Is Online Privacy Really A Concern?
Looking at the results of this study, it is easy to see that most people say one thing but do another when it comes to online privacy.
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Pirate Bay Co-Founder to Run For European Parliament
One of the Pirate Bay founders is running for office. This is a nice change, usually when we see one of them running, it's almost always from the law.
Peter Sunde has announced he will run in the European Parliament elections next year. Sunde, the former spokesman for The Pirate Bay, will participate for the Finnish branch of the Pirate Party. Sunde has yet to sit out a prison sentence for his previous involvement with the infamous BitTorrent site but hopes to emulate the Swedish Pirate Party's previous successes when they claimed seats for two MEPs.
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Google Loses Case Involving Autocomplete Search Suggestion
Isn't this like the third or fourth time the courts in Germany have smacked down Google?
Google Inc. (GOOG), operator of the world's largest Internet search engine, lost a case in Germany's top civil court over how its autocomplete function adds words to searches. If alerted about libelous words that are added to a name entered in the search slot, Google has to block them, the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe said, overturning two lower court rulings. The website had added "Scientology" and "fraud" to the plaintiff's name, the court said in a statement on its website today.
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White House: There No Reason Not To Tax Violent Media
To be fair to the vice president (and politicians in general) you could remove "violent media" from his statement and insert literally anything and he would still support it.
Media and entertainment that portray violence should be subject to a special tax. Biden replied that there was "no restriction on the ability to do that; there's no legal reason why they couldn't" place a tax on violent media, Sister Marjorie Clark told Politico.
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Cooler Master N200 mATX Case
If you are building a LAN box, file server or HTPC, you might be interested in this review of the Cooler Master N200 mATX case at LanOC today.
Cooler master has released the N series brand of cases, a new line that hopes to tackle the water cooling conundrum that many small form factor users are faced with. The N series is touted as a mainstream computer case aimed at the masses, a simple, cheap solution that will house all of the gaming essentials.
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America's Tech Giants Don't Like You
This is a rather interesting article. Whether you agree or not, it sure makes you think twice about some of the companies named in this article.
When Steve Jobs died in October 2011, crowds of mourners gathered outside of Apple stores, leaving impromptu memorials to the fallen businessman. Many in Occupy Wall Street, then in full bloom, stopped to mourn the .001 percenter worth $7 billion, who didn't believe in charity and whose company had more cash in hand than the U.S. Treasury while doing everything in its power to avoid paying taxes.
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Hedge Fund Calls For Sony To Spin Off Entertainment Arm
Your attention please! If you are a large corporation looking for totally unsolicited advice, this is your guy!
Billionaire hedge fund investor Daniel Loeb on Tuesday called on Sony Corp to spin off its lucrative entertainment arm, setting the stage for a clash between his activist Wall Street fund and management at the Japanese electronics maker.
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Siri Tells Users: Get To The Point
Apple has tweaked Siri's software so that it cuts you off when you are talking and asks you to get to the point. I guess that means you have one less reason to visit a Genius Bar.
If you're the type of person who asks long-winded questions, Siri would like to change your ways. Apple's server-powered software assistant is now telling users to trim down questions that are too long or otherwise complicated -- a move that iLounge suggests is to retrain how users interact with the service versus an actual human being.
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Windows "Blue" Is Now Windows 8.1 And It's Free
Windows "Blue" is now simply Windows 8.1 and it will be a free upgrade to all Windows 8 owners. The company also plans a preview of Windows 8.1 at the end of June.
The update to the struggling Windows 8 operating system, known by the code name "Blue," will be called Windows 8.1, a naming convention that Microsoft has used for its software updates for years. To date, the Windows division has updated the various versions of the Windows 8 operating system 739 times, Reller said. Windows 8.1, however, will offer significantly more changes than those frequent fixes.
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MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming LGA 1155 Motherboard
If you are a gamer in the market for a new motherboard, you will no doubt want to read our evaluation of the MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming motherboard.
MSI enters the "gaming" motherboard market segment, albeit a lot later than many of its competitors. The GD65 series of motherboards from MSI has been a longtime favorite of ours and are easily some of the best motherboards that MSI has produced in the last few years. Does the GD-65 Gaming live up to the legacy of the GD-65 moniker?
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Costco Sells $116,000 F1 Driving Simulator
I'll bet you didn't know Costco sells $116,000 F1 driving simulators. Don't feel bad, I didn't either. You know why? Because most of us would simply build a top of the line Eyefinity / NV Surround system and pocket the other $110k.
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North Carolina Banning Tesla To Prevent Unfair Competition?
Poor Tesla. It seems like every time they get a good bit of news, something like this comes along and kicks them in the junk. Thanks to Kelly Grant for the link.
The proposal, which the Raleigh News & Observer reports was unanimously approved by the state's Senate Commerce Committee on Thursday, would apply to all car manufacturers, but the intended target is clear. It's aimed at Tesla, the only U.S. automaker whose business model relies on selling cars directly to consumers, rather than through a network of third-party dealerships.
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[H]ardware Round-Up
Cases: Cooler Master N200 Case @ NinjaLane
ETC.: CM Storm Recon Gaming Mouse @ PureOC
Motherboards: ASUS Z77 Sabertooth @ Hardwareoverclock
Budget Motherboards Round-Up @ Hardware.Info
Power Supply: SilverStone Strider Gold ST65F-G 650W @ APH Networks
Storage: ADATA DashDrive Elite UE700 32GB @ ThinkComputers
WD My Passport Enterprise 500GB USB3.0 @ eTeknix
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MSI Z77A-GD65 Gaming LGA 1155 Motherboard Review
MSI enters the "gaming" motherboard market segment, albeit a lot later than many of its competitors. The GD65 series of motherboards from MSI has been a longtime favorite of ours and are easily some of the best motherboards that MSI has produced in the last few years. Does the GD-65 Gaming live up to the legacy of the GD-65 moniker?
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