In response to a courtroom setback in March, the DVD Copy Control Association is planning a vote on an amendment to the CSS license that would prevent licensees from selling devices that can copy DVDs and store encrypted images on home media servers. The CEO of Kaleidescape, which prevailed against the DVD CCA in court, is crying foul.
Arizona State University researchers claim to have developed a new technique for developing memory on a nanoscale level. If successful, the technology could one day offer a number of improvements not just for PCs, but also mobile devices as well.
Candian ISP Bell Sympatico has admitted to using bandwidth throttling technologies that impose limits on peer-to-peer traffic.
EA just lost $195M in the most recent quarter and it’s taking longer to sell-through channel inventories. Deutsche Bank analyst Jeetil Patel is forecasting a loss in market share.
Leopard’s Finder has a glaring bug in its directory-moving code, leading to horrendous data loss if a destination volume disappears while a move operation is in action. I first came across it when Samba crashed while I was moving a directory from my desktop over to a Samba mount on my FreeBSD server.
Gears of War is being released on the PC this week and we’ve got an exclusive look at performance and image quality in this game under Windows Vista in DX10. We test the GeForce 8800 GTX, GTS, and GT along with the Radeon HD 2900 XT. We cover DX9 vs. DX10 and best gameplay experience.
Google finally tells all!
The IFPI’s highly-publicized bust of torrent site OiNK hasn’t had its intended effect: an eruption of new P2P sites now want to take its place. There’s nothing like a bit of free advertising for P2P to spread the word.
