Michael Santo
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The four major Japanese ISPs, under considerable pressure by movie, music and software industries, have agreed to take drastic action against file sharers.In 2006, a Japanese ISP decided to plan measures to stop their subscribers using file-sharing software, by tracking their activities and disconnecting them from the Internet. The plan didn’t...
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Video: GIGABYTE GV-RX387512H HD3870 512MB Crossfire Review @ GamePyreVvikoo Geforce 9600GT Turbo (512Mb DDR3) @ CPU3DMSI N9600GT-T2D512-OC (GeForce 9600 GT) @ HardwareZoneNVIDIA's GeForce 9800 GX2 - Early Test! @ Tweaktown Motherboards & Chipsets: ASRock 4Core1600P35-WiFi+ Motherboard Review @ Legit ReviewsIntel's X48 Express chipset @...
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No, seriously. Verizon is one of a group called the P4P Working Group, and they are trying to increase P2P efficiency.Providers have banned, blocked or slowed peer-to-peer traffic in their efforts to keep the flood of music, video, games and software from overwhelming their networks. But Verizon Communications Inc. has broken ranks with...
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Do we really have to tell you how to celebrate Pi Day? Why is today Pi Day? Well, it's 3/14, right?You could start by learning more about the near-mystical number--3.14 in its most severely abbreviated form, hence the March 14 (3/14) honors--at the official Pi Day site. There you can find out about the history of pi, how to use...
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Nothing is so humorous as when the web site of a security vendor gets hacked. OK, OK, it was hilarious when the RIAA site was hacked, too. And I'll admit: it's probably not as funny if it's your security vendor.A Trend Micro spokesman confirmed that the company's site had been hacked Thursday, saying that the attack took place earlier in the...
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In a surprise move, a technology company shipped something on time.AMD has begun shipping triple-core Phenom processors.The company had promised the Phenom 8000 series would ship by the end of Q1, so this seems to be a sign that AMD is getting things back on track. There is no press release on its site and the new Phenoms do not yet appear...
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CORSAIR ANNOUNCES WORLD’S FIRST HIGH-PERFORMANCE MAC MEMORY UPGRADE MODULES Mac Users Experience Up to 28% Performance Improvement Using New Corsair Low Latency Tuned Memory Fremont, CA, March 13, 2008 – Corsair, a worldwide leader in high-performance computer and flash memory products, announced today the world’s first high performance memory...
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TEAM FORTRESS 2, PORTAL, AND HALF-LIFE 2 EPISODE PACK STAND ALONE RETAIL RELEASEPC Games From The Orange Box Flying Solo Into Retail April 9 and 11March 13, 2008 - Valve, creators of Half-Life® 2 and Counter-Strike®, today announce the retail launch dates for the stand-alone, PC versions of Team Fortress® 2, PortalTM, and the...
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Video:VVIKOO GeForce 8800 GT Max 1024 MB @ techPowerUpMSI R3650-T2D512-OC (Radeon HD 3650 512MB) @ HardwareZoneVvikoo 9600GT Turbo Vvikoo 9600GT Turbo with Zalman's VF-1000 pure cooper cooler @ OCWorkBenchMSI GeForce N9600GT OC Graphics Card @ TweaktownAMD 3870X2 Crossfire @ t-breakDiamond Viper ATI Radeon HD 3870 512MB Video Card @ BmRCrossFire...
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OCZ Technology Introduces High-Speed SATA II Solid State Drive to their High-Performance Mobile SolutionsSave battery life, shed excess weight from your laptop, and experience superior read/write speeds with OCZ Technology’s Solid State Drives.Sunnyvale, CA—March 12, 2008—OCZ Technology Group, Inc., a worldwide leader in innovative, ultra-high...
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A report, to be presented at a California computer-security conference in May, suggests that pacemakers and defibrillators may be targets for hacking.Millions of Americans have pacemakers, which keeps hearts beating regularly, or an implanted defibrillator, which can restart stopped hearts with an electric jolt. After implanting a defibrillator...
