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The Settlers 7 dev video lets you customize and flaunt your kingdom Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 4:35PMFiled under: Downloads , Sandbox , Video , Strategy Download HD Video The latest developer video for The Settlers 7 focuses on the deep customization features that will be available to players. The Mapforge feature allows players to adjust almost every aspect of a map, significantly changing up gameplay, so that no game plays quit the same way twice. Players will also get Castleforge, which lets ...
Mount & Blade: Warband Hands-On - Castle Sieging, Melee, and Dying Horribly [PC] Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 4:10PMWe try out the sequel to Mount & Blade and die horribly in the game's exhilarating multiplayer.
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West Hands-On - Classes, Modes, and Multiplayer Shoot-Outs [PC] Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 3:25PMWe try out this upcoming team-based multiplayer shooter set in the Old West.
Dems make 'reconciliation' plan official Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 3:20PMFirst Read is an analysis of the day's political news, from the NBC News political unit. First Read is updated throughout the day, so check back often.
Medal of Honor First Look [PC] Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:15PMWe prowl through the mountains of Afghanistan in EA's upcoming military shooter.
Google's Blogger Users Can Now Customize Their Designs Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 12:12PMGoogle has launched the Blogger Template Designer , a way to customize the look and feel of your Blogger blog. "Over the past few years we've worked to scale Blogger and ensure that it is capable of handling hundreds of millions of pageviews per day," Google says. "But we also believe that blogging is about self expression and that an important part of expression is creating a custom design that ...
Engelhaupt joins race for District 3 commissioner Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:38AMRE-1 Valley School Board Member Cody Engelhaupt has entered the race for District 3 Logan County Commissioner.
GOP puts up a fight in Glouco Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:32AMting on a newcomer and a previous candidate to run, choosing Vincent Nestore and Larry Wallace to contend for the two seats that will be up for grabs after Joe Brigandi Jr. and Jean DuBois announced they will not seek re-election.
InteQ SaaS Assurance Program Eliminates Implementation Risks by Enabling IT Organizations to Use InfraDesk ITIL SaaS ... Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:00AMInteQ takes sandbox user experience to the next level by providing IT organizations with the option to use InfraDesk in a production environment complete with custom workflow to reduce implementation risks and demonstrate value to the enterprise
Campaigner Marketing Email Service Shares Strategies for Success at Small Business Summit Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 10:51AMOTTAWA----Campaigner, a leading email marketing service provider, today announced that Melanie Attia, Product Marketing Manager for Campaigner, will present “Strategies to Create Successful Email Campaigns” at the Fifth Annual Small Business Summit 2010 in NY on March 16 .
Smartphone Weather App Builds A Mobile Botnet Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:11PMResearchers dupe thousands of jailbroken iPhone, Android users into downloading app
Michael Giltz: Oscar Picks: Win Your Office Pool! Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 9:00PMOk, I WON"T guarantee that you'll win your office pool. My track record is spotty -- especially during years when I passionately love a movie....
iPhone: Improving search in Safari Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:13PMThe trend for the iPhone has been "there's an app for that," hence the proliferation of narrowly-focused content apps. While that may be the best way to find what you're looking for on prominent content sites, such as the IMDB (yes, there's an app for that), often as not, users will eventually find themselves on a standard web page. Mobile Safari is a fine browser but it can be tough finding a ...
Google sheds light on Chrome OS Netbook security Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:48PMGoogle's Chrome OS Netbook will feature a host of built-in security technologies designed to protect users from malware and other threats, a Google engineer said at the RSA Conference Thursday.
Good turnout at ASD friendship fest Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:28PMThe American School of Doha (ASD) community turned out in strength yesterday for Friendship Festival 2010, braving a dusty and windy weather. A tradition for over a decade, the event presented by the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), promotes community spirit, friendship, awareness and co-operation.
Why You Should Download the Just Cause 2 Demo Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:01PMJust Cause 2 is worth the download, even if you don't have enough space. The Just Cause 2 demo, available today on the Xbox Live Marketplace, takes a cue from genre-sister Crackdown’s demo, trading players a massive swath of open-world playground for an equally sizable block of storage space.
