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Loveparade 2007: Love is Everywhere

{ August 25, 2007 @ 10:44 } · { Music }
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Loveparade 2007: Love is Everywhere

Loveparade 2007 in Essen

(BC) Essen, 25.08.2007 – ‘Love is Everywhere’ was the slogan of this year’s Loveparade 2007. The same music – Techno – blared with 600.000 watt out of more than 1.000 loudspeakers as floats carrying brightly-dressed party lovers drove through the streets of Essen in the first Love Parade to take place outside Berlin since it began 18 years ago.

Love is Everywhere

Despite the last move in Berlin, organisers said that this year some 1.2 million people took part in the parade that began in Essen city centre and ended with an immense outdoor party on its Berliner Platz. Many partygoers dancing in the blazing sunlight reminisced about Berlin, where, since its launch in 1989, the world-renowned parade had contributed to the city’s growing popularity. Disagreement with Berlin authorities over logistics and security led organisers to this year move the venue to the former mining region of the Ruhr in western Germany. The police of Essen claimed that from the security point of view, the situation was surprisingly calm. Each major town in the region of some 5.3 million inhabitants is to take a turn at hosting the Love Parade in coming years. So well – Love is still Everywhere!

Medal of Honor: Airborne PC Demo

{ August 23, 2007 @ 3:42 } · { Games }
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Medal of Honor: Airborne PC Demo

Airborne PC Demo

Step into the boots of Boyd Travers, Private First Class of the 82nd Airborne Division and engage in battles throughout Europe. From rocky beginnings in Sicily to war-winning triumphs in Germany, each mission begins behind enemy lines, with an intense and fully interactive airdrop. Your ability to determine your own starting point dramatically changes the way each mission plays out. View the entire operation from the air, and then control your parachute to choose your landing spot. On the ground, gather your senses and assess the terrain. A wide variety of authentic, customizable weapons are at your disposal, each with distinct characteristics. Choose your path in this free roaming FPS environment. Medal of Honor Airborne will also feature exceptionally photo-realistic characters, adding to the intensity of the cinematic, story-driven game. (MH)

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(MH)

Olympus SP-560 UZ: Successor to the SP-550 UZ

{ August 23, 2007 @ 10:32 } · { Photography }
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Olympus SP-560 UZ: Successor to the SP-550 UZ

(JM) Hamburg, 23.08.2007 – Olympus today announced with the SP-560 the designated successor to the SP-550 UZ. The new SP-560 integrates now a slightly bigger 1/2,3″ image sensor (SP550 UZ 1/2.5 “ CCD-Sensor). Let’s hope that the new sensor reveals an improved image quality.
* 18X Optical Zoom & 27 – 486 mm Wide Angle / Tele, F2.8 – 4.5
* 8.0 Megapixels, 1/2.3 “ CCD-Sensor & TruePic III Image Processor
* Dual Image Stabilisation (mechanical stab. / ISO Shift)
* 2.5-inch 230,000-pixel LCD Monitor & EVF (electronic viewfinder)
* CCD-Shift Image Stabilisation and High-Sensitivity Shooting
* Advanced Face Detection Technology
* High-Speed Sequential Shooting with Pre-Capture Mode (1,2-Megapixel-Modus)
* Supermakro-Modus from 1 cm up
Olympus SP-560 UZ frontOlympus SP-560 UZ backOlympus SP-560 UZ side

(JM)

News from Games Convention 2007

{ August 22, 2007 @ 6:17 } · { Games }
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News from Games Convention 2007

Games Convention 2007(JM) 22.08.2207 – Leipzig. A lot of new stuff to report from the Games Convention 2007 in Leipzig. Various publishers presented their upcoming game top-titles as well as a committee of experts announced the nominations for the title „Best of GC“ – awarded by the GC – Games Convention – for a total of ten categories:

In the category PC:

- Sam&Max Season One (JoWood Productions Software AG)
- StarCraft 2 (Vivendi Games Deutschland GmbH)
- Hellgate: London (Electronic Arts GmbH)
- Die Siedler Aufstieg eines Königsreichs (Ubisoft GmbH)
- Crysis (Electronic Arts GmbH)
- Enemy Territory Quake Wars (ACTIVISION Deutschland GmbH)

In the category Xbox:

- BioShock (Take 2 Interactive GmbH)
- PES 2008 (Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH)
- Sacred 2: Fallen Angel 360 (Ascaron Entertainment GmbH)
- Eternal Sonata (ATARI Deutschland GmbH)
- Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (EIDOS GmbH)

In the category PSP:

- God of War: Chains of Olympus (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- PES 2008 (Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH)
- Silent Hill Origins (Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH)

In the category PS2:

- PES 2008 (Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH)
- Crash of the Titans (Vivendi Games Deutschland GmbH)
- Singstar – Die Toten Hosen (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- BUZZ! – Das Film-Quiz (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)

