Items tagged with petition

by Nathan Ord - Wed, Apr 21, 2021

Right To Repair Movement Gains Steam As Petition With 15K Signatures Is Delivered To FTC

Breaking a phone can be a nightmare of an ordeal, with replacement parts sometimes being absurdly expensive and repairing difficult or downright annoying. Sometimes, you cannot even use a local repair shop for fixing devices as it must go to the manufacturer lest you break some warranty-voiding clause in the end-user... Read more...

by Paul Lilly - Wed, Sep 18, 2013

Change.Org Petitions Rockstar for GTA V Release on the PC

Is there a bigger tease in the world than Rockstar Games? Not if you're a PC gamer. Again and again, Rockstar Games gropes the console community right in front of PC players by slow rolling game updates, screenshots, trailers, and other tantalizing tidbits for their platform right up until the launch of whichever Grand Theft Auto title it's... Read more...

by Michael Santo - Mon, Apr 14, 2008

Petition to Save XP Now Tops 100K

InfoWorld's petition to save Windows XP has picked up steam, and not only is now over 111K signatures, but also has attracted the attention of mainstream media.InfoWorld, a publication that covers the information technology industry, launched a “Save Windows XP” petition drive in January. Microsoft originally planned to stop selling XP to... Read more...

by Michael Santo - Tue, Apr 01, 2008

HP Blackbird Banned from Gaming Competition!

It's too fast, says the International PC Gaming Association (IPCGA)!April 1, 2008 – The International PC Gaming Association (IPCGA), the largest non-profit membership organization serving PC game developers and enthusiasts, today announced that HP Blackbird 002 has been banned from next month’s 2008 International PC Gaming Tournament due to... Read more...

by Gregory Sullivan - Thu, Jul 05, 2007

Cable Box+FCC+Imaginary Competition=Pay Up Sucka

The least Hot Hardware in the world might be your set-top cable box. It unscrambles your signal and changes the channel. The FCC thought it would sex up the lowly technology and spur competition by requiring set-top boxes be configured to allow the end user to purchase the box, with an installable card supplied by the cable provider to make... Read more...

by Sandy Drew - Thu, Sep 07, 2006

Best Buy's Geek Squad has new competition at Cicuit City - Firedog!

DailyTech is reporting that Circuit City has launched a new 24hr house call service for most of your electronic needs. Poised as a convergence and pc technological service, FireDog appears to be a direct competitor to Best Buy's Geek Squad. The Firedog team is a 24-hour technology service that Circuit... Read more...

by Sean Pelletier - Wed, May 17, 2006

Users Petition Creative X-Fi

The Inquirer sends word that owners of Creative's flagship X-Fi sound cards are up in arms and have formed a petition to have several key fixes and enhancements made to the product. From crackling audio to bloated software and a lack of any significant support for X-Ram, there is plenty for X-Fi owners to complain about. Perhaps the largest... Read more...

by HH Editor - Fri, Dec 14, 2001

PC133 CAS2 SDRAM Competition Corsair Vrs. Mushkin

PC133 CAS2 SDRAM Module Competition Corsair Vrs. Mushkin By Dave Altavilla - September 19, 2000 Like building a house on a solid foundation, there is just no substitute for good memory, when it comes to performance computing. Virtually all of the various components in your PC access main system memory at some point or another. ... Read more...