starting to get the first few glimpses at legit cooked firmware.

…Despite Motorola’s best intentions to the contrary, the Droid X has been making steady progress toward viable custom ROMs, first with root access, then with a recovery method… and now, at long last, we’re starting to get the first few glimpses at legit cooked firmware. The two options we’re seeing so far are Sapphire — originally designed for the Droid of old — and a so-called “FlyX” ROM from longtime contributor Birdman. In both cases, the benefits of eschewing Motorola’s standard builds are pretty obvious: you get Froyo, root, and a host of apps and capabilities preferred by the superuser crowd like surcharge-free mobile hotspot access. The process is a little involved to get these bad boys installed at this point, but with time, we’re willing to bet it becomes a pretty painless endeavor. Follow the break for a quick video of Sapphire booting into stock Froyo on the X — a tantalizing sight, indeed….

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31
Aug 10

The Rise of the Anti-Facebooks

Facebook is dominating social media in almost every country where it hasn’t been banned, and the six-year old site shows no signs of slowing down. It’s creeping across generations, replacing things like the phone book and introducing tools the masses had no idea they needed.

…Maybe age or school-affiliation isn’t important, but exclusiveness still is. ASMALLWORLD is an invitation-only social network for “sophisticated” and “influential” people. “Trusted and loyal ASW members who meet certain criteria have the privilege of inviting a limited number of their friends to the network. If you know someone with this privilege, you can ask them to invite you. If not, please be patient and continue to ask around in your own personal and professional circles,” the site says.

Multiple personalities

Facebook does let you target what you upload to specific friends. But Facebook doesn’t want you to splinter your identity. Throughout its history, Facebook has encouraged users to use their real names, upload their real birthdays and use their real identities to log on to other sites.

Hibe is a yet-to-launch social network based around controlling which personality you project to whom, a concept its creator calls “Social Web 3.0.” “We are opening the way for a new social networking experience…

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30
Aug 10

Digg User Rebellion Continues: Reddit Now Rules the Front Page

Reddit has taken over the front page of Digg.

…It’s not unusual for a site to experience a significant user backlash after a major redesign. By announcing the redesign during the big Digg party at SXSW in Austin earlier this year, the company tried to soften the blow. Over the last few weeks, Digg also opened up the beta version of the new site to a very large number of testers. By the time the site finally went live for everybody last week, though, the backlash was almost immediate.

When we talked to Digg’s then-CEO Jay Adelson at SXSW, he noted that Digg was quite aware that some of its users would not be too happy with the new submission system. Not only does this new system take away power from Digg’s most active users, but in the eyes of many of them, it also currently favors big publishers like the BBC, Engadget, Wired and College Humor. Digg invited a number of well-known publishers (including ReadWriteWeb and most of our direct competitors) to submit their feeds early on during the beta test….

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30
Aug 10

5 Ways Tech Startups Can Disrupt the Education System

“Revolutionary.” “Disruptive.” These terms are used with such frequency that they may have lost much of their meaning. That’s not to say that there aren’t plenty of products and services that are innovative, and plenty of systems, plenty of organizations that are ripe for disruption or “revolution.” Take education, for example. Our modern education system is, after all, not so modern, with many of its practices strongly rooted in a “factory” model circa the Industrial Revolution.

…Is it based on profitability? Scale? Test scores? Overthrowing old theory and pedagogy? Overthrowing established companies in the industry? And as one of the companies on the Teaching Mater list was founded in 1999, I feel I have to ask again, what’s the definition of “startup”? (And I should note here that this doesn’t mean established tech companies are not doing innovative things or that educators aren’t using older tools in the classroom in innovative ways.)

In preparing to write several back-to-school stories for ReadWriteWeb, I initially considered a post featuring some of these “interesting” and “revolutionary” ed-tech startups. But instead of another list of disruptive ed-tech startups, I’d like to offer a list of the 5 disruptive things ed-tech startups are doing. I would love to hear your thoughts - as educators, as entrepreneurs - on what other metrics you might use for evaluating this disruption. After all, if as Bill Gates suggests that in five years the best education will come from the web,…

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23
Aug 10

Crysis 2 Multiplayer Gameplay Trailer [HD]

Click Here to Watch the Crysis 2 Central Station Commentary: www.youtube.com Crysis 2 Multiplayer Gameplay Trailer [HD] Developer: Crytek Release: TBA Genre: FPS Platform: PS3/X360/PC Publisher: EA Website: www.crytek.com EA agreed to a deal extension with Crytek GmbH, the award-winning developers of the Crysis® universe, to publish Crysis 2. Renowned for their technical excellence, artistic craftsmanship and commitment to quality, Crytek is building Crysis 2 on their new state-of-the-art multiplatform game development solution CryENGINE®3 for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system, and the PC. Follow Machinima on Twitter! Machinima twitter.com Inside Gaming twitter.com Machinima Respawn twitter.com Machinima Entertainment, Technology, Culture twitter.com FOR MORE MACHINIMA, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE SPORTS GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE TRAILERS, GO TO: www.youtube.com TAGS: Crysis 2 Multiplayer Gameplay Trailer [HD] machinima videogame video game xbox 360 xbox360 microsoft playstation3 ps3 playstation 3 pc steam windows live crytek cryengine fps first person shooter new exclusive 2010 multiplayer universe yt:quality=high