In the category PS3:

- Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH)
- SingStar (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- Uncharted: Drakes Schicksal (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- The Eye of Judgment (Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)
- PES 2008 (Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH)

In the category Wii:

- Wii Fitness (NINTENDO of Europe GmbH)
- Super Mario Galaxy (NINTENDO of Europe GmbH)
- Mario & Sonic bei den Olympischen Spielen (SEGA Germany GmbH)

In the category NDS:

- Eye Training (NINTENDO of Europe GmbH)
- Undercover: Doppeltes Spiel (dtp Entertainment AG)
- The Simpsons Games (Electronic Arts GmbH)

In the category Mobile:

- Skate (Electronic Arts GmbH)
- Medal of Honor Airborne (Electronic Arts GmbH)

In the category Online:

- Hellgate: London (Electronic Arts GmbH)
- Enemy Territory Quake Wars (ACTIVISION Deutschland GmbH)
- Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (EIDOS GmbH)

In the category Best Hardware Product:

- Wii Balance Board (NINTENDO of Europe GmbH)
- Rockband (Electronic Arts GmbH)
- PlayStation Eye (Sony Computer Entertainment)
(JM)

2k Games’ Bioshock suffers widespread crashes/errors.

{ August 22, 2007 @ 4:44 } · { Games }
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The posts grow on 2k Games’ Bioshock tech support forum. The general consensus? „We are pissed“ Widespread PC versions of Bioshock have left gamer’s with the inability to start the game, play it for more than a few hours (random desktop crashes), and even random reboot crashes (game crashes and system hard reboots itself). Did 2k know about this?

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New Multiplayer-Video of Call of Duty 4

{ August 22, 2007 @ 2:35 } · { Games }
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New Multiplayer-Video of Call of Duty 4

Call of Duty 4 Perks Trailer

Developer Infinity Ward and publisher Activision show us a new Video of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. Once again this video deals with the special abilities of the multiplayer part of the upcoming action title.

Due to Activisions Senior Brand Manager David Tyler Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is expected to hit the market on 9th November for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and PC.

Ouch! What a (bad) start for Bioshock (PC)

{ August 22, 2007 @ 2:08 } · { Games }
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Ouch! What a (bad) start for Bioshock (PC)

Whoa Bioshock

Wow, what a (bad) start for the PC Demo version of Bioshock, one of the long awaited ‘new’ Ego-Shooters of publisher 2KGames. 2K Forum’s ‘BioShock Technical Support Area‘ is almost exploding with comments of annoyed users or gamers looking for help with the recently published PC-Demo. And that despite the fact that Nvidia as well as ATI had both quickly released Driver Hotfixes for Bioshock.

The moment i am writing these line the thread ‘ Sticky: PC Demo problems HERE!‘ has got over 15.000 views but the thread Widescreen messed up … kicks all with over 113.000 views – boah.

Well what’s wrong then? Though a lot of PC users obviously seem to have no (major) problems running the PC-Demo of Bioshock, there are a also a lot of gamers out claiming not to be able to even run the game. Crashes to desktop, sudden reboots of PC whilst playing and problems with mice and in-game menue of the game itself seem to be hot-topics. That scenario appeals a little bit weird to me, since the devs should have examined Bioshock carefully enough prior release … did they?

I have quickly installed the PC Demo version of Bioshock on my notebook, an already a bit aged Single-Core-Laptop with a Nvidia Geforce Go 6600 inside and Nforce 96.89 drivers installed. Since i usually don’t use Beta drivers for the graphic card, i started Bioshock with my ‘default’ drivers, which run perfect with BF2 / BF2142 and even with ETQW Beta without problems. Bioshock starts without any problems and i first go into the options for setting 1.280 x 800 pixels resolution – done. After a kinda long intro i am down in the water and stepping towards my first adventures. So i am exploring the walks, wow the in-game graphic looks awesome and i have no issues with graphic artifacts etc. Looking for the Key to make a Quick-Save, i notice that the default F8-key seems not to work for me. Anyway rushing ahead … and short after i open the door with a Plasmid flash – Bang – my notebook is rebooting – Shit!

At this moment i can’t tell why Bioshock crashes my system, but i am going to check the latest Nvidia Notebook graphics drivers v163.44 XP 32bit | NVIDIA „BiOSHOCK“ of LAPTOPVIDEO2GO.COM.

