Power!

Power! (known as Critical Mass in Europe) is a computer game developed by Simon Francis in 1985 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.

Plot

The player operates a rocket-powered hovercraft whose mission is to destroy an enemy transfer beam that is protected not only by long-distance enemy raiders and mines, but also molecular disorientation that sucks the energy from the player's attack craft.

Gameplay

The player may control the hovercraft in either a normal joystick operational mode or with vectored movement. When the player pushes forward on the joystick, the hovercraft accelerates, and when pulling back on the joystick, speed decreases.

Reception

In 1988, Dragon reviewed Power!, and gave the game 4 out of 5 stars.

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PoweredUSB

PoweredUSB, also known as Retail USB, USB PlusPower, and USB +Power, is an addition to the Universal Serial Bus standard that allows for higher-power devices to obtain power through their USB host instead of requiring an independent power supply or external AC adapter. It is mostly used in point-of-sale equipment, such as receipt printers and barcode readers.

History

PoweredUSB, as a proprietary variant of USB, was developed and proposed by IBM, Berg (now FCI), NCR and Microsoft between 1998 and 1999, with the last revision (0.8g) issued in 2004. The specification is not endorsed by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF). IBM, who owns patents to PoweredUSB, charges a licensing fee for its use.

PoweredUSB was licensed by Hewlett-Packard, Cyberdata, Fujitsu, Wincor and others.

Implementation

PoweredUSB uses a more complex connector than standard USB, maintaining the standard USB 1.x/2.0 interface for data communications and adding a second connector for power. Physically, it is essentially two connectors stacked such that the bottom connector accepts a standard USB plug and the top connector takes a power plug.

Power (2014 Telugu film)

Power is a 2014 Telugu action comedy film written and directed by K. S. Ravindra and produced by Rockline Venkatesh under the banner Rockline Entertainments, both marking their debut in Telugu cinema. It features Ravi Teja playing a dual role with Hansika Motwani and Regina Cassandra playing the female lead roles. S. Thaman composed the music while Gautham Raju edited the film. Arthur A. Wilson and Jayanan Vincent handled the film's cinematography. The film revolves around two similar looking people, Baldev Sahay - a corrupt ACP in Kolkata and Tirupathi - a person aspiring to become a police officer in Hyderabad. The home minister of Kolkata recruits Tirupathi to play as Baldev to catch a gangster rescued by Baldev. Rest of the story is all about why Baldev became a corrupt cop and how Tirupathi executed the unfinished mission of Baldev.

Production began on 11 December 2013. The film's talkie part was shot in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Chennai and Bangkok while two songs were shot in Bulgaria marking it the first Telugu film to be shot there. Principal photography ended on 14 August 2014. The film released on 12 September 2014 to positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success.

Unconditional (Harrison Craig song)

"Unconditional" a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Ne-Yo for his fifth studio album R.E.D. (2012). It was written by Ne-Yo, Allen Arthur, Clayton Reilly and Keith Justice; the latter three also produced the song under their production moniker, PhatBoize.

In 2013, Harrison Craig, winner of the second series of The Voice in Australia, recorded a version of the song for his debut album More than a Dream. On 18 June 2013, "Unconditional" was released as Craig's first single.

Live performance

Craig first performed the song on the series' grand final after he was declared the winner.

Release history

References

Unconditional (The Bravery song)

"Unconditional" was the third single by New York City-based indie/alternative rock band The Bravery. It is also a track on the band's self-titled debut album, The Bravery. It was released in the UK on 29 August 2005 and charted at number 49 in the UK Singles Chart (see 2005 in British music). It was also featured in the 2005 video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland and as a playable track on the video games Ultimate Band and Guitar Hero On Tour: Modern Hits.

Track listings

Official remixes

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Unconditional (Peter Andre song)

"Unconditional" is the second single from Australian pop-R&B singer Peter Andre's sixth studio album, Revelation (2009). The song is known for describing his relationship with ex-stepson Harvey Yorke.

Background

The song is very personal, written by Andre himself depicting his relationship with stepson Harvey Price, who is the son of his ex-wife Katie Price. Andre says that he "became a father before he became a dad", meaning that Harvey taught him how to become a dad before actually becoming a biological dad to Junior and Princess Tiaamii.

Music video

The video features Andre performing the song in an empty large cinema. As Andre is performing various images and clips of children with or without their parents are projected on the wall behind him. Towards the end of the song members of a choir come out and stand along the steps of the cinema and sing the song alongside Andre.

Track listing

Chart performance

The song debuted ahead of its release at #98. It rose eight places to #90 the following week, and then, in the week of its release, charted at #50, despite having been predicted as #1 by The Sun and Digital Spy, and many fans. The song fell to #80 the following week.