Recipients for the future of radio.

Hinterm radio horizon to go: By Internet radio you can from the narrowness of the antenna broadcasting free up thousands of network stations to choose. A computer is not needed. blogs ONLINE, the main Netzradio receiver tried.

 

The greatest hits of the seventies, eighties, nineties and the best of today - because of: listening to the radio today is not fun anymore. At least if you have something else in my ear wants to have as the top-40-Einheitsbrei that the vast majority of radio stations on the radio airwaves. But there are the Internet, fortunately. About the global data networks to send thousands of radio stations in your program in the world, free, live and with a choice that each analog broadcasting methods far would overburden.

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Analog radio from the thirties: Via the Web, you can narrow escape of terrestrial broadcasting

The fact that Internet radio is still not a standard music, is likely on a global misunderstanding is the assumption that we can the Internet Channel is received by PC only - but this is far from the truth. For years, there are recipients who are on Web-radio specialized, terrestrial radio stations tend to ignore completely.

Such radio devices may again be fun, because they extend the radio horizon. The program can be determined largely by supply from the tens of thousands of transmitters operated. From small one-man hobby music channels with jazz songs from the twenties through sport and culture radios to large nation-wide broadcasting of public-broadcasting stations, is pretty much everything to be found.

That constitutes the biggest hurdle for many web radio producer is: What makes you such an overwhelming offer reasonably intuitively how to create it, how to get quickly to those stations whose job it just looks perhaps without them know? And as if that were not enough, the radio manufacturers equip their devices with additional functions mostly on. Around to the music collection from your PC via the device to be heard or to make songs from external devices such as MP3 or CD player play.

On the following pages we present five devices, which typically is totally different usage scenarios and purses are.

The E3 want their fans back.

As the E3 trade show flopped. Now, the U.S. video game trade show as a spectator again Daddelparadies masses attract. New game concepts and a mobile player are among the highlights, the next week in Los Angeles show.

 

Los Angeles - America's largest computer trade show E3 to the radical Abwärtssog escape the past years. In the coming week will show once again the powerful Right and a glossy, at least comparatively reach full size - with around 40,000 visitors. World premieres like the new iPod challenger Zune HD from Microsoft to help provide the E3 to a successful comeback to pay.

Finally in 2006 were 60,000 fans to the games come E3. But after a radical conversion of the exhibition concept, which only provided professional audience, the former leading last only counted 5,000 visitors, a year earlier, only about 3,000 experts arrived.

The major console manufacturers will be on 2 to 4 June, the focus primarily on new game titles set. "The contents of part of our business," said Uwe Bassendowski, Germany boss of Sony Computer Entertainment. Thanks to new game ideas and party games like Singstar and Buzz "is the target for the Playstation in the past years already considerably younger - and female - have become.

The Japanese games specialist Nintendo, with its successful Wii the star of the console manufacturers, will be significantly more external developers win. In Los Angeles, the world's largest game publisher Electronic Arts, therefore, among other things, new sports titles like "Grand Slam Tennis" and "Tiger Woods PGA" for Nintendo Wii show.

Whether the visitor to the E3, but actually a firework of news experience, is still unclear. New consoles, they can at least in this year's expected. "We are in the midst of current-generation hardware," says Stephan games specialist Freundorfer. "But there are expectations that Sony and Microsoft on the huge success of Nintendo's Wii with its own developments will react." Even Sony could be a first flop bewegungssensitiven with a control unit with a new edition bring to Los Angeles, estimates Freundorfer. "I think that all console manufacturers in the direction will go."

Yet all densely

Nintendo was after the start of the new generation of devices with its much cheaper then, but also technically Wii slimmed-down and surprisingly effortlessly in two major competitors passed.

Nintendo continued not to faster chips and better graphics cards, but clever game concepts and a bewegungssensitiven controller that is now a variety of sports games support. Last year sales of Japanese games specialist in the U.S. market almost as many devices such as Sony and Microsoft.

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Still, the company their innovations largely under wraps. But before around fourteen days to the public was urged that Microsoft for its Xbox 360 game console, a new 3D video camera in the quiver, which is similar to Nintendo's Wii controller to control games with body movements could be used.

Back to "shine and Gloria"

One of the highlights in Los Angeles, however, Microsoft's new Zune media player will be HD. The Zune was a few years ago as a possible challenger to Apple's iPod begun, however, it has until now not on the North American borders and fristet also managed in the domestic market more of a niche. The new model with integrated HD radio reception and high-resolution display now Microsoft wants mobile access for its online gaming platform Xbox Live to expand and the first time at E3 to the public imagine.

Microsoft Zune Players HD: At the E3 video game trade show to see the first live

The world is currently around 17 million users of online gaming platform Xbox Live will also fall from mobile to TV and feature films as well as games and music on the move, announced at Microsoft. Among the major console manufacturers Microsoft was so far the only company that does not offer mobile player had.

With the set of innovations could be the E3 for a lot of stress in the care sector. The fair will be after three lean years back to the original "shine and Gloria" to return, said Bassendowski. In any event, the exhibition will show the way, where the industry is said Freundorfer.

E-sport tournament in Karlsruhe canceled.

It was long argued until one side gave. For the 5th June announced Intel Friday Night Game in Karlsruhe does not take place. Turtle Entertainment Organizers said the tournament which sees itself as a victim of a political controversy in the local struggle.

 

Karlsruhe, among other things, always appears in the media, if a decision of the Federal Constitutional Court is to report, so if the judges on civil rights and liberties of citizens to decide. Now it can be reported that the e-Sports tournament Intel Friday Night Game of Turtle Entertainment organizer has been canceled. He referred to his own words in the preceding discussion by little liberal tolerant spirit felt.

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Intel Friday Night Game (here a picture of an earlier event in Stuttgart, Germany) The eSport event in the city of the Constitutional Court does not take place

After a meeting with Mayor Heinz Fenrich (CDU) Turtle Entertainment has decided that for 5 June in Karlsruhe scheduled to be deleted. Previously, it had to in the local politics into a harsh discussion about the event, where. Fenrich had approved the event.

For the general population and the policy is, however, repeatedly had reservations about the event, where - because of Amoklauf a student in Winnenden not long ago. Turtle Entertainment was accused by opponents of gaming have been in the e-Sports tournament for non-compliance to ensure the protection of minors. The company had rejected.

"We have the impression in Karlsruhe Local instrumentalized to fight," said Ralf Reichert, CEO of Turtle Entertainment. The company had a dialogue with the local policy sought. "Any constructive discussion on how to deal with computer games and new media will, however, the basis withdrawn if the democratic parties of the termination of public legal contracts will be encouraged," said Reichert continued.

Not only the Intel Friday Night Game but also the parents at the same time set-Lan has now disappeared. With this Informationsveranstaltung wanted Turtle Entertainment, in collaboration with partners such as the Federal Agency for Civic Education for parents and teachers to understand educational guide for the media world for their children and students easier.

Turtle Entertainment has its own figures of European Industry Leader in e-sports organizers. The company operates, inter alia, the Electronic Sports League (ESL). During his events in Germany, the company counts 900,000 active participants each year.

From desert worms and fairytale cats.

For cumulative stress on warm summer evenings provide the Filmbeileger magazines: blogs ONLINE feels Hollywood action-packed entertainment, fantasy cult classic and refreshing comedies to crooks.

 

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"The hour of the patriots', USA 1992. Directed by Phillip Noyce. Cast: Harrison Ford, Sean Bean. FSK: 16 years. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). Issue price: 3,70 euros.

In the heavy classics, we see the ex-CIA agent Jack Ryan (Harrison Ford) again in a disastrous adventure with unscrupulous terrorists slip, but this is his heart to blame scouts.

