Command & Conquer coded in HTML5
January 24, 2012 – 9:57 pm | No Comment

Remember the classic RTS known as Command & Conquer? Well, an enterprising coder, Aditya Ravi Shankar, actually recreated the strategy game using nothing but HTML5, where it runs on 69k of Javascript. Why did he set out on such an adventure? For starters, Shankar’s attempt was a self-mandated undertaking in order to improve his coding skills, where he gave himself a one month window to rebuild the game in the browser, and had to comb through the original game’s files in order to obtain all the right sprites, sounds and specs. According to Shankar, “In hindsight, I might have wanted to take smaller steps and make a tower defense game instead of jumping directly into an RTS. Trying to do the whole thing in under a month all by myself wasn’t the smartest idea.” As part of Shankar’s recreation of Command & Conquer, it included buildings, terrain, combat, tiberium harvesting and regrowth, in addition to the ability to sell and repair buildings. You want fog of war? It has that, too, in addition to a pannable map, different cursors, …

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K01: Toshiba to roll out super-slim Windows Mobile slider phone

Submitted by admin on March 30, 2010 – 7:12 amNo Comment

f7037992c9iso 02.png K01: Toshiba to roll out super slim Windows Mobile slider phone

Whereas Sharp decided to cautiously embrace Android , Toshiba still seems to be firmly in the Windows camp. After releasing the “iPhone killer TG01 ” on WinMo 6.5 last year , the company announced another Windows Mobile-based cell phone in Japan today (Toshiba is one of Microsoft’s official “Mobile Partners” , after all). Toshiba’s K01 will be marketed as the ISO02 in Japan [JP] and is a Windows 6.5.3 phone, to be more exact. These are the main features: Snapdragon processor (1GHz) 4.1-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen (480×800 resolution) 3G CDMA module slider QWERTY keyboard RAM 384MB ROM 512MB 3.2MP CMOS camera IEEE802.11b/g Wifi Bluetooth 2.0+EDR weight: 158g size: 66×123×12.9mm (Toshiba says it’s the slimmest QWERTY slider out there) The K01 was showcased earlier this year at the Mobile World Congress, cleared the FCC yesterday and is announced in Japan for June. We’ve listed up early features as early as one year ago .

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