One might think that today there are only free to Scatterd. Now I am on the GameOne blog article by film lovers to an Etienne Fanmake Metal Gear Solid jumped into his eyes. This 70-minute non-profit production to the aspiring Hollywood directors have been rather successful and precipitated by gripping action.

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Like any Fanmovie this is available in English only. However, there are subtitle files to all sorts of languages, including German. The film, however, is only available in HD and thus in brilliant image quality. With VLC player, the movie can play so well without any problems with subtitles (in the opening menu, simply specify the path to the subtitle file).

Fan movies are a common way of promoting such directors to Hollywood to convince them of their ability. Thus, the director of District 9 has also started small and short movies and FanMovies made. A few months ago, a Fanmake Lord of the Rings has appeared, what is The Hunt for Gollum calls. This film comes up with good special effects and is also available free of charge.

As some of you probably know, Microsoft is working on a long free antivirus solution for the users of our own Windows operating system. After the first program of Microsoft OneCare failed, which means high cost and technically was not acceptable, Microsoft is trying to a free solution . The whole program is called Microsoft Security Essentials and provides the first test , according passable results. Nevertheless, it can not compete with paid solution company, specializing in security solutions.

Either way, Microsoft's AV program (MSE) you can now download for Windows XP, Vista and 7:

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With the release of Windows 7 has the new graphics interface, DirectX 11 entry. Not only buyers of Windows 7 will come to benefit from new graphic splendors. No, Windows Vista users have the option of installing the new DirectX in order to gamble, the latest game in the best graphics can (assuming a corresponding hardware equipment of course).

The final release of DirectX 11 is long since completed, but Microsoft will only provide to the Service Pack 3, Windows Vista, the inclusion of DirectX 11. For the time being is to upgrade the hardware interface in Windows 7 to be ready. Only later should then come as-told-the update for Vista. But the wait does not have to.

Microsoft now has a first beta version of DX11 for Windows Vista released. These are the beta update servers and are thus not as easily accessible to normal users. But Tom's Hardware has now developed a guide how to get the update anyway.

Also not a lot of manual work is needed. TomHardware shall equal or provides a tool that changes 2 registry entries automatically. This is necessary so that Windows can access the update server. Now just let Windows check for updates once and wait. The rest happens by itself.

All other images as well as in the tool also finds her Toms Hardware .

PS: It seems (at least we read in the comments to the article at TH), this trick works only with the English version of Windows Vista. Too bad, then stay the German users well in the rain ...

In the words but our beloved Guenther Beckstein, in a speech in front of senior public :

The game Counter-Strike was developed by the U.S. Army to reduce the threshold for violence among the soldiers. Such games are not only censored, but prohibited!

With the bursting of the real collar soon. On the one hand would be to find fault with this quote (and there are some things to complain about), that Counter-Strike, or as us geeks Shaka briefly referred to as CS-far developed by the U.S. Army was. No, the game was developed by Valve, which have no contact with the Army (I say now simply). I would be interested to know what Valve says to himself ... No, our Becki probably meant the game Americas Army . This game was in fact developed by the Army. But ...

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Whoa, what's going on here? According to recent rumors , the Redmond-based software to judge probably has allegedly intended to swallow the game publisher and developer Electronic Arts. Xephir the same blog is more frightening than the news well. He has concerns that go licenses for high-grade quality games like Bioshock and could be due to Microsoft's exclusive rights then used to releasen to the games for the XBox. I would find himself not so bad.

Microsoft has next to the house also console the Windows platform. It could be that finally reappear great titles exclusively for the PC and push the market for it. Microsoft has announced itself can sometimes establish the PC as a gaming platform again more. I think that is great. Because the PC is by far the best console in the world!

In addition, one must also say that many good titles from EA titles are anyway already established on a particular platform. There is for a ledge. I'm not a Sims fan, but this game is gambled largely only on the PC. Just like Crysis and Command & Conquer. The latter should go with Tiberian Twilight is now in the final round.

Hence it is safe to continue to be interesting to see how it goes with the story.