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Retro game lovers are in for a real treat as publisher Ziggurat Interactive is planning to remaster, rework, and restore a broad range of some of the best classic console and PC games from as far back as the 1980s. Ziggurat Interactive will be starting this great initiative with Deadly Dozen, Super Huey, and Forbidden Forest, and that looks to be just the beginning. The project has as one of its goals the preservation and expansion of the legacy of video games as both entertainment and an art form....

What Does Target Platform Mean? “Target platform” is a generally used term in IT to discuss a platform of focus. A target platform can refer to the platform that something is being built for, a platform that is desirable for use, or simply a platform that a particular technology is focusing on. The use of these types of terms has become more common with multiplatform software and services that integrate operations across a larger number of platforms....

What Does Order Management System (OMS) Mean? An order management system (OMS) is a comprehensive business tool that is used to track orders, inventory and sales. An order management system helps to accomplish order fulfillment transparently, and ideally, provides multichannel support. Techopedia Explains Order Management System (OMS) When experts talk about why businesses need an order management system, channel proliferation is one major aspect. Businesses want to have a central portal that can accept orders and payments across all channels, while also handling inventory and order tracking....

What Does Index Defragmentation Mean? Index defragmentation is a part of Microsoft SQL Server maintenance where the index of database engine indexes of insert, update and delete operations is optimized to reduce fragmentation. This is done by reorganizing or rebuilding an index on an entire index or a single partition. Defragmentation improves disk space and performance of SQL Server. Techopedia Explains Index Defragmentation Microsoft SQL Server maintains indexes of all the insert, update and delete operations performed on databases....

What Does Pegasus Mean? Pegasus is a specific type of spyware that can track calls, read text messages and steal data from devices, as well as implement key loggers and audio capture tools. Its design is commonly attributed to the Israeli cybersecurity firm NSO Group, and surfaced in 2016. Techopedia Explains Pegasus The vehicle of Pegasus is a social engineering scheme known as phishing where the attacker sends a link. When a user clicks on the link, that is used to bring in the Trojan malware with 30-day exploits....

It might have received our exalting Best in Show award at this year’s E3, but Ubisoft knows it’s going to need a stout marketing campaign in order to sell Assassin’s Creed III to record-breaking European audiences, particularly in the United Kingdom. While cultures on both sides of the Atlantic are comfortable with the real-life history of the Revolutionary War - America’s winning of independence from their perceived tyrannical rulers, the British Empire, in 1783 - a distinct sentiment among some gamers is that the developer is exploiting the period, advertising its events as a way to “just kill a bunch of Redcoats....

Warning: contains spoilers for The X-Files and for the comic book continuation Season Ten. The X-Files, much like several of its villains, is a show that refuses to die. A seminal, ground-breaking series in the 1990s, it became a slightly creaky series in the early 2000s, then a cancelled series, then a movie following on from the original series, and now it may become a series again. But where can the show go now?...

A Fallout 4 fan has created a mod that has transformed the RPG into what looks like a truly terrifying horror game, complete with horrific abominations. The Whispering Chills mod - which can be found on the Nexus Mods website - takes the old Fallout 4 you knew and gives it what the modder calls “the ultimate horror overhaul.” Instead of a world destroyed by a nuclear apocalypse, the Commonwealth has instead been completely eradicated by a “paranormal happening” resulting in the almost complete extinction of the planet’s inhabitants....

World of Warcraft’s Game Director is saying that Legion will deliver on Blizzard’s plans for Illidan Stormrage going all the way back to Burning Crusade. Illidan Stormrage is a member of World of Warcraft’s pantheon of villains, one of several classic Warcraft III characters that Blizzard brought back to play a much larger role in the MMO sequel. Yet, just as the demon hunter inevitably failed to live up to Kil’Jaedan’s expectations and prevent Arthas from becoming the Lich King in Warcraft III, similarly did he fail to live up to fan expectations and deliver a complete storyline in World of Warcraft’s Burning Legion expansion....

The next mount to hit World of Warcraft will be chosen by the community from a list of colorful options. World of Warcraft: Shadowlands arrives at the end of October, and with it comes new end-game content, new pets for the Hunter, and a brand new requirement for a solid-state hard drive. For some reason. It’ll also bring a brand new mount, but not until 2021, and not until the players decide which one they want....

