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2008-10-14T13:10:00.000-07:00

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PSP GAMES GALORE!!

2008-06-11T23:55:00.000-07:00

::GAME LIST WILL BE UPDATED AS SOON AS NEW ONES ARRIVE::

Mind Quiz

Train your brain with Mind Quiz for the PSP. The game includes 49 exercises from 4 genres of calculation, reflex, judgement, and memory. In the new Brain Age Checking Mode, you can evaluate your brain age by solving questions once a day. Compare your actual age to brain age as a touchstone of your training.

Based on the second game in the series known in Japan as Brain Trainer Portable, Mind Quiz is supervised by Dr. Kawashima, the Japanese authority on Functional Brain Imaging. The game is designed helps to train and stimulate the brain using simple pick-up-and-play game experiments.

Virtua Tennis

Virtua Tennis World Tour features three core gameplay modes: World Tour, in which players travel the globe using a custom-created character to win cash; Exhibition, where players can take control of a pro tennis all-star for one-off matches; and Tournament, which puts players in knockout sessions where only the best will see victory. Play up against the best in the world or play as a star and challenge fellow professional players, including Roger Federer, Andy Roddick, Maria Sharapova, Venus Williams, Lindsay Davenport and Tim Henman, among others. Four unique court surfaces to play on. Play around the world on hard court, clay, grass and carpet. Multiplayer Wi-Fi function: Competition with other PSP system owners for up to four players. Three different play modes: World Tour, Exhibition and Tournament. Create your own player: Accessorise your character with the virtual cash you win in tournaments. [Sega]

Booktown High

Brooktown High gives gamers the opportunity to re-capture their high school days by trying to date one of 12 different male or female characters, each with their own distinct personalities. Players can make friends with different types of students such as jocks, nerds, preppies and rebels as they search for the perfect partner to make their senior year truly magical. As players find the special someone they would like to get to know better, they can take their potential love interest on dates to different locations such as the movies, the beach and the mall. The game is also loaded with wild interactive mini-games such as shopping, joke telling, and character
customization that are sure to make each player's senior year at Brooktown High one to remember.

Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core

Set seven years prior to the events of the first Final Fantasy VII, the Shinra Company is rapidly increasing its influence through its monopoly on mako energy and military might. With the burgeoning city of Midgar as its base and symbol of prosperity, Shinra is on the verge of establishing absolute dominance over the world.
SOLDIER is a group of skilled combat operatives within Shinra. The elite within the group — those strong enough to be deemed SOLDIER 1st Class — are respected and idolized by the citizenry. Zack is a young SOLDIER 2nd Class who aspires to become a 1st. He spends his days carrying out assignments under the guidance of his 1st Class mentor, Angeal. During an operation in Wutai, a large number of SOLDIER member, led by 1st Class operative Genesis, go missing. The severity of the situation prompts Shinra executives to deploy even more SOLDIER operatives in hopes of bringing an end to the war with Wutai—and conducting an investigation into the mass desertion. The ones assigned to the mission are Zack, Angeal, and the 1st Class hero who is known the world over as Sephiroth...
What truths lie behind Genesis's disappearance? What secrets bind the three SOLDIER 1st Class operatives? For Zack, a cruel and fateful struggle awaits...
In Final Fantasy VII: Crisis Core, players can experience the D.M.W (Digital Mind Wave) system, which enhances the real-time battle system, allowing players to unleash special attacks or call upon various Final Fantasy summons. Players can also witness graphics and CG cutscenes coupled with voice acting in a 16:9 widescreen presentation, made possible by the PSP system hardware.

Tony Hawk Underground Remix 2

This "remixed" version of the original delivers almost everything that was great about the console versions, and with the inclusion of four new levels, the single-player experience has gotten even better.

Iron Man

Iron Man, one of Marvel's most indestructible Super Heroes, blast onto videogame platforms with this adaptation of the big screen movie. This third-person action game immerses players in the world of Tony Stark -- the brilliant industrialist and inventor who both created and became the world's toughest hero - Iron Man. By customizing the advanced technology in Iron Man's suits, gamers can take advantage of a wide array of high-impact weapons to strategically blow-up and destroy any enemy force and fight to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction.
Drawing from both the movie and comic book storylines, Iron Man features the voice talent of the stars from the major motion picture -- Robert Downey Jr, Terrence Howard, and Shawn Toub. Exclusive mini-games and unlockable suits for the PSP version offer handheld gamers a unique experience in addition to the story-based campaign.

