Flight Simulator X (FSX) the dust settles Flight Simulator X was released in October of last year. Many people anxious for its release rushed to the stores to get their copy. The initial impact was dismay. Personally I don't know why. Microsoft had already given a preview for the users to run and look at and see what they would be getting. The biggest complaint was the performance on the most common machines currently out. I'm sure the people with the most complaints had forgotten that FSX was being developed to last a long ti [more] FSX Soon to be released Flight Simulator X (FS10) is forecasted to be released within the next month. The latest Beta has been widely distributed by Flightplanet.com. Of course the FSX Demo was distributed by sites just about everywhere. The Demo was a nice preview of what's to come. It was a good gesture of Microsoft to allow the many anxious fans to have some release from their much anxiety and anticipation. Many people were craving all things FSX. There were lots of negative comments about the demo. Some [more] A Joystick for Flight Simulator After using Flight Simulator for three years, I finally decided to do research to find out if I was getting the most out of my input controllers. First I noticed there were a number of controls on my Saitek X45 controller that weren’t being utilized by default. So I decided to start off by setting up an elevator trim assignment. I must say, assigning the elevator trim to an Axis control made flying so much easier that I almost felt I was cheating. However, it can’t really be considered cheating [more] Sony: Open your PlayStation Portable's firmware to developers An open letter to Sony – Attention PSP Developers First I would like to congratulate you for a fine peace of hardware. Everyone I have showed it to (the Playstation Portable) from the youngest to the oldest has been very impressed. Of course I show different content to different people. The children are very attracted to the games. However, in my after school program, I copy audio and video clips to the SD Card as a teaching tool. They learn the audio and video content very quickly. T [more]

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