NGPixel » General http://www.ngpixel.com The Development Blog Thu, 26 Aug 2010 17:31:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The iPad, just a big iPod Touch… http://www.ngpixel.com/2010/01/28/the-ipad-just-a-big-ipod-touch/ http://www.ngpixel.com/2010/01/28/the-ipad-just-a-big-ipod-touch/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:39:22 +0000 Nick http://www.ngpixel.com/2010/01/28/the-ipad-just-a-big-ipod-touch/ ipad_isityousteve
Big deception. I was expecting some kind of new UI and more hardware features.
I guess we’ll have to wait for V2 and see…

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BUY THIS GAME

Epic gameplay, graphics, audio and multiplayer. If you own a PS3, it’s definitely a game to get.

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That’s exactly what I did. Sure enough, the LEDs were working just fine. But their dynamic saving features also causes some serious audio issues. I started to hear frequent pops and clicks noises when listening to audio, and that from any audio applications. I first tried to re-install drivers, disable some apps I had recently installed, no luck. Then I had the idea to de-activate the DES functionality: no more audio issues.

Even more proof that you shouldn’t install any applications that comes bundled with your hardware.

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Fortunately, you can bypass this protection quite easily.I made a little C++ .exe that simply returns 0 and exit. Basically, an empty project in Visual Studio! Then you simply assign that .exe as your anti-virus in Windows Live Messenger.

1) Download the app: DoNothing.zip

2) Extract the .exe to a location of your choice (My Documents).

3) Set the anti-virus in Windows Live Messenger:

- Go to Tools > Options > File Transfer
- Check the Scan files for viruses using option
- Click Browse… and select the DoNothing.exe application you extracted.

Windows Live Messenger - File Transfer Options

Windows Live Messenger - File Transfer Options

Enjoy file transfers without an anti-virus :)

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