DVI is not DVI! This DVI Connectors chart will help you figure out which type of DVI cable or DVI adaptor you need.
Battlefield Bad Company 2 Server Online
I just fired up a public Battlefield Bad Company 2 server! Located in Norway, run by Multigamer, the server is CQ only and running in Hardcore mode.
LG Home Link CIFS Problems and Solutions
Life's No Good with Windows Live
LG units with network features enable streaming of videos and audio from your home computer via a feature known as Home Link. A lot of people have been having problems with the CIFS login, used to access Windows computers (myself included).
The problem I was having, was that even though I shared out my folders with “Read” access for “Everyone”, I still got prompted for a CIFS username and password. So, I first tried to create a new user with a password on my Windows 7 computer, but to no avail.
LG support could not solve the problem (maybe not talking with their engineers much?), but after a little Googling the cause and solution to the problem surfaced:
My computer had installed the “Windows Live Sign-in Assistant” via Windows Update.
After uninstalling it via “Programs and Features” and rebooting my computer, the problem was solved!
Other Windows Live-related services seem to cause similar problems. If you have recently installed anything Windows Live-related, such as Live Mesh, try uninstalling some of these as well if the problem persists.
Also, remember to enable file sharing in Windows and share out your folder(s) to the user “Everyone” to be able to browse your computer shares via any LG network enabled players. Alternatively, create a user with a password to limit access if you’re on a shared network. As long as you don’t install the Windows Live Sign-in Assistant, you should be good to go.
Note: The Windows Media Player sharing service is still accessible via Home Link even with Windows Live Sign-in Assistant installed, however in order to watch movies in certain formats or containers, such as MKV, it may be necessary to be able to browse the shared folders on your computer to even see these files and their parent folders, depending on what software version your Home Link enabled device is running.
Note (2): Can’t see the shared folders under the Home Link Select a Server view? Log in to your server, presumably running Windows, and go to Start and search for “services.msc”. Right-click it and select “Run as administrator”. Locate the service named “Server”, right-click it and select “Restart”. If you get prompted about depending services, just select OK. Wait until the services are all restarted and the status pop-up closes itself, then try refreshing the “Select a Server” view (press the green button).
TommyNation Gamer Rig
The Corsair 650D Midi Tower: a TommyNation recommendation
It’s not a budget gaming rig, instead I focus on great performance (above average) at a fair price, without going overboard.
The chosen components are not by random selection, but based firstly on my personal experience, secondly on benchmarks and tests that I’ve been reading, as I follow the hardware releases daily.
WebGL 1.0 Specification Released
At the Game Developers Conference in San Fransisco yesterday, the Khronos Group released the official royalty-free version 1.0 of the WebGL specs, alongside free tools to assist in the testing and development of WebGL applications.
WebGL is an open standard made to support 3D graphics directly inside of web browsers, without any plugins. All the browser needs is full HTML 5 support, while WebGL requires OpenGL ES 2.0 support in the hardware, a very widespread driver these days.
[important]At the time of writing, Google Chrome 9.0 is the only browser that supports WebGL in a stable implementation. Firefox, Opera and Safari browsers should all be available with WebGL 1.0 support in their stable versions soon. In the meantime, currently available beta versions already implement support for WebGL.[/important]
In their official press release, Khronos tries to explain how WebGL works and why it should become the standard for 3D inside browsers: “WebGL defines a JavaScript binding to OpenGL® ES 2.0 to allow rich 3D graphics within a browser on any platform supporting the industry-standard OpenGL or OpenGL ES graphics APIs.”
Not quite there yet!
Intel SSD 510 Released
An Intel SSD 510 in all its glory
Today, Intel released the SSD 510 MLC drives with an official IOPS rating of up to 20,000 read (4k random) and 8,000* write (4k random) and sequencial file read/write performance of up to 500/315 MB/s. To take full advantage of these SSDs you need full SATA 6 Gb/s (SATA 3.0) support.
The Intel SSD 510 is available in 120 GB and 250 GB versions. Retail units are already available in many outlets online, and expected to start shipping at the time of writing.
You’ll have to shell out around $315 US for the 120 GB unit or $615 US for the bigger 250 GB unit (current price at time of writing at Newegg).
[notice]* Actual write performance is up to 12,000 write operations per second according to early unofficial benchmarks.[/notice]
The retail box includes a desktop installation kit (3,5" converter)