Tob has posted a New release of the excellent app for the Nintendo DS, heres the details:

Firstly heres what NitroTracker is

NitroTracker is a FastTracker II style tracker for the Nintendo DS. If you didn't understand that, you might want to read up on trackers. For starters, NitroTracker is a versatile tool for creating music - everywhere! It supports the popular XM file format that is used by many PC trackers and that can be played on many PC audio players such as Winamp or XMMS.

With NitroTracker, you can carry your XMs around in your DS and compose whenever and wherever you feel like it. "Tracking on a handheld console? Sounds like a pain in the ass." You might say. But because of the touchscreen and stylus of the DS, it's quite easy. You can compose your melodies using an on-screen keyboard, directly edit your patterns by making selections, copying and pasting - all with the stylus. And that's not where it ends: If you don't have any samples at hand, make your own with the DS's microphone. You can even replace the samples in existing songs with your own recorded ones. There are many possibilities already and there will be even more.

Release Info

Hi everybody and greetings from Breakpoint 2006. The nice climate here is just optimal for a little coding, so I have finished version 0.1.4. Along with some fixes, like write support for M3SD and SCSD, this version actually adds some new functionality that makes editing easier and quicker. Also, left-handers won't have to struggle with the stylus and the ABXY buttons anymore as their functions can now be swapped with the D-pad.
So, have some nice easter days, and watch out for easter eggs ;-)

Features:
added a "cln" button that clones the current pattern
column selection: make a selection over the columns you want to select and press the "sel" button. This expands the selection to the complete column(s). Without an active selection, the column under the cursor is selected.
live recording: press play in record mode and play
added del and ins buttons to the pattern screen, removed the del button from the keyboard
new settings tab
left-handed mode (D-Pad swapped with ABXY and LR swapped)
in list boxes, clicking below/above the "scroll thingy" scrolls down/up one page
you can now tap on the song name / filename to change the name
you now have to touch the spash screen

Fixes:
Writing is now supported on M3SD and (hopefully) SCSD, because I switched to Sata's fat lib from rain r14
moved to devkitARM r18 (general karma increase, perhaps better m3 compatibility)
wav loading was broken. fixed it and made it secure.

looping behaved strange sometimes. fixed that.

list indices are now in hex, to be consistent with the instrument column in the pattern view and with FT2 :-)

Bye,
Tob

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Tob has posted a New release of the excellent app for the Nintendo DS, heres the details:

Firstly heres what NitroTracker is

NitroTracker is a FastTracker II style tracker for the Nintendo DS. If you didn't understand that, you might want to read up on trackers. For starters, NitroTracker is a versatile tool for creating music - everywhere! It supports the popular XM file format that is used by many PC trackers and that can be played on many PC audio players such as Winamp or XMMS.

With NitroTracker, you can carry your XMs around in your DS and compose whenever and wherever you feel like it. "Tracking on a handheld console? Sounds like a pain in the ass." You might say. But because of the touchscreen and stylus of the DS, it's quite easy. You can compose your melodies using an on-screen keyboard, directly edit your patterns by making selections, copying and pasting - all with the stylus. And that's not where it ends: If you don't have any samples at hand, make your own with the DS's microphone. You can even replace the samples in existing songs with your own recorded ones. There are many possibilities already and there will be even more.

Release Info

Hi everybody and greetings from Breakpoint 2006. The nice climate here is just optimal for a little coding, so I have finished version 0.1.4. Along with some fixes, like write support for M3SD and SCSD, this version actually adds some new functionality that makes editing easier and quicker. Also, left-handers won't have to struggle with the stylus and the ABXY buttons anymore as their functions can now be swapped with the D-pad.
So, have some nice easter days, and watch out for easter eggs ;-)

Features:
added a "cln" button that clones the current pattern
column selection: make a selection over the columns you want to select and press the "sel" button. This expands the selection to the complete column(s). Without an active selection, the column under the cursor is selected.
live recording: press play in record mode and play
added del and ins buttons to the pattern screen, removed the del button from the keyboard
new settings tab
left-handed mode (D-Pad swapped with ABXY and LR swapped)
in list boxes, clicking below/above the "scroll thingy" scrolls down/up one page
you can now tap on the song name / filename to change the name
you now have to touch the spash screen

Fixes:
Writing is now supported on M3SD and (hopefully) SCSD, because I switched to Sata's fat lib from rain r14
moved to devkitARM r18 (general karma increase, perhaps better m3 compatibility)
wav loading was broken. fixed it and made it secure.

looping behaved strange sometimes. fixed that.

list indices are now in hex, to be consistent with the instrument column in the pattern view and with FT2 :-)

Bye,
Tob

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News from Divineo UK

Keep your XBOX360 cool, and prolong its life with the cool Nyko Intercooler!

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Reduce the internal operating temperature of the 360 while prolonging the consoles lifespan. The Intercooler 360 is a snap on cooling attachment that easily connects to the Xbox 360 to significantly reduce the internal heat of the console. The Intercooler 360 provides increased air flow throughout the 360 which allows the internal circuitry to perform at cooler temperatures and last longer. No internal modification of the Xbox 360 is required. A pass through power connection utilizes the existing Xbox 360 power supply negating the need for an extra AC adaptor. The unit also powers on and off automatically with 360 and the intercoolers small size will fit in tight spaces like entertainment centers with your 360 displayed in either horizontal or vertical format.

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Finally it is in stock, the Deluxe 360 Chrome FacePlate by XCM!

