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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Google TV ARMs itself to compete with Apple TV
January 15, 2011 – 9:15 pm | No Comment
Google TV ARMs itself to compete with Apple TV We all know that Google TV didn’t do too well when it was launched last year- networks were blocking it from accessing their content, and OEMs taking their sweet time to embrace the platform. But this year, it has been reported that Google will be making some significant changes in order to step up their game plan. Google will be making the transition from Intel’s CE4100 (used in the Logitech Revue) to an ...
Get $10,000 for downloading the 10 billionth App Store download, will this increase downloads?
January 15, 2011 – 4:34 pm | No Comment
Get $10,000 for downloading the 10 billionth App Store download, will this increase downloads? In case you haven’t heard, Apple’s App store is about to be at 10 billion App downloads. Apple apparently wants to celebrate by giving the person who purchases the 10 billionth download a iTunes gift card of $10,000. It took about 8 years for Apple to achieve this feat, and it is hard to believe that all these apps have been downloaded, and I can’t help but wonder how much money has been made. I ...
Apple’s new Berlin store will open in upscale Kurfürstendamm
January 15, 2011 – 3:32 am | No Comment
Apple’s new Berlin store will open in upscale Kurfürstendamm Two different German Mac news sites report that Apple's latest store in Berlin will be placed in the Kurf
Exclusive: The future of the iPad 2, iPhone 5, and Apple TV, and why Apple is shifting its mobile line to Qualcomm chipsets
January 14, 2011 – 6:25 pm | No Comment
Exclusive: The future of the iPad 2, iPhone 5, and Apple TV, and why Apple is shifting its mobile line to Qualcomm chipsets We've been hearing a ton of rumors about what direction Apple's next set of products will take, and when they'll be available -- but now we've got some concrete information from reliable sources which should make the path a little clearer. And that includes info on the next iPad, the iPhone 5, the second iteration of the new Apple TV, and a big change coming for all of the company's mobile products. Want to know the scoop? Read along after the ...
Alesis StudioDock Pro Might Just Be The Reason To Buy An iPad
January 14, 2011 – 4:01 am | No Comment
Alesis StudioDock Pro Might Just Be The Reason To Buy An iPad This is the StudioDock Pro from Alesis . It’s a dock for your iPad giving you the I/O and connectivity your actually need to do music with a tablet. It has two XLR combo ins, MIDI in/out (also over USB), 2X stereo 1/4 outs. It’s getting serious. Having an iPad that it’s truly connectible with the rest of your audio gear would be awesome. The StudioDock Pro is also protecting the unit. There is a protective bezel over the iPad and it should be closed on all ...
New BillMinder a paid upgrade, but worth the money
January 14, 2011 – 12:05 am | No Comment
New BillMinder a paid upgrade, but worth the money Return7 released version 3 of its popular BillMinder app on Tuesday, now a completely revamped program. As such, Return 7 decided to switch its users over to a separate app -- BillMinder 3 -- which requires users to pay to "upgrade" to the latest version. While the out-of-pocket expense ($1.99) isn't much, it's a move that hasn't been that popular in the past -- think Tweetie in the ...
MacTech Boot Camp San Francisco 2011, five days left to save
January 12, 2011 – 11:46 pm | No Comment
MacTech Boot Camp San Francisco 2011, five days left to save We attended the MacTech Conference in 2010 and we can tell you: they put on a great conference. The MacTech Boot Camp is designed for a different audience. Instead of the hardcore IT pro, the Boot Camp experience is more for the folks who support smaill businesses and home users. The event is close to selling out, but you can still take advantage of pre-registration pricing ($100 off) until Monday, January 17. ...
iOS 4.3 update to bring personal hotspot creation to GSM iPhones?
January 12, 2011 – 3:52 am | No Comment
iOS 4.3 update to bring personal hotspot creation to GSM iPhones? One of the major features of Verizon’s iPhone 4 is support for creating your own personal hotspots that supports up to five Wi-Fi devices to share the iPhone’s data connection. While there isn’t any official confirmation just yet, word is going around that Apple is planning to bring the same personal hotspot feature to GSM versions of the iPhone in the upcoming iOS 4.3 update. More… iOS 4.3 update to ...
TiVo says iPad app due by end of January
January 11, 2011 – 11:25 pm | No Comment
TiVo says iPad app due by end of January In what could only loosely be called a formal announcement, The Mac Observer is reporting that TiVo took to the Twitter airwaves today to let us know that the TiVo-branded iPad app should be out before the end of January 2011. Back in November 2010 was the first time we had heard about an upcoming TiVo app, and a video posted on its Facebook page finally gives us a glimpse into ...
Apple to Announce iPad 2 in ‘Next 3-4 Weeks’?
January 9, 2011 – 11:51 pm | No Comment
Apple to Announce iPad 2 in ‘Next 3-4 Weeks’? 2011 is shaping up to be quite a big year for Apple as not only are they expected to announce a sequel to the iPhone 5 but the device is expected to make the jump from AT&T to Verizon as well. However, the iPhone is not Apple’s only highly sought after product as the iPad too has seen itself in headlines more than one can count. With Q1 of 2011 upon us, many have wondered ...