Will Wrath of the Lich King's new Death Knight class be relegated strictly to 5-man raids and gimmick raids? A player over at the World of Warcraft forums thinks this might be the case, but Bornakk has his own opinion in mind. You can catch up on the details over in the full article.

Homebrew developer hc finally got around to update the rather useful Apple iPhone homebrew application, Time Capsule. This homebrew application's latest build clocks itself at version 0.37b1 and includes several useful changes since our previous coverage. Find out all the new changes that were included in Time Capsule v0.37b1 in our full article after the jump.

Microsoft has sent some cross-court love again for its Mac users with Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac Update 12.0.1. The latest changes takes on critical bugs and stability issues among others. For the complete details, jump to the full article.

If you thought that all the StreamMyGame service can do is stream your video games from your PC to your console, then think again. StreamMyGame has announced that its software now allows you to run 2D applications like those found on Microsoft Office on your low spec Windows notebooks, Linux devices, and even your PlayStation 3. To find out more about this, check out the full article.

Johnny Rotten may think of Guitar Hero 3 as a joke, but some guitar teachers would probably disagree. Dan Emery, owner of the New York City Guitar School, says that the game's popularity may truly motivate fans to learn the guitar for themselves.

Some guitar teachers, however, are worried that the game may actually kill interest in learning the real thing since people would find that playing a real guitar is harder than playing on a console. More in the full article.

If you still haven't had enough hardcore off-road racing action from the videos of THQ's MX vs. ATV Untamed (Xbox 360, PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, DS) we've previously posted, then you'll be glad to know we have five more videos lined up for everyone's viewing pleasure today.

You can check out the extreme videos we have right after the jump!

Here's another entry to the Neo Spring Coding Competition 07 courtesy of homebrew developer pucelano. The program is a fully functional Spreadsheet for the PlayStation Portable known as PSP SpreadSheet. Do take note that this is not the first build for the application as it was first released back in July.

The latest release, version 2.00, comes with a lot of new features aside from the usual stuff that comes with a spreadsheet application. Among the more notable ones include basic mathematical operations and formatting capabilities to the cells texts and cells numbers. Here's the complete list of features as provided by pucelano:

• English and Spanish language menus and functions.
• Format cells options: Font, size, bold, color, decimals, alignment and superpose.
• The integrated functions are named and work like those of Excel (English or Spanish version), to facilitate the exchange of files and the learning.
• Exchange of files with Excel, using txt files.
• Show or hide gridlines.
• Turn on-off the USB connection.
• Save screenshots in Memory Stick.
• Possibility of changing the columns width.
• Cut-Copy-Paste-Delete the content of the cells.
• Clock and indicator of battery on screen.

Before installing PSP SpreadSheet v2.00 on your handhelds, the developer included a comprehensive manual in .pdf format. Read that first to avoid any problems while using the application.

Download: PSP SpreadSheet v2.00

 

Pucelano, the creator of the Easy PSP Calculator, has produced a fully functional spreadsheet for the PlayStation Portable called PSP Spreadsheet v1.00. This program looks very well made and offers most of the functions one would expect from such an application.

Obviously, the basic operations are all present and accounted for. In addition to this, the coder has implemented multiple functions which streamline calculations and simplifies management of the different cells. Here's a list of features that have been implemented in this build:

• Format cells options: Font, size, bold, color, decimals, alignment, and superimpose.
• The integrated functions are named and work like those of Excel.
  
• Exchange of files with Excel, using txt files.
• Show or hide gridlines.
• Turn on-off the USB connection.
• Save screenshots in Memory Stick.
• Possibility of changing the columns width.
• Cut-Copy-Paste-Delete the content of the cells.
• Clock and indicator of battery on screen.

The program and manual are both in Spanish so if you don't speak the language, you may have a hard time with the program. However, if you can wait a few days, Pucelano gave word that an English version of the program complete with an English manual will be released as well.

Download: PSP Spreadsheet v1.00

In Blizzard's World of Warcraft, or any other MMO game for that matter, it is common for players to complain about what's wrong about their class. Sometimes, it's good to take a step back and focus first on what each class has to offer.

Online site WoW Insider recently had an interview with Onnix, a level 70 Shaman who seems to know his stuff. In the interview, he further reinforced the fact that Shamans are a very versatile class.

A good example of this is the comparison between Druids and Shamans, "The versatility of our [Shamans] class allows us to be instantly flexible in a variety of situations as opposed to the druid class, who have to shift forms to access limited skill sets."

This simple fact leads to less delay in the use of skills, thus prolonging the life of the party. Speaking of prolonging life, we all know that if a character keeps dying, we usually have the urge to delete it and roll up a new one. Onnix spoke about this and how the Shaman is a very tough character to put down, which makes it especially effective in soloing PvE.

Resto shamans can take a lot of abuse, and can solo fairly tough elites. Elemental and enhance shamans are great DPSers that can heal. They are just a very versatile class to play.

So, if you're sold on the Shaman, why not roll one and try it out? However, there are a couple of things to keep in mind if you do. Unlike other classes which really must specialize, it is more difficult to do so with Shamans. So here's what to do if you really want to get the most out of the class according to Onnix,

Shamans are fun. Just don't expect to do crazy DPS and don't expect to be the best healer. It takes more effort to excel in any given area than it does for other classes. You'll have a lot of fun leveling up, but don't expect to do anything but heal in the end game.

There you have it, a veteran gamer gives the nitty gritty on what becoming a Shaman is all about. If you want to read more on this, feel free to click on our Read link. Be sure to keep checking back here at QJ.NET for more updates on World of Warcraft.

 

PSP homebrew developer Kandibu dropped by the QJ.Net Forums earlier to announce the release of PSPExel v1.0. As its name implies, this homebrew application is a PSP adaptation of Microsoft Excel. It's coded in Lua, and currently carries these features:

• 130 Variables
• Numbermode (set a number to variable)
• Variable + - / * ^ Variable - Mode
• Savemenu
• Loadmenu
• Clearmode
  

Given that this is still a first release, Kandibu further notes that the following can be expected in future updates:

• Tutorial-Mode
• Colors for text
• Colors for every block
• Add %,€,$ etc.
• Add negative numbers
• Add more blocks and scrolling
• Add Text-Input
  

Further details such as controller instructions can be found in the file readme. Readers are also invited to visit Kandibu's thread here at our QJ.Net Forums for further information and discussion. That's all for the moment (until it gets an update) - enjoy the download!

Download: PSPEXel v1.0
Visit: QJ's PSP Development Forums