Archive for October, 2007

How to Install Leopard from a DMG

Let’s say that your Mac doesn’t have a dual-layer DVD burner - er, I mean DVD reader. This guide shows you how to install Leopard from a DMG without burning anything.

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Best Buy Sells You A Box Of Bathroom Tiles Instead Of Hard Drive, No Refund

Sam says that he went to BestBuy.com and bought a hard drive for in-store pick up. What he got was a box of bathroom tiles. Now Best Buy is saying he’d better take it up with manufacturer and that they’re not going to issue a refund and that Sam should just take his loss. We don’t think he should. We think it’s not legal to sell someone a box…

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OiNK Releasing Talent Enhances Other Trackers

Great BitTorrent releasers are a comparatively rare breed and, up until last week, a huge collection of them were locked safely away in a fenced Pink Palace. Now, thanks to the IFPI, trackers around the world and greater numbers of people than ever before are starting to benefit from an influx of talented OiNK refugees.

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How Gmail Blocks Spam

The spam in Gmail is also the subject of a promotional video that encourages to use Gmail if you want to “get back your time”. The video reminded me of an old email account from my ISP: it received so much spam that it was almost impossible to find the genuine mail and the 10 MB of storage were insufficient to collect all this junk.

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Intel releases first 45nm processor - Core 2 Extreme QX9650

This article covers everything you would ever want to know about Intel’s new Penryn architecture and goes into detail on the kind of performance you can expect from it. Lots of technical information, lots of benchmarks, a stable 30%+ overclock and power consumption in line with 65nm dual core processors!

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Comcast to employees: talking about blocking P2P can get you fired

As Comcast is peppered with questions from its customers over its practice of blocking some P2P traffic, the company is giving customer service reps a script to work from. Deviating from that script is grounds for termination, Comcast employees tell Ars.

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Russian hackers exploit PS2 memory card & give it mod-chip functions

A Russian hacking team who go by the name of Memento have released a beta of their BIOS which gives the standard 32MB PS2 memory card Memor 32 for PS2 the functions of a mod chip including import, homebrew and backup support.

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Once thought dead, ‘Net neutrality roars back to center stage

Network neutrality has lost some steam, but the boilers have returned to full pressure after two senators ask Congress for an investigation. AT&T, Verizon, and Comcast have only themselves to blame.

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40GB PS3 will have less ventilation and no “Super Audio CD” support

It’s a good thing that Famitsu took the initiative and compared a 40GB PlayStation 3 unit and a 60GB SKU side-by-side, because not only did the 40 Gig model have just 2 USB ports and no BC, but they discovered that it also has less cooling vents compared to the other 3 versions, and no support for Super Audio CD.

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RIAA denied default judgement as judge cites doubt over positive ID

For the second time in two months, the RIAA has been unable to obtain a default judgment in a case where the defendant failed to show up in court. Once again, the RIAA’s boilerplate complaint was not enough to do the trick.

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OiNK Admin is Right, Google is No Different!

PROOF: Quick and easy methods to obtaining free music using Google’s web search. Also featured is the music-oriented p2p app, Soulseek, which OiNKers are finding most interesting.

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EZTV Now Accessible Under New Domain Names

In the wake of the OiNK takedown, many thousands of people started to panic today when they tried to access EZTV and instead got directed to Google. But there is no need to worry, EZTV is alive and well and now available via two new domains.

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