http://www.altfire.com/main/index.php The alternative technical news site..... Starting this summer, the comics giant will release the seven inter-connected prequel mini-series that aims to build on the foundation of the original bestselling graphic novel of time. Taking up the challenge will be a group of the industry’s most iconoclastic writers and artists – including Brian Azzarello (‘100 Bullets’), Lee Bermejo (‘Joker’), Amanda Conner (‘Power Girl’), Darwyn Cooke (‘Justice League: New Frontier’), John Higgins (‘Watchmen’), Adam Hughes (‘Catwoman’), J.G... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=591 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:35:51 GMT After months of inactivity due to data loss (never forget to backup your work!) and lack of motivation that followed, the GENU project website is back. In case you ever wondered what we powered things with around here, you guessed it, we use GENU. What's new since the last version (2010.0) which this site uses? Well, Raoul (the developer) wanted to revive the project, it's website and the various development tools that he uses. His first new release is a version named 2012... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=590 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 17:17:34 GMT Joomla! 2.5, the long-term-support release of the open source content management system that is the successor to version 1.7, is now available. It will be supported for at least 18 months. Whereas previous versions were only compatible with the MySQL database, Joomla! 2.5 has been extended to include support for Microsoft SQL Server... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=589 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:20:25 GMT Following Eric "MindPhuck" Mooney's announcement that he was hanging up his nailgun and handing over the Quake.ie site to someone with more time, I have somehow finished up with it! What you see there is the new site I designed over the last few months using the very powerful Drupal CMS. I'd been looking for something to try out the power of Drupal on for a while, and Quake.ie seemed like the perfect candidate... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=588 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:06:11 GMT Making good home espresso is possible, but the machines tend to cost a small fortune. ZPM Espresso, a startup in Atlanta, is hoping to change that with its open-source espresso machine. If the company succeeds, it could have a nice market for itself, as the espresso and speciality coffee market have been growing quickly around the world. (Can you tell based on how many Starbucks there are?)... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=587 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:48:15 GMT We have come across a situation where our ioquake3 server was being used for a Distributed Reflection Denial of Service attack. This happens if attackers spoofs some packets (with target server ip) and asks the gameserver to send all server information (about 2k of data). The gameserver sends all server information (500k of data). Attacker repeats for thousands of gameservers. This exploit is around several years and raises its head now and then... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=586 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:33:15 GMT The death of video rental starts here (sorry Xtravision). Netflix has finally launched in the Republic of Ireland and it will see customers paying just 6.99 euro a month for all their favourite movies and TV programmes from around the world. Plus, there's one month free trail right now. How does watching unlimited movies and TV programmes for 6.99 a month sound? Pretty freaking awesome sounds about right. One blogger sums it all up nicely, and I'll add in a few points of my own to his... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=585 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:37:12 GMT With ioRTCW and ioWolf now seeming more and more like a pipedream, the people who brought you the ioquake3 engine have already started working on a new project - iodoom3. Many popular Linux games like Open Arena and Urban Terror are based on ioquake3 engine. With starting of iodoom3 project we will see more games coming to Linux in future that will be able to utilize high end features of id Tech 4 engine... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=584 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:03:29 GMT Do you like old school deathmatch with modern features? How about rich, colorful, arcadelike atmospheres? How about...retro Sci Fi? Then you're going to love what Alien Arena 7.53 has in store for you! This game combines some of the very best aspects of such games as Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament and wraps them up with a retro alien theme, while adding tons of original ideas to make the game quite unique. Alien Arena is a furious frag fest with arenas ranging from the small, to the massive... http://www.altfire.com/main/news/index.php?news_id=583 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:05:03 GMT