Halo 3: 4v4 Tournamet to benefit local charity

01Jul09

I’m trying to guage interestto see whether any gamer’s out there would like to particiapate in a Halo 3 4v4 tournament in order to benefit a local charity.

Here are the plans so far:

• Location: TBD
• Cover charge: $10
  Includes: pizza, drinks, a t-shirt (maybe), and other giveaways
• Winner leaves with half the money while the other half gets donated to a local charity
• MLG 4v4 rules with the maps being Vahalla, The Pit, or Guardian (vote to determine)

Please let me know who if you or someone you know would be interested. Email Cmahon90@gmail.com with your name, contact info, and your XBL gamertag if you have one. If you to do not have Xbox Live you are still welcomed to the tournament. This is going to be a family friendly and competitive tournament at the same time.

More details to come soon!

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Tags: 2009, chesterfield, gaming, halo, halo 3, halo tournament, major league gaming, midlothian, MLG, Richmond, summer, tournament, tourney, va, VCU, video game, virginia, xbox 360

Firefox: A History

30Jun09

From Phoenix to Firebird (0.8) to Firefox (soon to be 3.5), Mozilla has come a long way with their ever so popular web browser. With 3.5 on the way, one of the major updates to Firefox is the support of <audio> and <video> tags as defined in HTML 5.

Take a look at CNET’s Firefox history in photos article for flashback in time with one of the most popular web browser to date.

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Bypassing Internet Restrictions

26Jun09

As discovered through Engadget during their coverage of the Olympics and the “Great Firewall of China,” TOR (The Onion Router) made it possible for journalists to bypass China’s strict internet restrictions through the use of TOR software installed on a USB drive dubbed the “Freedom Stick.” This piece of software, I believe, should also work in any situation in which you cannot access particular websites.

Journalists use Tor to communicate more safely with whistleblowers and dissidents. Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) use Tor to allow their workers to connect to their home website while they’re in a foreign country, without notifying everybody nearby that they’re working with that organization.

Continue reading more of the story below!

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Tags: internet, iran, tehran, block, restriction, firewall, internet freedom, free, freedom, facebook blocked, twitter blocked, proxy, iran freedom, mousavi, Freedom stick

Verizon network experiencing downtime

26Jun09

Friday – June 26th, 2009 12:50 p.m. EST – Unable to connect to Verizon’s data service

Friday – June 26th, 2009 1:24 p.m. – Had a co-worker get off a 20 min phone hold with Verizon and they report “Northeast data is down” and data is expected to be back up at 3 p.m. EST

Verizon’s latest campaign of commercials portray that they are the “fastest 3G network” with no “dead zones” since they are backed by “the network.” Well as of 1:30 p.m. today the entire Northeast is a 3G dead zone. Way to go Verizon!

Maybe this has something to do with the Alltel – Verizon merge?

Friday – June 26th, 2009 1:49 p.m. – Verizon’s data service appears to be back up and fully functional

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Tags: 2009, data, dead zone, down, east coast, friday, june 26, june 26th, network, north east, offline, verizon, verizon network down

A Quick Question!

23Jun09

For quality management, please take the time to answer this simple poll so that content may be better delivered to you; the reader. This will allow me to properly adjust and adapt to the readers’ needs.

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