Sunday, February 7, 2010

Five Amazing Gadgets to be Released in 2010

4G Phones are coming in 2010

NTT DoCoMo has been demonstrated cellular phone which capable of transmitting data at high speed. This 4G phones, the next generation of their old 3G phones network which has 384 Kbps downloads and 129 Kbps uploads, could receive data at 100Mbps on the move and at up to a gigabit per second while static. That means you could download an entireDVD in about a minute. How cool it is! Whew! I can’t wait to have one!


Microsoft 7 to be released in 2010 also

As of now, Windows Vista is the latest Microsoft system. But do you know that there’s another system that is soon to be released. This system is called “Microsoft 7″ and there were rumors about the exact release date of this new system. This question was fueled by Bill Gates’ remarks that it would be released three years after Windows Vista. Obviously it is more hi-tech than vista.



Canova Dual Touch Screen Laptop In 2010

The Italian company V12 Designs has devised a new version of the ‘Canova’ which is a dual LCD laptop. It’s a two screened laptop and both were touch screens. There were few news about this one but I know you’ll enjoy this thing. So strive hard in your work if you want to have a doubled screen laptop.



New Upgraded Nintendo DS and PSP

Evan Wilson of Pacific Crest Securities says we can expect a sequel to the Wii in 2010, to be followed by a new Xbox later that year. According to the inventors that have some conjectures before now that Nintendo has a shorter life cycle in mind for its graphics-impaired Wii. There are no plans yet if there will have Sony PS4 but Wilson predicted a new Nintendo DS and PSP in 2010.

I owned an Xbox but when I heard about this thing, I want to swap my Xbox to PS4. :)

Hydrogen-powered phones available by 2010

French researchers have nearly succeeded in commercially developing a hydrogen fuel cell for use as a backup power source for mobile phones, thus easing dependence on an electricity supply to charge the gadgets. The product is designed to be part of a “hybrid” system in which the cell phone first draws on the conventional battery for its power and then taps into the fuel cell if needed. Each cartridge gives the equivalent of three to five recharges of the traditional battery. It is due to reach the market in early 2010, according to STMicroelectronics executive Igor Bimbaud, who declined to give its price.




Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Ragnarok 3rd jobs

Priest, High Priest > Archbishop Males appear like those serious members of the clergy. Females look like the pope in the Rachel temple.

  • Improved existing supportive skills.
  • Many new anti-Demon/Undead skills will be added. However selecting them will reduce the effectiveness or lose out on some of the supportive skills.
  • Added skills that allows Archbishop to do physical melee damage.

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Assassin, Assassin Cross > Guillotine Cross The Guillotine Cross looks like Loki. Armors are made of bones and sharp tusks.

  • There is a DPS (Damage per second) which is very strong but when the skill fail, there will be consequences.
  • Many different types of poison will be added. In addition, it will be armed with new skills using poisons.

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Blacksmith, Whitesmith > Mechanic The Mechanic is the job of 3rd Blacksmith. The mechanic’s sprite has only one garment.

  • They can create more new weapons. They can now create auto-attack items for the transcendent.
  • Improved skills using items rather than direct physical battle.

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Hunter, Sniper > Ranger The Ranger is the 3rd job Hunter. Their colors are based on the colors of green and camouflage military and leather accessories. They have a military aspect and sports.

  • Ranger can have a Wolf. The wolf can be used as a mount to move.
  • It increases the power of skills arc.
  • Improve the traps of a target in addition to allowing the use of several traps for both new effects.

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Knight > Rune Knight The Rune Knight is the job 3rd Knight. It looks like Chaos’ armor in the RO manga. It focuses more on attack speed.

  • More offensively oriented to the Knights or Lord Knights.
  • Reduced dependence on the defense team. The skills will be more offensive.
  • They will also use “Rune”, a special type of Mana, to perform their skills.

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Wizard, High Wizard > Warlock The Warlock is the job of 3rd Wizard. The clothing is simple to permit easy movement. It is designed as a sorcerer for large-scale battles.

  • Added poison-type spells. Strengthened shadow-type spells.
  • The property Ghost spells are stronger.
  • Spells has a huge area of effect that can be cast when several Warlock together.
  • You can mix different types of spells to achieve new effects
  • Class powerful and destructive

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Crusader, Paladin >> Royal Guard . What’s cool about the paladin’s is their mount that is the gryphon and there are skills wherein Royal Guards can use with other Royal Guards to produce much powerful effect. They are way way more defensive-oriented than Crusaders or Paladins. If Ragnarok Rune Knights are more on offensive part, the Ragnarok Royal Guards are more on the degensive parts.

