During the last few days, Nvidia released three new desktop video cards: The 9500 GT, the 9800 GT and the 9800 GTX+. The first one is to challenge ATI in the lower-end market, while the latters are facing ATI’s R700 series. Specs, prices and my opinion on thoses cards are all in the article!
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Nothing could stop the people-powered movement to hold Comcast accountable for illegally blocking Internet content. The FCC issued a punishment that has Network Neutrality opponents cringing and the rest of us popping champagne.
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We don’t know if this is going to be the Nintendo DS 2, but that’s the most probable scenario, as Iwata is not very optimistic about new breakthroughs, and the DS touch concept works quite well. On the other side, it could be something that combines the DS with another device.
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Vortex Network, the touted replacement for the BrokenStones tracker, is today surrounded by controversy. The site owner announced she will link the site to a non-profit organization as part of a wider plan to unite all BitTorrent sites in a new air of legitimacy. Staff and members are leaving the site en masse.
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A milestone for Firefox. IE down below 70%!
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The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement has been shrouded in more secrecy than seems healthy. As a major negotiating meeting wraps up today in Washington, news also emerged that Canada planned to give industry groups exclusive access to the text of the agreement and the negotiators, but it didn’t bother to ask civil liberties groups.
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The IEEE 1394 working group has formally approved FireWire’s next-generation standard. The new version defines transfer speeds of 1.6Gbps and 3.2Gbps, is backwards compatible with FireWire 800 and 400, and uses the same cable standard as FireWire 800.
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Aiming to highlight ISP’s and their shaping, the EFF has released a new tool for users to test their connection’s integrity.
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MediaDefender and parent company ArtistDirect have had some serious setbacks recently. Last September they suffered a huge security breach when internal emails and a phone call were leaked to BitTorrent. They received even more bad press recently for DDoSsing Revision3.
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