Tuesday, August 15, 2006 - Posts

Gamefest keynote

Watch Chris Satchell's Gamefest keynote

Major Nelson interviews Chris Satchell.High | Low

  Gamefest Keynote address. Watch the highlights High | Low

Gamefest 2006 featured nearly 100 sessions for game developers, producers and publishers to grow their skills, introduce them to new development techniques and deliver powerful tools to build the best games possible.

Didn't make it to GDC? Click here to view an online version of the XNA DVD distributed to conference attendees.

Microsoft XNA Game Studio Express

Battery Chemistry

Dell Will Recall Batteries in PC’s - Dell is recalling 4.1 million notebook computer batteries because they could erupt in flames. It will be the largest safety recall in the industry’s history. 

So their Sony batteries after all, but so far just Dell's stock price has been affected. Lithium-ion batteries are everywhere today in cell phones, MP3 players and other consumer products that could be in flight over the Atlantic right now...

Battery Recall

Potentially affected batteries were sold with the following models of Dell notebook computers or separately as secondary batteries:

  • Latitude: D410, D500, D505, D510, D520, D600, D610, D620, D800, D810
  • Inspiron: 500M, 510M, 600M, 700M, 710M, 6000, 6400, 8500, 8600, 9100, 9200, 9300, 9400, E1505, E1705
  • Precision: M20, M60, M70, M90
  • XPS: XPS, XPS Gen2, XPS M170, XPS M1710

To determine whether your battery is affected by this issue, you should Click Here. to help in finding your our Battery Pack ID Number