During a lecture tour to London, he avoided more or less randomly, the abduction of the State Minister of Northern Ireland, but kills the brother of the IRA terrorist Sean Miller (Sean Bean). The thinking now only of revenge, escapes from prison and violated with a first stop Jacks daughter hard. Ryan returns to the CIA and uses all means to Miller and his men to find.

Quite unlike the title suggests, has Phillip Noyce ( "The Cartel"), the overdose of patriotism from the book of the American Star-author Tom Clancy by some fine Clearance weakened. Perhaps the author has, therefore, production from the early withdrawal? It has harmed the film in any case not, and the CIA has even for the first time ever a film crew in their headquarters to rotate. Therefore we get the best Hollywood entertainment to which you sometimes open up a bag of popcorn can.

Until 7 June in the trade

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"Dune - the desert planet", USA 1984. Directed by David Lynch. Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Sting. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 4.50 euros.

In an unimaginably distant future, mankind lives everywhere in the universe, but will still be caught by the power struggles of powerful noble houses shaken. Especially around the desert planet Arrakis erupt in the dispute, as here, "Spice" is cut back, a great drug, without which no interstellar travel possible. When the feudal lord of the planet from the warring clans of the Harkonnen murdered, can his son, young Paul Atreides (Kyle MacLachlan), to flee. With the help of the desert dwellers and gigantic sand worms build his resistance against the evil oppressors on.

Hardly any film project has so many false starts behind the filming of the famous science fiction novel by Frank Herbert cycle. From 1963 until shortly before his death in February 1986 Herbert presented a total of six novels, which is commonly as much too complex for a movie adaptation was, as they have long stretches of her characters' inner monologues exist. Nevertheless tinkered before completing the cycle of the producer Arthur P. Jacobs ( "Planet of the Apes") in the seventies to initial ideas. After his death they were weitergeformt, but only in 1984 by director David Lynch ( "Blue Velvet") on celluloid spellbound.

The more than three hours long for the cinema version was on two hours, but in spite of the criticism of the fans as a visual and dramatic experimental adventures in film history. Conclusion: Surrealist cult, you should have views.

Published on 27 May in the trade

Super Illu

"The Adventures of gestiefelten Katers" SU 1958th Director: Aleksandr Rou. Cast: Maria Babanowa, Anatoli Kubazky. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: unlimited. Issue price: 2.99 euros.

Since the autumn of 2008 the fairy tale series "Super Illu" shows in May for the third time, a fantastic-dramatic adaptation from the work of Russian director Aleksandr Rou ( "Father Frost"). This time he presents us the story of the young miller's son Vanya (Anatoli Kubazky), after the death of his father, inherits only the hangover and impoverished in the wide world, must move. The supposedly despicable domestic cat, however, soon reveals itself as a rich list of creatures from the fairy tale land and Vanya is helpful to side when it comes to the kidnapped princess from the kingdom of the evil witch to liberate.

Part shrill, sometimes scary, the Russian film forge again the audience into its spell, provided it has some historical effects hinwegzusehen interview. This is the classic hangover tales slightly imagination as a little girl tells that is so about his own illness hinwegtröstet. A nice trick screenplay, certainly some of the child can feel quickly. From the Deutsche Film AG (DEFA) 1958 in German rhymes into synchronized, so again there is even a fun diversion from the usual television circus.

From 4 to 10 June in the trade

Direct TV

"Crime Spree", F / GB / CDN / USA 2003. Directed by Brad Mirman. Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Harvey Keitel. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 3,30 euros.

With a fuzzy mystery comedy loosens the TV directly to the end of the month the otherwise rather gloomy Beilegerprogramm something: the reason of his faithful, but idiot accomplices been unsuccessful thug Daniel (Gérard Depardieu) is to get back money in the fund of his boss, rinse and therefore in Chicago to steal jewels. Despite hand-crew work there again nothing, precisely because they break in the house of the mafioso Frankie Zammeti (Harvey Keitel) and can also be caught by the FBI. After the fiasco lies a knotty history in which all parties of their own interests.

Despite the two superstars in the leading roles are the living in Paris, screenwriter Brad Mirman ( "Knight Moves") in his directing debut especially the side actors and their characters, colorful space. They also keep the film hardness with some still at a level not too serious. Thanks to imaginative camera work, good editing and original screenplay ideas, there is a really good rogue comedy, with the "Direct TV" their small series Filmbeileger probably until autumn worthy conclusion.

Published on 29 May in the trade

TV Movie

"Project Peacemaker", USA 1997. Directed by Mimi Leder. Cast: George Clooney, Nicole Kidman. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 3.50 Euro

Before the U.S. director Mimi Leder in 1998 with "Deep Impact", a three-million profit, import, she had in her cinema debut showed that women in the directing chair in action-thriller genre really does not need to hide. In the rapidly told Hunt Project: Peacemaker "rush of Army Colonel Thomas Devo (George Clooney) and the scientist Julia Kelly (Nicole Kidman) around the globe stolen a shipment of Russian nuclear bombs behind. This is obviously something wrong, and all abundance is missing at the end is still one of the bombs, the terrorists anywhere in the U.S. planning an attack.

The result is a classic race between bombers and Bombenfindern, thanks to the imaginative and breathless action can hardly bored, especially as today to world stardom couples adult actor Clooney / Kidman also in his younger years for the necessary care blockbuster effect - the way, perhaps without the expected Knutscherei. Conclusion: Clear glass popcorn movie for friends bold explosions, evil threats and smarter in the last savior distress

To 28 May in the trade

TV Movie

"Civil", USA 1998. Director: Steven Zaillian. Cast: John Travolta, Robert Duvall. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: 12 years. Issue price: 3.50 euros.

By the end of the week, the next "TV Movie" - this time with the two court thriller "civil", in which a grown-up John Travolta ( "Pulp Fiction") as a small lawyer Jan Schlichtman first examined the money, until he was finally unable to take care Justice to fight begin. In a small town, he encounters a strange combination of cancer, whose cause of contaminated drinking water seems to be. When he was the responsible companies at the collar will be Schlichtman continues its entire existence in jeopardy.

Behind the film is a true story: in 1982 the U.S. gained small fame Woburn sad in an action brought against two companies, in the early seventies poisoned the groundwater and thus the cancer death of eight children caused. Despite later were proven guilty, the company initially lenient draw from the affair. Furthermore, since the most money from compensation payments for attorneys fees and lost, went to the court case as a scandal in history, was founded in 1995 by Jonathan Harr fact in a novel process and shortly thereafter filmed.

John Travolta shines here in the rare role of the tragic hero who desperately against his cynical adversary - brilliantly played by Robert Duvall ( "The Godfather") - trying to enforce. Not an easy meal, but a drama worth seeing for silent hours.

Published on 29 May in the trade

The Mac, which comes from Wolfsburg.

A Mac want to have many, the price for a Mac but do not pay. A small company wants to exploit this loophole, miserly Apple aspirants with cheap pseudo-Macs to supply. The look is not as good as the originals, but they are fast - and sometimes come into stumbling.

 

On this machine is a delight. Short is the fan when to turn to eavesdrop, but soon calmed down again, are now only a gentle noise of itself. So quietly, a PC before it a non-acoustic nerve on the go. But this is not a PC, although it is completely made of PC components has been composed. This is a Mac, at least, almost, because Apple has with the construction of this machine had nothing to do. Only the software, operating system, actually comes from Steve Jobs company from Cupertino.

All others have two young entrepreneurs from Wolfsburg together. With her company Hypermeganet UG they offer under the brand name
Pearc.de since February, "PC with Mac OS X" on a computer, from the cheap standard components exists, but on the Apple Mac OS X is running. Actually, Apple prohibits such replicas, prohibits in its license agreement to use its software on other than Apple computers.