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And we're not talking about "hot sales" either.Japan is investigating a possible defect in Apple Inc.'s iPod after one of the popular digital music players reportedly shot out sparks while recharging, a government official said Wednesday.An official at the trade and economy ministry, which oversees product problems, said a defect is suspected...
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Rumors flew yesterday about today's YouTube announcement. Some thought it would be high-definition videos (long desired); others thought it would be a deal with Hulu (which would have been cool). The real announcement was an opening up of YouTube, turning it into a service that could power your own application, site, whatever, via new APIs.We...
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Not living in Kentucky? Count yourself lucky. A bill filed in the House would keep Kentuckians from posting anonymous comments to Web sites.House Bill 775, filed Tuesday by Rep. Tim Couch, R-Hyden, would require anyone who contributes to a Web site to register a real name, address and e-mail address with that Web site. The person's...
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Video: Foxconn 9600GT 512 MB Review @ OCCXFX 8400GS 256MB Video Card Review @ Gamepyre Motherboards & Chipsets: Tyan Tempest i5400XT @ PhoronixAMD 790FX 4-Way Motherboard Roundup @ HardwareZoneGigabyte MA-78GM-S2H Motherboard @ Legit ReviewsMemory & Storage: Corsair 32GB Flash Voyager @ 3DGameManHoneywell SecuraDrive 1.8-inch 80GB...
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We do? And we always thought it was all about winning - which usually means not dying.I can't even count the number of ways I've died. Like most gamers, I've been slaughtered by AK-47-wielding terrorists, poisoned by eldritch spiders and blown up with alien frag grenades. I've also been impaled on medieval swords, ripped limb from limb...
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Sorry, Beatles fans: two sources are throwing cold water on rumors that Paul McCartney has sold the rights to the Beatles back catalog to iTunes.Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the joint venture owned by Sony and singer Michael Jackson, has thrown cold water on newspaper stories out of London that The Beatles catalog would soon be available on...
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Video: GIGABYTE GV-RX387512H HD3870 512MB Crossfire Review @ Motherboards.orgGigabyte 8800GT TurboForce @ t-breakASUS VW222 22-inch Wide-Screen Review @ TechgageSapphire Radeon HD 3870 X2 Graphics Card @ TweaktownBFGTech 9600 GT OC in SLI vs. GeForce 8800 GTX @ [H]Four Overclocked RADEON HD 3650/3850/3870 Graphics Cards @ Digit-LifeMemory...
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What's up with Sony BMG? Of late, they seem to be open to trying new ideas which, based on their rootkit-like DRM and other issues in the past, seem out of character. First they sign a deal with Amazon MP3 for all DRM-free music, and now this!From the end of April, We7's users will be able to stream music, on demand and for free with a short...
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The British company Thruvision has announced the T5000 Security Imaging System, a camera that can "see" under clothes using what the company calls "passive imaging technology" to identify objects by the natural electromagnetic rays that they emit. The T5000 camera, created by a company called ThruVision, uses what it calls "passive imaging...
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If nothing else, it appears that the contentious divorce between Paul McCartney and Heather Mills has led to one good result - well, not for either of them, but for music fans. McCartney has authorized the release of the Beatles' back catalog on iTunes in a deal that is valued at $400 million.The deal has been much delayed. But industry insiders...
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Video: Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT: Worthy Rival to ATI Radeon HD 3000 @ X-bit LabsSapphire HD 3850 Ultimate Edition Review @ OCCECS GeForce 9600GT Accelero 512MB @ TweaktownPowercolor HD 3650 Xtreme 512 MB @ techPowerUpMemory & Storage: Thermaltake Muse X-Duo RAID Review @ ClubOC.netPatriot Viper PC2-6400XLK 2GB Memory Kit Review @ Virtual-HideoutKingston...
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