Unreal hits local shores

Local Atari game distributor Megarom launched the Unreal Tournament 2004 first-person shooter title at the Brightwater Commons in Randburg recently.

The launch was held at the networking room of the Zaps gaming store. A limited number of copies of the game was on sale and sold out before the event started.

"This bodes well for the success of the game here," said Jason Borea, marketing manager at Megarom.

The evening featured several networked games of Unreal Tournament 2004.

San Francisco Giant fans attending home games at the Giants` stadium will be able to connect computer devices via wireless computer networking.

Reuters reports that telecoms company SBC and Nortel Networks are providing the WiFi service free for fans attending games. However, match tickets can cost as much as $75 for the best seats.

"We have created one of the largest hotspots in the world," says Larry Baer, COO of the San Francisco Giants.

OpenOffice.org has announced the availability of the OpenOffice 1.1.1 open source office suite, code-named Prague.

The new version is initially available on the Windows, GNU/Linux and Solaris platforms. The Mac OS X for X11 technology preview is also available, with other platforms becoming available shortly.

It features the DicOOo AutoPilot that downloads and installs any of the 87 spelling, hyphenation and thesaurus dictionaries currently available.

The suite and its source code can be downloaded here.