This passage was in Germany but not valid, Dirk argues Blößl of Hypermeganet. The reason: From Apple's restrictions can be found only after one has bought the operating system, since the terms of use in the software package insert and before the opening could not be inspected. Blößl assumes, therefore, that the sale of PCs with Mac OS X in Germany is legal. So far this works well. Although the company their computers for months and sell offers, is not a head wind of Apple to be felt. In the U.S., however, Apple is currently trying, against the clone vendor Psystar approach. So far without result.

A rapid calculator

The equipment of the test device can be clearly seen. As the processor is a quad-core chip from Intel with 3 GHz built. The side 8 GB of RAM and a hard drive with 750 GB. In addition, a DVD burner, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, several USB ports, Firewire, dual Gigabit network jacks, and a fast graphics card with 1 GB of graphics memory. Complete Price: 1358.96 Euro 11.99 plus shipping.

Since Apple can not keep up. A roughly equal equipped Mac Pro would cost twice as smooth. Really is comparable but not. So plug in Apple's computers, for example, server processors, instead of desktop chips and instead of conventional memory is called ECC memory with automatic error correction is used. So what is expensive.

No problems with foreign software

Nevertheless, it is necessary to clone the credit that he and exceptionally high performance shines. In Cinebench test program of the German-3D software
Maxon he reached around 12,000 points, which almost exactly correspond to what in any such hardware to be expected - and also quite fast - is. That is why is the Mac-clone from Wolfsburg apparently for professional users, popular with a number eater looking for. A large part of the sold-Pearce computer is ordered by such customers, says company founder Dirk Blößl.

My attempts, the pseudo-Mac with different software from the kick to make were all unsuccessful. Whether expensive professional image, Disney adventure game, Apple or free software, freeware tool: Apparently running everything on a Macbook running, Pearce also on the computer, only much faster. That feels good.

Update Desaster

A little adventure but then heard about such a clone instead of the original use, as against the end of the test shows. Just in time, Apple releases a system update for the Mac OS X. I boldly let the automatic software update grant shortly after the publication of the update with the download and installation began. The receipt for this audacity, I got prompt: At the subsequent restart of hung Pearce PC irretrievably on.

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The update apparently had some of those program files zerschossen the Apple system on the standard PC only run made. The man had apparently also noticed from the manufacturer. Instead of an alarm, but to beat all users before the update to warn you in Wolfsburg to resolve the problem tried. As the afternoon in the form of a patch-program are published and made known by e-mail was, for me it was already too late. Long was the Wolfsburg-Mac back in the carton zurückgewandert.

Conclusion: A nice, fast computer, without question. And cheap bargain. However, if you are with every system update must wait until the manufacturer is investigated and declared safe, or just a patch program has brought, he is nothing for me, I am too impatient. If you are not waiting for such a bother, may access. The courageous, the world - and can save even more.

The Never-Ending Story.

For over a decade waiting for gamers at the return of Duke Nukem, the muskelbepackten Desperado and dubious hero of a series bluttriefender games the same name. But instead of continuing forever longed now come the lawyers.

 

The endless story begins twelve years ago, in April 1997. Straight is the comet Hale-Bopp at the spectacular vorbeigerast Earth and humanity has spared because Announces American Games 3D Realms zivilisationsvernichtende the next potential disaster.

Duke Nukem Forver: The game is promised for years and will probably never appear

Duke Nukem, blonder as bärbeißiger daredevils and title character of three violent computer games, is a fourth time to the effective elimination of alien with large caliber weapons Outdent and save the Earth. Dramatic title of the proposed Ego-Shooters: "Duke Nukem Forever." At the time, the gamer world is still ecstatic from the previous title "Duke Nukem 3D", a crude mixture of blood, Ballerei and strippers.

Technically, the violent game set standards: So chic saw 3D on the computer had not been made so effectively turned virtual monsters in red pixels lumps. In addition to the Arnold Schwarzenegger-like character, the hostile actions with caustic comments escorted - the game was a hit.

First spectacular scenes

The young people's nightmare with the macho sayings is also financially a great success for 3D Realms. Under the direction of Scott Mills and George Broussard made the developers so a sequel, it will be the beginning of 1998 so far, two years after the "Duke Nukem 3D," the fourth part in the shops are. Much more spectacular.

As a basic framework for programming the studio licensed the Quake 2 engine. What so phenomenal in deconstruction is possible, the lead developer at the E3 game exhibition in March 1998. Three and a half minutes of video with the first scenes from "Duke Nukem Forever" will be shown - spectacular, bombastic stuff. Virtually all objects and buildings can be broken shoot - then powerful revolutionary.

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Only a few days after the release of the trailer but the decision falls on a different game engine switch. Better technology for more ways that one relies on the Unreal engine. The schedule should not upset, Broussard calmed the fans. Despite the bill could "Duke Nukem Forever" in the coming year seem to be rich totally new standards for the genre promised.

The expectations rise

But 1999 is not the game. It seeps through, that there are problems in programming with the new engine there. In the following year to change the rights to the owner of the pub game, GT Interactive sold "Duke Nukem Forever" of Take-Two. 12 million U.S. dollars is the publisher of the digital apocalypse cost. Expectations rise of 3D Realms. But the game is and is not ready.

A second trailer will be published in 2001, back to the E3 gaming convention. Bunter, wicked, and with more details, but shorter than the first video. The gaming side "Shack News" bows in front of the factory: it was epic. 2002, the earliest the game on the market, says the new publisher Take-Two.

Beginning 2002, the American magazine "Wired" the game as an air number of the year. "Duke Nukem Forever" is already four years overdue. Re-raises a fundamental decision about the bunch: The developers Kloppe a large part of the already completed game, and a ton of work on the game engine thoroughly. With the rising expectations of them, the claims of the maker.

Where is the Tumbes Proll?

Meanwhile, around 30 developers working with 3D Realms on Duke Nukem Forever. " It is 2003, again derided "wired" the game as "Vaporware," as an air number. Early 2004 following the award as the largest number of all air times. In the mean time, the third part of "Doom", the sequel to "Half Life" and a whole series of intelligent and well-produced action Kracher, elaborate apocalyptic fantasies with sophisticated story lines, each screenplay demanding better than three previous series. Only the Tumbes Proll Duke can continue in coming.

A half million dollar bonus payment, the developer drive. Take-Two promises in March 2005 the sum, if the game until the end of 2006 is finally ready. The promised money but the programmer can not seem to detract from their perfectionism - except a few screenshots, which seep into the internet and the fans hope, if there are any rumors.

Shortly before Christmas 2007 then a third video: Even shorter, this time without a game scenes, animations only previously calculated. Duke with a barbell and a cigar - a bitter disappointment. Once again, the appearance of the games announced this Christmas Break 2008. Almost needless to mention that the game does not appear naturally. 3D Realms just released a desktop background with the nasty looking monsters.

Patience, and money comes from

3D Realms has now three games in the semi-finished cabinet. While other software companies regularly ill beta versions released to the user - and with the current web applications will be happy - the "Duke Nukem" developers the opposite way and always chosen to continue its vision of a perfect game worked. Without compromises.

During the eternal development has not only the ever-changing technology. Also the question Kämpe Klopp is something from the zeitgeist: heroes right now are rather milchgesichtige BlackBerry makers with serious self. Then, just the game engine a few times reprogrammed, a few years more pass, it already fits well with the action-hero mode again. Initially, there are more immediate problems.

3D Realms has apparently no more money for further development. On 6 May, the studio for the project and dismisses entrusted with the game people. After years of losing hold Take-Two's patience finally final - now it's in court. Because the 3D Realms Release Date again and again postponed has sued Take-Two studio. The millions for Duke should not be in vain.

