Archive for June 11, 2008

Digital copyright: it’s all wrong.The ACTA draft is Scary.

A draft treaty proposes draconian measures to protect copyright.The US (surprise, surprise) has circulated a draft (ACTA) for the next G8 meeting. Any border guard, in any treaty country, can check any electronic device for any content that they suspect infringes copyright laws. They need no proof, only suspicion.

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Hard drive withstands fire and water

Great idea to protect your digital family picture album.

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Magnetic RAM is Faster, Uses 90% Less Power

Sounds like a no-brainer to me.

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‘Roadrunner’ is fastest computer

Capable of sustaining 1,000 trillion operations per second.

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LucasArts Responds To Firing Rumors

“We are healthy. LEGO Indie [sic] was launched on seven platforms to positive reviews, and The Force Unleashed and Fracture are on track for this fall. We have a good slate of games and we have some good stuff going on in production. We are definitely committed to the internal studio. We remain committed to both our internal teams and working with

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Google Maps meets ‘Grand Theft Auto’

Who would have believed Google’s geographic Web services could actually get your adrenaline going?

Granted, these aren’t real video games, but two Web sites are pushing what can be done with interactive interfaces to Google Maps and Google Earth.

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Steve Jobs WWDC 2008 Keynote (in 60 Seconds)

Don’t bother watching the 107 minute version of today’s Steve Jobs WWDC Keynote: instead, watch our 60 second version.

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Firefox 3 Download Day Pledges Hit 1 million

Today, Firefox 3’s Download Day pledges hit the magic number of 1,000,000! Congratulations to the Mozilla team.

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How to Get and Keep Windows XP After June 30

Microsoft may be sunsetting XP, but you’ll still be able to buy it on some new systems–and support isn’t going away for several years.

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How to Recover Deleted Files with Free Software

You delete an important file, somehow it skips your Recycle Bin altogether, and for all practical purposes, it’s disappeared into the ether. But before you hit the big red panic button, there’s a very good chance that your file is still alive and kicking somewhere on your hard drive—you just need to know how to find it.

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Beautiful glyphs - font rendering improvements in Firefox 3

Mozilla’s intrepid girl reporter writes a piece on the font rendering improvements in Firefox 3. As always, her post contains interesting pictures to go along with the nice words.

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