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This article was written on December 05, 2007 by CyberNet.

Just the other day Adobe released Flash Player 9.0.115.0, and the most notable feature is the new H.264 (HD quality) video support. That is pretty big news because H.264 offers better video quality at lower bitrates, which inevitably makes for a better viewing experience. As Wikipedia points out there are numerous benefits to using H.264 for sharing videos.

One site that has already jumped on the bandwagon for supporting the H.264 is Hulu (review). Right now you have to be invited to join Hulu, but if you’re a member they have an HD gallery currently available. Obviously the quality of the trailers and clips that they have on there right now is better than the current Hulu quality, but the selection is still rather limited. For the inquisitive minds out there here are Hulu’s requirements for the HD quality videos:

• Flash Player 9.0.115.0
• 2.5Mbps Internet connection or greater
• Windows: Intel Pentium 4 3GHz processor (or equivalent), 128MB of RAM, 64MB of VRAM
• Macintosh: Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor, 256MB of RAM, 64MB of VRAM
• Linux: Intel Pentium 4 3GHz processor (or equivalent), 128MB of RAM, 64MB of VRAM

The system requirements to watch the videos are a bit steep, but newer computers from the last few years should have no troubles. Otherwise you might experience some skipping while watching them.

Let us know if you find any other good HD quality content that is taking advantage of the new Flash 9.

Download the New Flash Player 9
H.264 Demo Video
[via Download Squad & NewTeeVee]
Kudos to “S” for the tip!

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One of the major points of contention when Diablo III released on PC and Mac last year was an auction house where you could use real money to buy high-level gear. That’s changing next March 18th when developer Blizzard closes the doors on the controversial feature, as well as the in-game currency auction house. In a post on Battle.net, Blizzard Entertainment Production Director John Hight writes that, despite the auction house’s benefits, it “ultimately undermines Diablo‘s core game play: kill monsters to get cool loot.” In the video embedded below, Hight and Game Director Josh Mosquiera stress that they’re focusing on making murdering nightmare creatures the most satisfying way of getting rad gear — not spending ducats, real or otherwise. If you want a preview of what an auction house-free Diablo III looks like right now, check out the recent PS3 and Xbox 360 ports — they’re super good!

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Via: Joystiq

Source: Battle.net

During today’s Q3 earnings report, Adobe announced that its Creative Cloud software service had passed one million subscribers since launching in June. In addition to reaching that milestone much faster than expected, the outfit officially removed the “technology exploration” label from both Project Mighty and Project Napoleon, and confirmed plans to release them as full-fledged products in 2014. Experience Design team lead Michael Gough and crew will work with experienced maker outfit Adonit in order to complete the pair and ship it out in the first half of next year. In case you need a brief refresher, our hands-on video with the two cloud-connected peripherals is embedded below.

Filed under: Peripherals, Software

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This article was written on July 02, 2007 by CyberNet.

For Windows Vista Ultimate users, the “extras” that were promised have been a bit disappointing thus far. While four different extras have been released (Windows Hold’ Em, 16 Language Packs, Secure Online Kay Backup, and Windows Bitlocker Drive Preparation Tool), one of the most anticipated, DreamScene, has not yet been released in its final form.

And to make matters worse, the Ultimate Extras team has been so quiet over the last several months. It’s been a while since they’ve given us any idea that they were still even working on Ultimate Extras (Since March), so the latest update today is long over-due.

Okay, so we know they’re alive. That’s great. But, they don’t give any indication of what’s coming other than to say that Windows DreamScene and the remaining 20 Language Packs will finally be delivered by the end of the Summer. They do mention that over the next couple of years they intend to deliver more extras which they are “confident will delight our passionate Windows Vista Ultimate Users.”

It would have been nice if they were able to give us even a hint at what they had in store for over the next couple of years, just to spark some interest, but they don’t. Maybe they don’t even know what’s in-store for the next two years? Hopefully they get better at communicating with their community as to what they have going on. Great communication can make all the difference in the world!

If you purchased Ultimate, was it worth it? Are there any extras that you’d like to see?

Source: Windows Vista Blog

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With the release of the Chromecast came the second wave of Google’s vision for ultra-simple “flinging” of content from your Android device to a larger display. As the Nexus Q took a belly dive, the much smaller and simpler Chromecast took hold, it being small enough to fit in a person’s pocket and able to […]