Shrek Smash n' Crach Racing

In Shrek Smash n' Crash Racing, gamers take on the role of Shrek, Princess Fiona, Donkey, Puss in Boots or eight other Shrek universe characters and race around on comical vehicles such as Puss in Boots’ bull, Humpty Dumpty’s egg cup and Gingy's cupcake. With a wide variety of tracks featuring log swings, windmills, moving gates, draw bridges and other gauntlets that test racing skills, players must use their melee accessories such as Donkey's microphone and Pinocchio's nose to battle twisted fairy-tale opponents through 12 locations from Shrek's Swamp to Far Far Away to Fairy Godmother's Factory. Pixie dust, ogre strength and swamp gas will boost speed and strength, as well as thwart players’ opponent’s progress if gamers fall behind. Players can pit their skills against the game’s advanced AI or enjoy the challenge of schooling their friends in multi-player, split-screen action. [Activision]

Dark Ressurection

Tekken is the flagship beat’em up on PlayStation. With an improved hertage spanning over ten years. Tekken has lead the way in visceral, one-on-one combat. The series was one of the earliest 3D fighting game franchises and has grown stronger with each incarnation. There are six Tekken games in total: Tekken 1, Tekken 2, Tekken 3, Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken 4, and Tekken 5:Dark Ressurection is a major update on Tekken 5 which was released into arcades in 2005.

Ghost in The Shell

In a world without borders, terrorism knows no limits.Section 9 are back to give the cyber-terrorists a run for their money. Play as different members of Section 9 to solve the latest terrorist threat. Use Motoko's agility, Batou's strength, Togusa's stealth or Saito's sniper skills to investigate the mysteries of Berutarbe.Train and customize your Tachikoma - teach them early on and you'll reap the rewards as the battles heat up! Add weapons parts and accessories to enhance their abilities.Choose from 51 different weapons; from hand guns to rocket launchers and sub-machine gunsplay wirelessly!Hack into enemies or surveillance systems to break down the terrorist cells.

Audition Portable Kor

Audition Portable is based on the popular Korean online dancing game “Audition”. The new PSPâ„¢ edition now allows gamers to enjoy the game everywhere and at anytime. The song selection exceeds more than 100 tunes, including Audition songs composed by T3 Entertainment.
The game supports a network function, which allows up to six players to compete against another as well as an online ranking mode. A content download service has been planned upon release of this game, which provides users with new download maps, songs and dance motions.
The UMD contains additional content that can be transferred to your PC via memory stick, such as background images, songs and more.

Loco Roco

LocoRoco plunges you into a colourful world where jelly-like creatures (LocoRoco) sing, roll and bounce their way through levels to reach their goals. Guide your LocoRoco through the various worlds using a simple tilting and bouncing gameplay mechanic -– using the PSP system's Left and Right shoulder buttons to tilt the ground up to about 30 degrees in either direction. The jelly-like LocoRoco don't stay still -- guide these little characters as they bounce, roll and jump their way to the goal, avoiding splinters and enemies.

NBA 08 Block Party

NBA '08 introduces a number of brand new mini-games that players can enjoy anytime, anywhere. All-new carnival-style games such as Block-a-Shot join contests such as Fast Break, Shootin' Bricks, and pinball to provide fast action that adds to the stable of traditional and non-traditional basketball action.
In addition to new mini-games, NBA '08 features refined control mechanics and Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), which creates a more realistic and action-oriented gameplay experience. The game also features an enhanced Conquest Mode, expanded multiplayer features, downloadable content, and expanded audio commentary.

Ratatouille

In Disney/Pixar's animated adventure, a rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau.

In the game, players will assume the role of Remy and relive some of the film's most thrilling moments. Players will instantly recognize the storyline, characters and key locations of Ratatouille, as they engage in a series of unique mini-games, cooking challenges and head-to-head multiplayer. Ratatouille will allow players to create culinary masterpieces, evade detection from dangerous and often hungry enemies, and brave the perils of the dinner-rush in this senses-shattering journey to fulfill Remy's life-long dream of becoming a great chef.

