NY Times Chronicles 10 Video Games to Avoid For Children
These may be games many people find unsuitable for children but the likelihood is high that older gamers will see this more as a "top picks" list. Frag on!
When it comes to video entertainment, my daughter still prefers wholesome sports, arcade and music-themed games. But many young children and teenagers are attracted to the over-the-top characters, graphics and game play found in action-thriller titles better suited for older players.
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The Federal Trade Commission Sues Processor Manufacturer Intel
The Federal Trade Commission today sued Intel Corp., the world's leading computer chip maker, charging that the company has illegally used its dominant market position for a decade to stifle competition and strengthen its monopoly. In its complaint, the FTC alleges that Intel has waged a systematic campaign to shut out rivals' competing microchips by cutting off their access to the marketplace. In the process, Intel deprived consumers of choice and innovation in the microchips that comprise the computers' central processing unit, or CPU.
"Intel has engaged in a deliberate campaign to hamstring competitive threats to its monopoly," said Richard A. Feinstein, Director of the FTC's Bureau of Competition. "It's been running roughshod over the principles of fair play and the laws protecting competition on the merits. The Commission's action today seeks to remedy the damage that Intel has done to competition, innovation, and, ultimately, the American consumer."
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December 16 News from Around the Web
MSI Geforce GTX 275 Lightning Video Card Review @ Madshrimps and other reviews from around the web can be found by visiting our forums!
The previous Lightning model based of a Geforce GTX 260 by MSI was a big success within the overclocking/gaming community. Can MSI pull it off again with the higher rated GTX 275? What did MSI change to declare this card the fastest GTX 275 out there? Only one way to find out: Let us explore the card and included software bit by bit.
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EU Drops Microsoft Antitrust Charges
One of Microsoft's legal woes has now been wrapped up as the lawsuit brought against them for anti-trust practices has been dropped as users are able to replace Internet Explorers and PC's can ship without it being installed as well.
The European Union is dropping antitrust charges against Microsoft Corp. after the company agreed to give Windows users a choice of up to 12 other Web browsers. Microsoft will avoid further EU fines if it sticks by a binding deal with EU regulators to provide a pop-up screen that lets users replace Microsoft's Internet Explorer or add another browser such as Mozilla's Firefox, Google's Chrome or Opera.
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China tightens grip with review of personal websites
China has banned individuals from registering internet domain names and launched a review of millions of existing personal websites in the toughest government censorship drive so far on the internet. As of Monday, people applying to register a domain name in China must present a company chop and a business licence, the China Internet Network Information Center, a government-backed body, said in a statement.
Internet service providers said they had started to review their client base for potentially fraudulent or harmful individually owned sites. The term harmful is often used by the government as a catch-all that covers everything from pornography to anti-state activity. As with many other issues considered sensitive by the government, individual domain name ownership has always been a legal grey area in China.
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NVIDIA Will Be Introducing New Tesla Fermi Based Products Tomorrow
NVIDIA will be hosting a live webinar tomorrow morning at 11am PST to teach their customers about the new Tesla GPU Compute solutions built on Fermi and the dramatic performance capabilities it will bring for customers who are tackling the most difficult, compute-intensive problems.
NVIDIAs next generation CUDA architecture, code named Fermi is the most advanced GPU computing architecture ever built. Join us for a live webinar to learn about the new Tesla GPU Compute solutions built on Fermi and the dramatic performance capabilities they offer customers who are tackling the most difficult, compute-intensive problems. In addition you will learn about our limited time offer, the Mad Science Promotion, whereby you may qualify for a promotional upgrade to a new NVIDIA Fermi-based Tesla product when you purchase a NVIDIA Tesla C1060 GPU Computing Processor or a S1070 1U GPU Computing System today.
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner Takes Off Successfully For Its First Flight
Boeing's 787 Dreamliner just moments ago took off for the very first time after years of delays. The company's first new jetliner in almost 15 years, the plane is made of lightweight composite materials and supposed to reduce fuel costs by 20 percent.
The test aircraft completed its ground tests during the weekend, including a 150-mph dash down the runway at Everett's Paine Field during which its nose gear briefly lifted off the pavement. At 10:27 a.m. PT Tuesday, pilots Michael Carriker and Randall Neville took the 787 on a four-hour flight, beginning the extensive flight test program needed to obtain the plane's Federal Aviation Administration certification.
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Australia To Filter Web Via IP's
In a move that is almost assuredly going to be followed by more and more countries if successful, Australia will be disallowing access to sites via IP filtering that house criminal content.
Australia intends to introduce filters which will ban access to websites containing criminal content. The banned sites will be selected by an independent classification body guided by complaints from the public, said Communications Minister Stephen Conroy. A seven month trial in conjunction with internet service providers found the technology behind the filter to be 100% effective. However, there has been opposition from some internet users.
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Asetek Raises $8 Million - Credits Corsair's H50 CPU Cooler
Asetek announced today that it has raised an additional $8 million dollars in venture capital and appointed industry veteran Sam Szteinbaum as Chairman of the Board. The completion of this fund raising round caps a string of successes for Asetek in 2009. In June, Asetek partnered with Corsair to launch the Corsair branded, Asetek manufactured Hydro H50 CPU Cooler, bringing Asetek cooling technology back into the enthusiast market. In August, HP introduced Asetek supplied liquid cooling options to further enhance the quiet computing capability HP's new Z400 and Z800 workstations. And, in September, Dell introduced its new 100% liquid cooled line up of extreme performance Alienware Aurora and Area-51 desktop gaming machines. Legit Reviews reviewed the Corsair Hydro H50 CPU cooler back in July 2009 when it was first launched and found it a good value for the price!
"The successes Asetek has achieved in 2009 show clearly that the benefits of enhanced performance and improved acoustics enabled by the company's factory sealed liquid cooling systems are important differentiators for computer OEMs serious about addressing the performance segments of both the commercial and consumer PC markets," said Szteinbaum. "We are also gratified by how rapidly the enthusiast market has embraced our liquid cooling technology following the launch of the Corsair H50 CPU cooler," continued Szteinbaum. "Raising an additional $8 million in venture capital funding given the current difficult economic climate, demonstrates clearly the confidence our investors have in Asetek's management team and technology to continue to expand its market share in the workstation, gaming and performance segments of the PC market. I am excited to work with the management team at Asetek to help the company realize the full potential of liquid cooling in the market. "
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Adobe Investigating Reader, Acrobat Potential Exploits
There have been various reports of exploits in Adobe Reader and Acrobat and although no specific details are given, I'd shy away from any Adobe documents received through questionable sites or unrecognized e-mail senders.
Adobe warned of reports of an attack exploiting a hole in Reader and Acrobat on Monday. "This afternoon, Adobe received reports of a vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.2 and earlier versions being exploited in the wild," the company said in an advisory on its Security Incident Response Team blog. "We are currently investigating this issue and assessing the risk to our customers. We will provide an update as soon as we have more information."
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Swiftech Apogee XT Extreme CPU Waterblock Review
The Swiftech APOGEE XT Extreme Duty Waterblock - Optimized for Intel Core i5 and Core i7 cooling but will also yield world class performance on all other processors. The Apogee XT cooling engine combines the benefits of direct coolant impingement over the CPU area with a copper base plate characterized by a pin matrix composed of 225 um (0.009") micro structures. What does that mean? Read on to find out!
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