Another new video

When the news of the scheduling in the network made the rounds, fled to loyal fans in desperate theories. Who more than ten years of waiting and hoping there is not as fast. The developers, so their idea of a joke would have allowed, wanted a viral advertising campaign for the game start, then suddenly it would still appear.

Shortly after the bad news is after eight years of new video material. In the search for a new job has dismissed one of the developers a clip with scenes from the "Duke Nukem Forever" together, as a demonstration of his ability. The animation found their way into the net - and gave the fans in delight. In the video are Duke, a monster jumping and a barely clothed dancer to be seen.

Technically on the amount of time, the dark gloomy atmosphere close to the predecessor. The game, as the unanimous opinion was on a good path. Thereafter, however, it does not. A broken team and a legal change is nothing in the eternal motto, after which the game will stop when it is finished. More likely, however, there will not even straight.

Netbook Dell wants to send to school.

Rugged outfit, bright colors, small prices: The PC manufacturer Dell Netbook wants to make standard in schools. Before this can succeed, but they are still a few hurdles to take - because the idea of a student Netbook is not new.

 

With a fancy calculator you just learn better. Of these Quarel James, Director of Solutions at Dell, with conviction. "Nowadays, students have the feeling that they were in the era of industrial revolution go back if they go to school," says the man to blogs ONLINE. Allen, despite technological developments, they should be in the classroom mostly still use chalk and paper, while at home naturally with computers, mobile phones and the Internet bypass. The school is going to break into the media.

That will now change Quarel, with a Netbook that is specifically for students and teachers has been developed. Equipped with such a device, as is Quarel sure students would prefer to go to school. Finally made it to the kids today have more fun if they are compatible with modern technology, fully networked flat, can learn. This infrastructure could also provide.

We have worked with hundreds of students, parents, teachers and IT administrators worked together to set the device on Tuesday proposed to develop, says Quarel. The result is a Netbook that is based on size, weight and equipment primarily for use in schools and universities is suitable. One might believe, for a mega-company like Dell. The result of all these efforts is still little from what other manufacturers have long been in the Netbook category offer.

Rubberdized instead Ruggedized

The ingredients are well known: Take Intel's efficient and cheap Netbook Atom processor, preferably in the current version of N270, including Intel chipset and graphics card. The pack is accompanied by a hard drive, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth in a small enclosure with 10.1-inch screen, put a little more RAM and games to Linux or Windows XP to it - the Netbook is finished.

These blueprints Dell has also held - at least largely. Indeed, the Group has some of the details can invade the Latitude 2100 stand out the crowd. That's first and obviously the rubber of the housing. Dell Quarel manager described the protective sheath in accordance with the concept Ruggedized, for the most stable of the notebook is used as rubberdized, so gummed. Display lid and housing base are completely covered with rubber cushions.

The giblets should be sensitive to all hard blows to protect the device insensitive to the rough treatment, which his school life threatening. Under the rubber layer, however, the Latitude from the same plastic as other Netbook too.

A lamp entlarvt cheaters

But the rubber coating offers the possibility of Dell, the Netbook-students in five different colors to be able to offer by simply varying rubber protectors on the same chassis respect. It is likely that at least the students like: Colorful is beautiful. And anyway Personalization: Depending on how students and schools want it, can be either the name of the educational institution or the name of each student on the battery can be entered.

While this is purely cosmetic, have developers in the Dell-Netbook students actually built a couple of features that are unique. Above all, this is an on-line warning. The lights always on display lid on, if the user so that the Web is underway, whether via cable or wirelessly. Teachers, says Quarel the small lamp can thus immediately see if a student is online, if he's not to be. Cheaters should be so made life difficult.

Where is the money come from?

Above all, however, is the Latitude 2100, according Quarel Netbook probably the only one, which makes it a touch screen there - but only optional, but it exists. Ever the student Netbook many options - and really expected the low base in the fast increase. Knappe 279 Euro, then Dell advertises, the basic configuration will cost. This, however, excluding VAT and delivery.

In addition, each will cost extra money. The initial model will probably - we can only guess, since Dell has not exact technical data herausrückt - probably with only 512 MB of RAM and Ubuntu Linux on board delivery (because then it fits into the current Dell Netbook for pricing). For an additional charge are Windows XP and even Vista available. Software Group offers the gifts from his usual range. So, for example, Microsoft Office - if you can afford it.

Because money is likely one of the crucial factors when trying to Netbook in the education sector to pump. Before schools really are in great style in portable computers for their students to invest the company is likely still some persuasion to make. First, are schools, especially in Germany, not necessarily blessed with fat budgets. Especially not what IT purchases are concerned.

Reboot for education Netbook

Above all, however, makes unlikely a school IT administrator who is interested in the management of devices, software and networks running. This job usually take on teachers who are out of this one reason or another, the technique arrested or feel the order simply assigned.

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But at least Dell ventured here and try a restart with Netbook price barrier, at least to lay down. "Six-year-olds has been because of the price barrier so far bought a PC, the Latitude, the 2100 change," argues Quarel. A good plan. But the idea had another company already.

As the end of 2007 Asus EEEPC the first was presented as a computer specifically for the little ones who should make the learning easier, in the classroom failure. Installed software from the manufacturer the same plant, placed first entirely on Linux. The success of the now designated as Netbook device class and the introduction of Windows XP as OS Netbook prevented but the success in the education sector, made the devices Jedermann-toys.

Since it will be interesting if Dell at the helm again herumreißen, the concept of Netbook back into the classrooms can bear. Send enough of this is the Latitude 2100 all - but this is not necessarily.

Back to the lot.

On the ascent to the most successful exhibition games in Europe followed the departure of the largest exhibitors. Now dares the Leipzig Games Convention line with the new GM concept - saves and striking with lace against the new trade fair in Cologne Gamescom rivals.

 

The sector sizes have emigrated, the name has remained. In this unfortunate situation, the Leipziger Messe to restart the game fair Games Convention. The attached word line shows the new direction: From 31 July to 2 August are browser games and mobile games in the spotlight.

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So it was at the "Games Convention" 2008: This year daring the Leipziger Messe with a modified approach to reboot.

"It is always interesting, the first movers to be, and that we are", announced Wolfgang Marzin, Chairman of the Managing Director of Leipziger Messe. Because so far there is no European games trade fair, which is purely the last fast-growing online games market and the dedicated console Daddler outside leaves. Who wants to have both together, must be in Cologne this year after switching, where three weeks of the Games Convention online Gamescom opens.

At the instigation of the sector size of the Bundesverband Interactive Entertainment Software (BIU) - including Nintendo, Sega, Konami, as well as in Cologne, Germany-based company Electronic Arts and Microsoft - is the big game exhibition drawn westward. Only the name of the industry were allowed to review the emigrant, for legal reasons not to take - but also can be formulated as Gamescom Games Convention with the letters GC abbreviate.

But hostile tone against the new competitors are in the presentation of the Leipzig program can hardly be heard. Rather, the impression that they had a part of the industry temporarily leave that one in a few - perhaps five, perhaps ten - years, wants to retrieve. "It may be that the platforms come back together," says Marzin.

No forces with Cologne Trade Fairs

Initially one sees in Leipzig apparently the new Kleinsein as an opportunity to avoid Clearance and comparisons with the second trade show. "We measure ourselves not with Cologne," says Marzin. In a sober comparison of the figures, the Leipzig trade fair would probably even before the start are lost. With 50 to 60 exhibitors - including Bigpoint Gameforge and sizes of the two German online gaming market, but also many small providers - want the Leipzigers 50,000 to 70,000 visitors attracted. The "Gamescom" self-confident, however, has spent the hurdle of 200,000 to try to overcome.

