Running a command within another program. How to do this with C.

This code snippet will run the date command. The execl() function is very useful for executing a command within your C program.You replace the NULL identifiers with any extra arguments to pass to the program. I prefer this over the system() function. #include <unistd.h>   int main(void) {   execl("/bin/date", "%c", NULL, NULL, NULL); return … Read more

Sony corporation planning in-game advertising? Is this the downfall of Sony?

http://www.gamepolitics.com/2012/05/25/sony-patent-pauses-games-advertising The Sony corporation is planning to put advertising into their games during game-play. it is bad enough that they are dumbing down games with such releases as the Call of Duty series, but now they are putting ads into the games as well. Is the screen-shot to the right an actual example of the … Read more