After months of waiting and speculation, it is finally time for the World of Warcraft Shadowlands pre-patch event to begin. The first pre-patch arrived a few weeks ago and brought the big level squish and introduced a ton of new character customization options available at the Barber Shop and during character creation. This week’s update finally brings the Death’s Rising storyline though. The Shadowlands expansion was delayed from its original release date, but the new content is now scheduled to arrive on November 23 (or the 24 in some regions)....

The following review for Netflix’s original series Wu Assassins contains no spoilers. Here’s a list of things that Netflix’s original martial arts series Wu Assassins reminds me of, in no particular order: – Eating Panda Express at a Chipotle. – Wandering through the Action section at a Hollywood Video in 2003 and not renting anything. – That weird sequel to Warriors of Virtue that no one’s seen or even heard of....

As next-generation consoles come closer to being released, so too do the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X controllers. However, with no official release dates set for these devices, fans of Sony and Microsoft are currently left to deal with their aging PS4 and Xbox One controllers. A player who goes by Mixer-TastySquash on Reddit has come up with a creative solution to fix their Xbox One controller after its left analog stick fell off....

The UK gaming community was warned pre-launch that the Xbox Series X would not support its beloved BBC iPlayer. The downloadable platform was available on the Xbox One, and it looks like next-gen users will have to wait patiently for the same luxury. The BBC iPlayer is one of the main hubs where English fans can catch up on the latest soaps, documentaries, and reality television of their choosing. The app also offers the option to watch all of the BBC channels live, if viewers do not have a standard television service....

Our quick take Alternatives to consider Xiaomi Mi Mix 2 - 4.0 / 5 Trim bezel design unlike any other Philippe Starck designed, aluminium frame and curved ceramic back Rear positioned fingerprint scanner 151.8 x 75.5 x 7.7mm; 185g A serious screen 5.99-inch LCD screen (2160 x 1080 resolution) 18:9 aspect ratio Ultra-trim bezel design Top hardware without top price Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 platform (octa-core 2.45GHz), 6GB RAM, Adreno 540 graphics 64GB on-board storage, microSD card slot for expansion LTE+, 43 bands and six network modes Wi-Fi 802....

I started my first Yakuza game in November - Yakuza 0. I played for several hours straight the first day I downloaded it, but had to put it on hold to concentrate on more timely releases like Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Cyberpunk 2077. I went back to it in early 2021 and completed it lightning fast, bulldozing my way through legions of Kuze’s muscle in order to earn my notoriety as the Dragon of Dojima....

What Does Asset Performance Management (APM) Mean? Asset performance management (APM) refers to the use of assets in order to realize business-specific goals. In business organizations, it is a framework that helps enable administrators to make good use of their physical assets. Different strategies are employed under asset performance management to maximize profits and reduce risk factors in a business. Techopedia Explains Asset Performance Management (APM) In addition to creating heightened awareness and visibility of assets throughout an organization, asset performance management also helps asset-intensive organizations such as manufacturing, utilities, oil and gas, etc....

What Does BIP 148 Mean? BIP 148 is a user-activated soft fork (UASF) in bitcoin that enforces the use of the Segregated Witness or SegWit protocol, which is a change that deals with a bitcoin block size problem by separating the digital signature from the original section of the block. As a soft fork, BIP 148 does not inherently split the network. BIP 148 requires bitcoin miners to signal for SegWit, which means they show that they are ready to use blocks with the SegWit protocol....

What Does I Am Not A Lawyer (IANAL) Mean? The phrase “I am not a lawyer,” abbreviated IANAL, is common in chat room slang and digital messaging. Users often see it pop up in forums or chat rooms, or in instant messaging text. Techopedia Explains I Am Not A Lawyer (IANAL) “I am not a lawyer” or IANAL is used as a disclaimer to notify other users that the person sending the message is not qualified to practice law....

What Does Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP) Mean? Meridian Lossless Packing (MLP) is a lossless compression technique used for compressing pulse-code modulation (PCM) audio and is the main technology used in DVD-Audio content, which is often advertised through the “Advanced Resolution” logo. It is a proprietary format developed by Meridian Audio, Ltd. to provide 1.5:1 compression on most audio material. All DVD-Audio players are required to have MLP decoding capabilities, while DVD-Audio disc products only have MLP compression according to the discretion of its producer....