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June 12, 2009 • 8:18 pm 0
How to fix a broken dock
I tried everything to fix my dock which had missing Finder and Trash icons, no separator and no right-click function. I tried deleting the com.apple.dock.plist files, the killall Dock, the Candybar download…and still nothing worked. Well if this is your case, hopefully your worries will be over:
- Go to another mac and locate the following: Macintosh HD > System > Library > Core Services > Right click dock > Show Package Contents > Contents.
- Copy all the files and folders in the contents folder.
- Do step 1 again on you mac, and paste the contents contents over your files.
- Should be no need, but if no change, open Terminal and type killall Dock
- If problem still persists, find the following on another mac and replace it on yours : Macintosh HD > Library > Preferences > com.apple.dock.plist.
- Then type killall Dock in your terminal again.
If the problem still persists 1. Look for other solutions online or, 2. Wait for Snow Leopard 
Hope that helps 
Filed under: Mac Related , Dock
June 5, 2009 • 10:07 pm 0
Twitter for the classroom.
Very interesting idea that a history prof in a Texas uni has begun doing. Using Twitter as a means of further debate on topics in class between students.
I feel this type of thing could work universities. Skynews say it’s a dump idea, I feel for after class discussion it would be brilliant – and if you’ve come to class to tweet on other things, then you’re wasting your own time.
June 2, 2009 • 2:34 pm 0
XBox: Use body for game control
2009-06-02 13:40
A demonstration is given of Project Natal at Microsoft’s XBox 360 media briefing in Los Angeles. (AFP)
Los Angeles – Microsoft revealed on Monday that it has been secretly developing technology that lets people play videogames using natural body movements instead of handheld controllers.
The US software giant behind Xbox 360 videogame consoles revealed a prototype of a project codenamed Natal, a system that combines cameras and voice and face recognition software to recognise people and their actions.
“The gamer in me went out of my mind when I got to be interactive with this,” famed film director Steven Spielberg during a Microsoft press conference on the eve of a major E3 videogame industry show in Los Angeles.
“I got a feeling I was in a historic moment. What Microsoft is doing isn’t re-inventing the wheel; this is about no wheel at all.”
Natal lets people play driving games by simply moving hands as if turning a car steering wheel. In-game characters in boxing, skateboard, soccer and other sports titles mimic the body movements of real-world players.
The system scans faces and voices to determine who is playing, a demonstration showed.
Xbox 360 consoles equipped with Natal will be able to respond to spoken commands for actions such as playing movies or connecting online with friends for video chats.
Landmark in computer entertainment
An expected completion date for Natal was not disclosed, but Microsoft on Monday released a software kit for videogame makers interested in designing titles to take advantage of Natal’s capabilities.
“What developers do with Natal will change the way we play videogames,” said British videogame icon Peter Molyneux, chief of Lionhead Studios.
“This is a landmark in computer entertainment. This is true technology that science fiction has not even written about and this works today.”
Natal will work on all Xbox 360 consoles, according to Don Mattrick, the head of Microsoft’s Xbox and games business.
“I could suddenly envision a new way to personalise game play…and even change the paradigm of storytelling,” said Spielberg, who got to dabble with Natal in the weeks leading up to the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). – AFP
- SAPA
Article taken from:
http://www.news24.com/Content/SciTech/News/1132/19e7f360a898418b8b9477587829b9ee/02-06-2009%2001-06/XBox_Use_body_for_game_control
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