French 'Three Strikes' Piracy Law Faces Major Reversal
The French government is rethinking the 'three strike' policy imposed by then-president Nicolas Sarkozy as a solution to the country's rising Internet piracy rate. After three years of study of the system, the 'three strike' rule was deemed ineffectual and recommended shutting down the agency in charge.
While Hadopi has sent out hundreds of thousands of warnings to those suspected of being pirates, only a handful of cases have reached the third and supposedly final stage. Several of these were thrown out by the courts; others resulted in fines or suspended sentences.
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CBS Acquires All of TV Guide Digital
CBS has announced the network has completed the takeover of TV Guide Digital by purchasing the remaining 50% share of the holdings from Lionsgate. CBS has stated that the company feels the potential of TV Guide Digital has not been fully explored and will continue to expand its comprehensive information and programming capabilities.
The media giant now has full control of both TVGuide.com and the TV Guide Mobile apps, both of which are folding into CBS Interactive's Technology, Games and Lifestyle division.
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Dark Souls 2 to Launch in March 2014?
I guess it had to come to this sooner or later: the gaming world is getting its information from an unidentified billboard on the LA convention center. The billboard is chocked full of pertinent info, like what and when. What else do you need? I guess we will find out for sure if it's a prank or the real deal when E3 convenes later this month.
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Grumpy Cat Gets Movie Deal
This is just wrong on so many levels and is a gross misuse of Internet memes. You've seen him everywhere on the Internet and now, the iconic Grumpy Cat is getting his very own movie. Life isn't fair and who knows, this could be Oscar material.
The unnamed Grumpy Cat project is described as a "Garfield-style feature film," referring either to the oft-remixed comic or the terrifying live-action adaptation, and Grumpy Cat will apparently be given "the power of speech."
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Belarus Becomes World's Top Country ... for Spam
Belarus has the dubious distinction of holding the world crown for the biggest source of global Spam. The climb for the crown, which used to belong to the US, began in earnest around the middle of April and has been rising steadily.
Belarus now accounts for 16.3 per cent of the world's spam, compared to 15.1 per cent from the US and 7.45 per cent from the Ukraine, according to exclusive figures produced for The Register. China accounts for 5.78 per cent of the world's spam-relaying.
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Maine to Enact Law for Cell Phone Tracking
If adequate funding can be appropriated, Maine could be the first state in the US to require obtaining a warrant to track cell phones or any form of GPS trackable hardware. The bill has passed both the Maine House and Senate and is supported by the ACLU.
The Senate, which voted 20-15 to support the bill, will take up final action on the bill in the coming days, though the bill's fiscal note of about $234,000 during the next two years might lead to its demise unless the Legislature can find funding.
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Yahoo Shuts Down Mail Classic, Forces Switch
If you are an aficionado of the classic Yahoo Mail, get ready to switch if you haven't already. The official changeover date to move to the new version begins tomorrow. If you wish to access your mail after this week, you will be forced to upgrade to the new version of Yahoo Mail which may not sit well with many veteran users. Rock meet hard place.
When you upgrade, you will be accepting our Communications Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. This includes the acceptance of automated content scanning and analyzing of your communications content."
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Intel's Atom Brand Getting a Makeover
Intel is reportedly giving the Atom chip a boost and dropping the Atom branding to distance the chip from its older, slower cousin powering many netbooks. Atom is out, Silvermont is in.
The chipmaker's reasoning is that some variants of Silvermont now offer performance comparable to current mainstream Celeron and Pentium. That's quite different from the Atom of old, which had a reputation -- particularly in Netbooks -- for being slow.
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Space Plane's Secret Mission Hits 5-Month Mark
Now would be the perfect time to dust off those tin foil hats and debate what the secret mission of the X-37B space plane has been for the past five months. The Air Force has not offered any information on the mission and will not comment on ongoing operations.
"In that it gives the U.S. military more flexibility in our space operations in terms of both launch and surveillance. It fills an interesting gap between what traditional spy planes and spy satellites can do."
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Oracle Reveals Plans for Java Security Improvements
Java has a serious security problem and Oracle knows it, so the company is taking needed steps to deter further malicious intrusions by strengthening security protocols and increase the Java patching schedule to coincide with other company products.
In the future, Oracle will explore stronger measures to further reduce attack surface including the removal of certain libraries typically unnecessary for server operation. However, those changes are likely to come in future major versions of Java since introducing them now would violate current Java specifications.
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General Mayhem "Sneak Peek" Happening Now!
Ever want to know what goes on in our wildly popular subscriber-only General Mayhem forum? We are giving you a sneak peek at what goes on behind closed doors this weekend and you still have time to get in on the fun. Hit the link and see what you've been missing.
As promised by Kyle when the General Mayhem (off-topic) forum returned, we are having another "sneak peek" thru the weekend. Registered/logged-in members can now view (but not post in) General Mayhem, the BreadBox, [H]obbies, and Cars, although the SoapBox (Rants Political and Otherwise), and Web Linkage Worth Clicking (Cool sites shared) are still off limits.
Come join us in General Mayhem and see what the fun's all about!