Shrek the 3rd

In Shrek the Third, players adventure as Shrek and his friends to save Far Far Away in a hilariously twisted fairy tale from the movie and beyond. Fans play as their favorite heroes from the film: Shrek, Donkey, Puss-in-Boots, Fiona, Fiona's rebellious cousin Arthur and her fellow fairy tale heroine Sleeping Beauty. The game takes players on an epic journey through the worlds of Far Far Away after Prince Charming storms the city with an army of villains in order to seize the throne. Players are challenged to rescue pals, face off against Charming's henchmen, gather collectibles, test their gaming skills in numerous boss fights and engage in various single-player and multiplayer mini-games.

Gamers interact with characters from the film as well as new characters exclusive to the game in order to take advantage of their unique moves, special abilities and combat skills.
Players travel through the epic Shrek universe in 20 peril-filled movie-based and game exclusive levels such as Academy Grounds, Evil Queen's Castle (game exclusive), Pirate Ship and more.
Epic boss battles draw fans further into the Shrek universe as they defend the kingdom of Far, Far Away against Prince Charming and his bumbling band of down and out fairytale friends.
As gameplay progresses, players learn to use each character's unique moves for the challenge at hand.
Players learn to utilize each character's special abilities and combat skills including Shrek's "Ogre Power", Fiona's "Flying Kick", Puss N' Boots "Cute Puss", Sleeping Beauty's sleeping "Swoon" attack, and Artie's "Power of Excalibur" that must be used successfully to get back to Far, Far Away.
Unique levels with numerous puzzles and platform challenges including three Princess levels (players play as Fiona and Sleeping Beauty) challenge gamers to work their way out of difficult situations.
Gamers can engage in six multiplayer mini-games including Castle Attack, Shrekleboard, Frog Herder, Shooting Gallery, Catacombs Leap and Ships Ahoy.

X-MEN Legend 2

The X-Men team up with their sworn enemies, Magneto and his Brotherhood, to stop the greatest threat of all: Apocalypse. Activision's X-MEN LEGENDS II: RISE OF APOCALYPSE for the PSP allows players to control both good and evil mutants in one of the most popular franchises of all time. The game begins with X-Men Wolverine, Storm, and Cyclops and the Brotherhood's Magneto, Sabertooth, and Mystique saving Professor X from Apocalypse's prison. Apocalypse, one of the most powerful mutants in the X-Men series, has destroyed the mutant haven of Genosha and kidnapped four powerful mutants, including Quicksilver, Magneto's son. He plans to extract their powers and incorporate them into his own, making him unstoppable. Players have 15 mutants to select their party of four from, including Gambit, Toad, Bishop, and Pyro. Each mutant has his or her own unique abilities and powers, and players will need to lear n how to use each to get through certain

Patapon

Developed by Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, Patapon is a rhythm-based 2D platform/action game exclusively for the PSP. In the game, players are tasked with leading the colorful Patapons, a brave and noble tribe, through a series of epic battles against opposing armies and gigantic monsters. In a distinct gameplay twist, action and rhythm are intertwined as players utilize drumbeats to march, attack, and defend, ultimately leading the Patapon tribe to victory. Featuring more than 20 missions in a variety of environments such as swamps, volcanos, gorges and deserts, players will outfit a Patapon army, collect resources, and grow their tribe into a devastating fighting force.

Who Wants to be a Millionaire Party Edition

It's time to ask once again, Who Wants to be a Millionaire? This 2006 entry in the series (based on the original UK show) reinvents the series with a new cast of crazy characters, new game modes and a more complete multiplayer game. The challenge, as always, is to answer 15 questions to win a million, using your Life Lines to get yourself through the tough questions if you think you need help. Now you get to choose your on-screen contestant from 16 unique and eager contestants in an authentic Millionaire experience hosted by Chris Tarrant. On PlayStation 2, the game even allows for the use of the Buzz! controllers for realistic trivia play, and you can also add your own face into the game using the EyeToy camera. Up to four people can compete in the multiplayer, which is now bursting with options including a quick fire round, Millionaire party and a play or pass mode in which you can pass difficult questions over to another player. There are 4,000 brand new questions in this version, plus there is an added feature where players who bag the big Millionaire pound prize are given a code they can enter on the game's website, so they can brag about their feat with other virtual millionaires.