The Sims 3 expansion trailer pursues its Ambitions Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:56AMFiled under: Downloads , Sandbox , Trailers , The Sims 3 Download Video The Sims 3 World Adventures took to far off exotic locations, but the recently announced Ambitions expansions will motivate sims to stay a little closer to home. Expected to release in June, the Ambitions expansion will allow players to control their sims within certain jobs as they pursue their own personal adventures ...
H&N photo by Lee Juillerat Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 11:44AMChuck Newnham with the Klamath Falls Rock and Arrowhead Club shows the inside of a Thunderegg, Oregon’s state rock. This year’s show theme is “The Many Surprises of Thundereggs and Geodes.” The shows runs Saturday and Sunday at the Klamath County Fairgrounds.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Ships Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:42AMBattlefield: Bad Company 2 is available now in North America and will be available in Europe on March 4, 2010 for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
Michael Giltz: Idol Needs Me! Says Producer Steve Lillywhite Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 5:23PMIf rock producer Steve Lillywhite gets his way, American Idol has already found the perfect replacement for Simon Cowell: him! A Grammy-winning producer, Lillywhite is...
Kaspersky Internet Security 2010 Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:40PMKaspersky's 2010 updates for its Internet Security and Anti-Virus programs introduce several useful features, including behavioural-based threat detection, program sandboxing and a gamer mode.
Crysis 2 – first look Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 3:38PMForget Far Cry 2. The real sequel to Crytek’s tropical PC-only shooter was Crysis, a game so powerful it could only run on a nuclear-powered PC the size of a semi truck. Until now.
Intro To Git Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 3:35PMAdvanced Flash Tactics or AFTs are techniques that come from deep within the Flash Art Of War, the oldest Flash military treatise in the world. In this AFT I will go over - Intro To Git. Everywhere you look it seams like Flash Developers are abandoning Google Code in droves for the green pastures of GitHub. Git has been on my radar as a Version Control for some time now but with the cool factor ...
Tropico 3 (Xbox 360) Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 1:16PMShouting "Viva Fidel!" doesn't come quite as naturally as it used to in Tropico 3. The world's leading banana-republic-in-a-box simulation may have moved its groovy green caps, aviator shades, and stinky cigars from the PC to the Xbox 360, but the transition has not been an entirely smooth one.
Tropico 3 Expansion Coming To PC This Summer Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 12:15PMTen new missions, a bunch of new buildings, and "Megalomania" edicts will enable Tropican dictators when the Absolute Power expansion hits this summer. The city simulator has always been about real ultimate power, and this add-on from original Tropico 3 developer Haemimont Games gives players more tools for controlling the unruly populace (or keeping them happy and productive, depending on who ...
Programming news: PHP 5.2.13, ASP.NET 4, Drupal 7 Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 11:27AMRead about Red Gate's Reflector tool, uTest's load testing services, Symbian's need for volunteers, Webinar on REST in RAD Studio and Delphi, and more.
Tropico 3 gets an "Absolute Power" expansion pack in May Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 11:10AMFiled under: Downloads , Expansions , Simulation Are you ready for more time to be an island dictator? Kalypso Media hope so. After relaunching the dormant Tropico franchise (previously publshed by 2K Games) with Tropico 3 in 2009, the publisher is working again with deveoper Haemimont Games for the game's first expansion pack, Absolute Power . The expansion, due out this May, will give players ...
HyTrust Appliance Receives RSA Secured Certification with RSA SecurID to Enable Two-Factor Authentication for the ... Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 7:59AMSAN FRANCISCO----HyTrust, Inc. , the leader in policy management and access control for virtual infrastructure, today announced it has joined the RSA Secured® Partner Program to certify interoperability between HyTrust Appliance and the RSA SecurID® system from RSA, The Security Division of EMC .
RSA® Conference 2010 Opens Today in San Francisco Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 7:00AMSAN FRANCISCO----Information security professionals and business leaders from around the world convened today to open the 19th annual RSA® Conference being held at San Francisco’s Moscone Center.
InZero: Closing the Gate on Cyber Crime Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 9:28PMThe startup has a device that may actually stop computer viruses dead in their tracks
Gaming: Ref ined Majesty easy on the eye and brain Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 8:22PMMajesty was an interesting take on the real-time strategy and kingdom sim genres. Half of the game was like any city, or in this case, kingdom, but with a twist on the RTS part when it came to quests. With full control over what to build and research on, the RTS part was left to your heroes.
