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St. Ives Implementation Results in JDF Interface to Creo Software

whitepaper Ives Print & Display Division will implement the Vision II MIS software in three European plants, located in Crayford and Blackburn in the UK, and Uden in the Netherlands, specializing in producing packaging and associated printed promotional...

Tags: erp

[21 May 2008]

Does the ZX Spectrum deserve its crown?

News Another reader reminisced about the ZX Spectrum's little quirks, saying: "I just remember having to get the volume absolutely right for the games to load! And one anonymous reader said the reason they purchased the Spectrum was so "the younger...

Tags: c64, computer, zx spectrum

[30 Apr 2008]

Dear silicon.com... ZX Spectrum nostalgia, Mac attack, tag a bag…

Comment I just remember having to get the volume absolutely right for the games to load! You mention form over function, by merging the computer and the screen together in the iMac you limit both devices and keep the user from upgrading either should their...

Tags: mac, zx spectrum, rfid

[24 Apr 2008]

Editor's Blog: Home computing from Acorn, Amiga and Amstrad, to the ZX Spectrum

Comment Magazines dedicated pages and pages to hundreds of lines of code that enthusiasts could use to program their own games and other applications. I'm not sure whether the games consoles that followed will lead to the same flowing of innovation or fond...

Tags: sinclair, commodore, spectrum

[22 Apr 2008]

Computing museum at risk of being thing of the past

News The collection features more than 2,000 hardware exhibits and 1,500 books, manuals and specialist magazines and runs the gamut from mechanical computers and slide rules, to the first PCs and modern games consoles.

Tags: history, museum, computer history

[01 Apr 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: The one-box generation

Comment But by contrast, my youngest can only remember having everything, including computer games. He has always enjoyed a rapidly growing range of technologies and content delivered direct to his computer screen.

Tags: television, revenue, radio, broadcast

[26 Mar 2008]

Poll: And the next killer app for mobiles is...

News The other options listed in the poll were: video/TV, music, games, email, access to corporate IT apps and social networking. The Vodafone chief said despite years of talking about surfing the web on mobiles, networks, handsets and services have...

Tags: social networking, mobile internet, mobile, mobile phones

[04 Mar 2008]

SMOOTHVISION

whitepaper With the introduction of ATI's SMOOTHVISION anti-aliasing, high quality anti-aliased graphics can now be achieved while maintaining a high level of performance, enabling computer games to look more detailed and realistic.

Tags: data visualization

[29 Feb 2008]

Microsoft Simplifies Development of Stunning High-Performance Multimedia Applications

whitepaper Computer game developers are constantly challenged to create feature-rich, fast games within shorter product release cycles. To help simplify game programming, Microsoft Corporation created the Microsoft DirectX application programming interface...

Tags: programming languages

[28 Feb 2008]

Protect Your Family With Windows Vista

whitepaper The presenter of this webcast discusses how to use new technology in Microsoft Windows Vista to help protect children, family, and computer from common threats on the Internet and from applications such as violent video games or inappropriate Web...

Tags: network security

[27 Feb 2008]

Photos: Accenture gets touchy feely with its interactive wall

Photo Tapping on the screens allows people to access information or video, navigate menus or play games. Webcams are attached to each screen which are linked to a computer and track the movement of fingers on the display's surface - doing away with the...

Tags: future, touch, accenture, interactive

[01 Feb 2008]

NCsoft Powers Massively Multiplayer Online Games With 64-bit Windows Server

whitepaper When the company upgraded its popular online game Lineage II, it needed a server computer platform that would sustain hundreds of thousands of user connections to a huge and richly detailed virtual fantasy world.

Tags: application servers

[10 Jan 2008]

Towards the Design of Intelligent Educational Gaming Systems

whitepaper Researches on Games in Education have shown that games motivate the learners to try to develop their knowledge whilst they perform in a pleasant virtual world in order to achieve the goals proposed. However, many games are not designed in a way to...

Tags: artificial intelligence

[08 Jan 2008]

Bill Gates sings at CES for one last time

News On the Xbox front, Microsoft touted a number of statistics, including the fact it has sold more than 17.7 million consoles, and the Xbox 360 has generated far more sales of games and accessories than rival consoles.

Tags: vista, olympics, ford, gates

[07 Jan 2008]

Latency Evaluation of Networking Mechanisms for Game Traffic

whitepaper However, little work has been done to examine and compare networking techniques with respect to meeting the stringent latency requirements that are common for networked games. Most interactive games need response times between 100 and 1000 ms...

Tags: tcp - ip

[26 Dec 2007]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Generation X

Comment They start with computer games, problem solving and strategic thinking reinforced by social networking and sharing on a scale never witnessed before. So, I'm off into town to visit the computer store.

Tags: social networking, management, skills, discover

[29 Oct 2007]

Dear silicon.com... work and play, mobiles on planes, data leaks...

Comment Computer games 'can help plug IT skills gap' Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. I'm on the plane. UK in-flight calls get green light

Tags: skills, vista, mobile

[25 Oct 2007]

Computer games 'can help plug IT skills gap'

News At the 2007 Parliament and the Internet Conference in Westminster, the minister said schoolchildren's enthusiasm for computer games should be harnessed to encourage the development of skills in maths and science, the proliferation of which would...

Tags: education, government, skills

[22 Oct 2007]

Shigeru Miyamoto

AS Profile Nintendo has always been admired for pushing the boundaries of computer games entertainment in ways that make gaming accessible to a wide range of players. Shigeru Miyamoto has been at the centre of the creativity behind many of the flagship games...

[12 Oct 2007]

Satoru Iwata

AS Profile In the early 1990s, Nintendo led the global games console market. The judges were impressed by Iwata's role in these innovations, concluding he has done much to take computer gaming out of the exclusive realm of the 17-year-old boy's bedroom and...

[12 Oct 2007]

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