This new patented measurement device overcomes nearly all the limitations of current methods. It should enable manufacturers to improve microprocessor production methods and to optimize future computers.
read more | digg story
Has your out of warranty Dell computer crashed? Are you feeling down in the dumps? Cheer up…Dell Chat offers free phone sex referrals! Oops.
read more | digg story
Concerned about storing documents online because you can’t get them offline?No worries, now Google Docs works offline:Edit your documents and view your presentations.Changes are saved offline and sync automatically.Get your documents whenever, wherever !!!
read more | digg story
CBC Radio’s Search Engine just posted/aired its interview with Canadian Industry Minister Jim Prentice about his Canadian version of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. You have to listen to this — in it, the Minister lies, dodges, weaves and ducks around plain, simple questions.
read more | digg story
…AT&T is willing to pay higher than the typical smartphone subsidy of $200 because of its “faith in the iPhone’s ability to attract new subs and increase ARPU [average revenue per user].” ….. AT&T is paying Apple an additional $100 for each subscriber it signs up in the Apple Store.
read more | digg story
Parts of the blogosphere have been buzzing over the discovery of a 1.5-meter Ethernet cable that is being sold for the insane price of $499. The cable would cost you $4 elsewhere. The manufacturer is Denon, and the target customer is the “audio enthusiast.” Apparently “audio enthusiast” is Denonese for “sucker.”
read more | digg story
A group of copyright scholars tells the judge in the Jammie Thomas file-swapping case that yes, his jury instructions were wrong; “making available” should not be considered a “distribution” under copyright law.
read more | digg story
Finally, a modern file system on a consumer OS As if Grand Central weren’t enough bad news for Microsoft, now they have ZFS to contend with. Building a reliable, high-performance file system takes years and Microsoft doesn’t have years to respond. The formal announcement is for Snow Leopard server, which is how Apple introduces new file systems.
read more | digg story
According to an ever increasing wave of emails to TorrentFreak, it appears that residents of at least two countries can no longer access Demonoid. Not only are users from the Netherlands complaining they cannot access the site but now it’s the turn of Brazilian BitTorrent fans to wonder why they’ve been cut off.
read more | digg story