  • Ragnarok Royal Guards can probably be able to equip two-handed shields.
  • A lot of new spear exclusive skills.
  • Ragnarok Online 3-2 Third Job Class Royal Guards, as derived from their name, will have an increased defensive role in battle and skills will be more defensive-oriented.
  • Increased reliance on defensive gears.
  • As they take damage, their anger gauge increases, which can be used in strong attacks.
  • They have the ability to destroy traps by stepping on them, which makes the Ragnarok Rangertraps worthless

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Sage or Scholar >> Sorcerer The Ragnarok Online 3-2 Third Job class sorcerer looks awesome. They can now be able to practice 5 elemental magic, the new one being the poison type.

  • New Spells added for combat magic unlike Sage and Professors.
  • More on new Spells added for battle.
  • Some Sorcerer skills should still be useful compared to warlock magic.
  • Will be able to use summons.
  • Some combat magic damage are affected by the user’s ATK and MATK

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Alchemist, Biochemist >> Genetic. Genetics will be able to have new skills that can allows them to through items to deal damage. Also, they will be able to create food items and may be able to brew a lot of potions. Ragnarok Genetic sprite looks cool as it as flames on it’s shoulder and a lot of pockets that carries potions. I think Ragnarok Genetic is something between an Assassin Cross and Alchemists.

  • Will have access to a improved version of the homunculus called “Homunculus S”. (Can’t use two at the same time. It will be similar to the falcon or wolf.)
  • New skills concerning summoning of plants.

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Rogue, Stalker >> Shadow Chaser The Ragnarok Shadow Chaser can go perfectly invisible but with Ghost property attacks. Another funny thing is it has a manhole skills that traps one player or monsters.

  • Improved graffiti skill
  • Has the ability to absorb area of effect magic while draining SP.
  • They have skill that changes the ability of the player.

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Dancer, Gypsy >> Wanderer The Ragnarok Third job class Wanderer looks really cute and angel like. The Wanderer has an angel wings and I would be dying to have one. If Ragnarok Minstrel supports the melee, Ragnarok Wanderers on the other hand supports the characters that has magic attacks.

  • Ragnarok Wanderer has skills that improves magic attack and magic defense of party.
  • Skills that increases movement speed and attack speed for party.

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Bard, Clown >> Minstrel The Ragnarok 3rd job class Minstrel looks like a character in Alice in Wonderland. Minstrel is a good support for a melee party for the following reasons

  • Minstrel can improve physical attack and physical defense of party.
  • They have skills that increases the stats of an ally.


Monk, Champion >> Shura The Ragnarok Shura looks like a buffed version of a champion. Just like the Champions, they have deadly skills that could kill you in one strike.

  • Has more Spirit Spheres and improved Fury.
  • Has a skill that deals more damage based on the weight of the target.
  • Has new and improved skills for battle.
  • New skills concerning about counters.
  • As they take damage, the enemy will recieve some negative effect.
  • Has a skill that deals damage based on HP used

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Top 10 PC Games of 2010

World of WarCraft: Cataclysm

Dev: Blizzard | Pub: Blizzard

World of WarCraft: Cataclysm

Half a decade old and going strong, Blizzard's MMO still manages to have surprises up its sleeve. There's a reason why even departed veterans return with every expansion. Whispers of new content are ever alluring, and the Cataclysm expansion promises new races (Goblins and Worgens), raised level cap, environmental phasing, and an entire revamp of the old World of Warcraft zones. The cataclysmic (get it) changes to the world should prove to be yet another longevity booster shot in Azeroth's arm. How's a recovering WoW-aholic to resist?

Splinter Cell: Conviction

Dev: Ubisoft Montreal | Pub: Ubisoft

Splinter Cell: Conviction

After a less than ideal first round of development, Conviction re-emerged in mid-2009 looking like a completely different game, with new features like the ability to tag enemies from a distance and then take them out in one automated move. Unlike previous Splinter Cellgames, the gameplay is now focused on rewarding aggressive players who use stealth as a way to take out enemies rather than as a way to sneak past them. Conviction also brings back the critically acclaimed co-op mode from Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, and updates it by carrying over many of the "aggressive stealth" ideas from the single-player mode.

