Google Ends Self-Censorship, Defies China Government
Google finally made the move to end censorship in China and the Chinese government is not happy about it at all. It will be interesting to see what China does next. Are we taking bets? Google Inc. defied China's self- censorship rules by redirecting mainland Chinese users to an unfiltered Hong Kong Web site, threatening its ability to operate in the world's largest Internet market. Comments
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This Is Total Bull!
What the!?!?! Cows in Russia are getting 40" Samung LED-backlit LCDs to watch all day long? Damn, must be nice! Comments
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German Government Says Stop Using Firefox
The German government issued a warning yesterday telling people not to use Firefox because of a critical vulnerability. The vulnerability has been fixed with version 3.6.2 but the larger question remains, isn't it a bit odd to have your government playing browser police? Will they tell you not to use Firefox every time there is a vulnerability? BürgerCERT, part of the German Federal Office for Security in Information Technology, is advising users to stop using Firefox until Mozilla can push a patch out to users to fix the vulnerability that it contains which could be exploited by hackers to run malicious code on users' computers. Comments
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MSI R5870 Lightning Breaks Six World Records
At MSI/AMD Lightning Overclocking Contest 2010, Taiwan overclocker_NickShih achieved P28749 of 3DMark Vantage marks, which is the highest record at the contest. More impressively, NickShih demonstrated his incredible 1485MHz GPU clock and now he is the holder of six world records from his extreme overclocking of R5870 Lightning. Let us marvel at the ultimate overclocking performance of R5870 Lightning! Comments
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Bill Gates & Toshiba in Talks on Small Nuclear Reactor
Bill Gates and Toshiba want to put a mini-nuclear reactor in every home. Ahhhh! We are all gonna die! An energy start-up backed by Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates is in discussions with Toshiba Corp. on developing a small-scale nuclear reactor that would represent a long-term bet to make nuclear power safer and cheaper. Comments
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Internet Usage Overtakes Television in Canada
It looks like Canadians spend more time on the internet now than they do watching TV. Wasn't it last year when a similar study was conducted here in the U.S.? The survey, conducted by Ipsos Reid last fall found that Canadians are spending more than 18 hours a week online, compared to 16.9 hours watching television. Interestingly, Internet usage and the number of hours watching television have both experienced a rise since last year. Web surfing is up from 14.9 hours last year and television watching rose to 15.8 hours. Comments
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Google Criticizes Australia Over Internet Filter Plan
According to this article, Google is criticizing Australia over its plan to filter the internet. The search giant says the plan is well beyond what other countries are doing and that the scope of content is "too wide." Currently locked in a major dispute over censorship in China, the US web giant said its primary concern with Australia's proposal was "that the scope of content to be filtered is too wide". Google said Australia went "well beyond" filters being considered in countries such as Britain, Canada, Denmark, Finland and Sweden, which focus only on blocking material related to child sex abuse. Comments
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The Laser Turns 50
Lasers are one of those things that still seem new and futuristic, even though they have been around for 50 years. On March 22, 1960, back when everybody had three names, Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes received the first laser patent. The event marked the beginning of a long, contentious patent dispute with a physicist named Gordon Gould who claimed that he, in fact, was the true inventor of the laser. Comments
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Firefox 3.6.2 Update Now Available
A new blog post on the Mozilla developer center website says that a new version of Firefox is out now. Today's update fixes a handful of stability issues as well as several security holes including one rated as "critical." We strongly recommend that all Firefox users upgrade to this latest release. If you already have Firefox 3.6 you will receive an automated update notification within 24 to 48 hours. This update can also be applied manually by selecting "Check for UpdatesÂ…" from the Help menu. Comments
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VIA Takes the Jitters Out of Online HD Video
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator of power efficient x86 processor platforms, today announced the new VIA VX900 media system processor, a full featured single chip solution that will be coupled with the latest VIA Nano-3000 Series processors to bring truly stunning video playback to the latest HD online video services. "VIA's trail-blazing VX900 will bring welcome relief to those pining for the best view of HD video online," said Richard Brown, Vice President of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc. "The VIA VX900 represents the most complete solution for HD digital content consumption on the market today." Comments
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Intel Files Preliminary 2010 Proxy Statement with SEC
A preliminary version of Intel's 2010 Proxy Statement was filed with the SEC and is available on the SEC Website today. Following SEC review Intel plans to publish and distribute the definitive version of the Proxy Statement along with the 2009 Annual Report to Stockholders. (Note: The preliminary document is not intended as a solicitation of proxy voting authority; that will come with the definitive document.) Separately, Intel noted in SEC filings that John Thornton, a director since 2003, has decided not stand for re-election to the Intel Board of Directors at the upcoming Annual Stockholders' Meeting. The Intel Board currently has 11 members, and with Mr. Thornton's retirement the Board will be composed of 10 members following the Annual Meeting. Comments
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Aliens vs. Predator Gameplay Performance and IQ
Our Aliens vs. Predator Gameplay Performance and IQ evaluation features seven of the best video cards on the market today. If you are shopping for a new GPU for DX11 games, you'll definitely want to hit the link above and see how each card performed. When DirectX 10 came into our gaming lives, it brought with it terrible performance hits and negligible image quality changes. We are glad to see that DirectX 11 brought improved performance not only over DirectX 10, but even over DirectX 9. Graphically speaking, we were hoping that there would be more to see, but we were disappointed. Comments
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New Twist on Identity Theft
[H] forum member EvilAlchemist has some rather important information for those of you that buy items like iPods and MP3 players online. It seems that thieves are loading up the devices with malware so that victims are infected the first time they connect the device to their PC. One lady lost $12k in cash and had three of her credit cards maxed in four days. Pass this on to anyone you think might end up falling victim to a scam like this. As we asked more questions, she said her computer had been running very slow since she purchased an iPod off eBay last week I looked on the iPod drive and there are numerous dll's , exe and tons of malware. So far, the thieves have stolen over $12,000 from here accounts and maxed 3 of her credit cards in 4 days! I wonder how many other iPod sold on eBay have this as well. Comments
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Aliens vs. Predator Gameplay Performance and IQ
Aliens vs. Predator, the latest follow-up to Rebellions classic hit of the same name is here, and promises to bring DirectX 11 gaming with it! We'll check it out on seven of the best video cards out there and find out just what DirectX 11 has to offer us for our Sci-Fi bug hunting fix!
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