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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iPod touch Sports A Vibration Motor To Notify You Of FaceTime Calls
September 6, 2010 – 1:54 pm | No Comment
iPod touch Sports A Vibration Motor To Notify You Of FaceTime Calls When Apple announced the new iPod touch with a front-facing camera, many folks out there were overjoyed at the inclusion of FaceTime video chat on the media player. Of course, how FaceTime would operate on the iPod touch was an interesting subject, as the iPod touch obviously isn't a phone. Reports are now in that the iPod touch ...
iHome reveals first AirPlay wireless speaker system
September 6, 2010 – 8:17 am | No Comment
iHome reveals first AirPlay wireless speaker system iHome, makers of iPhone and iPod accessories, is the first to announce an AirPlay compatible wireless speaker system. So far, the details are slim, but what we do know is that it will incorporate Apple's new AirPlay technology, have a rechargeable battery, and be available for the holiday season! In related news, Apple's official AirPlay website reveals a lineup of other featured partners who are incorporating the AirPlay technology. JBL, Marantz, ...
Check out almost 50 iPhone/iPod Touch cases
September 5, 2010 – 8:02 pm | No Comment
Check out almost 50 iPhone/iPod Touch cases I realize that this blog has International readership, but tomorrow is an American holiday known as Labor Day which is really nothing more than a day off, really. I thought I’d give you a treat by showing you some very interesting iPhone cases. We’ve already had the Little Black Book, Transparent iPhone one, and even a Nerdy Hello Kitty one. If you click on my source, you can catch about 48 ...
Looking forward to AirPlay
September 5, 2010 – 6:04 am | No Comment
Looking forward to AirPlay As you may have heard, Apple had some sort of event on Wednesday. In amongst the Big News like iPods and iOSs and iTunes and iTVs Apple TVs, Steve Jobs briefly mentioned AirPlay, a replacement for the AirTunes music streaming system used in the Airport Express multi-purpose device. I've built my home audio solutions around AirTunes, so this was, for me, the most interesting thing Apple announced. Details on how the system will actually work are rather ...
How would you change Motorola’s Droid X?
September 3, 2010 – 10:04 pm | No Comment
How would you change Motorola’s Droid X? Last week we gave the Apple loyalists in attendance a chance to rip and rag the iPhone 4, and this time around we're doing the same for Motorola's best frienemies. The Droid X is without question the largest Droid in the family today, and calling it a showstopper on Verizon would probably be understating things. Now that it's been on the market a few months, we're curious to know ...
Notifo for iPhone Gets Free User-to-User Messaging, Real Time Twitter Notifications
September 3, 2010 – 1:12 am | No Comment
Notifo for iPhone Gets Free User-to-User Messaging, Real Time Twitter Notifications Last time we wrote about Notifo, we called it a “ simple mobile notifications platform for anything ” — and really, that’s probably the best way to describe it. You take your iPhone, install the Notifo app, hook it up to your favorite services (like Twitter, or GitHub) or any of the “Projects” (read: plugins, like Growl alert forwarding, or Chrome-to-Notifo ), and bam! You’ve got push notifications coming down to your iPhone from just about anything you could imagine. All that notification sending takes two things: ...
Live from Apple’s September 2010 Event
September 1, 2010 – 9:55 am | No Comment
Live from Apple’s September 2010 Event It seems like just yesterday, we were fighting our way through traffic on the way to Apple’s iPhone 4 antenna press conference. Today, we’re joining Apple for something a bit less out-of-the-blue: their annual September product announcement in San Francisco. So, what’s coming? New iPod Touches? A brand new, iOS-powered AppleTV (which may or may not be known as the iTV )? Join us after the jump to find out what’s happening the very second it happens. Read the rest at MobileCrunch > > Read more ...
Jensen JiPS-250i iPad dock
September 1, 2010 – 6:25 am | No Comment
Jensen JiPS-250i iPad dock This is a new dock from Jensen known as the JiPS-250i, and it is made for all iPhones, iPads, and iPhones. For the iPad, it is rotate-able (which is probably not a word, yet) for viewing the iPad in portrait and landscape modes. It also has built-in speakers, and video line-out for attaching a separate display. The JiPS-250i has a free “companion App” for voice recording, alarm clock, calendar, equalizer, photo album, music player, as well as integration for social ...
The iPhone 4 could be getting a new antenna
August 31, 2010 – 2:51 pm | No Comment
The iPhone 4 could be getting a new antenna After blaming users, besmirching competitors and finally offering a free iPhone 4 case to appease customers, rumor has it that Apple could relent in the biggest way: revising the antenna on the iPhone 4.
Sony Ericsson W760a Cell Phone Review–Fully Featured, Underpowered
August 30, 2010 – 11:40 pm | No Comment
Sony Ericsson W760a Cell Phone Review–Fully Featured, Underpowered If you’re looking for a phone with a little extra under the hood, but one that won’t break the bank, then you’ll want to have a look at the Sony Ericsson W760a, a phone that’s packing a lot more than it’s letting on. The Sony Ericsson W760a is a slider-style cell phone with conference call, voice recorder, speakerphone, Bluetooth connectivity, a melody composer, compatibility with Yahoo and AOL instant messenger programs, mobile web, mobile email, a ...