http://www.altfire.com/main/index.php The alternative technical news site..... For some inexplicable reason, Nintendo and Toyota have teamed up to turn the Nintendo DS into a navigational remote control, thereby allowing drivers (although I hope passengers do most of the fiddling) to set their routes using their game consoles. The service, called Kuruma de DS lets you see map and destination info as well as tour information as you drive through town. The service slightly gamifies the experience by adding a POI saving option... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=598 Wed, 16 May 2012 23:33:46 GMT The Ubuntu team is very pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) for Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products. Codenamed “Precise Pangolin”, 12.04 continues Ubuntu’s proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution. The team has been hard at work through this cycle, introducing a few new features and improving quality control... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=597 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:29:45 GMT The Millennium Technology Prize is the largest technology prize in the world and it is awarded once every two years by Technology Academy Finland. The Awarded is given for life-enhancing technological innovation. Linux kernel creator Linus Torvalds and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka won the Millennium Technology Prize, the prominent award for technological innovation for 2012. Torvalds is best known for creation of a new open source operating system Linux kernel... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=596 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:01:08 GMT Avengers VS X-Men went on sale yesterday. Marvel arranged with over 1100 comic book stores to have launch parties. According to Marvel there were launch parties in all 50 states in the USA. Each store participating was asked to register as either an Avenger store or an X-Men store. Each store received variant covers of the comic book. Avengers VS X-Men marks the beginning of Marvels initiative to offer free digital copies of all their major titles, included inside the comic... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=595 Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:47:27 GMT Apple is being sued in New York by Frank Fazio, who claims that Apple falsely advertises Siri as a responsive and helpful when in fact the virtual assistant is allegedly anything but, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Represented by Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd, Fazio’s class-actions suit seeks unspecified damages and and a court order demanding that Apple cease all misleading advertising that depict Siri as responsive, user-friendly feature... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=594 Fri, 16 Mar 2012 09:32:07 GMT Here's a curious issue - when you run an older linux installer you get the error message: "Verifying archive integrity...tail: cannot open `+6' for reading: No such file or directory". I'm getting this when trying to reinstall Return to Caslte Wolfenstein on my PC using file wolf-linux-1.4-full.x86.run. The solution is to enter the following in the terminal export _POSIX2_VERSION=199209 THEN, run ./wolf-linux-1.4-full.x86.run or whatever your program is... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=593 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 22:22:43 GMT Fox has opted not to move forward with a second season of its Steven Spielberg time-travel drama Terra Nova. According to hollywoodreporter.com, while the pricey dinosaur series averaged 7.5 million total viewers and 2.6 million in the advertiser-coveted adults 18-49 demo in its 11-episode first season, it failed to catch on the way the network had hoped. Its two-hour finale matched a series low in the demo, drawing a 2.1 rating among adults 18-49 and an audience of 7.2 million... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=592 Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:50:35 GMT Starting this summer, the comics giant will release the seven inter-connected prequel mini-series that aims to build on the foundation of the original bestselling graphic novel of time. Taking up the challenge will be a group of the industry’s most iconoclastic writers and artists – including Brian Azzarello (‘100 Bullets’), Lee Bermejo (‘Joker’), Amanda Conner (‘Power Girl’), Darwyn Cooke (‘Justice League: New Frontier’), John Higgins (‘Watchmen’), Adam Hughes (‘Catwoman’), J.G... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=591 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:35:51 GMT After months of inactivity due to data loss (never forget to backup your work!) and lack of motivation that followed, the GENU project website is back. In case you ever wondered what we powered things with around here, you guessed it, we use GENU. What's new since the last version (2010.0) which this site uses? Well, Raoul (the developer) wanted to revive the project, it's website and the various development tools that he uses. His first new release is a version named 2012... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=590 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:17:34 GMT