Instead of high target exclaim, says Marzin prefer it, "old plaits" cut off from the product fair leads the way to the modern relationship fair. The new Online Games Convention will be a meeting in which members of online communities really can reach out a hand. The Gothic Guild, with about 2000 members, one of the leading German associations have pledged their participation. How should exhibitors groups Messehalle three as a platform for financially contribute to these presentations through the sale of tickets.

In Hall, the two judges organizers topics worlds. There may be fringe are arranged to rent space to stand without pompous presence. In addition, a family planning field, where mom and dad can explain what the son just tried. For business visitors, a dialogue conference with expert presentations and discussions by industry Hamburg Hans Bredow Institute aligned. Total Games Convention draws the line with a planned 40,000 square meters of exhibition space, however, the available space in Leipzig is not enough.

Uncertain Future

Messe CEO Marzin described the show as "greenhouses of optimism." But whether an on-line and mobile-game specialist trade fair is also worthwhile for the organizers, is uncertain. Online gamers get their applications are already out of the net, they can just as well there after market products are looking for. Because of the dominant payment model in which the game start is free, and only features such as bonus levels or virtual weapons cost money, they can also try online before they pay.

In Leipzig you willing to experiment and start with the happy moment. But the outlook remains cautious. "We do not know whether we will be successes," admits Marzin A. After all, we had two years - possibly even a third year - will incorporate in the show to invest - so even if the gamers in Europe to accede to Saxony, where the meeting was not large profits return. Finally, one also with the Pre-Games Convention small.

For the fair's CEO is also the restart then look something like the prelude of the previous seven years before the fair. "We have things in 2002, not copied, but we developed," he says - and one thinks it a bit to hear gen Cologne, where a new location with a new name to be proven adequate follow.

The games market is not immune.

For a while he seemed immune to the crisis, now it is so thick in April broke the e-gaming market in the U.S. a massive one. Is it the purchase of abstinence anxious consumers - or that the market is nothing they had to offer?

 

Everyone knows the market strong and weak periods, an ebb and flow of transactions: This is in particular true for the gaming market. Because the majority makes its sales in the Christmas business. For this period he also saves the publication of its best new games and machines - Clearly, then, that sales in April modest.

Mario: Excellent except in the rather dismal figures - with the Wii and DS, and a lot of fun games buzzing at Nintendo, while competing vigorously staggers

In comparison with April of last year but this year is a very dark month for the game industry is: Overall, sales were up 17 percent, with software as much as 23 percent. Was it because the little Spectacular Industry had to offer - or the fact that in times of economic crisis, fewer buyers 50-150 Euros in hand, a game console to buy?

Probably in both, but especially on the crisis in such a massive sales slump has not yet successful industry experience. Even Nintendo, Wii and DS, thanks in a sort of permanent intoxication of success, the record company to record bears have had feathers: The Nintendo Wii sold in the U.S. is only half the volume of the previous year. One consolation for this patch is also available: The new version of its DS portable game box provided satte sales, the DS's sales rose from around 400,000 to around one million units sold. Increases experienced otherwise only a Methuselah among the game: From the Sony Playstation 2 sold more than a year earlier (and considerably more than the Playstation 3).

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The fact that the Wii just like its rival consoles Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 less and less to settle, probably lies in the increasing saturation of the market: software Wii titles lead the sales charts continue to sovereign.

It is all of the latest market statistics from the U.S. market research firm NPD Group found that the U.S. games market for the April 2009 now at 903 million U.S. dollars estimates. That is still a lot of wood and documented the weight of the gaming market: For years, there will be more implemented than of the entire film industry.

As such, the success of the games industry mainly due to the creativity of its content producers: Hardware is only with the success of good software to make the man. This augurs stählernde but usually rougher times for the games industry: With rising production costs may be less demand for their titles. Because of declining sales, the customer deals with mainly attract: Compared with the previous year, says the NPD Group, was also the price of software significantly decreased - by an average of 19 percent. Ergo: we must sell more to just the level.

Playing with perspective.

A color display, various special buttons and a separate power supply: Logitech's G19 has little common with ordinary keypads. If they do not, because it is designed specifically for PC players have been developed - which are also prepared, the appropriate price to pay.

 

The design fits ever: Logitech's G19 gaming keyboard provides robust to very robust - even though they are totally made of plastic is built. This responds to the needs of the audience: the gamers will 180 Euros expensive luxury keyboard, with a view to their virtual opponents faster - or entertaining - the route to take. What would that fit better than a keyboard that looks as if we do so in the jungle draw? A keyboard that is so stable that they can be from an SUV cargo drop, without that it will irreparably damage?

But in the real world should be of such experiments, prefer to dispense. Because the look is deceptive: From stable metal or similar materials is nothing - not even the silver-colored tube on which the axis of a rotating screen, the keyboard is mounted.

This color makes the G19 very special. At 320 x 240 pixels, the mini-screen is exactly as much as many mobile phones. Immediately after the keyboard is wired and connected to the PC has to do it, however, precious little. Only a Logitech logo indicates that current flows, all plug into the correct jack plug. Only when the software has installed, the display will awake to life. It then displays in regular information exchange on the utilization of processor and memory, it logs the time and the latest news from several RSS feeds.

Because the permanent plenty bored, it is worth considering the configuration software of the G19 screen once, but what this after every restart automatically does anyway. Here you can adjust the images show, for example, certain RSS feeds, modules completely off. In addition, the software can tell which folder on the computer one of his films has passed. If they know you can on the whole blockbuster Winz-screen.

Not every game like the game

How much fun does depend on personal preferences. So impressive is a Star Wars battle of Sternenkreuzern to 320 x 240 pixels in any case not. Surpassing even come as YouTube videos to apply to the keyboard via the Internet connection of the PC download. The tone this one has certainly continue to obtain from a PC, speakers in the G19 are not integrated.

While all this is only the side-entertainment, the G19 in some games actually provide useful services. Then on the display, for example, environment maps, games or connecting to other players appear. So the screen is a real added value, becomes the second display. Unfortunately, these opportunities do not use in any game. Logitech even keep a list of about 40 compatible games.

Macros, where the fingers of

Where the display does not help, the G-keys to the game. The software can be with your own macros show the individual automate game actions. Twelve of these keys are left from the actual keyboard. You can switch by each with three macros equip. So theoretically possible 36 macros will probably hardly anyone seriously exploited. The switch, which is the Windows key and context menu can be disabling, however, you regularly use. These two keys have been so many online games virtual hero lives.

The G19 keyboard, it could cost a maximum of life if they are to be treated rough. It is quite robust, brings few grams on the scales more than conventional keypads. Your cables are especially thick executed well tolerated rough treatment without having einzuknicken. Also depends not just a cable from the back of the unit, but two.

These keys are nothing on tap

The second blower is required to get the keyboard with its power to connect. This is unusual for a keyboard. But without its own power supply is good for the G19 as the best roofing. The lion's share of its energy appetite is expected to have the display, but there is yet another gimmick that eats electricity and happiness upon gamers will be the key lighting. In fact one has the freedom to choose, what color the buttons will be illuminated - and infinitely for each game separately adjustable.

Exactly for such gimmicks, the G19 is built. And exactly such gimmicks are their strength - apart from the strong performance in games of course. Where the gaming keyboard on the other hand, fails, is simple Tipperei. The keys on the G19 are quite obviously designed for endurance, not to Vielschreiberei. To write a long text that seems the keyboard is not ideal, has a soft and vague to defined pressure point. But that is also not the purpose of the G19. With the aim to play, play, play.

The dragon father.

Dice, maps and pencils. With this tool, Dave Arneson created the late sixties, a virtual reality that shaped generations and the blueprint for games has been: Fantasy role-playing games. Inventor Arneson was the guy in the second row - and played until the age D & D.

