Monday, April 13, 2009

IT News HeadLines (Tom's Hardware) 13/04/2009



Why Cable ISP Capping is the New DRM, and Suck
Why Cable ISP Capping is the New DRM, and SuckI, like many people, have been subscribing to Internet connection services since the days of 3600 baud modems. Then, I upgraded to 14.4k, 36.6k, 56k, DSL and now cable.
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Time Warner COO Talks Revised Capped Plans
Time Warner COO Talks Revised Capped PlansTime Warner Cable COO has posted a public letter announcing revisions to the proposed bandwidth capped internet plans.
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CompUSA takes Another Shot at Retail
CompUSA takes Another Shot at RetailThe new CompUSA has emerged from bankruptcy and is now slowly returning to the brick-and-mortar retail scene. However, the Systemax-owned company is pushing a new "retail 2.0" philosophy.
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Facebook Blocks Pirate Bay Torrent Linking
Facebook Blocks Pirate Bay Torrent LinkingThis week Facebook decided it didn't want to be associated with illegal software distribution and consequently blocked The Pirate Bay's torrent linking on its site.
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New Microsoft Ad Says Macs are Cool With Kids
New Microsoft Ad Says Macs are Cool With KidsMicrosoft’s back with episode 3 of the Laptop Hunters, where real-life similes shop for their ideal laptop, only to arrive at a PC.
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Nvidia, ATI Release New Drivers
Nvidia, ATI Release New DriversBoth Nvidia and ATI released new drivers over the past few days: Nvidia's GeForce 185.68 beta driver and ATI's Catalyst 9.4
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OCZ Jumps On Mac Hardware Bandwagon
OCZ Jumps On Mac Hardware BandwagonOCZ is adding Mac compatible solid state drives to its Vertex series of SSDs, and also debuted several different Apple specific memory kits.
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QOTD: Do You Shut Off Your PC At Night?
QOTD: Do You Shut Off Your PC At Night?Because of mechanical wear and tear in traditional hard drives and fans, I've never really liked turning off my computing devices. A steady on state is better for the hard drive in the long run.
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Winners of Our AMD Overclocking Contest!
Winners of Our AMD Overclocking Contest!After two months of intense overclocking, two champions have emerged victors of the AMD Virtual Overclocking Contest.
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