Recent content by makattack

Even more odd, is the fact that both titles are apparently implemented with Sony's PhyreEngine middleware.

I can't help but think that new portable hardware is just going to ... fail. Unless it's a tablet form. 10" or so... and made by a fruit company.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-05-23-full-stereoscopic-3d-hitting-xbox-360 Apparently coming... I suppose they may officially announce it today.

This very clearly shows evidence of SSAO: http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1552343&postcount=1495

That's just a mostly subjective issue... to me, I actually think the screenshot with the darker shadows looks like someone put felt insulation on all the edges, and it seems to highlight some of the aliasing with the darker contrasts. I would not use the words "clearly looks better" but rather...

Not to change the topic, but why can't you play XB1 games online? I can understand the EA games, since they use their own services... but with most XB1 games, you can play them online as long as you have a computer tunneling the traffic: http://www.xbconnect.com/index.php?topic=supportedgames...

Exactly, I for one have stopped even looking at other analysis sites because I value the objectivity and focus on technical aspects in the DF and Richards articles. My mind is simply incapable of understanding where people see this bias. For pete's sake, can't you just see that he's truly an...

Yah, it's sort of a raw human instinct -- like touching a hot or cold surface and withdrawing from it quickly. I have my CC stored in multiple, less secure sites. I work in IT security and know many of the issues with trying to secure anything. Nevertheless, I immediately changed my password...

Apparently there were articles describing how onboarding / signups of new PSN accounts via. PS3 resulted in CC data being secured via. HTTPS on transmit to the PSN servers. So, if someone were to have captured the traffic streams with access to the SSL certificate keystore, then any PSN...

Considering the PSN servers were compromised, and those same servers had SSL certificates *and* keys installed (for Apache, an OpenSSL keystore) on them, presumably, those SSL certs were compromised. If they had bothered to capture the SSL traffic (using tcpdump for example), they would have...

With the exception of end-user applications hosted by service providers like Google, Microsoft or Zoho (and perhaps others I'm not familiar with) - most Cloud services are rated on size and number of data centers, their location throughout the World, and the application development environment...

Not a good indication... of course, I'm just one person, but neither my PSN nor XBL account have my credit card details saved. Admittedly, I got into both somewhat late (a few years back) so I don't know if that's only possible now with the retail points cards. At any rate, I renew XBL, and add...

I'm afraid this is likely just a continuation of situations where non-IT experts apply their expertise in specific areas to IT matters that cross over into their domain. Having accountants and physical security experts set operating rules results in situations like this. Perhaps there was a...

IT security is funny this way... one would imagine that frequently changing everyones passwords would result in better security, for the following reasons: 1) users are being reminded of sound security practices on a regular basis 2) if a single password or even the entire pw database is...

You've obviously never heard of Sarbanes Oxley and for me (as a Massachusetts resident), MA 201... SOX is more of a general accountability/auditing compliance regulation originally intended to prevent financial impropriety, but has impacted the IT field (in the US) by generally requiring...