 

The games, which Dave Arneson his youth in the basement of his parents' home in Saint Paul, Minnesota, spent, are today the least people understand: tabletops. These so-called conflict simulations, the participants play with miniature armies on three-dimensional, lovingly reproduced battlefields after battles after extensive regulations. Arneson came as a teenager with these games into sometime in mid-sixties. Because his parents gave him a copy of the tabletop classic "Gettysburg" of the U.S. games publisher Avalon Hill.

A few years later Arneson created with the game designer Gary Gygax from the dry dust tabletops an entirely new game genre: the dice, paper, pen and regulations played RPGs. This from a game made live games were settled and the only virtual reality, several players in the same fantasy world could live together, long before computers powerful and cheap enough for such tasks were.

The beginning of April has died with Dave Arneson
Gary Gygax in the early seventies, the first commercial RPG developed Dungeons & Dragons. D & D is up today. Computer RPGs have a lot of figures, rules, scenarios and storytelling elements from Dungeons & Dragons over, as today's strategy games still felt part of the tabletop classic influences.

Previously dispute about fame and money

But Arneson had the misfortune, as RPG's father early in the eclipse to be - even in the seventies there was an unpleasant legal battle over its share of D & D and the co-Gygax. Outcome of this dispute, although the two fathers of the game later publicly nachgegtragen have nothing more: In the official history of the D & D publisher TSR Arneson name now appears twice. 1970, stands there, Arneson had a game scenario in the sewers of a fortification "designed in 1971 by" Gary Gygax together 'is the Fantasy game' developed '.

A shared history of this time the two have never written, but the dispute was the end of the seventies probably too deep. This is regrettable, but then they laid the foundation for computer games such as the
Ultima series Richard Garriott, to all of today's so extremely popular online role playing masses à la World of Warcraft and incidentally also for a very special kind of paper (pen & paper in the English original) role-plays.

D & D inspired Ultima programmers Garriott

In the beginning there was a very understandable interest: Arneson was no longer a Tabeltops only when an army commander and the only motivation to win in a battle hoping to be able to. That was a little one dimensional, as Arneson US Magazine
"Gamespy" 2004 hindsight told: "We played together for several years and then tried our own game variants. We developed several pieces for their own goals, some of which even non-military nature. And at this point, I think we started with the role play. "

Arneson traveled 1969 or 1970 - just after he could not in talks to recall the year - to Gen Con, a meeting of tabletop players in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. They met Arneson - actually history student at the University of Minnesota - the organizer of the meeting, Gary Gygax. Arneson took a regulatory framework developed by Gygax named "Chain Mail" and adapted it with his fellow players for fantasy games.

He changed the rules so that each player embodied a character and has contributed - even on a single game out. The characters learned and improved their skills and of course, collected some useful things. Instead, each time starting from scratch, built in successive games Arneson. And each player devoted his entire attention of a figure, which he developed.

Arneson invented Adventure and Campaign Setting

Arneson also expanded the playing field: In the game, led by him were teammates forests, dungeons, ruins, secret slopes, caves to explore - everything Arneson out in advance and had recorded. He described the players around, embodied the essence, which they met and decided according to rules made, whether the players with their actions were successful or not.

The collection of rules, maps, figures and Location Arneson lifted up by the phrase at Blackmoor - later he published descriptions of this game world, and staging of pre-game episodes (so-called adventure). The two types of publications are now an integral part of programs from RPG publishers: There are rules and to all who are not confined to one's own creative power to leave, there are resource books on every imaginable topic.

The players today, some of this diversity of sources for debates usually use is a sad irony of history - Arneson initially rejoiced over the huge relief from overly rigid rules Tabeltop the fantasy background has brought. A few years ago remembered Arneson at the games at the table tennis table in the basement of his parents this way: "I had no desire that players with a new rule book arrived and said we would have the advantage because it is the old right and wrong. That was a fantasy world, so who could prove that a character was not displayed correctly? "

The fantasy world at the table tennis table

Arneson After the new tabletop game for a year with his friends had tried at home, decided he and Gary Gygax at Gen-Con next meeting of this game approach to make a product - a rule book for the RPG to write. The first of its kind

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The capital for the first printed edition of "Dungeons & Dragons" baptized plant shot two games authors Friends of Gary Gygax before their RPG Publisher christened TSR and sold the first one thousand or even packaged in boxes of rules for all parties surprisingly quickly. The game was fast becoming an international success - in 1975 Britain transferred Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson, a D & D edition.

After the controversy over his involvement left Arneson TSR soon, he wrote later, still works for the source of his imaginary world Blackmoor game for the publisher, but otherwise went his own way. He founded a computer company, advised software companies on program design, taught computer science at a private school in Florida.

Like many veteran RPG (Steve Jackson at Lionhead, Ian Livingstone at Eidos) Arneson was active in the field of computer game - privately, however. 2004 he told the "Gamespy" interview, that he is online role-playing games like EverQuest and Dark Age of Camelot had tried, but none so completely as a counterpart to paper RPGs could see: "The players can only in a certain frame together. It is just not the same as to sit together as a group to play. "

As long as his health allowed it, Arneson regularly played D & D rounds with old acquaintances, but also with younger neighbors, aged 12 to 35 years. Once a year, he met with his old teammates, Blackmoor, in the early seventies, the first version of D & D, yes the first RPG ever had tried.

David Arneson died on 7 April at the age of 61 from cancer.

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Hot weekend in the city park.

Whether refreshingly oblique B-movies, gripping thriller or judicial action-packed martial arts classics: Also in May, blogs ONLINE again the relevant journals with DVD resolution made and the current program for you.

 

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"Twilight", USA 1996. Director: Gregory Hoblit. Cast: Richard Gere, Edward Norton. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 3.90 euros.

After the bestial murder of the Catholic Archbishop of Chicago, the medienversessene Star attorney Martin Vail (Richard Gere) the defense of the suspect Ministranten Aaron Stampler (Edward Norton). At first interested him in the case of neither guilt nor innocence, but his success in court, until the ambivalent Stampler him on the track takes a nasty truth, and the curiosity of the lawyer's callousness of war. With this gripping legal thriller celebrated not only Gregory Hoblit ( "Frequency") as director, but also the current film star Edward Norton ( "Fight Club") to be successful feature film debut as an actor, he was on the spot a "Golden Globe" brought. Once he was at casting against as many as 2100 competitors enforce, then he stole his impeccable as always, but surprisingly little jungle movie partner Richard Gere ( "Pretty Woman") loose the show. Conclusion: intelligently made character duel with dramatic end. To 2 June in the trade

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"The Cavemen's Valentine", USA 2001. Director: Kasi Lemmon. Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Colm Feore. Format: 1,85:1 (16:9). FSK: 12 years. Issue price: 3,70 euros.

Cornelius Gould Stuyvesant, the historical personages from various spun together name of the alleged world ruler, before the great musician-paranoid Romulus Ledbetter (Samuel L. Jackson) in the cavity of a small New York city parks escaped. When one day he discovers a corpse, he believes - contrary to all the police investigation - to a crime. Soon found in the extravagant photo artist David Leppenraub (Colm Feore) an alleged offender - or succumbs Romulus again mistaken his delusions? In its 56th Film shows Sam Jackson ( "Pulp Fiction") has once again skillfully mysterious role, even if his yard-long dreadlocks he sometimes unintentionally funny how a Whoopi Goldberg-parody look. Kasi Lemmon After its successful drama "Eve's Bayou" (1997) here for the second time the movie star under contract and therefore a safe rental retract. Because the script of the wacky Psycho Thrillers seems his audience as to some insidious twist. Without the experienced actor would have to go fas!
t also. But as we look forward once again on an exciting discovery from the edge in this full Wühlkiste DVD arrived just as Hollywood productions. To 24 May in the trade

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"Killing Ariel", USA 2006. Director: Fred Calvert, David Jr. Negrone. Cast: Michael Brainard, Axelle Grelet. Format: 1,85:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 7.90 euros.

