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February 15, 2006
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Even the Army uses games to practice.

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Like many soldiers in the 276th Engineer Battalion, whose PlayStations and Xboxes crowded the trailers that served as their barracks, he played games during his downtime. "Halo 2," the sequel to the best-selling first-person shooter game, was a favorite. So was "Full Spectrum Warrior," a military-themed title developed with help from the U.S. Army.


UK wants a backdoor into Windows Vista.

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The system uses BitLocker Drive Encryption through a chip called TPM (Trusted Platform Module) in the computer's motherboard. It is partly aimed at preventing people from downloading unlicensed films or media. "This means that by default your hard disk is encrypted by using a key that you cannot physically get at...


Amazing how computer companies are trying so hard to stop people from doing fair use stuff on things they purchased.

Nintendo to make DS into HDTV and Web browser.

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The Web browser, developed with Norway's Opera Software, will be sold as a DS card in June for 3,800 yen ($32). Users will be able to insert the card into the DS, which has Wi-Fi wireless networking capability, to browse the Internet in areas with connectivity. Nintendo spokesman said it was considering a similar browser product in its overseas markets.

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