New Beta Drivers from Nvidia

{ August 21, 2007 @ 5:11 } · { Games }
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Today Nvidia released new Beta Drivers on nZone.com

Nzone

(MH) Today NVIDIA released new Beta Drivers on nZone.com
- These beta drivers are recommended for the best experience on the hot new TWIMTBP title: Bioshock
- The Bioshock demo will go live on nZone later today. The game ships tomorrow in the US (24th in Europe).
http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_bioshock_home.html

1) 163.44 Windows Vista 32-bit

http://www.nvidia.de/object/winvista_x86_163.44_de.html

- Beta driver release.
- This driver supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI(TM) technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
- Improved compatibility for Bioshock.
- Added HD video post-processing for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2 HD content on GeForce 8500 series products.
- Numerous game and application compatibility fixes.

2) 163.44 Windows Vista 64-bit

http://www.nvidia.de/object/winvista_x64_163.44_de.html

- Beta driver release.
- This driver supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI(TM) technology on DirectX 9, DirectX 10, and OpenGL for GeForce 6, 7, and 8 series GPUs.
- Improved compatibility for Bioshock.
- Added HD video post-processing for H.264, VC-1 and MPEG-2 HD content on GeForce 8500 series products.
- Numerous game and application compatibility fixes.

3) 163.44 Windows XP/2000 32-bit

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp_2k_163.44.html

- Beta driver release.
- This driver supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI(TM) technology on Microsoft(R) DirectX(R) 9.0c and OpenGL(R) 2.1 support.
- Improved compatibility for Bioshock.
- Added PureVideo(TM) HD decode acceleration for GeForce 8600, 8500 and 8400 series GPUs.
- Numerous game and application compatibility fixes.

4) 163.44 Windows XP x64, Server 2003 x64

http://www.nvidia.com/object/winxp64_163.44.html

- Beta driver release.
- This driver supports single GPU and NVIDIA SLI(TM) technology on Microsoft(R) DirectX(R) 9.0c and OpenGL(R) 2.1 support.
- Improved compatibility for Bioshock.
- Added PureVideo(TM) HD decode acceleration for GeForce 8600, 8500 and 8400 series GPUs.
- Numerous game and application compatibility fixes.

(MH)

Bioshock PC Demo available

{ August 21, 2007 @ 4:53 } · { Games }
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Bioshock PC Demo available

Bioshock PC Demo

(MH) BioShock is said to be kinda revolutionary in the shooter genre. Going beyond “run and gun corridors,” “monster-closet AIs” and static worlds, BioShock creates a living, unique and unpredictable FPS experience. BioShock is the Shooter 2.0, says Softpedia.

After your plane crashes into icy uncharted waters, you discover a rusted bathysphere and descend into Rapture, a city hidden beneath the sea. Constructed as an idealistic society for a hand picked group of scientists, artists and industrialists, the idealism is no more. Now the city is littered with corpses, wildly powerful guardians roam the corridors as little girls loot the dead, and genetically mutated citizens ambush you at every turn and your life is the least of your concerns.

I think, best ist to download the PC Demo and see for yourself …

Some links for download:

Fragland
Gamershell
Fangaming
Softpedia

(MH)

Surprise, surprise – Canon’s new Powershot G9

{ August 20, 2007 @ 12:18 } · { Photography }
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Surprise, surprise – Canon’s new Powershot G9

Krefeld, 20. August 2007 – Canon today announced a lot of new photo products. With the Powershot G9 the successor of the loved-hated Powershot G7 hits the market, almost one year after the G7 has caused a lot of discussions among Powershot fans. Oops, due to Canon Germany the recommended retail price for the Poweshot G9 is 544 Euros – appeals really hefty if compared for example to some entry level DSLRs like the Nikon D40 (DSLR) black with Lens AF-S DX 18-55mm 3.5-5.6G ED II for about 500 Euros.

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But let’s see what is up with the new Powershot G9:
A 12.1 Megapixels (1/1.7” sensor) with RAW mode for extended image control, a 6x optical zoom lens with optical Image Stabilizer and SR coating, the DIGIC III and iSAPS for fast response, improved image quality and advanced Noise Reduction, Face Detection AF/AE/FE and Red-Eye Correction in playback, a 3.0” high-resolution, PureColor LCD II with extra wide viewing angle, ISO 1600 and Auto ISO Shift, a compact body with dedicated ISO and Multi Control dials, 25 shooting modes including full manual control and 2 custom settings, the extra telephoto reach with Digital Tele-Converter and Safety Zoom and the hot shoe support for Canon Speedlite flashes and optional lens accessories.

So surprise, surprise Canon has listened to criticism about the G7 and the Powershot G9 now ’solves’ at least one major ‘flaw’: The RAW image support.

But again i predict that many fans, who waited for a sophisticated successor of the G7 will be – again – disappointed with the new Powershot G9. The G9 again lacks a fast lens, a vari-angle screen, a IR remote and a LCD status panel, which made the G series stand out from competitors. At first glance the Powershot G9 seems to be quite pricey and how good the small 1/1.7″ Type CCD will perform in terms of shadow noise, highlight clipping and purple fringing – well we will see …

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