Spelling Challenges

The basic regime of game Spell Challenge it will become, in which for player one must participate in a certain play show. Vedushiy of show mr. Niceguy will give out prizes and bonusy for each correctly "pronounced" by player word. Still several games, connected with the words, will be included besides the basic regime in game. All these games are intended for checking and improvement in the habits of the possession of languages and development of the speed of thinking. The complexity of game will gradually increase, in all to player will be accessible 25 000 words even 100 levels of complexity.

Digits Need for Speed Most Wanted

Consist mainly of racing with various cars on various tracks, and to some extent, include police pursuits in races. Since Need for Speed: Underground, the series has integrated car body customizationinto gameplay.

Namco Museum Battle Collection

A collection of Namco classic arcade games from its early days as a gaming pioneer, and also featuring four remixed versions of the games with improved graphics and new gameplay. The original Japanese game featured seven games, while the North American edition brought the total up to over 20 games. Arrangement versions include: Pac-Man, Galaga, New Rally-X and Dig Dug.) Classic featured games include Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Galaga, Galaxian, Dig-Dug, Rally-X, and New Rally-X from the original Japanese game, plus Xevious, Bosconian, Mappy, Tower of Druaga, Dragon Buster, Grobda, Dig Dug 2, and King & Balloon.

Twisted Metal Head On

Complete with all the fast-paced vehicular combat and destruction that gamers have come to know and love, Twisted Metal: Head-On allows gamers to take destruction anywhere, anytime as they strap themselves into one of 14 lethal machines on wheels, equipped with machine guns, turbo boost and a special attack, unique to each vehicle. Once a vehicle is selected, gamers can take their road rage out on opponents in 12 unworldly arenas filled with numerous items of chaos including rockets, missiles and more. In addition, multiplayer gameplay is available for to eight players through Wireless.

Hot Wheels Ultimate Racing

Hot Wheels comes to the PSP system with hot cars, extreme tracks and interactive obstacles! Race over 20 licensed Hot Wheels cars across 11 wild tracks, unlocking performance upgrades as you race to compete for the top slot. The game features several different game modes, including Ultimate Challenge, Quick Race, Collector, Survival and Time Trial. Up to four players can race each other in intense small-scale racing! Rush!

7 Wonders

Seven Wonders lets you journey where no one alive has ever gone before. Travel to the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and trek through the Mediterranean islands to behold the glory of ancient Greece. You have to build the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. Time is short and the journey is filled with peril. You must match three same-coloured magical rune coins to supply your workers with the building stones needed to create the Seven Wonders.

49 colourful and challenging levels
Collect valuable power-ups and make sure you keep a watchful eye out for secret bonuses
Learn historical information about the 7 Wonders from The Professor
Replay the game a second and third time, both with increasing difficulty for a total of 147 levels of game play
Free-play mode allows you to go back and play any completed level, any time you like.

Ultimate Board Game Collection

Valcon Games and Jack of all Trades present the Ultimate Board Game Collection for the PS2. This collection includes 20 different classic board games for players to either challenge the computer to or play with several other friends to see who is the best board game player in the group. The Ultimate Board Game Collection is made up of classic board and table games that gamers have enjoyed for years. Parcheesi, Naval Battle, Chinese Checkers, and more will keep entire families entertained for hours, and best of all, there are no little pieces or dice to lose. Many of the games, like Naval Battle, include animated sequences in which pieces move or, in this case, ships sink. Parents are often concerned about video games full of violence, but they can rest assured that the Ultimate Board Game Collection is full of good, clean family fun that everyone will enjoy.

Chameleon

Do you want a fun addictive puzzle game with great replay-ability? Chameleon for PSP offers you simple controls that are easy to get into along with competitive play as you attempt to match colors on your playfield. The game features several playable characters along with a bonus character. Each character has her own special power, which can be used to hinder the opponent. Wireless play is also included.

Puzzle Bobble

Bust-A-Move is back and bursting onto the PlayStation Portable! Join Bob and Bub plus new characters, never before seen games and ways to play including spooky Ghost Mode! Pop matching colored bubbles to solve puzzles in a variety of game types including head-to-head play. Whether you are a first-timer or an expert bubble launcher, you will be sure to find brain-teasing fun in the over

Guitarway to Heaven

Featuring 141 songs and 5 themes, its the biggest game in the series yet.The game will be updated every few weeks with new songs and more!

