Month: March 2024

Justus Haucap: Ex-Monopolkommission-Chef gegen Zwangsöffnung des Mobilfunks

Wettbewerbsökonom Justus Haucap hält eine Diensteanbieterverpflichtung für ein Strohfeuer, dass langfristig den Mobilfunkausbau behindern würde. Doch Haucaps Aussagen sind nicht unproblematisch. (Freenet, Mobilfunk)

Wettbewerbsökonom Justus Haucap hält eine Diensteanbieterverpflichtung für ein Strohfeuer, dass langfristig den Mobilfunkausbau behindern würde. Doch Haucaps Aussagen sind nicht unproblematisch. (Freenet, Mobilfunk)

Lost, circa-2008 Timesplitters 4 prototype discovered on PS3 dev kit

Redditor paid a reported $670 to rescue the unit and archive the game for posterity.

This image from a 2007 teaser was one of the only remaining bits of <em>Timesplitters 4</em> available to the public until this month.

This image from a 2007 teaser was one of the only remaining bits of Timesplitters 4 available to the public until this month. (credit: Free Radical)

Longtime readers and first-person shooter fans might remember how excited we were for the announcement of Timesplitters 4 in late 2008. Unfortunately, an intriguing trailer was the last we saw of the game before the project was killed amidst Free Radical's bankruptcy later that year.

Today, though, we actually have a chance to see and play what we missed over 15 years ago. That's thanks to an eagle-eyed eBay trawler who grabbed an aging PlayStation 3 development kit that happened to have a prototype of Timesplitters 4 sitting on its hard drive.

Reddit user Flimsy-Zebra3775 posted about the find earlier this month, asking the PS3 subreddit community for guidance on what looked like a working prototype of the long-lost game. After reportedly asking the seller "a lot of probing questions" and confirming that the prototype could be booted, Flimnsy-Zebra reportedly paid 525 pounds (about $670) for the dev kit, saying, "for history and my collection, it's worth it."

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Lost, circa-2008 Timesplitters 4 prototype discovered on PS3 dev kit

Redditor paid a reported $670 to rescue the unit and archive the game for posterity.

This image from a 2007 teaser was one of the only remaining bits of <em>Timesplitters 4</em> available to the public until this month.

This image from a 2007 teaser was one of the only remaining bits of Timesplitters 4 available to the public until this month. (credit: Free Radical)

Longtime readers and first-person shooter fans might remember how excited we were for the announcement of Timesplitters 4 in late 2008. Unfortunately, an intriguing trailer was the last we saw of the game before the project was killed amidst Free Radical's bankruptcy later that year.

Today, though, we actually have a chance to see and play what we missed over 15 years ago. That's thanks to an eagle-eyed eBay trawler who grabbed an aging PlayStation 3 development kit that happened to have a prototype of Timesplitters 4 sitting on its hard drive.

Reddit user Flimsy-Zebra3775 posted about the find earlier this month, asking the PS3 subreddit community for guidance on what looked like a working prototype of the long-lost game. After reportedly asking the seller "a lot of probing questions" and confirming that the prototype could be booted, Flimnsy-Zebra reportedly paid 525 pounds (about $670) for the dev kit, saying, "for history and my collection, it's worth it."

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Banana Pi’s $31 BPI-WiFi 6 router runs a fork of OpenWrt

The Banana Pi BPI-WiFi 6 Router is an inexpensive router with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, four antennas, and three Gigabit Ethernet ports (in addition to an RJ45 input). Available from Banana Pi’s AliExpress store for $31 (plus shipping…

The Banana Pi BPI-WiFi 6 Router is an inexpensive router with a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, four antennas, and three Gigabit Ethernet ports (in addition to an RJ45 input). Available from Banana Pi’s AliExpress store for $31 (plus shipping, which adds another $13 for customers in the US at time of publication), this inexpensive router is also […]

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Ausfälle bei E-Rezepten: “Es ist zum Verrücktwerden”

Bei den Apothekern liegen die Nerven blank, weil seit mehreren Tagen jeweils stundenlang das Abrufen der E-Rezepte nicht funktioniert. Die Gematik gibt die Schuldzuweisung weiter. (Gematik, Datenschutz)

Bei den Apothekern liegen die Nerven blank, weil seit mehreren Tagen jeweils stundenlang das Abrufen der E-Rezepte nicht funktioniert. Die Gematik gibt die Schuldzuweisung weiter. (Gematik, Datenschutz)

MELE PCG02 Pro fanless pocket-sized PC updated with an Intel N100 processor

The Mele PCG02 Pro is a tiny desktop computer that measures just 146 x 61 x 20mm (5.8″ x 2.4″ x 0.8″). It’s smaller than a typical smartphone, but packs the hardware of a full-fledged Windows (or Linux) PC. Mele first launched …

The Mele PCG02 Pro is a tiny desktop computer that measures just 146 x 61 x 20mm (5.8″ x 2.4″ x 0.8″). It’s smaller than a typical smartphone, but packs the hardware of a full-fledged Windows (or Linux) PC. Mele first launched the PCG02 Pro a few years ago with Intel Gemini Lake and Jasper […]

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