Control F12

One of Windows Vista’s biggest selling points was that it was the only way you could DirectX 10, the software component that would be required to play the very latest video games in their full glory. Sure, you could still play games in DirectX 9, but the differences with DirectX 10, Microsoft promised, would be [...]

Despite some hand-wringing by fans, EA today announced that their hugely anticipated Will Wright game Spore will not make use of SecuROM’s 10-day periodic re-authetication and instead use a modified version to require online authentication.
The announcement comes on the heels of news that Mass Effect will also be ditching the ten day re-authentication.
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Another jampacked edition of Control F12!
Thanks to Kyle, Joe and Kerry once again!
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If you’ve studied music, film and game piracy for any length of time, it’s pretty clear that piracy will never be eliminated. The fight against piracy is always a game of percentages, and one market that’s losing that fight is PC Gaming. Despite no shortage of annoying copy-protection systems like Starforce, PC game sales continue [...]

A Comcast insider tells me the company is considering implementing very clear monthly caps, and may begin charging overage fees for customers who cross them. all users get a 250GB per month cap. $15 charge for each 10 GB over the cap.
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