Music, movie, and software piracy is a market failure, not a legal failure
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) launched a new global study on piracy in 2006, titled "Media Piracy in Emerging Economies," and has now declared it disagrees with trademark and copyright holders who frequently characterize piracy as a legal failure. After independent investigation in six emerging economies (Bolivia, Brazil, India,... 
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Windows 8 to include its own PDF reader
Microsoft is planning on including its own Portable Document Format (PDF) reader in Windows 8 called Modern Reader. This is the first app discovered to be utilizing the new AppX application package type, as revealed by Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott and posted at SuperSite.
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AppX: Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 to run the same apps?
We already know that Windows 8 will include a second, tile-based shell for tablets called Immersive. To further along this rumor, there's AppX: a new type of packaged application model in Windows 8, that very closely resembles Windows Phone 7 application packages, according to istartedsomething.
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AMD starts shipping 32nm 'Llano' APUs to OEM partners
AMD yesterday had some pleasant news to share with investors and customers: the first shipment of 32nm A-Series APUs just went out to OEM partners, with the first systems carrying them expected to arrive in mid-2011 as promised. The companys interim CEO, Thomas Seifert, made the announcement during a conference... Read More ...
Thermaltake Level 10 GT Case Review
Thermaltake is one of the biggest names in computer cases and cooling and for good reason. For years they have continued to create impressive looking, affordable products and today that range is massive. Read More ...
AMD releases Radeon HD 6790 for $150
As expected, AMD has announced a new graphics card designed to fill space between the Radeon HD 5770 and Radeon HD 6850. Priced at $149, the new Radeon HD 6790 will go in direct competition with Nvidia's recently released GeForce GTX 550 Ti and comes packing 800 Stream Processors, 40... Read More ...
Crucial M4 SSDs get mainstream pricing
Although Micron began shipping review samples of its RealSSD C400 (Crucial M4) a few weeks ago, the company has been quiet about pricing. Naturally, this made it difficult for hardware reviewers to depict the drive's value accurately. The RealSSD C400 represents a mild performance gain over last year's C300 during... Read More ...
Texas Instruments to buy National Semiconductor for $6.5b
Texas Instruments today signed an agreement to purchase fellow chipmaker National Semiconductor for $6.5 billion or about $25 per share, a hefty premium over National's closing price today of $14.07. The all-cash transaction has already been approved by both company boards but remains subject to approval by National's shareholders as... Read More ...
Battlefield 3 slated for release on November 2?
Although DICE has been candid about Battlefield 3's features and development priorities, the company hasn't been quick to share a release date. We've only heard that the game is expected to appear sometime in the latter half of 2011, but CVG may have discovered a potential launch date. According to... Read More ...
Researchers convert Google's Gmail Motion joke into reality with Microsoft Kinect
On April 1, Google introduced a new Motion feature to its Gmail service. Gmail Motion is supposed to let you access and control your Gmail account using gestures, but the demonstration video made it quite clear that it was an April Fools' joke. Researchers at Institute of Creative Technologies (ICT)...
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Anonymous attacks Sony PlayStation website in support of GeoHot
The hacker group Anonymous has begun targeting Sony's online Playstation store today; a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack temporarily took down playstation.com (it was down earlier today, then was back up, and is now again down at the time of publishing). Sony is under fire because of its lawsuit... Read More ...
Dell launches ultraportable Inspiron notebook with Fusion
Fusion-based systems continue to crawl out of the woodwork this week with Dell's new Inspiron M102z. The new 11.6-inch ultraportable is currently listed on Dell's Australia website with a starting price of $599 which gets you a single-core 1GHz AMD C-50 processor, on-die Radeon HD 6250 graphics and 2GB of... Read More ...
Larry Page takes over as Google's CEO
As announced three months ago, Google's CEO position has today switched owners: from Eric Schmidt to the company's co-founder Larry Page. Page was previously CEO for the first three years of Google's existence, before Schmidt was hired. Read More ...
Sony's PlayStation tablet coming this year
Sony plans to release a tablet computer by the end of the summer, according to the Japanese Nikkei newspaper, which cited the company's CEO Howard Stringer. The tablet will be powered by Google's Android 3.0 (codenamed Honeycomb), and will be sold in the US market first.
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Blockbuster being auctioned off today
Bankrupt movie rental chain Blockbuster is being auctioned off today. Multiple bidders will fight for the rights to the company's next owner as well as the amount of money available to pay off its claims. The auction could preserve Dallas-based Blockbuster as an ongoing business, although bidders also have the... Read More ...
