Final Fantasy continuous: 13th Installment in away from the traditional

WE have always loved the final fantasy installments. The role playing game that let us live the lives of characters as they deal with magic, adventure and at times love.

This year final fantasy approaches its thirteenth installment however with that certain question as to whether it can stand apart from the others.

It is one of the longest running video game franchises and has sold in excess 90 million of it for the past 20 years since it first started.

Final Fantasy was first released on Nintendo Entertainment system in 1987. It was a big hit locally in Japan. The westerners’ acceptance to this game however started during 1990 where sales went extremes the two million mark thus holding a great future for Square as a key international publisher.

Although with the acceptance of final fantasy, the second and third installment didn't reach the western shores so when the fourth came out the west took it as the second. The fifth didn't get there either but they got the sixth which they called the third. So it goes on and the installment to the game became more confusing then again final fantasy has always taken the same name that it became a phenomenal tag.

Final Fantasy has given its supporters every gaming platform plus spin-offs which graced genres: diverse turn-based strategy game, massively multiplayer online worlds, fighting games, and even the CGI movie.

Although there have been many final fantasy installments that garner great reviews, it was the seventh that reigned supreme. The story was remarkable that it captured many people's interest. It is still holds the most compelling story plus characters that are considered as unforgettable. One of the main characters names Aeries remained as an oft-cited high-water mark in gaming history. Even its music was adapted as one of the best classical music s its soundtrack boomed to impressive in concert halls.

Google Chrome receives upgrades

Google has recently done some updating on their Chrome browser for most of its multiple versions that focus on all platforms. Although most of the said updates were but minors the said activity was done in few days since it was about high security fixes to make the version stable.

The stable Windows version of Chrome has five security fixes labeled high including one which was discovered by Sergev Glazunov. For this he received the first $1,337 Chromium security Reward. The security fixes includes the following:

• plugging holes in tab sandboxing
• memory errors occurring with malformed SVG images
• integer overflows in Web Kit JavaScript objects
• cross-origin bypass error

One of the newest features, the XSS Auditor, since the version has been upgraded to v4 has been disabled. This was due to "serious performance issues".

The new Windows beta version presently includes a translate inforbar for automatic page translation using Google's translate function.

For the benefit of the Mac, Windows, and Linux, updated have been made for the Chrome dev channel. This will allow people to see improvements with the performance of the auto fill feature. Other than this the bookmark folders have received many fixes with regards to usage of the Mac OS X dev channel. However users of the said Mac channel will still experience significant problems with their bookmarking.

The chrome Frame, an add-on of Google's Internet Explorer, also had several repairs. At present it is using IE's default pop-up blocker. Clicking will no longer make the browser crash. Users however are reminded that this feature is still experimental and casual usage is not yet recommended.

MySpace: making new out of the old

It's creating something new out of something old; that is presently what is being developed by the people in My Space. They are trying to figure out a new way to make the motto they have today (discover and be discovered); they just want this restated.

Can something old be turned new again?

My Space has been known as that social network focused on younger and artistic modes that touch the pop culture: Jazzed up as we all would call it. It has hooked up a lot of users that even personalizing one's page became a craze.

The said changes include a new Today on MySpace (TOM) to greet new users. However the changes are taking a slow movement.

MySpace is presently being managed by Hirschborn and Jones. They took over after News Corp fires CEO Owen Van Natta last month. They reported to Natta about their plan to revive the site which has lost ground due to other social networks such as Facebook.

MySpace is still a small enterprise with just $350 million in annual revenue.

Goodbye IE6 (sob...sob...sob)--RIP?

Yup! We say goodbye to Internet Explorer 6 as it dies of old age. More than a hundred people are expected to attend the said funeral, this Thursday, for the late web browser wearing black.

The surviving descendants of the said IE6 namely "his son" IE7 and "his granddaughter" IE8 will be represented in the eulogy hosted by Aten Design Group, a design firm in Denver Colorado.

This is not the first time someone has tried to put an end to the browser's existence. There have been Facebook groups which tried this stunt. There was even one movement "IE must die" that circulated on Twitter.

Although in truth IE6 isn't dead yet, as there are still those who continuously use this, this browser now faces limits especially with what is being offered in today's web. The release of faster browsers who support much more action with regards to videos and other special apps has definitely left this browser behind. However, even with the said discrepancies regarding browsers, it can't be denied that since its first release IE6 has proven itself to many internet surfers.

Released in 2001, IE6 was the standard browser for web surfing till 2006 when Microsoft launched IE7. It was only recently that IE8 which commanded 22.5 percent of the market last month. However despite the said claims that IE6 is definitely behind, it still remains a command of 19.8 percent in the market compared to that of IE7.


The mock funeral for IE6 was inspired by Google's decision to take out IE6 this month. The invitation to the funeral states that: "Internet Explorer Six, resident of the interwebs for over 8 years, died the morning of March 1, 2010 in Mountain View, California, as a result of a workplace injury sustained at the headquarters of Google, Inc."

According to Jon Clark, business development director for Aten Design Group, they were initially expecting 30 to 50 people to attend the funeral. After more than 1,000 comments online and 6,000 Tweets, the company decided to move it to a bigger venue.

"It's all in good fun" Clark further says as people are expected to go crying crocodile tears this Thursday.

IE6 will be presented in a coffin with a body inside having the IE6 logo for a head.

Years from Now (what if?): An Innovation in a sheer glass touch

It was an example submitted and posted in Hoax-Slayer last November 2009. This submission was entitled “GOOGLE Has Done It Again!!! A Very Smart Innovation”.

The said article tells about a device that has features of a touch screen, camera, scanner, WiFi and Google maps. It has pics that showed it as a flat transparent screen that whenever it centers into focus a certain object (let’s say a building or food) it immediately gives information about it. As the description says:

“Choose a building and touch a floor and it tells you more details of the building. You can use it when you want to know a car model, an insect name, what kind of food is served at a restaurant and how much, who built a bridge, etc. etc.”

Displaying many advantages (as it can also be used as a dictionary), this device shows itself as something light and very useful to the needs of an individual—a good exchange for a phone.

Truly whatever we have right now is not merely based on logic alone. There is also imagination involve…

A toast to the future!!!!