22
Aug 10

Halo Reach A Spartan Will Rise Vidoc [HD]

Click Here to Watch the Halo Reach Battle Begins Trailer: www.youtube.com Halo Reach A Spartan Will Rise Vidoc [HD] Developer: Bungie Release: 9/14/2010 Genre: Shooter Platform: X360 Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios Website: www.bungie.net Developed exclusively for Xbox 360 by acclaimed studio Bungie, “Halo: Reach” drops players back into the iconic universe they love so they can experience the birth of the “Halo” legend. During the past 10 years, the “Halo” franchise has inspired multiple New York Times best-selling novels, comic books, action figures, apparel and more, and it has sold more than 34 million games worldwide to date. Follow Machinima on Twitter! Machinima twitter.com Inside Gaming twitter.com Machinima Respawn twitter.com Machinima Entertainment, Technology, Culture twitter.com FOR MORE MACHINIMA, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE SPORTS GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE TRAILERS, GO TO: www.youtube.com TAGS: Halo Reach A Spartan Will Rise Vidoc Trailer [HD] machinima videogame video game xbox 360 xbox360 microsoft studio bungie master chief odst spartan arby warthog matchmaking new exclusive debut 2010 new comic con yt:quality=high


20
Aug 10

Dragon Age 2 Destiny Trailer [HD]

Dragon Age 2 Destiny Trailer [HD] Developer: Bioware Release: 3/8/2011 Genre: RPG Platform: PS3/X360/PC Publisher: EA Website: www.DragonAge.com Dragon Age 2 thrusts players into the role of Hawke, a refugee who survives the destruction of his homeland and becomes the Champion of Kirkwall. The lore around Hawke’s rise to power is shrouded in myth and rumor and is the driving force behind this all-new story spanning 10 years in the Dragon Age universe timeline. Players will uniquely experience how this legend unfolds by gathering the deadliest of allies, making tough moral choices, amassing fame and fortune, and sealing their place in history. Follow Machinima on Twitter! Machinima twitter.com Inside Gaming twitter.com Machinima Respawn twitter.com Machinima Entertainment, Technology, Culture twitter.com FOR MORE MACHINIMA, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE SPORTS GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE TRAILERS, GO TO: www.youtube.com TAGS: Dragon Age 2 Debut Trailer [HD] machinima videogame video game games xbox360 xbox 360 microsoft playstation3 ps3 playstation 3 sony computer entertainment scea soe bioware ea gameplay gamescom 2010 rpg new yt:quality=high


19
Aug 10

Top 50 Worst Ways to Die In Video Games

May we never again kick the bucket at the bottom of a spike pit.

…Ringed Out - Soul Caliber
If the pirate with the two giant swords knocks you off the raft, it s just as much a defeat as it would be if he had stabbed you in the eyeballs. Being stabbed in the eyeballs is a noble death, however. Falling in the river is not. I know this because I looked it up in the recent edition of Noble Deaths II….

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19
Aug 10

Inside Gaming: Zombies, QuakeCon & Some Guy’s Voice Who Is Not TheDeadPixel (Video Game News) S06E53

www.youtube.com Click here to watch Inside Gaming QuakeCon 2010 Coverage: Day 3 (8/15/10)! Inside Gaming: Zombies, QuakeCon & Some Guy’s Voice Who Is Not TheDeadPixel (Video Game News) S06E53 Zombies, QuakeCon check in, and some guy’s voice that’s not The Dead Pixel. This is Inside Gaming for Wednesday, August 18th, 2010.Check out our Facebook app at apps.facebook.com ! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Follow Machinima on Twitter! Machinima twitter.com Inside Gaming twitter.com Machinima Respawn twitter.com Machinima Entertainment, Technology, Culture twitter.com FOR MORE MACHINIMA, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE SPORTS GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE TRAILERS, GO TO: www.youtube.com TAGS: Inside Gaming IG news machinima dead pixel Kovic twitter youtube facebook yt:quality=high itunes rage id software Crytek Crysis 2 Call of Duty Black Ops zombie best buy Xbox Live Summer of Arcade Monday Night Combat Team Fortress 2 Microsoft points Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light DLC xbla BioShock Infinite Columbia The Force Unleashed 2 Yoda Star Wars Boba Fett lightsaber quakecon dallas jfk texas quake infinity ward brink sark hunted bethesda helmet daily plaza germany rob talbert


18
Aug 10

Deus Ex Human Revolution E3 2010 Trailer [HD]

Click Here to Watch the Deus Ex Human Revolution GDC 2010 Teaser Trailer: www.youtube.com Deus Ex Human Revolution E3 2010 Trailer [HD] Developer: Eidos Studios Montreal Release: 2011 Genre: FPS Platform: PS3/X360/PC Publisher: Eidos Interactive Website: www.deusex.com Follow Machinima on Twitter! Machinima twitter.com Inside Gaming twitter.com Machinima Respawn twitter.com Machinima Entertainment, Technology, Culture twitter.com FOR MORE MACHINIMA, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com FOR MORE SPORTS GAMEPLAY, GO TO: www.youtube.com TAGS: Deus Ex 3 Human Revolution E3 2010 Teaser Trailer [HD] machinima videogame video game xbox360 xbox 360 microsoft playstation 3 ps3 playstation3 sony computer entertainment scea soe pc steam mac fps first person shooter eidos interactive studios new exclusive debut official footage developers conference yt:quality=high



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