Students test skills in, challenge each other in Olympiad Sunday, February 28, 2010 @ 3:03AMStudents from 14 high school and 10 middle school teams competed for gold, bronze and silver medals at MTSU Saturday — but whereas the games in Vancouver tested athletic skills, this olympiad was based on science.
Music Review: Steve Howell – Since I Saw You Last Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 4:37PMNot trying too hard proves to be Howell’s charm ...
The Big Picture: My work here is almost done Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 11:28AMI LOVE COUNTRY and western titles. One of my favorites: "From the Gutter to You Is Not Up." But the best ever: "How Can I Miss You If You Won t Go Away?
Appna Bazaar Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 12:36AMIndian software developers have quickly learnt the rules of the game. Close to 2 lakh desis are registered with just one app forum. That’s formidable - and it’s just the beginning.
Gamer Memories: Life, (Near) Death, and Games Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 8:44PMSuper Mario Bros. 2 (NES) One editor nearly finds his own "game over" screen, but games bring him back.
Civilization V trailer quotes history as it's made Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 4:40PMFiled under: Downloads , Sandbox , Trailers , Strategy , Sid Meier’s Civilization V Download HD Video It's difficult to capture the epic scope of a game like Civilization V , the upcoming addition to one of the most popular game franchises in the world, but this announcement trailer is an excellent start. As seen, it plays off the Civilopedia feature that uses relevant quotes as milestones when ...
WNT Sneak Past Norway 2-1 Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 4:40PMForward Abby Wambach scored two goals, including the game-winner in stoppage time of the second half, to lead the U.S. Women’s National Team to a dramatic 2-1 victory against Norway in the second match of Group B at the 2010 Algarve Cup.
Gamer Memories: Life, (Near) Death, and Games Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 4:10PMOne editor nearly finds his own "game over" screen, but games bring him back.
Sandbox hosts weekly Imagination Hour Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:05PMThe Sandbox. An Interactive Children's Museum, will host a weekly Imagination Hour beginning Th
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Milton Theatre seeks students for arts program Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 7:16AMThe historic Milton Theatre is presenting a five-week course for children 7 to 10 years old on Wednesdays beginning March 3. That Little Feeling Workshop is being led by Mahri Best, a veteran life coach with a special affinity for children.
Stamford housing authority clears final zoning hurdle for Westover mixed-income project Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 7:04AMSTAMFORD -- Charter Oak Communities has received final zoning approval for a mixed-income housing development in Westover, putting an end to a protracted battle with neighbors who fought to stop the project.
Michael Giltz: Idol Season 9: Top 24 -- The Women Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 3:01AMNow it gets fun. Most of us only sit through the auditions and Hollywood Week to get to the live performances on American Idol. But...
Weatherhead Fellow Incites Controversy Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:49AMA visiting scholar at Harvard’s Weatherhead Center for International Affairs has recently come under fire for making comments earlier this month advocating cuts in certain subsistence aid to Palestinians in order to curb extremism.
TRPA to hand out Best in the Basin awards Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 2:37AMThe Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Governing Board will be handing out its Best in the Basin awards Wednesday at its meeting in Stateline.
Scott Mendelson: A former Tim Burton obsessive accepts that he is now merely a casual fan. Wednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 1:01AMI grew up as the biggest Tim Burton nut around. I worshiped his Batman pictures and they turned me into the Bat-fanatic I am today....
Review: Riveting 'Heavy Rain' Murder Story Is Big Leap for Games Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 9:01PMBy pushing the possibilities of what a videogame can be, this sprawling story about a serial killer points the way toward the deeply immersive future of interactive gaming.
'Heavy Rain' Taps Real-Life Anxieties for Massive Interactive Story Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 9:00PMAcclaimed videogame designer David Cage turns everyday situations into deeply engaging gameplay in his Mature-rated title for PlayStation 3. With a 2,000-page script and 12 hours of motion-captured animation, Heavy Rain is an interactive wonder.
Safe House Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 7:11PMConceived as a low-cost showcase for developing new work, the new Sandbox series at SF Playhouse is a sort of midway point between staged readings and full-blown productions. It's an ideal venue to bring out local playwright Geetha Reddy's 90-minute one-act, for which this stripped-down productio...