I played Diplomacy over snail mail back in the day, and email when that became popular. It's a much better way to play than face to face. As I recall, we'd have one move per fortnight, and games would last for a year or so.

This article is positive. You've tried to turn it into a negative by claiming we won't be able to delete the saved clips and will therefore run out of space. We have no idea what system they will use for space management. The clips might auto-delete when necessary, unless marked to preserve, or we might be able to…

How? Smudges will at most give you the digits, but not their order. Even digits will be obscured by using the phone after it's unlocked. (Which is why you unlocked it, right? To use it?)

Android PINs are not limited to 4 digits, so you can have far more than 10000 combinations.

Are next gen consoles more expensive to develop for? The article sounds like they need to do more work to develop content to the quality the consoles can now display. On the other hand, if they aren't fighting against restrictions, perhaps literally having to re-do scenes because of using too many AIs, perhaps that…

Actually I suspect it does. When you improve the output of the graphics engine, you also have to improve the quality of its input. So you have to spend more time and talent and hence money on producing the artwork. That leaves fewer resources to spend on things that matter more. It also means that AAA games get too…

PS4 doesn't use 3.5GB for the O/S. There was a rumor it used 2.5, giving the game 4.5 GB of direct RAM and 1 GB of virtual memory, and even that rumor has been debunked by devs (although no-one will say what the actual figures are).

Firefox has "undo closed tab" on a right-click menu; I don't need it often enough to need it on a button. Similarly I can right-click on text to get the option to search for it.

Having thought about it, it doesn't bother me now. It sounds like the total physical RAM is 5.5GB and that 1GB of it is used to back virtual memory, which could be useful. I doubt Sony actually need 3.5GB; they are surely holding much of it in reserve in case they need it to add more features in future. I reckon in…

Current rumours say the PS4 has 4.5GB of memory for games, not 7, so it's actually less than XBox One, not more. See Digital Foundry.

I'm playing the first one Windows 8, 32-bit. For 64-bit you need a different installer, apparently, but it's available online. On Win8 the first one is limited to 30 fps.

Although the load-out choice somewhat fades when you realise you will find plenty of noisy weapons in the field, but no silent ones, so the best choice is always to pick silent weapons. Also, it fails in that it doesn't give you enough upfront information to make a choice specific to the challenges of the level.

High chaos and Emily dies, high chaos and Emily lives, low chaos and Emily lives.

I'm holding out for a smart watch with NFC. Oh, and I also need my country to upgrade its infrastructure so I can use NFC to pay for everything. And to unlock my car, and generally devices sensitive to my presence. It should be wirelessly rechargeable, too. The watch part of this still seems a year or two away.

The barometer and altimeter use the same sensor.

PS4 is an incremental upgrade, but that's nice. It's better hardware, a better controller, a better Eye, and ultimately better games. What's not to like?

Microsoft switched off the servers for the original XBox. They switched them off for Microsoft Reader. They switched them off for MSN Music. Digital licences are very perishable in Microsoft's world.

I don't think they'll back down, mainly because something similar happened with Windows 8 and the Metro UI. It was obvious from the customer preview that had problems, and everyone told them this loudly. They didn't listen, and launched anyway, and it hurt them badly. Now they say they've listened, but the changes…

They also switched off the servers for the original XBox, and for Microsoft Reader eBooks. It's what they do.

If they switch off the requirement for check-in, then that's effectively giving everyone permission to play every game they can pirate. Since Microsoft don't own the games, I don't see how they can legally do it. They would need permission from the IP owners. They would have to get that now. This quote suggests they…