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Once again, it’s time to start some marketing for the Zune. Every once in a while rivals companies Microsoft and Macintosh will release some ad’s for their magical  music playing devices,Microsoft Zune and the Apple iPod. While the iPod has the solid color/technicolor crazy moving background with moving silhouettes dancing around to some new hit single type of commercials, the Zune commercials really only have random spots showing off the product with different people.

Lets be honest here, how far has that taken them? (continue reading…)

Who want’s some good news regarding Windows 7??? (We do!)

Today, the big news surrounding Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 is the release date. The Microsoft Corp. announced that Windows 7 will be released some time around the holiday season of 2009, anywhere between the middle of November or early December. (continue reading…)

While looking around Youtube today, I found two videos that made me forget that it is almost  impossible for me to get my own youtube channel off the ground.

The first video involves Apple slapping Windows around with an internet ad. It’s just like the TV ad’s, but only for your computer.

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A few days ago, Microsoft announced once Window’s 7 comes out, they will not be giving Vista the old heave-hoe. What was said by a spokeswomen was that “We have not made any final end-of-sales decisions for Windows Vista”. What was made clear was that once an operating system released, it is company policy to keep an OS in distribution for at least for years after its debut. So, since Vista was released back in January of 2007, it means that Vista will stick around until 2011. (continue reading…)

Hey poor people who like fun video games! Guess what! This weekend, not only is Microsoft letting sliver members taste the sweet nectar of online play with FREE Golden Membership, Steam is letting you play the PC version of Left 4 Dead for a full 24 HOURS! The free Xbox Gold Membership will go into effect today, Friday May 1 through Monday May 4. For me, it’s a gift from God, but for everyone else here on Digital Cross Fire, they pay for Xbox Live Gold. I have the PSN mentality . . .

The 24 hours are dwindling down for Left 4 Dead from time of writing. Beginning  5:01 p.m. PDT Thursday and end 5:00 p.m Friday, you will be able to download the Stream program, download the game, play Left 4 Dead, then buy Left 4 Dead 5:10 p.m Friday. Trust us.

Hey guys, its my first blog post so I though I’d make it interesting ;). Apple has just released some info on their new OS X, Snow Leopard. At first looks it seems as if it’s just an addition to there current OS X, Leopard. Does the name hint at the future of it? I would have to say so. Snow Leopard isn’t getting all fancy-smanchy like with the jump from tiger to Leopard but instead will refine what great material they already have in front of them. (continue reading…)

Amalgam Illness

Amalgam Illness is one of the medical conditions that is often overlooked by medical professionals in today’s society. What exactly is amalgam? Amalgam is a substance made of nearly 50% mercury that is used in dental fillings in almost every dental practice today. How many people do you know that have fillings? The amount of people with amalgam fillings probably number in the thousands. It doesn’t have to even be from amalgam fillings that you have. The mercury poisoning can occur from amalgam vapors that are left in the air when the dentist has finished drilling out someone’s filling. There are so many syndromes today that physicians call ‘mystery syndromes’ and do not know how to treat at all. Some of these syndromes they classify as fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, anorexia, and recurrent depression. I assure you that these are no mystery syndromes and are definitely mercury poisoning. To cure these syndromes and diseases, they must be treated as mercury poisoning because it is ineffective to treat them with the usual methods. (continue reading…)

Hey, I’m Oliver, one of the few talented members of Digital Cross Fire. I’m here to feed you your news you might have missed. Weather it is tech news, world news, or just random news I believe needs to be heard. I have much to say on everything and anything and I hold back nothing.

Poor Phillip Alpert of Orlando Florida. He had a good relationship with his girlfriend. They have been dating for close to 2 1/2 years and young Phillip had just turned 18. Sadly, they had gotten into  a fight, which is not uncommon for most relationships. What is uncommon is what Phillip had done next. (continue reading…)

Tux, The linux mascot

Many people really don’t know what Linux is but you will be surprised to know what it’s used for.  If you have TIVO you have used a specially written Linux kernel.  Roughly 75% of the internet websites that you visit use a Linux kernel as their operating system, In fact if you are reading this you are viewing this page on a server that is running CENTOS as it’s operating system.

Google is one of the largest websites that is known to use linux servers, everyone that is reading I’m sure has used google one time or another if it’s their email service or their web search engine, you have used google which is operated on linux servers. Linux has many uses other than just TIVO and websites It’s also used for many small devices that you use like your cell phone. The google GI smart phone is a well known device that is running a Linux kernel (Android) for a list of cell phones that are running linux click here.

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Legend of the Seeker is a television series based on The Sword of Truth novels written by Terry Goodkind. It is distributed Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios is producing the series. The series is still in its first series and so far I have found it to be quite entertaining. This is a series that takes place in a time period that resembles the medieval times. The script writer of this series also did Xena: Warrior Princess and Hercules. The main characters of the series are Richard Sypher (Craig Horner), Kahlan Amnell (Bridget Regan), and Zeddicus “Zedd” Zu’l Zorander (Bruce Spence). The show began airing back in Novermber 2008 and had its international broadcast in March 2009.[1]

Now that we are past the technical details, I wanted to get to my opinion of this series. I personally love any book, movie, or television series that has to do with medieval times and that I think has a good plot. This series is about a hero named Richard Sypher who is on a quest to defeat all that is evil and bring help to people in need. The first two episodes are actually aired as one long one that lasted about one hour and forty minutes. I really like the overall seriousness that the series is presented to the audience with. It is more about companionship, heroism, combat, and righteousness. I think the main character is pretty awesome but I believe I watch the show because the character of Kahlan Amnell is just awesome and gorgeous. She has some pretty awesome powers and her fighting abilities are not bad at all.

I have to say that the main character, Richard Sypher, gets ridiculously good at fighting in short period of time,but you can see how he struggles a little with making good, strategic, and elaborate decisions & plans. He does continue to train and become better under Zedd’s tutelage. Zedd is a wizard and has some nifty spells and tricks. He is somewhat odd when you first meet him in the series but over some time you can see he is actually very wise. I have only viewed 4 episodes so far and have confirmed it definitely has a very serious plot and feel to it. I however enjoy that very much about this show because it makes the plot so consistent and solid. I will have to read the book series afterwards to compare differences. If you cannot bring yourself to watch it because you don’t like anything with the setting of medieval-like environments & times, then I suggest you watch it so you can see how awesome and gorgeous Kahlan Amnell is. If you refuse to watch it because I describe the series as having a serious feel to its plot, then I suggest you watch it anyway so you can see how awesome and gorgeous Kahlan Amnell is. I know I am not using the actor’s name and instead I have used the character’s name. That is because it is the character I like, but since I keep talking about gorgeousness, I suppose I should say Bridget Regan. In the end, it is up to you to decide whether you think Legend of the Seeker is worth watching or not.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Seeker

[2] http://www.legendoftheseeker.com