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Sonic Lost Worlds Trailer Released
Nintendo and Sega have combined forces to work together on Sonic Lost Worlds and have put out their first gameplay trailer. Give it a look.
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Texting While Driving Banned in Florida
As of October 1st, texting while driving in Florida will net you a ticket. Florida is now part of a growing number of states that are taking actions against drivers who text while in motion. As compared to most other states, Florida's law is quite tame since it is a secondary offense, but repeated offenses will begin to drain your wallet significantly and also raise your insurance rates.
With Florida's law going into effect by the end of the year, texting and driving has now been banned in 10 states, including California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Utah, and Washington
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Windows 8 Will Surpass Vista's Market Share in June
If all factors remain fairly constant, Windows 8 is poised to pass Vista in usage sometime in June. Windows 8 is on the rise (albeit slowly) and Vista is in steady decline, putting Windows 8 in the number three position in the Windows lineup of operating systems.
Put another way, around the middle of June, Windows 8 will surpass Windows Vista as the third most popular operating system variant in the world. It's taken longer than expected, given soft sales of Windows 8 and a slowing PC market, but now around 7 months into its life, the new version of Windows is about to claim its first victim.
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Metro: Last Light Video Card Performance and IQ Review
Today we look at 4A Games Metro: Last Light. Running the 4A Engine it supports modern DX11 effects including tessellation, and NVIDIA PhysX, providing realistic simulations of particles, water, cloth and fog. We'll evaluate this game using today's latest video cards including GTX TITAN and GTX 780, for a total of eight video cards.
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Crucial M500 480GB SSD Review
Crucial's M500 offers the lowest price per gigabyte for an MLC SSD with enterprise-class features not seen on typical consumer SSD data drives. With new 128Gbit MLC NAND paired with the Marvell 9187 controller the M500 should deliver great performance at a historically low price point. Is the Crucial M500's performance up to par?
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Video Card Review
NVIDIA's new GeForce GTX 780 video card has finally been unveiled. We review the GTX 780 with real world gaming with the most intense 3D games, including Metro: Last Light. If the GTX TITAN had you excited but was a bit out of your price range, the GTX 780 should hold your excitement while being a lot less expensive.
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IN WIN G7 Mid-Tower ATX Case Review
We have been using IN WIN cases here at HardOCP for as long as HardOCP has been in existence. Some of our first case mods were based on an IN WIN chassis. We have lost focus on IN WIN in the last decade or so because there are so many quality cases that hit the mark. Does the G7 case live up the nostalgia we have for the brand, for $56?
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PowerColor Radeon HD 7790 TurboDuo Video Card Review
Today we are looking at PowerColor's Radeon HD 7790 TurboDuo video card. We will be using six of today's most popular and demanding games to evaluate its performance at 1080p. The PowerColor HD 7790 TurboDuo hopes to deliver an affordable solution to gaming with a price tag of $165.
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ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II V2 Review
ASUS has refreshed its AMD Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II video card with DirectCU and DIGI+ VRM with Super Alloy Power, poised to give you a robust video card with an improved overclocking experience. We will see whether this new revision brings new value to the Radeon HD 7870 GPU and we will compare it to the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti.
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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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Gigabyte G1 Sniper M3 microATX Motherboard Review
When we think of gaming computers, we tend to think of monstrous towers bristling with graphics cards and other hardware. Not every gamer needs or wants such a bulky tower of power. For those of you looking for a more compact solution, Gigabyte may have just what you've been looking for in a LGA 1155 motherboard with an mATX format.
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Prolimatech Geneis and Fenrir Titan CPU Cooler Review
We are looking at two different CPU coolers today that stray a bit off the beaten path. Both the Genesis and the Fenrir are tower air coolers in a sense but both add a horizontal plane of cooling fins both utilizing heatpipes that have the ability to flow cooling air to other parts of the motherboard's power elements.
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Seagate 600 and 600 Pro SSD Review
Seagate refreshes its line of consumer and enterprise SSDs with a new family of third-generation SSD products. We take a look at the consumer mainstream Seagate 600 and the enthusiast model, the Seagate 600 Pro. Will its LAMD Amber LM87800 controller, custom firmware, and Toshiba Type C 19nm MLC NAND make it a standout?
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Radeon HD 7990 versus GeForce GTX TITAN Review
We follow-up with a look at how the $999 GeForce GTX TITAN compares to the new $999 AMD Radeon HD 7990 video card. What makes this is unique is that the GeForce GTX TITAN is a single-GPU running three displays in NV Surround compared to the same priced dual-GPU CrossFire on a card Radeon HD 7990 in Eyefinity.
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Corsair Neutron Series 256GB SSD Refresh Review
Corsair keeps pace with continuing innovation in the NAND market by switching from 25nm IMFT NAND to the rarely seen 22nm SK Hynix NAND. This NAND provides a lower price point and extra capacity. Today we take a look to see if the Neutron Series performance remains and how this new SSD build stacks up to the competition.
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ADATA XPG SX900 128GB SSD Review Redux
Our original review of the ADATA XPG SX900 ended on a sour note. Unreleased critical firmware revisions and unexpected power consumption figures led us to question ADATA's customer support. Today we take another look with a fresh sample and a new firmware revision that ADATA has made available to its customers.
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