Coded Arms Contagion 1

Coded Arms Contagion thrusts players into a new cybernetic crisis where they must use their hacking abilities and an arsenal of high-powered weaponry to survive. As a lone security agent, players will enter A.I.D.A., a virtual reality military training program, to prevent cyber-terrorists from taking control of the program and gaining access to classified military information. Across a variety of enclosed and open-air levels, players will take on original enemies with an all-new selection of firearms and explosives that lets them counter the terrorist menace with more firepower than ever before. Up to eight players can go head-to-head in the game’s new online multiplayer modes.

Coded Arms Contagion 2

Coded Arms 2 thrusts players into a new cybernetic crisis where they must use their hacking abilities and an arsenal of high-powered weaponry to survive. As a lone security agent players will return to A.I.D.A., a virtual reality military training program, to prevent cyber-terrorists from taking control of the program and gaining access to classified military information. The hackers believe that AIDA shouldn't be restricted for only government use. The agent must use his abilities and combat skills to disinfect AIDA from the hacker-introduced virus so he can escape the system. Across a variety of enclosed and open-air levels, players will take on original enemies with an all-new selection of firearms and explosives that lets them counter the terrorist menace with more firepower than ever before. Up to eight players can go head-to-head in the game's new online multiplayer modes.

New futuristic storyline set in a virtual reality military training program
Fully customizable controls to fit every style of play
More weapons, firearms and explosives to choose from
Ad-hoc and infrastructure online multiplayer modes for up to eight players

Cube

Cube is a strategic puzzle game in which you have to figure out how to get your cube from the start point past a variety of obstacles to the finish. It's a simple concept with easy-to-learn basics, but which becomes progressively more difficult as more obstacles are added in different combinations. This is a game that is well-suited to pick up and play for short sessions, but is not so immersive for longer stretches. It's purely a puzzles for the sake of figuring them out game, with no attempt to add a story or meaning. (Please note this review was based on a preview copy, and not the retail version.)

Easy to learn, but not so easy to beat.
Good camera control via shoulder buttons and analog nub.
Autosaves after each stage.

Sims 2 Castaway

Help your Sims survive and thrive on an uncharted island in The Sims 2 Castaway. Players will begin their journey by helping their Sims build a life from scratch after washing ashore on a deserted tropical island. Become the ultimate survivor and overcome the forces of nature while helping your Sims discover clues that will lead them back to civilization! By discovering the many useful treasures and ancient mysteries hidden deep within a diverse jungle, your Sims will discover all the things that island life offers including plants, fruits, wildlife and more! From tattered clothing to sunburned skin, your Sims will change as they take on the many challenges of tropical island life and learn to survive in style. Create a new life for your Sims on an uncharted island in The Sims 2 Castaway!

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The Multimedia

2008-02-05T01:12:00.000-08:00

Tekken is a series of fighting games developed and published by Namco. Originally an arcade game, versions exist for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, WonderSwan, and Game Boy Advance.

The Tekken series is one of the earliest 3D fighting game franchises, with the first game releasing less than two years after Virtua Fighter. There are five Tekken sequel games: Tekken 2, Tekken 3, Tekken Tag Tournament, Tekken 4, and Tekken 5. An update of Tekken 5, and a further update titled Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection have also been released. Tekken 6 is also announced to be in development for release in arcades (the game is currently undergoing location testing in Japan) and on the PlayStation 3 console in 2008.

The Tekken series also includes Tekken Advance, (a GBA version of Tekken 3) which was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2001. However, Namco did not release any other Game Boy Tekken titles subsequently, due to the franchise's exclusive deal on the PlayStation platform. A PSP version of Tekken 5 retitled Tekken: Dark Resurrection, was released in Japan and the U.S. in summer 2006. The European version was released September 15, 2006.

As with many fighting games, players choose a character from a lineup, and engage in hand-to-hand combat with an opponent. It is primarily a competitive two player series, but a human player can fight an AI-controlled character for practice or amusement.

In the original Tekken game, the characters would fight on arenas. The name of the location was displayed in the bottom right corner of the screen. The locations included Angkor Wat, Szechwan, Monument Valley, Chicago, Kyoto, Fiji, Lake Windermere, Venezia, Akropolis, King George Island, and Chiba Marine Stadium. Subsequent Tekken games do not have the names of real locations displayed in-game during fights.

