We are on the dawn of a new era in gaming. Soon, the boundary between the virtual and the real will get much closer than ever as games promise real-time experience with near Hollywood-production quality.

Ushering in this new era is Crytek's upcoming game, Crysis. Unveiled at the E3 Expo this year, its graphics is nothing short of revolutionary. Here's a gameplay clip:



There is a higher quality version of the clip here (select 'Gameplay 2').

Funny A&P commercial

More hilarity at www.engrish.com.

'Wrong Guy' interviewed on the BBC:

This is the funniest video I've seen in a while. It's the BBC interviewing a supposed Guy Kewney, editor of newswireless.net and IT expert, about the Apple vs Apple case on live TV - however, it's not Guy Kewney. It's actually Guy Goma, a recent graduate who was there waiting for a job interview.

Mr Goma said his appearance was "very stressful" and wondered why the questions were not related to the data support cleanser job he applied for.

You can find the full article here.

Money Saving Guide For Computer Experts

DI-524 Wireless Router - Wolf In Sheep's Clothing:

One of the dirty secrets in electronics manufacturing is in order to save manufacturing costs, different products often share the same underlying hardware, but have various features turned on or off using software. This is the case with the Dlink DI-524. Not only is it a great router, it's actually a firmware-crippled DI-624, the faster, more expensive brother of the 524.

One guy at the DSLforum discovered both routers shared the same Atheros chipset and brilliantly figured out how to fool the 524 into thinking it's a 624. Specifically, this only works with revision 'C' of the DI-524. To change it to a 624, you need to flash with the hacked firmware. After the flash, your DI-524 will behave identically to a 624. It will even accept non-hacked official DI-624 firmware. DI-624 firmwares are also more regularly updated than DI-524's.

Your router will now have the following upgrades:

• double the speed with Super-G 108Mbps
• more features such as Turbo and Extended modes
• cable testing feature
• more configurable properties

The greatest thing with the 524 is you can often find them on sale at Futureshop and other computer hardware retailers. I got mine for $35 at Compusmart after mail-in-rebates.