Thirty years after the equally mysterious as traumatic death of his parents is Ricks (Michael Brainard) own marriage to a low point. Suddenly his crisp Ariel (Axelle Grelet) just fine, but when he was with her for a hot weekend in the years since the unoccupied home of his parents' travels, the beauty is transformed into the same demon that tormented his parents already. Suddenly Rick sees itself in a bloody trap from which it, the use of chainsaws and Hackebeil not seem to escape. As a cost-effective B-movie live film directing debut of the team Calvert / Negrone less opulent tricks, but more of dedicated performers and a weird film idea, however, just at the end completely unfolded. It benefited since the sixties, only occasionally in the film business working Fred Calvert from the experiences of his colleagues busy Negrone David Jr., a provider of a wide range of high-quality Hollywood productions like "Star Trek: Nemesis" or "cartel" was involved . The result convinces !
especially atmospheric horror and offers fans a fun snack. Published on 13 May in the trade

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"The Commissioner", B / D / GB / USA 1998. Director: George Sluizer. Cast: John Hurt, Rosana Pastor. Format: 1,85:1 (16:9). FSK: 12 years (total DVD 16 years). Price: 6,99 euros.

Anyone who still believes in conspiracy theories, here is wrong, because the reality is much worse. This has forced the resignation of Minister James Morton (John Hurt) experienced after him as EU commissioner in Brussels has chartered. Once there he will by the researcher Hans Koenig (Armin Mueller-Stahl) to a dubious company merger made aware that he now avoids. But that he encounters in a Wespennest, because behind the deal burst hides a tricky corruption network, which soon Mortons life threatened. Of itself as "Europe's director" George Sluizer sighted ( "trace") moves into his political thriller all the stereotypes of the genre by, to the inevitable entanglement of old Nazi cliques. Accompanied by several Drehbuchpirouetten but it is something quite different, namely the "tragedy of a ridiculous man" (Film service), whose idle ego, despite his critical tenacity is just a game ball global corporations. As Denkanregung against the background noise of the global financia!
l crisis Sluizers strip adheres well, especially veteran cinema greats like John Hurt ( "The Elephant Man") is always worth a glance. To 4 June in the trade

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"Last Hero 1", HK 1992nd Director: Tsui Hark. Cast: Jet Li, Rosamund Kwan. Format: 2,35:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 6,99 euros.

End of the 19th Century break in China, more and more conflicts between Western Europeans and Asians on. When the respected physician and martial arts master Wong Fei-Hung (Jet Li) to an international congress in the city of Canton travels, he is a radical sect of the "White Lotus" in the way that all Chinese residents and their sympathizers want to kill. As even the military and a group of moderate rebels to join the plan, Wong finds itself suddenly between all fronts again. With the continuation of the martial arts classic, "Once Upon a Time in China" (1991) succeeded in Tsui Hark, with almost identical cast seamlessly from his initial success adapter. It was decisively involved probably already familiar with the famous Jackie Chan action choreographer Yuen Woo Ping, who a few years later by his involvement in "Matrix" (1999) and "Tiger and Dragon" (2000) set new standards worldwide. Here he prepared the then newcomer Jet Li ( "Romeo Must Die") to his breakthrough in Holl!
ywood before. Lovers of the genre come to the now grown to six parts series hardly over, and all the others are against the backdrop of the historical story verbrämten still furious entertainment. To 4 June in the trade

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"Yesterday," ROK the 2002nd Director: Jeon Yun-Su. Cast: Kim Seung-Woo, Kim Yoon-Jin. Format: 1,78:1 (16:9). FSK: 16 years. Issue price: 6.50 euros.

Following the example of the current "SFT" also increases the widescreen vision of "their issue price in this month at 60 cents on happige now 6.50 Euro. At the same time, sticking the DVD in the leaflet now Pappschuber printed on the front - the collectors of interesting cover to remove but can be found as usual in the magazine. Quite in contrast to its title plays Actiones "Yesterday" in the fairly near future time of 2020. In one - nowadays, however, politically more distant - reunified Korea will be the Special Agent Seok (Kim Seung-Woo) and his team on the serial killer Goliath value, which goes to high-level scientists and then the police chief himself kidnapped. Until then unsuccessfully receives Seok now unwittingly assisted by the criminal psychologist Heesu (Kim Yun-Jin) and finds out that the resolution of both cases in a 30 years past event look. Despite a fairly tight budget of only 5 million U.S. dollars of brilliant dark sci-fi thriller with a technically hü!
bsch made "Blade Runner"-setting, but unfortunately patzt also be great with his confused script. Thanks entertaining action scenes and a long series seriously intentioned movie quotes from the history of the genre are familiar with perhaps its rate fun. If they were still desperate for the mid-term after a woof look, at any time you want to simply not know what the end might be elucidated. To 2 June in the trade

SPD-Minister wants to ban games more.

Saxony-Anhalt's Justice Minister Angela Kolb (SPD) called for a tougher test methods for computer games, too violent to titles from the trade ban. According to Kolb could Tester titles not completely through. The verifier contradicts this assertion.

 

Too many minors used computer games, only for adults released, so the diagnosis of the Minister. Your proposal to remedy the situation: The test procedure, while the games release for users after a certain age, should be better.

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A scene from "Grand Theft Auto IV ': Saxony-Anhalt's Justice Minister Angela Kolb (SPD) calls for more bans on computer games

And seems better in this sense but also to say that more games do not go on sale. "Games in which violence is glorified and people at the current tape are being killed, are prohibited," said Kolb. Not meant to be with their claim, however, that the child protection experts from the entertainment software self (ESRB) bad job. The auditors did not the opportunity to fully examine.

In the past year was for 3000 Games sought admission. The 50 testers ESRB then have for each game five to ten days. "Bearing in mind that an experienced player from 70 to 100 hours on a computer game is, so you can imagine that the testers do not have enough time left for a game," Kolb criticized.

The ESRB decision contradicts this statement. Ruben limbo, one of the two full-USK blogs ONLINE Tester said: "We play all the songs completely. We do not know how the minister to come to the opposite sentiment. We have not asked about our work."

In higher level games, in which the depicted violence increases, the auditors did not. In their view, the fatal: According to the authorization, once granted it is no longer possible to legally later against known facts and approach the game from the market.

Producers should fill out questionnaires

Kolb pleaded not only for the experts more time to give. She also wants to more manufacturers to account. They should fill in questionnaires in which they provide information about the content of the game that his act, his duties and violent scenes. Then the testers targeted search and the evaluators to decide. So far, manufacturers in Germany are only available to the game and pay a fee. In other countries, they are committed to greater participation.

An intensive examination of the imposition of a restriction on age alone, the Minister seems not to suffice. The approval was for the manufacturers' a kind of clean. The game will be aggressively promoted, and awakens the interest of children and adolescents ". She called it appalling that a survey ten per cent of the Ten Years' Grand Theft Auto IV "as their favorite game designated. From the ESRB, the game is over 18 years released.

Kolb announced that they wanted the youth ministers of the countries for their concern to win, which the incumbent minors. "The justice comes at the end," said the Minister. "If we do there should not be heard, I will address that issue in the Justice conference involved."

Bastel thee thy tin man himself

From an electrical friend, where you tinker in his spare time can dream of many Japanese. In Tokyo has now opened a store that focuses on robot kits and specialized craft courses - even for children.

 

Tokyo - Many Japanese are fascinated by robots. Some even so much that they themselves in their free access to the screwdriver. Just as the crafters here at the weekend to screw their cars, they look to their electronic companions, instead of like other people to lie on the beach. On the fourth floor of a building in Tokyo's Akihabara district - known for its many electronics shops - has now opened a shop whose specialty is robotics kits.

