Although it didn’t have anything like the fancy wireless wands or web browsing capabilities of the Wii, there was always something quite enchanting about Nintendo’s N64. Ultimately it was never going to beat the PlayStation in terms of its market share, but the 64 still brings back fond memories of endless nights blasting the hell out of each other on Goldeneye, or missing dozens of lectures to concentrate on Super Mario 64. The chances are that as soon as the GameCube came along, your N64 went out with the rubbish – a decision you’ve probably lived to regret if you’re anything like us. Thankfully, Project64 helps you to transport yourself back to those halcyon days by allowing you to emulate all your old favourite N64 games on your PC.

The application is designed to play ROM files, which are essentially 'images' of the data inside an N64 cartridge. Graphically, the games are pretty good, although not quite as sharp as we remember, with a few too many jagged lines and blocky sprites for our liking. This is understandable, given that the games were originally intended to be played on a TV, which has a completely different way of perfecting pixels. Nevertheless, the overall visual experience is quite authentic, and is complemented by crisp audio reproduction.

In terms of its performance, Project64 is able to handle most ROMs without any problems and we didn’t experience any compatibility issues. Be warned though, that you’ll need a decent amount of RAM and a fairly good graphics card if you want to avoid any jerkiness when playing some of the more sophisticated games, such as Super Smash Bros. There are lots of options within the emulator for tweaking the visuals, including changing the screen resolution, running in full-screen mode or applying anti-aliasing. However, the audio functions are limited to a bog-standard volume control.

Thankfully, the fun of playing N64 games with your pals isn’t lost in this emulator and Project64 supports up to four players. As you can imagine, it’s pretty tricky fitting four people around one keyboard, so you’re best off using USB controllers if there’s more than two of you. Another nice touch is the inclusion of a cheat mode, which provides you with the opportunity to power-up your games or access special options, much as the old Action Replay cartridges used to. Each game has its own set of cheats, which is great for prolonging the life of a game or getting through particularly tough levels.

Project64 is the closest thing you’ll get to the N64 without actually buying the console itself and it performs better than other Nintendo emulators, as well as generic solutions such as MAME. It may not be a pixel-perfect recreation of the device, but it’s certainly entertaining enough to keep you off work for a few days.

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uICE is a versatile all-in-one interface between an input device and any kind of software application. Optimized for controlling a Windows PC from the distance, it provides On-Screen Displays and an On-Screen Menu similar to TV sets and DVD/VCR devices.

Its versatility in application and system control comes from its large collection of actions both for common Operating System procedures and application input simulation, especially its advanced and powerful PostMessage action and full support for Windows Script compliant macro scripting languages like JScript and VBScript.

In addition, uICE provides true multi-application remote control, which allows to define independent sets of remote control functions for each application.

The Play button can play videos, music, slide shows or whatever you like, depending on the currently selected application. The On-Screen Menu provides options to explore and open videos, music, pictures and other files directly from the harddisk or a home network/Intranet location, and timers to turn your computer off or wake it up from standby mode at a specific time.

The current version supports multimedia and standard keyboards as well as remotes from Hauppauge WinTV and similar TV cards, Soundblaster Live/Audigy/Extigy (RM-900/1000), ATI Remote Wonder, Packard Bell Fast Media, Logitech/IBM/AST/NEC, LIRC/WinLIRC, Realmagic Hollywood+ and many others.

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The purchase of the software already includes MHEG-5 middleware, but will need a new registration for the others that share compatibility. Registration is also required for DVB-T, DVB-C and ATSC.

The NMC DTV program doesn't support Conditional Access decryption and Common Interface. The program doesn't also have any compatibility or support for formats like MPEG-2 and H264 playback for video, and no playback for audio sound like MPEG-1, MPEG-2, AAC and AC-3.

The NMC DTV program lets you record, pause, fast-forward and rewind live television using the MS stream buffer engine, which also requires registration.

This program has a MD API Plugin similar to the vPlug. The DSM-CC Object Carousel is presented in a browse-enabled file system representation that includes directories, stream event and .

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Fancy the fast paced life of a newsroom environment? Or do you think you could be the next Rupert Murdoch? If so, you'll probably have a lot of fun with this game. Your aim to keep the news updated and fresh and improve your ratings so you can make money and upgrade your studio into the biggest in the world. There are an impressive 150 levels in three game modes, with 25 trophies up for grabs.

The game works on a very basic word board. The news comes-up along the bottom of the screen on the news wire eg. "Yuri Gagarin becomes first man in space" and you have to spell this out on the letter board. Other than having to be quite fast, this becomes very boring after only a few minutes. In reality this game is quite disappointing. There seems to be very little difference between all the levels other than the studio upgrading it's technological features and furniture. In addition, it's just simply too easy. You'll find yourself rolling in cash so that upgrading to the next level just becomes ridiculously easy.

A great idea but shame the game never lived up to expectations.

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