Weekend Open Forum: The most 'evil' tech company?
It's been a lousy few months for Sony with all the PS3 hacking controversy, followed by a lawsuit that triggered a backlash from a group of gamers. Then the recent security breach on the PlayStation Network, which resulted in some sensitive user data being compromised and forced the company to... 
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Sony faces class action lawsuit for PSN fiasco
Go figure: the recent PSN data breach has prompted a class action suit against Sony. Filed in a California district court by the Rothken law firm, the 22-page complaint accuses Sony of failing to adequately secure the sensitive information of its users. The company revealed Wednesday that it stored the... Read More ...
Logitech sees Google TV sales plummet to just $5 million
Logitech is having a rough time as a Google TV launch partner; the Logitech Revue was released in October 2010 and it's already seeing very poor sales. The company's set-top box and accessories only generated about $5 million in FY Q4 2011 (PDF, via GigaOm).
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TomTom apologizes for helping police catch speeders
With smartphones, tablets and other mobile electronics offering integrated GPS functionality, single-purpose GPS devices are becoming less popular among consumers. Naturally, less interest equates to weaker sales and that's affecting the bottom line of companies like TomTom. To compensate for declining sales, the Dutch manufacturer recently said it would focus... Read More ...
Canonical releases Ubuntu 11.04
Canonical has announced Ubuntu 11.04 (codenamed Natty Narwhal). The company says the new version "continues Ubuntu's proud tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution." You can download Ubuntu 11.04 directly in three flavors: Ubuntu 32-bit, Ubuntu 64-bit, and Ubuntu Server.Read More ...
Weekend game deals: Rift $29.95
As part of its ongoing "30 days of deals" promotion, Direct2Drive cuts 40% off the retail price of Rift, a new MMORPG from Trion Worlds. While there aren't many mind-blowing bargains this week, we should note that time is running low on a few preorder discounts around the Web --... Read More ...
Is Amazon starting a price war with Apple?
Amazon has dropped the price of popular new tracks on its online store to $0.69, compared to its usual $0.89 pricepoint. The change, which could signal a price war, was first pointed out by the Los Angeles Times.Read More ...
T-Mobile: $1,000 says the Galaxy S 4G is faster than your iPhone
T-Mobile has launched a Seattle Speed Challenge in which it is asking iPhone users to bring in their phone into one of 10 of the company's participating stores to take part in a speed challenge. Between April 29, 2011 and May 1, 2011, if your Apple iPhone can beat the... Read More ...
Redbox to offer $2 per day videogame rentals in June
Redbox, an American company that specializes in the rental of movies via vending machines, has announced it will offer video game rentals at more than 21,000 Redbox locations in the US, starting on June 17, 2011. Top video games will go for only $2 a day, complementing Redbox's current $1... Read More ...
Acer, Samsung Chrome OS laptop details emerge
As release of the final version of Chrome OS approaches details of the first notebooks powered by Google's cloud-centric operating system are starting to emerge. Just yesterday a Chrome OS bug report dug up by Macles shed some light on an upcoming Acer machine (codenamed ZGB) that will apparently carry... Read More ...
Mozilla developers working on Firefox graphics, JavaScript
With the release of Firefox 4 Mozilla gave a notable performance boost to its popular browser, but there's still some way to go before taking the speed crown from its rivals. With a new development model in place the company hopes it can churn out features and improvements faster. Among... Read More ...
Google announces voice, video chat for Android 2.3
Google has announced a new version of Google Talk with video and voice chat for Android 2.3 (codenamed Gingerbread) devices. The new app lets you video or voice chat over a 3G data network, a 4G data network, or over Wi-Fi. The other person can be either using a compatible... Read More ...
Microsoft's 3Q earnings rise 31%, but Windows sales down
Microsoft's earnings rose 31% to $5.2 billion on sales of $16.4 billion in the third quarter for fiscal 2011. That's certainly some remarkable growth by anyone's standards but the company's latest report is interesting for a few other nuggets, like the fact that it marks the second straight quarter that... Read More ...
Apple may have bought iCloud domain for $4.5 million
Apple may have bought the iCloud.com domain name for $4.5 million. The rumor is based on information from a source familiar with the company, according to GigaOm.Read More ...
Intel Solid State Drive 510 Series 120GB Review
The OCZ Vertex 3 240GB blew us away when we reviewed it earlier this month. Its lighting fast transfer speeds and application performance left no room for the competition to breathe -- including the once-praised Samsung 470 Series and Crucial RealSSD C300 drives. The Vertex 3 proved to be dramatically... Read More ...
Sony: Some PSN user data was unencrypted
After Sony announced that its servers were hacked, users bombarded the company with concerns about the safety of their personal information. In its announcement earlier this week, Sony admitted that the attacker(s) gained access to customers' names, addresses, email addresses, birth dates, and PSN login credentials. Read More ...