Tekken differs from other hand-to-hand fighting games in some ways. Traditional fighting games are usually played with buttons which correspond to the strength of the attack, such as strong punch or weak kick. Tekken, however, dedicates a button to each limb of the fighter, making learning special attacks more of an intuitive process. The player could watch the animation on screen and figure out the appropriate command (if the character kicks low with their right leg, the move is likely to be executed by pressing down and right kick, or a similar variation). Traditional fighting games, such as Street Fighter, involve inputting commands as rapidly and accurately as possible, whereas Tekken slows the action down, emphasizing rhythm, strategy, and deception over speed.

The Tekken games are popular within the martial arts community thanks primarily to the fact that most of the characters' fighting techniques can be found in real life martial arts. However, there are questions as to the accuracy of the style labels ascribed to certain characters. For example, in previous releases of the game, the character Paul Phoenix is listed accurately as fighting using integrated martial arts based on judo, despite judo not generally allowing punching and kicking, especially in competition. Similarly, the character Marshall Law is listed as being a practitioner of "martial arts", which is not a specific discipline. Similarities exist between Marshall Law and Bruce Lee, including Jeet Kune Do as well as appearance. The misunderstanding concerning Marshall Law's "martial arts" is commonly attributed to the fact that in the manual for the American PlayStation release of Tekken 2, the translator for the manual missed a small pun where Marshall Law practiced 'Marshall arts', a reference to his own name. Other Tekken characters also draw heavily from real life action heroes, such as Lei Wulong and Craig Marduk, video game analogues of Jackie Chan, and large wrestlers/mixed martial artists, such as Bill Goldberg, Nathan Jones, and Bob Sapp, respectively. Namco themselves have stated that the styles in Tekken are not supposed to accurately represent real styles, but merely give the impression of them. Paul Phoenix, Nina Williams, Yoshimitsu and Heihachi Mishima have been in all Tekken games.

Apart from Yoshimitsu and Heihachi, there are many crossovers between Tekken and the Soul series, such as King's mask available for custom characters in Soulcalibur III, and Ivy's hairstyle for Anna in Tekken 5. Yoshimitsu and Heihachi, being originally Tekken characters, obtained many new moves when brought to the Soul series. In later Tekken games, some of these attacks were added to their moves lists.

Contrast and Comparison

2008-01-26T03:47:00.000-08:00

Comparison:

1.) W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) and ISOC (Internet Society)
-W3C and ISOC purpose is to develop and maintain the standards for the Internet and its growing internetworking technologies and applications.

2.) Web Portal and Search Engines
- both offers a broad array of resources and services that links to different websites.

Contrast:

1.) W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) and ISOC (Internet Society)

World Wide Web Consortium primary goal is to make these benefits available to all people, whatever their hardware, software, network infrastructure, native language, culture, geographical location, or physical or mental ability.

Internet Society assists technologically developing countries, areas, and peoples in implementing and evolving their Internet infrastructure and use.

2.) Web Portal and Search Engines

Web Portal is a service concentrated on services such as e-mail, forums, search engines, and on-line shopping malls.

Search Engine
A program that searches documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found.

The Internet, Now and Then...("Roads and Crossroads of Internet History")

2008-01-11T21:29:00.000-08:00

Information Age Milestones 1866:" In the beginning was the Cable..."

The Atlantic cable of 1858 was established to carry instantaneous communications across the ocean for the first time. Although the laying of this first cable was seen as a landmark event in society, it was a technical failure. It only remained in service a few days. Subsequent cables laid in 1866 were completely successful and compare to events like the moon landing of a century later... the cable ... remained in use for almost 100 years.

Smithsonian's National Museum of American History A brief look from 1997:Annual percentage growth rate of data traffic on undersea telephone cables: 90

Number of miles of undersea telephone cables: 186,000 Source: WinTreese

1957: Sputnik has launched ARPA

President Dwight D. Eisenhower saw the need for the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) after the Soviet Union's 1957 launch of Sputnik.

1957: October 4th - the USSR launches Sputnik, the first artificial earth satellite.

1958: February 7th - In response to the launch of Sputnik, the US Department of Defense issues directive 5105.15 establishing the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA).

