Shack News Highlights – 01 May 2007
Shack news highlights for this week include a NZ speeding ticket for sale, hacking being invited for e-voting, the need for a chat buddy, top…
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Cyber Shack TV – Behind the scenes…
For a full breakdown of last week's show, check out the Latest Shows section. Plus, don't forget to check out Erin's blog and see what…
Game devs supected of stealing code
Police are investigating a suspected theft of software code for online game "Lineage III" which is being developed by Korea's largest game maker NCsoft.
Motion sensitive laptops under development
A motion-sensitive laptop which can be controlled much like a Nintendo Wii remote is under development.
Gaming on the mind
NeuroSky Inc. aims to add more realistic elements to video games by using brain wave-reading technology to help game developers make gaming more realistic.
EP 379 Quick grabs
Shack news highlights for this week include a NZ speeding ticket for sale, hacking being invited for e-voting, the need for a chat buddy, top…
Interview – The making of the film 300
We speak to Grant Freckelton, Visual Effects Art Director at Animal Logic, about the heavily stylised film 300. Acclaimed as a technical masterpiece, the Australian…
Interview with Mike Shiver Metimbers (Scam-baiting)
Scam-baiting has become a unique modern-day past-time, whereby players reply to scam emails and then proceed to waste a scammer's time and money through deception.…
e-Coupled Technology
We speak to David Hazlett, Director of Business Development, Fulton Innovations, about e-Coupled technology. e-Coupling provides wireless recharging of gadgets like mobile phones and laptops.
Interview with Jonathan ‘Fatal1ty’ Wendel – pro-gamer
We speak to Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel who is the superstar of electronic sports (a.k.a cyber athletics, E-Sports), winning dozens of international game tournaments and over…
Interview with Victor Zykov (Self-Reproducing Robots)
We chat with Professor Victor Zykov, team leader for the development of self-replicating robotics. Conceptually, the technology could lead to a wide-range of useful and…
EP 378 Quick grabs
Michigan's announcement of one iPod to every child, suing Yahoo for causing a man to go to jail, legally downloading movies online, tech heads new…
PS3 ‘EyeToy’ to be released this year
Sony has revealed the PlayStation Eye peripheral is due for release in Australia this winter.
OLPC raises in price
Even though the price of the OLPC has risen to $175, it is still cheaper than alternative projects.
Blizzard developing next-gen MMO
A new massively multiplayer online game from the folks responsible for the best selling World of Warcraft would appear to be in the works.
ArmA: Armed Assault Competition – CLOSED
***CLOSED*** UPDATE: OK guys, we get it - this comp is too freaking hard. But big thanks to those who submitted hilarious entries - we…
Google, Intel and Microsoft join forces to create robots
Money from the three companies has enabled researchers at Carnegie Mellon University to create a series of Internet-connected robots.
Developers excited about Windows Vista
From the movie-like graphics in the action game "Gears of War" to the nearly photorealistic racer "MotorStorm," video games have come a long way since…
Ubisoft unveils latest RTS title
Ubisoft has unveiled the latest addition to its lucrative Tom Clancy franchise – future strategy title EndWar.
Shack News Highlights – 24 April 2007
Shack news highlights for this week include Michigan's announcement of one iPod to every child, suing Yahoo for causing a man to go to jail,…
Bioshock – calling all designers
Irrational Games and 2K Games are giving you the chance to design the box-art for the limited edition version of Bioshock.
Dell forced to offer XP on new PCs
Responding to customer demand Dell has restarted selling new PCs with Windows XP installed on them.