In the shop with the name Vstone Robot Center, there is also advice on the maintenance of robots and crafts courses for children. It is the only major store in Tokyo for robots.

Plate-mates of all sizes and for various application areas are offered here. These are not just Vstone products, but also other robot manufacturers such as the Robo-Q from Tomy or pleo-called dinosaurs of the now bankrupt U.S. company Ugobe. Among the self-robots which Vstone be seen, also the 1.30 meter remote "Alcnon?". His name is a word game with the Japanese "Can it go?"

Robo-holiday shopping

One of the customers in the store VStone the teacher Naoto Osada. "Robots show the technological development of Japan," says the 30-year-old who just finished a Robo-Q has purchased. The Japanese Government has made the promotion of research on robotics a pillar of its growth strategy explains. It is expected that the business of the robots in 2025 to 6.2 trillion yen (about 47 billion Euro) is growing. Robots will then be technically mature, and be sure that they are in every house can be used.

Even tourists who share the enthusiasm for robots with the Japanese share, will find their way into the business. You see, for example, the dancing Tichno, which is moved rhythmically to the beat. "I love it. They are fantastic. And they are funny, especially the dance," says the German Christiane Ruff who, during their three week holiday to Japan next to the temples of Kyoto and the robot shop committed.

Still at least ten years

Despite the widespread enthusiasm for Robots - Nobuo Yamato, the head of the store, believes that the Government is developing robots is not enough support for future engineers in this area of interest. Vstone developed new robot kits, especially for children and adolescents. They cost of components, sensors and motors between 5,985 yen (45 euros) and 9,975 yen (75 euros). Often they are already in schools. "I love robots, because they can influence them and then move," says the nine-year-old Kazuki Azuma.

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Yamato acknowledges that the metal comrades currently primarily used to attention. For the often announced in the budget or use for the elderly if they were still not suitable. "The challenge lies in practical application areas to find, but that's still ten years away," said Yamato. "The 'Asimo' Honda is perhaps the best Japanese robots. But everything he can, is to work at the reception or tea is served," said Yamato. So it is still a long way before the Roboterbastlern until their devices more than just toys are.

Amazon is huge eBook before.

Amazon's e-book reader get tremendous growth: With the Kindle, the online DX-mailers a model, which its predecessors and competitors in every way surpasses - even what the price.

 

Bigger is better? And if so, how much? Amazon's Kindle DX in any case is much larger than the others and is likely to be plenty of discussion material for lovers of electronic reading care. While the previous models, at least in coat pockets and Jack could be accommodated, is the DX model for much too large: Almost on DIN A4 format brings to the new reader.

This triggers the Kindle not only into a new dimension of size, but the price also reaches new heights. $ 489 cost of the device on Amazon's website. That's $ 13 surcharge for each additional inch diagonal screen, the DX to keep the Kindle 2. While the modest 6-inch screen (15 inches) measures, it brings his big brother on impressive 9.7 inches, then 25 centimeters.

A color, as expected by some media, is it not, however, has given: The display is monochrome, image shows how the Kindle 2, with 16 gray of. Therefore, the screen resolution strongly increased. Instead of 800 x 600 pixels at the predecessors are now 1200 x 824 pixels, representing a doubling of the smooth resolution.

Twice as much memory, just as thin as previously

Since it's no wonder that the new Amazon with the slogan "Wireless Reading just got bigger" job. It affects the DX at first glance like a Kindle 2, the man has inflated. But this impression is deceptive. At least he is not thicker become. Despite the light screen is the new Kindle is still only about an inch thick, or rather thin. This could, however, stability problems will finally be the case now Verwindungskräfte more manageable than its predecessor.

But not only the screen, even the memory has Amazon aufgebohrt force. 3.3 gigabytes are now available for books. According to the manufacturer enough books for 3500. The Kindle 2 was not even half as much to bring reading material.

New to Kindle DX is the operating software in the integrated PDF representation. So you can without cumbersome pre-transform your own PDF documents on the device. The presentation showed Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, the PDF versions of something that we unfortunately could not decipher - the live recording of Bezos Kindle in hand blogsverkehrt was thrown against the wall. Bezos strives to several pages, then commented, according to Engadget dry: "You can see how well the screen looks even blogsverkehrt."

Large share of digital books

275,000 digitalized books now Amazon has on offer, announced company founder Jeff Bezos at the presentation of the giant Kindle in New York. That's almost three times as many as at the launch of the Kindle at the end of 2007. The sales figures of digital versions noticed Engadget Bezos, according to the Reporter on the ground in a marginal note: The titles with Kindle-edition make the digital versions are now 35 percent of sales overall.

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E-book reader Kindle 2: Amazon's loquacious reader (09.02.2009)

So far, however, is the Kindle DX as he is now the press was shown a single piece, and a prototype demonstrator. Anyone who wants to purchase the device, you must still bring a little patience. Apple will have already been approved, a specific delivery date but not yet known. Sometime in the summer as far as it was, but it's long.

One problem remains

Other hand, there waiting prospective buyers the opportunity ever for a suitable receptacle around. Maybe a backpack or laptop bag - or one of the perennial blue plastic bags, with a Swedish furniture store where customers send back home.

German e-book, however, must be interested not in Amazon's DX waiting list even backpacks or bags to buy. So far, the sale of the Kindle, whether small or large, not provided here. Moreover, when the change could silence the German branch of the online giant persistent.

AMAZON KINDL DX: DETAILS OF THE GIANTS reader

Display Memory Interface Dimensions Price

26.3 x 18.3 x 0.97 cm
560 grams of hard

1200 x 824 pixel resolution
16 Grays with E-Ink Technology
24.64 cm screen diagonal

4 gigabytes (3.3 of which is still available for books)

SD slot for memory cards
Mini-USB connector
Headphone Jack
W-Lan

489 U.S. Dollar (approx. 370 Euro)

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In this playground children gather Highscores.

The sports scientist Phil Hodgkin scaffold has a game called I Play, which just like a video game Highscores awards. Children should be motivated by their place in front of the screen with a place in the sun einzutauschen.

 

Question: What principle works
I. Play?

Phil Hodgkin: I. Play is a game structure, with a computer equipped. The task is to switch the struts attached successively to rotate, to press or pull. Once a button is pressed, a voice informed about what the next switch and how to be activated. That brings the children to hochzuspringen and back and forth herzulaufen. This variety of muscle groups are addressed. I. Play - an acronym for "Smart Play" - remember, what is the fastest player. And only has a chance in the highscore list on the
I.Play website "to appear.

Question: How do you get as a sports scientist to design playgrounds?

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May 2009

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Hodgkin, I also have product and industrial design student. As a developer at Progressive Sports Ltd. I was lucky, my passion for the sport - especially football and motocross - with my work as a designer to combine. When the producers asked me Playdale, a concept for a playground design, I just had some old handheld consoles get a gift. So I had the idea that mechanisms of Games in my draft to take over.

Question: What are the mechanisms?

Hodgkin: I. Play is direct feedback through sounds, music, language, and a dot display. The informed about their own performance and motivating at the same time, its own high score or the other player to beat. Also, any subdivided lot in level, between which the children should rest.

Question: And I will play good?

Hodgkin: In the UK there have already been more than 40 I.Play-structured scaffolds. Children ten to twelve makes I. Play the most fun. And while playing they consume as much energy as during a football game or basketball.

The interview was conducted by Oliver Klatt

OUTSIDE PLAY

Already a "Metal Gear" - Hideo Kojima came Inventor 2003, the idea that children with a video game to pull out. In "Boktai" for the Game Boy Advance was the ammunition of the hero on a solar sensor refilled.