The organization united some of America's most brilliant people, who developed the United States' first successful satellite in 18 months. Several years later ARPA began to focus on computer networking and communications technology. In 1962, Dr. J.C.R. Licklider was chosen to head ARPA's research in improving the military's use of computer technology. Licklider was a visionary who sought to make the government's use of computers more interactive. To quickly expand technology, Licklider saw the need to move ARPA's contracts from the private sector to universities and laid the foundations for what would become the ARPANET. by Will Lewis & Randy Reitz--> The Atlantic cable of 1858 and Sputnik of 1957 were two basic milestone of the Internet prehistory. You might want also to take a look on the Telecommunications and Computers preHistory. The Internet as a tool to create "critical mass" of intellectual resources.

To appreciate the import ante the new computer-aided communication can have, one must consider the dynamics of "critical mass," as it applies to cooperation in creative endeavor. Take any problem worthy of the name, and you find only a few people who can contribute effectively to its solution. Those people must be brought into close intellectual partnership so that their ideas can come into contact with one another. But bring these people together physically in one place to form a team, and you have trouble, for the most creative people are often not the best team players, and there are not enough top positions in a single organization to keep them all happy. Let them go their separate ways, and each creates his own empire, large or small, and devotes more time to the role of emperor than to the role of problem solver. The principals still get together at meetings. They still visit one another. But the time scale of their communication stretches out, and the correlations among mental models degenerate between meetings so that it may take a year to do a week’s communicating. There has to be some way of facilitating communicantion among people wit bout bringing them together in one place.

"The first visible results of Licklider's approach comes shortly"

1969: The first LOGs: UCLA -- Stanford

Around Labor Day in 1969, BBN delivered an Interface Message Processor (IMP) to UCLA that was based on a Honeywell DDP 516, and when they turned it on, it just started running. It was hooked by 50 Kbps circuits to two other sites (SRI and UCSB) in the four-node network: UCLA, Stanford Research Institute (SRI), UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and the University of Utah in Salt Lake City.

The plan was unprecedented: Kleinrock, a pioneering computer science professor at UCLA, and his small group of graduate students hoped to log onto the Stanford computer and try to send it some data.They would start by typing "login," and seeing if the letters appeared on the far-off monitor.

"We set up a telephone connection between us and the guys at SRI...," Kleinrock ... said in an interview: "We typed the L and we asked on the phone, "Do you see the L?" "Yes, we see the L," came the response. "We typed the O, and we asked, "Do you see the O." "Yes, we see the O." "Then we typed the G, and the system crashed"...Yet a revolution had begun"... (Source: Sacramento Bee, May 1, 1996, p.D1)

1972: First public demonstration of ARPANET

In late 1971, Larry Roberts at DARPA decided that people needed serious motivation to get things going. In October 1972 there was to be an International Conference on Computer Communications, so Larry asked Bob Kahn at BBN to organize a public demonstration of the ARPANET. It took Bob about a year to get everybody far enough along to demonstrate a bunch of applications on the ARPANET. The idea was that we would install a packet switch and a Terminal Interface Processor or TIP in the basement of the Washington Hilton Hotel, and actually let the public come in and use the ARPANET, running applications all over the U.S .... The demo was a roaring success, much to the surprise of the people at AT&T who were skeptical about whether it would work. Source: Vinton Cerf

About one - two years after the first online demo of how "actually let the public come in and use the ARPANET, running applications all over the U.S ...." (Vinton Cerf) the NET became really busy especially "every Friday night" (Bob Bell) Around about 1973 - 1975 I maintained PDP 10 hardware at SRI.

I remember hearing that there was an ARPANET "conference" on the Star Trek game every Friday night. Star Trek was a text based game where you used photon torpedos and phasers to blast Klingons. I used to have a pretty cool logical map of the ARPANET at the time but my ex-wife got it. (She got everything but the debts.) Bob BellDEC Field Service.

1958: Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) created by Department of Defense (DoD).

1961: Director of Defense Research and Engineering (DDR&E) assigns a Command and Control Project to ARPA.

1962: Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO) formed to coordinate ARPA's command and control research.

1972: ARPA renamed Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). 1986: The technical scope of IPTO expands and it becomes the Information Science and Technology Office (ISTO).