Intel SSD roadmap shows five new drives coming in 2011
Engadget has published a leaked roadmap detailing Intel's SSD launch schedule. Assuming the graph is correct, Intel has a busy year planned with five new flash drives due before 2012. This, of course, is in addition to the 310, 320 and 510 series drives that have already invaded the consumer... Read More ...
AMD adds Nvidia SLI support to its chipsets
Nvidia has announced that it has licensed SLI to the leading motherboard companies for integration onto their upcoming motherboards featuring AMD's 990FX, 990X, and 970 chipsets. Asus, Gigabyte, ASRock, and MSI will be among the first motherboard manufacturers to offer this new capability, though Nvidia says that more companies will... Read More ...
Panasonic to cut 17,000 jobs, close 70 factories
Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic is cutting about 17,000 jobs and closing up to 70 factories around the world over the next two years, according to Reuters. Panasonic President Fumio Ohtsubo said the company will streamline operations to boost profitability, including selling some of its businesses, and reduce its nearly... Read More ...
AMD rebrands Radeon HD 5700 series as 6700
First appearing in 2009's Radeon HD 5700 products, AMD's Juniper graphics processor has reemerged with a fresh disguise courtesy of the "new" Radeon HD 6700 series. Although we've known since earlier this year that the Radeon HD 6750 and 6770 would be rebranded 5750 and 5770 cards, it was believed... Read More ...
Intel SSD 510 Series 120GB Review
Considering all the achievements Intel earned with its X25-M drives, hardware enthusiasts were to expect Intel to oppose OCZ's juggernaut. The SSD 510 Series steps in to compete with the Vertex 3 in the high-end consumer market, for the first time using a third-party controller that adds SATA 6Gb/s support.
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Ubuntu 11.40 Natty Narwhal 64-bit
Codenamed Maverick Meerkat, the worlds most popular Linux operating system gains many notable improvements and upgrades.
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Mozilla Firefox 3.5.19
Improve your browsing experience with Mozilla's open-source and highly acclaimed Firefox.
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AI RoboForm 7.2.9
RoboForm is a free password manager and one-click web form filler with some serious Artificial Intelligence.
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SIW (System Info) 2011 0428
This tool gathers detailed information about your system.
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Easy CD-DA Extractor Premium 2011.3
All-in-one audio application. Rip audio cd's, convert audio files and burn audio cd's.
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Easy CD-DA Extractor Free 2011.3
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Ubuntu 11.40 Natty Narwhal 32-bit
Your Ubuntu, your way!
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BitDefender USB Immunizer 1.2.0.1
BitDefender USB Immunizer allows you to immunize your USB storage device or SD card against infections with autorun-based malware
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Torrent 3.0.25223 (utorrent) Beta
Torrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint.
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RoboForm2Go 7.2.9
Saves online passwords, automatically logs in, fills forms, works from USB disk.
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GoodSync 8.6.9.9
GoodSync is an easy and reliable file backup and file synchronization software
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Deskman 10.04
The new Deskman SE allows you to secure desktops, lock down PCs and restrict access the way you want.
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Vista Start Menu 3.87
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cFosSpeed 6.51 Build 1845 Beta
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Google Chrome 12.0.742.12 Dev for Windows
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Dexpot 1.5.9.1503
Turns your monitor into up to 20 monitors.
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Orbit Downloader 4.1.0.0
Super light,easy-to-use and free rich media downloader.
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Firefox Portable 4.0.1
Run Firefox from your removable/USB drive.
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avast! Virus Definitions April 29, 2011
Protect your system and valuable data against computer viruses.
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McAfee SuperDAT Update 6331
Update your Mcafee based virus scanner.
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus Update April 29, 2011
Virus definitions for Kaspersky Anti-Virus.
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AVG Anti-Virus Updates April 29, 2011
Keep your AVG Anti-Virus updated.
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AVIRA Antivirus Desktop Update Package 04/29/11
Update AVIRA Desktop for Windows with latest virus definitions and scan engine.
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Bitdefender Virus Definitions April 29, 2011
Keep your Bitdefender Anti-Virus updated.
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Norman Malware Cleaner 2011.04.29
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Kaspersky Virus Removal Tool 04.30.2011
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Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 04/29/2011 64-bit
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.
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F-Secure Virus Definitions April 29, 2011
Keep your F-Secure products updated.
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Windows Defender Latest Definition Updates 04/29/2011
Download the latest Windows Defender Definition Updates.
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Ad-aware 2008 Definitions File 04/29/11
Manually update Ad-aware 2008 with the latest definitions file.
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ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 R3.0 Bios v 4.00
Driver Date: 4/28/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7
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ASRock ALiveXFire-eSATA2 Bios v 4.00
Driver Date: 4/28/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7
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Asus P8Q67-M DO Graphics Accelerator Driver v 8.15.10.2291
Driver Date: 4/22/2011 OS Support: Windows Vista / 7
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Asus P8Q67-M DO Via Audio Driver v 6.0.1.8800
Driver Date: 4/22/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7
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