Wednesday, August 4, 2010
IT News HeadLines (HardOCP) 04/08/2010
AG Investigating Apple & Amazon Over E-Book Price Fixing
The Connecticut Attorney General's Office is investigating Apple and Amazon for e-book price fixing. How can this be? Amazon accused of e-book price fixing? I can believe Apple would do something like thisÂ…but Amazon?!? Say it isn't so Bezos! Amazon and Apple combined will likely command the greatest share of the retail e-book market, allowing their most-favored-nation clauses to effectively set the floor prices for the most popular e-books. Such agreements -- especially when offered to two of the largest e-book retail competitors in the United States -- threaten to encourage coordinated pricing and discourage discounting. Comments
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Keyboard Throwing Contest = FAIL
If you are having a keyboard throwing contest, make sure everyone participating has better aim than this guy. Comments
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Microsoft Plugs Critical Windows Vulnerability
For those of you that haven't seen this yet, Microsoft has released an out of cycle patch for a critical Windows vulnerability that could allow remote code execution. Thanks to everyone that sent this one in. This security update resolves a publicly disclosed vulnerability in Windows Shell. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if the icon of a specially crafted shortcut is displayed. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. Comments
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Pocket Bike PC Mod
Some guy modded an old pocket bike into a desktop PC. The article isn't in English but all you really need to see is the pictures anyway. Here's one of the finished product: Comments
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RIM to Allow India to Monitor Blackberry Services
Research in Motion says it will allow India to monitor Blackberry services because the government was worried about national security. Research in Motion (RIM.TO) (RIMM.O) has agreed to allow Indian security agencies to monitor its BlackBerry services, The Economic Times newspaper reported on Tuesday, after pressure from governments worried about national security. Comments
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HP Settles Probe into Contract Kickbacks
Hewlett-Packard announced yesterday that it has settled the probe into contract kickbacks without admitting any wrongdoing and paying the U.S. Justice Department money. WaitÂ…if a kickback is giving someone money to make things go your wayÂ…what just happened here again? The agreement resolves the department's three-year investigation into HP's GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract, as well as a civil suit filed in Arkansas in 2007. HP said the settlement would have a negative impact of two cents per share on its fiscal third quarter but did not did not update its guidance for the year or quarter. Comments
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Kingston Technology Adds Water-Cooled Modules to HyperX Family
Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the release of HyperX® 'H2O' water-cooled DDR3 dual- and triple-channel memory kits. With frequencies up to 2133 MHz and capacities up to 6GB, H2O is the newest addition to the HyperX product family and supports the needs of enthusiasts building with water-cooled systems. "Water cooling is desirable for its quiet operation and long-term reliability. We are bringing HyperX H2O to market as a solution for PC enthusiasts who want to build water-cooled systems using high quality Kingston products," said Mark Tekunoff, senior technology manager, Kingston®. "HyperX H2O is a natural extension of Kingston's offerings for performance users. Our goal is for users of all levels and interests to have a Kingston product that meets their needs." Comments
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Exceptional Teachers Recognized by Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. today announced the winners of the 2010 U.S. Innovative Education Forum, an event in its sixth year recognizing innovative teachers who creatively and effectively use technology in their curriculum to help improve the way students learn. Cheryl Arnett from Sunset Elementary School in Craig, Colo., and Rawya Shatila from Maskassed Khalil Shehab School in Beirut, Lebanon, won first place for their international collaboration. They will go on to represent the United States at the Worldwide Innovative Education Forum in South Africa this fall, joining nearly 500 other teachers from 60 countries who won similar events in their regions. Comments
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Google Earth Used To Find Unpermitted Pools
You know that swimming pool you put in last year without getting the proper permits? Guess whatÂ…you've been busted by Google Earth. I don't think most home owners are going to like this new tech trend. A town on New York's Long Island is using Google Earth to find backyard pools that don't have the proper permits. The town of Riverhead has used the satellite image service to find about 250 pools whose owners never filled out the required paperwork. Violators were told to get the permits or face hefty fines. So far about $75,000 in fees has been collected. Comments
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High-Tech Gadget Trends Differ by Region
According to the first annual gadget census, people in NY are iPad lovers, folks in Massachusetts are big fans of the Kindle while people in Arizona are still stuck on their VCRs. That last part about the VCRs wasn't a joke. New Yorkers love iPads and other hot, new gadgets. Folks in Massachusetts are partial to e-readers such as Amazon's Kindle. Folks in Phoenix, however, seem to like their sturdy old tube TVs and VCRs just fine. Comments
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Why Xbox Might Be Microsoft's Future
The Xbox 360 and the upcoming Kinect are the future of Microsoft? Wired seems to think so. Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, told Computerworld on Thursday that Kinect "portends a revolution in the way people will interact with computers." Bill Gates suggested something very similar at the D5 conference in 2007: The real transformation of the desktop metaphor for the PC would come through innovations in three-dimensional imaging. Comments
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Gorilla Glass
It has taken fifty years or so but Gorilla glass might finally be coming into its own. Gorilla glass, Gorilla glass, Gorilla glass...I just like the way that sounds. Gorilla showed early promise in the '60s, but failed to find a commercial use, so it's been biding its time in a hilltop research lab for almost a half-century. It picked up its first customer in 2008 and has quickly become a $170 million a year business as a protective layer over the screens of 40 million-plus cell phones and other mobile devices. Comments
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Do We Need a 'Do Not Track' List
How many of you would support a national "Do Not Track" list? Hopefully it would work better than the Do Not Call list but, at this point, I think anything would be better than nothing. The so-called Do Not Track list is now under investigation, and a report on its feasibility is said to be due in the fall. The idea would be to limit Web users' trackability through cookies and other mechanisms, thus preventing online marketers from discovering users' browsing and e-shopping habits. Comments
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Modding Active Shutter Glasses to 2D Left or Right Only
I am not sure what the purpose of modding your 3D Vision active shutter glasses to display 2D left or right only but someone did it...and here is the video proof: Comments
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ASUS ARES Dual 5870 GPU Video Card Review
ASUS is out to dominate gaming performance with the new ASUS ARES dual-5870 GPU video card with 4GB of GDDR5 on board. Is this $1200 video card up to the task of providing a better gameplay experience over the Radeon HD 5970 and how will it compare to GTX 480 SLI considering that is a less expensive solution?
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