Tag: COTS
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COTS only on 360
Well it look like MS has really put up a few hurdles to hacking the XBox 360. Not that many in the educational realm would be hacking consoles anyway to put educational content on them (not worth the time or the effort). But Engadget has posted some of the protective measures that are in place.…
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It’s Here!
Engadget has got what to me are the first pics of the XBox 360 being unpacked. Early reviews seem positive, but it’s going to be a long while before this machine is common enough that we’ll see any COTS type educational value from it.
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“Unhackable” Xbox 360 – Dream killer?
It seems that Microsoft wants to make the Xbox 360 more difficult to hack according to this article from the BBC. This is just another in a long line of devices that manufacturers are trying to protect by using some manner of hardware key. Engadget reported something similar with a DVD player and of course…
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Wired- Game/Reality
Just an article that people may find interesting – My Dream Date With the Ford GT. He mentions how training in GT4 helped him on the real track. It’s likely what many other racers (from wannabes to pros) likely do as well. I remember during the ’88 Calgary Olympics, the Canadian Bobsled team trained with…
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New Edition of Innovate is Online
The August/September edition of Innnovate is online with a few interesting articles. Gee’s article has an interesting passage: Here we reach the central paradox of all deep learning. On the one hand, it will not work to try and tell newcomers everything. We, as educators, can not put it all into words because a domain…