ASUS ROG Matrix 5870 Platinum
We have posted our evaluation of the ASUS ROG Matrix 5870 Platinum today for your viewing pleasure. If you are an enthusiast that enjoys tweaking every bit of performance out of your hardware, you'll definitely want to give this video card some consideration. ASUS is launching its new Radeon HD 5870 GPU based video card, the ASUS ROG Matrix 5870 Platinum Edition. ASUS has completely re-designed its 5870 to appeal to hardware enthusiasts and gamers alike, providing an incredible feature set with unprecedented control and customization. Comments
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9000 PCs in Swiss Schools Going Linux Only
According to this report, nine thousand computers used in Swiss schools will no longer be dual boot systems, opting instead to go Linux only. Beginning this September, all 9000 computers will run only Ubuntu and free and open source software. While officials are happy to be saving money on licensing, the Department of Public instruction largely made the move out of what they considered best practices for student education. Comments
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HP Notebook PC Battery Pack Replacement Program
HP is recalling more laptop batteries. Hit the link if you want to know if your battery is on the list. On May 19, 2010, HP expanded a worldwide voluntary recall and replacement program in cooperation with various government agencies, adding battery packs to the replacement program announced on May 14, 2009 and revised on October 15, 2009. Product model series were also added to the list of products that may have been sold with affected batteries. HP customers affected by this program will be eligible to receive a replacement battery pack for each verified, recalled battery pack at no cost. Comments
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Senate Committee: Look Out, 'Scam Marketers'
Do you ever get the feeling that the only time politicians get involved in cases like this is because it happened to one of them? Well, at least someone is finally doing something about it. Rockefeller's committee has said marketers Webloyalty, Affinion, and Vertrue were responsible for mysterious credit card charges that millions of Americans, including elderly citizens and wounded Iraqi veterans, have complained about for years. Rockefeller's bill, called "Restore Online Shoppers' Confidence Act," is the result of a yearlong investigation by the Commerce Committee. Comments
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Corsair Launches 60GB, 120GB, and 240GB Force Series SSD
Corsairآ®, a worldwide designer and supplier of high-performance components to the PC gaming hardware market, today announced three additions to its ultra high-speed Force Seriesآ™ SSDs. The additions to this product family include the F60, F120, and F240 Force Series SSDs, sporting densities of 60GB, 120GB, and 240GB respectively. Comments
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EFF Seeks Attorneys to Help Alleged Movie Downloaders
If you are an attorney licensed to practice law in the United States, the EFF wants to hear from you. The lawsuits proceed similarly to the RIAA lawsuits against unauthorized music downloaders: US Copyright Group files a copyright infringement suit in federal court in Washington DC, against thousands of Does, identified by IP address. Then it presents ISP's with the list of IP's and dates and subpoenas the billing address of the user who had that IP at that date. The ISP's then contact then contact their customers, inform them of the subpoena, and give them an opportunity to file a motion to quash. Comments
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Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser Dies
Audiophiles around the world are mourning the loss of Prof. Dr. Fritz Sennheiser. The audio pioneer passed away just days after his 98th birthday. Thanks to everyone that sent this one in. Late during the evening of 17 May 2010, only a few days after his 98th birthday, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Fritz Sennheiser, audio pioneer and founder of today's Sennheiser electronic GmbH & Co. KG, passed away. The audio industry has lost a huge figure, not only in terms of his technical expertise but also in terms of his humanity. Comments
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Pakistan Blocks YouTube, Facebook
You'd think with everything going on over there that Facebook and YouTube would be lower priority than this, but I guess not. Pakistan on Thursday condemned caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed that appeared on Facebook, blocking access to the networking site and YouTube in a growing backlash over Internet "sacrilege." Comments
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Intel Progresses 'Next Generation' Corporate Responsibility
Intel Corporation's latest Corporate Responsibility Report, released today, highlights the company's progress toward "next generation" corporate responsibility, in which the principles of corporate citizenship and sustainability are integrated throughout all levels of the business. Despite the difficult economic conditions of the past year, Intel continued to apply its technology and culture of innovation carried by its employees آ– the Sponsors of Tomorrow آ– to address global environmental, social and economic challenges and find new opportunities to collaborate with others to maximize impact. Comments
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ASUS ROG Matrix 5870 Platinum Video Card Review
ASUS is launching its new Radeon HD 5870 GPU based video card, the ASUS ROG Matrix 5870 Platinum Edition. ASUS has completely re-designed its 5870 to appeal to hardware enthusiasts and gamers alike, providing an incredible feature set with unprecedented control and customization.
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FTC Asked to Probe Street View Privacy Snafu
It looks like the FTC is finally getting involved in that Street View data siphoning case. I'm not sure what took the FTC so long, the UK, Ireland, Germany and others have all demanded Google delete the data. Two of Google's chief congressional critics on Wednesday called on federal regulators to investigate whether the search company's inadvertent collection of Street View Wi-Fi data violates the law. In a letter to Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz, they prod the agency to evaluate whether accidental capture of brief snippets of Wi-Fi traffic is an "unfair or deceptive act" that has harmed consumers. Here's my questionآ…why should we have to ASK to have that data deleted? If it was truly an accident, why doesn't Google just delete it instead of making each country make a formal request? Comments
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50TB Per Tape Cartridge
Yes, you read that right, Japan has developed 50TB back-up tape cartridges. Imagine all the stuff you could store on a couple of those! Hitachi Maxell and Tokyo Institute of Technology today jointly announced the development of ultra high capacity tape media with ultra thin nano-structured magnetic film by using of facing targets sputtering method. The demonstrated a world-record areal density of 45.0 Gb/in2 in linear formatted perpendicular magnetic recording media. This latest technology enables over 50 TB capacity per a standard tape cartridge, which equals to 33 times larger than a capacity of the latest LTO Ultrium 5 data cartridge. Comments
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Undercover Report From Foxconn's Hell Factory
A reporter went undercover at Foxconn for a month to find out what is behind the recent rash of suicides. Obviously things aren't too badآ…the reporter came back alive. Chinese newspaper Southern Weekly sent 20-year-old reporter Liu Zhi Yi undercover in Foxconn's factory in Shenzhen, China. For 28 days, he experienced dreadful conditions that the factory's 400,000 employees endure, churning out iPods, iPads, and iPhones for Apple nonstop. Comments
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