Mass Effect 2

Dev: Bioware | Pub: Electronic Arts

Mass Effect 2

It's a bit hard to believe that after a great game like Dragon Age: Origins, that Bioware would be able to release Mass Effect 2 just four months later. Surely, something has to give, right? Well, from what we've played, it just seems like BioWare is really good at multitasking, as Mass Effect 2 already hits the "improved what work, and fixed what didn't" formula for a sequel. Not only have the graphics and loading been optimized, and combat finally feels like an honest-to-god shooter, but the story twists and turns that happen in the very beginning already give us a "dark, The Empire Strikes Back type of middle act" feeling.

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Dev: Electronic Arts DICE | Pub: Electronic Arts

Battlefield: Bad Company 2

What FPS fans wouldn't love running out into a combat zone that bears the consequences of explosions and gunfire? That's exactly what Battlefield Bad Company 2 promises to have plenty of: destructibility. And development studio DICE made exciting new changes along the way: new vehicles like the transport helicopter that will give the advantage of air-dropping players behind enemy lines. Not to mention death on the battlefield is no longer a problem when Medics can bring you back with the defibrillator. And according to senior producer Karl-Magnus Troedsson and various other DICE personnel, the story will be, "a bit more serious this time."

Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising

Dev: Relic | Pub: THQ

Dawn of War 2: Chaos Rising

Not only did the original Dawn of War 2 add a significant RPG-style twist to the RTS formula in general, it also finally fixed the "Warhammer 40,000K RTS games need the freakin' Tyranids as a playable army" problem that's persisted in previous WH40K titles. Though, as a result of adding Tyranids, the reliable Chaos Marine army was removed for Dawn of War 2. And that problem will be solved with this new expansion. While Chaos Rising includes a slick new campaign with some cool new squads and units for existing armies, the highlight is easily the Chaos army in multiplayer -- Space Marines and aliens are cool and all, but they're no crazy demonic Space Marines like in Chaos.




StarCraft 2

Dev: Blizzard | Pub: Blizzard

StarCraft 2

The game that just can't get here soon enough and proof positive that Blizzard still sticks by its "the game ships when it's finished" adage. There's a ton of us around the office who still play the ten-plus year oldoriginal game, and it's still great -- so a improved version with modern visuals is okay with us. While a lot of people (we're looking at you, Korea) are looking forward to the online play most, some of us are story-nuts and want to see what Kerrigan has cooking or if there's an even bigger threat to the galaxy than the Zerg. Come this summer (that's our informal guess), we'll all have a chance to find out.

Star Wars: The Old Republic

Dev: Bioware | Pub: LucasArts

Star Wars: The Old Republic

The Star Wars name already commands an amazingly large fan base. Couple that with BioWare's much-respected role-playing game cred and know-how, and you've got a recipe for mouth-lathering anticipation. Now, toss that all into the online world of MMOs and our loved ones have already begun to steel themselves against our eventual departure from this world to a galaxy far, far away. Could this be the game to carve out a spot next to the ubiquitous genre leader, World of Warcraft?

Star Trek Online

Dev: Cryptic Studios | Pub: Atari

Star Trek Online

Whether you have signed copies of every edition of the Starfleet technical manual or just happened to stop to watch whenever one of the old shows was on in reruns, chances are you've at least once fantasized about captaining a starship and blasting the hell out of some alien jerks with a funny noses (and, who knows, maybe peacefully exploring the galaxy or something). STO looks like it might be the closest we'll ever come to that dream, and even affords the opportunity to design our own funny-nosed aliens.

BioShock 2

Dev: 2K Marin | Pub: 2K Games

BioShock 2

Though it no longer carries the subtitle "Sea of Dreams," one gets the feeling that this sequel to 2K's smash-hit shooter will still deal in utopian/dystopian themes and ultimately corruption. A bit of the story has been revealed, and here's a quick rundown of we know so far: It's 10 years after the first game; you play as the first Big Daddy (complete with new weapons and plasmid powers); new splicer types and Big Sisters attack you; and a cult-like society run by one Sophia Lamb (and her crazy butterfly imagery) is the new Big Bad. You can see why we're eager to figure out how it all fits together when the game releases in February.

APB

Dev: RealTime Worlds | Pub: Electronic Arts

APB

If there was anything lacking from the GTA series, it was the fact that its expansive, screw-withable cities had a player population of one. It's hard not to wonder what a world like that would be if its cops, criminals, bounty hunters, and arsonists were other human players all out to shoot each other. And maybe in between they could assemble their own gangs with their own personalized tags and tattoos. Yeah, that'd be cool.