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A limited edition DELUXE CHROME color of Xbox 360 faceplate by XCM. Includes the eject button and the DVD bezel.

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Got the games, but not the camera? Now you can buy the camera seperately!

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The EyeToy technology within the EyeToy USB Camera (for PlayStation 2) features motion tracking, light-sensing technology and a built-in microphone to record and detect audio. It can function as a simple photo and video camera, snapping photos, recording video and placing players on the TV*. Simply connect the EyeToy USB Camera (for PlayStation 2) to the Playstation 2 computer entertainment system via one of the USB ports and insert an EyeToy compatible title to begin the fun.

CThe EyeToy technology within the EyeToy USB Camera (for PlayStation 2) features motion tracking, light-sensing technology and a built-in microphone to record and detect audio. It can function as a simple photo and video camera, snapping photos, recording video and placing players on the TV*. Simply connect the EyeToy USB Camera (for PlayStation 2) to the Playstation 2 computer entertainment system via one of the USB ports and insert an EyeToy compatible title to begin the fun.

Buy at Divineo UK ...

The DCEmu Network is the only place where you as a coder can come in and once we verify that your legit, can post news in any of our news forums across the whole network, we have a dedicated Submit News Forum so that if you are a coder or non coder you can send news to us for any of the sites on our network.

If you are a coder it means you can post the release yourself so that the correct information is being posted and screenshots and and files can be uploaded to the forum (please dont use crappy free host sites like rapidshare etc).

the best thing of all is that you get feedback directly and also if you are the owner of site with news we dont have then we will credit you for the news.

So remember the Submit News forum is now here --> http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=117 ...

InnerFire Project have released a Corrupt Data Remover for the PSP, heres the details off the website:

PSP Corrupt Data Remover
Removes Corrupt Data Icons on the 1.5 Firmware for Sony PSP.
Current Verison: 1.0.0.0
Finally something that can get rid of the Corrupt Data on your PSP!
Readme / Howto included with main interface, so you never lose it ^^
Requires .NET Framework V2

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To those who dont know what this is ill let you in to what this is.

This is a rather unique experiment if you like of a public interview of up to 40,000 people who are members of the DCEmu Network. We are all here for the love of homebrew and gaming and so the questions will be based around that subject.

Heres question 5

What System Will Win the Next Gen War ?

Heres a question with 2 answers one for handhelds and one for consoles.

Handheld War

The handheld war is a great worldwide battle with one console an all powerful beast that displays fantastic graphics and the ability to play movies, MP3s and view photos as well as games, im talking about the PSP of course, the second main console is one that has good graphics but innovation leads the way with a built in microphone and the touch pad. Then you have the minnows the GP2X and the XGP, the GP2X is an excellent homebrew system but neither will do well on the world stage commercially.

So PSP or DS, well even though the PSP has better graphics it does have its problems too, too many ports from PS2 and faulty UMD Drives, the DS doesnt have the killer graphics but it does give you the better gameplay and much longer battery life and if the right games come out to use the stylus more and im talking FPS and RTS games then i think the Nintendo DS Will win the Handheld War.

Console War

3 contenders here, the PS3 with its supposed all conquering power, the Xbox360 with less power but a massive lead over the other consoles and the Revolution, the one with the least power but the one with that weird controller and the ability to play most Nintendo Console releases ever.

The PS3 because of the success of the PS1 and PS2 has the brand name advantage and especially in Japan it seems to be the one they want.

The Xbox360 will always do better in the USA and Europe and with the stream of PC games on the Xbox 360 and its Xbox Live service and the power it should do well.

The Revolution is the dark horse, after the Gamecube took a kicking Nintendo needed to fight back and the gamble on using a less powerful but more innovative console will be an interesting one, the ability to play GB, GBC, Snes, N64, GBA and Gamecube Games on this Console is a massive selling point, if they use the DS as a controller and employ a free worldwide online gaming service like they do with the DS then who knows.

So who will win, i personally think that the PS3 will win the Console War although i would prefer the Nintendo Revolution to win.

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Runtime has released a new version of Transcode 360

I'm happy to announce the release of Transcode 360 Beta 3, the newest version of the XviD / DivX playback solution for Xbox 360 and Media Center Extender devices on Windows Media Center 2005. Once more this beta release is provided in advance of the final release to encourage community feedback and to help us better understand the areas we need to focus on.

New in this release:
After a lot of painstaking testing we believe we've addressed the aspect ratio issues that affected Beta 2, and for the most part AV sync, playback choppiness and a couple of issues that should make for easier installation (notably MPEG2 codec co-existance). Additionally, Beta 3 also features support for subtitles.
To enable the optimum transcoding solution T360 now supports multiple transcoding engines: ffmpeg, mencoder and Windows Media Encoder plug-ins are provided. As I mentioned in my previous post, mencoder has been selected as the best candidate for our solution as it offers us lots of flexibility supporting a staggering 299 codecs. It is this then that we will be primarily focused on supporting.

If you have a little programming experience you're welcome to create your own custom plug-in wrappers, or contribute to the project by improving on what we have. Full C# source code for the majority of the plug-ins is included as part of the distribution.

I'll be taking it a bit easy now at least for the rest of the holiday. That said, I'll pop into the forums over the next couple of days to provide answers to some of the frequently asked questions. The plan over the short term is to update the online documentation as its beginning to look a bit dated.

Finally I would like to thank my team of testers who've been working with me to iron out the bugs, as well as you the community for your support and generous donations. Many thanks! Happy downloading!

More info --> http://www.runtime360.com ...