Nintendo refuses to make a gaming phone
Nintendo has no plans or desire to build a gaming phone. Although both Microsoft and Sony, Nintendo's two main rivals in the gaming industry, have both branched into mobile phone development, Nintendo simply isn't interested in building a phone or licensing its games for third-party software platforms. Executives for the...
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Microsoft porting Office ribbon to Windows 8? Screenshots inside
It appears that the Ribbon UI introduced in Office 2007 and further cemented in Office 2010 as well as certain Windows 7 and Windows Live applications is being ported over to Windows 8. More specifically, it is being introduced in Windows Explorer, according to screenshots obtained by Rafael Rivera and... Read More ...
Acer Iconia Tab A100 gets price, release date in the U.K.
Acer is continuing its tablet offensive with the upcoming release of the Iconia Tab A100, a 7-inch device powered by Nvidia's Tegra 2 dual-core chip and Google's Android 3.0 "Honeycomb". The tablet went up for pre-order today in Amazon's UK store priced at 299.99 ($485), which gets you a 1024... Read More ...
Thermaltake Level 10 GT Case Review
Taking some cues from the original Level 10, Thermaltake hopes to be able to capitalize on it by offering a more down to earth 'GT' version. Not only is the Level 10 GT more affordable, it's also smaller and lighter, but has it lost all that made the original such a work of art?
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Need For Speed Hot Pursuit PC Patch 1.04
This patch fixes a few issues and adds three free cars.
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CCEnhancer 2.3
Adds support for over 270 new programs into the popular program CCleaner.
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AIDA64 Extreme Edition 1.60.1346 Beta
System information, system diagnostics and benchmarking solution for enthusiasts users.
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Chromium 12.0.726.0
Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all users to experience the web.
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Opera 11.10.2077 Beta
Opera introduces the looks and the performance of an exceptional Web browser.
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LameXP 4.0.1
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MessenPass 1.42
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PerfectDisk 11.185
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Audacity 1.3.13 RC
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Google Chrome 11.0.696.34 Beta for Windows
Google Chrome's development is high-paced and here's their latest beta.
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Google Chrome 11.0.696.34 Beta for Mac OS X
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.
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Google Chrome 11.0.696.34 Beta for Linux
Google Chrome runs web pages and applications with lightning speed.
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Opera 11.01 Build 2077 Dev for Mac OS X
Opera introduces the looks and the performance of an exceptional Web browser.
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Cleanup Assistant 2.0.1 for Windows 64-bit
Over 20 tools designed to help you increase your computer's performance.
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BioShock 2 Patch 1.4
Set approximately 10 year after the events of the original Bioshock. The halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past.
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Crysis 2 Patch 1.2.0
This patch fixes a number of gameplay issues and bugs based on player feedback.
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CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) Portable 3.05.1409
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IP Sniffer 1.98.2.0
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doPDF 7.1.361
doPDF is a free PDF converter for both personal and commercial use.
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Driver Magician Lite 3.7.4
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CCleaner Slim 3.05.1409
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ExtractNow 4.6.1.1
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Aloaha PDF Suite 5.0.24
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MAME 0.142s
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Norton Virus Definitions 2003-07 April 4, 2011
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.
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BitDefender Antivirus Pro 2011 14.0.29
Advanced Proactive Protection from Viruses, Spyware, and More.
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Norton Virus Definitions 2008-10 April 4, 2011
Keep your Norton Anti-Virus updated.
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CCleaner (Crap Cleaner) 3.05.1049
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1by1 1.73
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K-Lite Mega Codec Pack 7.1.0
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Razer Naga Epic Mouse Driver v 1.02 for Mac OS X
Driver Date: 4/4/2011 OS Support: Mac OS X
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Razer DeathAdder BlackEdition Mouse Driver v 1.02
Driver Date: 4/4/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7
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ASRock 890GM Pro3 R2.0 Bios v 1.20
Driver Date: 3/31/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7
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ASRock 870iCafe R2.0 Bios v 1.10
Driver Date: 3/31/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7
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ASRock 890GX Pro3 Bios v 1.20
Driver Date: 3/31/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7
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ASRock 880G Pro3 Bios v 1.20
Driver Date: 3/31/2011 OS Support: Windows XP/Vista/7
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ASRock 880GM Pro3 R2.0 Bios v 1.20
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