Troubleshooting Boot Failures in Windows Server 2003 by Matt Peterson
Most of us have had the problem before. You start up your Windows machine and are greeted with a cryptic error message or “blue screen of death” before your system boots. It’s a sinking feeling. You cannot access the operating system and troubleshooting the problem can be difficult. ... Finally, you can use the Recovery Console to perform more advanced troubleshooting. ... If it is not installed, you can still use it by booting to the Operating System CD and choosing the “Repair with Recovery Console” option.

Wii and PlayStation3: The Latest Battle of the Gaming Consoles by Madison Lockwood
It seems almost like a Christmas ritual: there's a Next Big Thing in the video game world almost every holiday season. Last year featured a particularly interesting competition between the new gaming hardware put on the market by Nintendo and their prime competitor, Sony with its PlayStation... The Wii's graphic capability is limited to standard definition, which is equivalent to the PS2, Sony's last (and highly successful) video game console. ... Wii also has an additional controller called the Nunchuk which is a joystick-type device that works in conjunction with the motion-sensing remote.

XBox Game Violence vs Pocket PC Pacifism by Damian Julien
News of grisly XBox-related killings is rapidly making the rounds within the relatively docile Pocket PC game community. The MSNBC site recently outlined the jury's recommendations for six people killed over an XBox-related dispute in Florida. After being evicted from the lodging where he had... You may recall that 360 console prices in the thousands of dollars posted on EBay during the initial release of this game system. ... I've played games in the gruesome genre, including some memorable spine-ripping finishing moves in Mortal Kombat or some frighteningly authentic execution-style...

Interested in a New PS3 for X-mas? Better Get in Line Now by Chris Yarbrough
Sony has finally announced the launch date for the new PS3, which is November 17, 2006. Soon after their big announcement at E3, Sony also dropped a bombshell; the prices. At $499 for the stripped down version, the PS3 becomes one of the most expensive gaming platforms in history. ... Considering the system comes with no games, and just one controller, sticker shock could very easily set in. ... The $599 system, an extra controller, and just two games quickly approaches the $1,000 dollar mark with sales tax included.

Five Computers With Soul by Ivan Cherevko
Boys and girls, Today I will tell you about five computers (in fact, two computers, a video game console, a MP3-player and a cell phone) that really have got the thing that most others lack—the soul. How often did you wonder—what distinguishes classy iMac from standard gray box computer out of... Xbox 360 is insanely cool and Wii is my personal favorite (for having first innovative control scheme in last 20 years of console development). ... Sony wasn't first one to create a friend-console, but PS3 is the only one that can be included in this Top 5.

Video Game Tester - A Day In The Life Of A Full-Time Tester by Hitoshi Jones
I wake up, go to work and play. Seems an odd comment from an adult, but sometimes you can arrange it. I’m a video game tester. Video game testing jobs aren’t just about mouse and controller skills. The main characteristic needed is precision. But that's just the beginning. ... When a game is ready to publish, many console manufacturers require a videotape of the gameplay before publication. ... Just coordinating the video game testers to divide up all of the tasks in a logical sequence is a serious job, much less trying to arrange that everyone get enough variation to minimize boredom.

The Xbox 360, A Parental Guide to this Game Console by Simon Goodman
Xbox 360 is the next generation of the Microsoft Xbox. The Xbox 360 can easily be compared to a computer designed for gamming. Most of the games available work on most of the newer Microsoft platforms, (windows). XBOX 360 There are two versions of the Xbox 360, the "Xbox 360" and the "Xbox 360... This makes the Xbox 360 a very powerful tool to add. ... That includes MP3 players, (like the iPod), digital cameras and so on. ... As a rule of thumb, what ever you can plug in your Windows XP machine USB port can be plugged into the Xbox 360.

Shooters: An Industry's Legacy? by James Boza
It’s hard to watch an old friend go. That’s why we’re lucky that we’re into electronics and nerdy things that plug into walls, right? These are things that never really pick up stakes and leave… the worst that might happen is that some jerk will borrow your nerd gear and never give it back. ... Are shooters poised for a comeback in the next console generation? ... The games are characterized by auto-scrolling screens, spaceships with unreal amounts of ammunition, and difficulty levels that grant you the ability to somehow crunch a controller in one hand out of pure physical rage.

Compiling a Free BSD Kernel by Amarjyoti Krishnan
Ever since my college days, I always loved to have my own compiled kernel. It gave me that special feeling of "my machine is better than yours". I am sure each time my new kernel boots up the feeling I have is is the same as what Super Man has when he bashs up the bad people. ... Do not remove isa, even if you have no isa slots device isa device eisa device pci # Floppy drives device fdc # ATA and ATAPI devices device ata device atadisk # ATA disk drives device atapicd # ATAPI CDROM drives options...

CDC, FDA, 4D Holographic Data Imaging of Flows by Lance Winslow
4-D Situational Analysis of Cycles, Flows, Logistics, Events. Just got done reading the reading the Ben Bova book about Jupiter and recently read about the DOD contracts on 4-D imaging for war room readiness and field ops. By taking into account the latest technologies and understanding the... Imagine watching these flows move about the cities in every market switching the holograph view, by clicking a button on the console or headset computer. ... Knowing and watching bank transactions, foreign wire transfers, taxation flows, currency markets, large purchases, stock market, bond market,...