1991: ISTO splits into the Computing Systems Technology Office (CSTO) and the Software and Intelligent Systems Office

By Charles Babbage Institute Center For the History of Information Processing

"Information Superhighway" with the Interstate Highway System

In 1957, while responding to the threat of the Soviets in general and the success of Sputnik in particular, President Dwight Eisenhower created both the Interstate Highway System and the Advanced Research Projects Agency, or ARPA. .by Steve Driscoll, Online Computer Library Center Inc. Information Superhighway: what exactly does it mean? In Europe:"A term often used by the media to describe the Internet." by The Internet Dictionary , Bradford, England In USA there are lots of different meanings: Information Superhighway/Infobahn: The terms were coined to describe a possible upgrade to the existing Internet through the use of fiber optic and/or coaxial cable to allow for high speed data transmission. This highway does not exist - the Internet of today is not an information superhighway. by Internet Glossary , SquareOne Technology.

information superhighway or I-way - this is a buzzword from a speech by Vice President Al Gore that refers to the Clinton/Gore administration's plan to deregulate communication services and widen the scope of the Internet by opening carriers, such as television cable, to data communication. The term is widely used to mean the Internet, also referred to as the infobahn (I-bahn). by Online Dictionary , NetLingo Confusing, isn't it?Fortunately Nice Lady kindly agreed to clarify the root source: Tipper Gore:"When my husband Vice President Gore served in the House of Representatives, he coined the phrase "information superhighway" to describe how this exciting new medium would one day transport us all. Since then, we have seen the Internet and World Wide Web revolutionize the way people interact, learn, and communicate." Photo of Tipper and Al Gore wedding: 20-th year BW (Before Web) Gore has become the point man in the Clinton administration's effort to build a national information highway much as his father, former Senator Albert Gore, was a principal architect of the interstate highway system a generation or more earlier. Principal Figures in the Development of the Internet ...The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . 24 Jun 1986: Albert Gore (D-TN) introduce S 2594Supercomputer Network Study Act of 1986 21 March 1994: Gore's Buenos Aires SpeechInternational Telecommunications Union: "By means of electricity, the world of matter has become a great nerve, vibrating thousands of miles in a breathless point of time ... The round globe is a vast ... brain, instinct with intelligence!"This was not the observation of a physicist--or a neurologist. Instead, these visionary words were written in 1851 by Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of my country's greatest writers, who was inspired by the development of the telegraph. Much as Jules Verne foresaw submarines and moon landings, Hawthorne foresaw what we are now poised to bring into being...

... I opened by quoting Nathaniel Hawthorne, inspired by Samuel Morse's invention of the telegraph. Morse was also a famous portrait artist in the U.S.--his portrait of President James Monroe hangs today in the White House. While Morse was working on a portrait of General Lafayette in Washington, his wife, who lived about 500 kilometers away, grew ill and died. But it took seven days for the news to reach him.In his grief and remorse, he began to wonder if it were possible to erase barriers of time and space, so that no one would be unable to reach a loved one in time of need. Pursuing this thought, he came to discover how to use electricity to convey messages, and so he invented the telegraph and, indirectly, the ITU."

Source: http://www.netvalley.com/intval/07262/main.htm?sdf=1

AMACC Olongapo's 27th Foundation Week

2007-12-07T22:00:00.000-08:00

Before the foundation week, the CSIT department had lots of meeting to prepare for the celebration. Registrations for particular events are assigned to the SIGMA CODE officers. Including the t-shirts for the foundation week. It's hard being in charge and responsible for which you are assigned...

Our practices occured eventough classes are still going on, its up to the students to catch up with the lessons discussed. We just hope that our professors will give us incentives for our hard work and motivation by participating in our Foundation Week...

I joined the swimming competition, our volleyball team and Ms. AMA.. If I posses unlimited strength, I would join all the events to help on our team. But only extraordinary creature have that kind of strength...

Teasing is always there during competitions, because you have to be on your team's side even if you and your friends have a different team...

At the first place, we thought Blue Archers will be the overall champion this year, but we never gave up, instead we fought for the goal that'll bring honor to our department.. At the end, the CSIT department is still holder of the BIG GOLD medal!

The celebration ended successfully, its fun participating and improve our skills and abilities. But the main reason why we are havin' and celebrating Foundation Week is to unite students more and exercise our sportsmanship...