BitTorrent Traffic Booms Due to "Licensing Challenges"
There's good news and bad news in the P2P world in general and BitTorrent specifically. The good news is in the United States the use of P2P clients has fallen dramatically to an all-time low. The flip side of that coin is the bad news for the rest of the world where file sharing has almost quadrupled in the past 18 months.
The challenge for the entertainment industry in the years to come is not to invent ways to stop piracy but to make it less attractive.
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Research in Motion to Cut at Least 2,000 Jobs
Research in Motion is following the path of many businesses these days and making tough decisions to save the company. It was reported on Saturday that RIM will be laying off 2000 employees worldwide in an attempt to bolster the company's bottom line in a restructuring effort to become more competitive in the industry.
Research In Motion (RIM) executives know full well that if they want to get their once successful company back on track they need to make some unenviable decisions.
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HDD Pricewatch: Higher Prices Are the New Normal
The floods are just a distant memory, production of hard disk drives is getting back to normal and the prices are……still high. Granted, the prices have dropped since the first of the year spike, but still much higher than this time last year. Someone has to pay the cost of rebuilding those manufacturing plants, you know.
With profit margins like this, the hard drive manufacturers are going to be loathe to cut prices. After years of barely making profits, the Thailand floods are the best excuse ever to drive record income for a few quarters
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Toshiba is Done with Netbooks (in the US)
The US market for netbooks isn't what it used to be, demand is down and manufacturers are moving on to more lucrative endeavors. The latest to pull out of the US market is Toshiba America; with the company focusing its attention to the more feature rich (and much more expensive) Ultrabooks.
But netbooks aren't selling like they used to, and Toshiba isn't the only company that's pulled out of the US netbook space recently.
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New Chip 1,000 Times Faster Than Bluetooth
With an eye on the future, a group of international researchers have designed a chipset capable of ultra-high wireless connectivity, while having minimal power requirements, making the technology perfect for smartphone and tablet manufacturers.
"The demand for ultra high-speed wireless connectivity has fueled the need for faster data transfer rates. Unfortunately, current technologies are unable to meet these stringent demands"
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ViewSonic Planning 22-Inch Android 4.0 ICS Tablet
Computex will be held in early June and promises to show off some of the more interesting innovations coming your way. ViewSonic is planning a little excitement there with the introduction of a 22" tablet, if you can still call it a tablet at that size. Maybe this will bring back the boombox craze.
According to Engadget it seems ViewSonic will be calling this new lineup "smart business tablet monitors"
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Diablo III Fixes Coming Next Week
According to Battle .net, Blizzard will be releasing an update/patch next week that will address bugs and other known issues not covered by recent hotfixes. Blizzard has also announced the company will be delaying the release of Auction House (again).
Blizzard also stressed that Diablo III does not have a security problem. "First and foremost, we want to make it clear that the Battle.net and Diablo III servers have not been compromised," the company said.
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Cookie Consent Laws Come into Force This Weekend
If you are located in Europe or the UK, this weekend marks the beginning of the implementation of legislation controlling the use and type of cookies websites may store on your computer. Websites must now comply with the new legislation beginning Sunday and ask for permission to leave cookies, some of which track your Internet movements.
Although the majority of websites in the UK and across Europe will not conform to the new rules, British authorities have said that they will help rather than prosecute companies that are seeking to obey the rules.
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Is Microsoft Adding Flash to Metro-Style IE10?
An announcement from Microsoft last fall said flatly that Metro-style IE10 would not support plugins, which would mean no Adobe Flash. Microsoft may have re-thought the action according to reports from two reliable tech websites, while still sticking with their original no-plugin policy for the Metro-styled version of IE10.
"The experience that plugins provide today is not a good match with Metro style browsing and the modern HTML5 Web."
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Windows XP Costs 5x More to Manage Than Windows 7
Microsoft is switching its tactics in an effort to get businesses to make a switch over to Windows 7 from the aging Windows XP. Instead of pressing the issue of security (which they are still pushing), the company is now targeting the bottom line of a business still running 11 year old software.
The magic milestone is after the three-year mark, when "costs begin to accelerate" because of additional IT and help desk time, and increased user downtime due to more security woes and time spent rebooting, said IDC.
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Facebook Looking to Buy Opera Software?
Rumors from several knowledgeable sources are speculating about Facebook's next logical acquisition. Many indicators point to the strong possibility Facebook is interested in buying Opera Software, parent company of Opera browser.
The Facebook IPO has gone less than smoothly, and there are investors to please. Mobile products are the road to revenue for the company, and an Opera acquisition just makes sense.
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Microsoft's New Terms of Service to Block Class Action Suits
Microsoft will be making use of the ruling by the Supreme Court to block class action suits against the corporation. A ruling last year allowed companies to settle complaints with customers on an individual basis, but does not support class action suits by a group of complainants. Microsoft has already begun changing over the user agreements to reflect the new policy.
"Our policy gives Microsoft powerful incentives to resolve any dispute to the customer's satisfaction before it gets to arbitration and our arbitration provisions will be among the most generous in the country".
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Dell's First Windows 8 Tablet Revealed
The good people over at Neowin secured a leaked document describing Dell's long rumored Windows 8 tablet specs. After several unsuccessful attempts with Android, Dell is betting heavily on its new Windows 8 tablet entry, rumored for a Q4 debut.
A key feature of the tablet will also be a removable battery that will come in two flavors. We are hearing that the smaller battery will get 6-8 hrs of battery life and the larger battery will get 10-12 hours.
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