September 15th, 2008 – Robert Hallock
The controversy over internet privacy has swept into public consciousness in the past few years as lawsuits hinging on identity discovery have become more prevalent than ever. Lawsuits regarding piracy, malware, internet harassment and even libel have depended upon identifying anonymous defendants. One subcommittee of the United Nations — known as Q6/17 — is working […]
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September 15th, 2008 – primesuspect
I cannot tell you how badly I want this game. ArsTechnica gives it a “Seriously why haven’t you gone out and bought this yet?” out of 10. The thing that actually intrigues me most is the $300 drum kit and the trainer mode. $300 would cover 2 months of drum lessons from a professional for […]
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September 14th, 2008 – primesuspect
Why is this Icrontic news, you ask? Because so many of you who have flown to Detroit to hang out with us over the years have flown into the decrepit old Smith Terminal. You know the one – the “brown” terminal. You may have had vending machine-powered Butterfinger cappuchinos there. It’s where we picked up […]
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September 14th, 2008 – primesuspect
I was browsing Penny Arcade tonight and followed a link to a demo song by a band called the Protomen. Apparently they are a concept band based on retelling the Mega Man story. From the ProtoMen’s website: “Breaking Out” is the working title. Its scheduled to be the opening track for side II of Act […]
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September 13th, 2008 – primesuspect
There is nothing quite like attending an Icrontic event. There’s always something awesome going on, involving somebody, well… awesome. Whether it be impromptu “Run to Meijer at 2am to buy Rock Band”, taping people to objects, spontaneous deep frying of food in driveways, or just a lot of great times with great people, IC events […]
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September 13th, 2008 – Lincoln
We’re now running on WordPress, which is at least the sixth content management system (CMS) we’ve used over the years, but only the second commercial one (We had a brief and disastrous honeymoon with E107 in 2003). So, why’d we stop using our custom system? Mostly because of usability: it’s easier for our authors to […]
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September 12th, 2008 – Robert Hallock
The first Windows 7 beta is suspected for December.
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September 12th, 2008 – primesuspect
Sumo presents ICHQ with their newest piece of awesome furniture—the Omni Plus.
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September 12th, 2008 – GHoosdum
How to locate drivers for your Windows installation.
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September 11th, 2008 – Peter Gill
The Evercool Transformer 6 heatsink is a massive lump of FAIL.
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September 11th, 2008 – Peter Gill
The ASUS VW223B LCD monitor uses a USB interface for digital signals instead of DVI.
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September 11th, 2008 – Peter Gill
Techware Labs tests the Palit Radeon HD 4850.
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September 11th, 2008 – Peter Gill
TechReport reviews the Asus Lamborghini VX3 notebook to see what $3,000 and an Italian name can get you.
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September 11th, 2008 – Peter Gill
Hi-Tech Reviews tests the Zalman CNPS9300 heatsink.
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September 11th, 2008 – Peter Gill
Chrome's market share has fallen one week after its launch.
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September 11th, 2008 – Robert Hallock
Automatic table of contents? Thesaurus? Google Docs has it now!
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September 11th, 2008 – Robert Hallock
Dubbed the Other 3 Billion (O3b) initiative, it hopes to deliver internet to those without internet.
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September 11th, 2008 – Peter Gill
Chaintech moves to the memory market with its quick APOGEE GT DDR2-1150 4GB kit.
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September 11th, 2008 – Peter Gill
MadShrimps compares the Geforce 9500 GT SLI vs Geforce 9600 GT. It's two-on-one.
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September 11th, 2008 – Peter Gill
Futurelooks reviews the GIGABYTE Radeon HD 4850.
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