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Free anti-spyware?
Madshrimps is giving away free anti-spyware through Feb. 5. It's a 6 month license. Add comment
Spectrum bidding
Bidding for US spectrum commences Thursday. Last week's recap by Ars gives the low-down. Add comment
MSI X48 Platinum motherobard
The MSI X48 Platinum gets a glowing review, showing that hand-picked chipsets can make up for the failsauce of X38. Add comment
Asus P5K64 WS motherboard
It's not an easy read, but if you'll dig into it, it seems the Asus P5K64 WS is a full-featured DDR3 board with a lot to offer. Add comment
AMD recover, part deux
Rumour: AMD plans ATI RV770 graphics chip for mid-2008. (via Neowin) Add comment
Designing an album cover
Designing an album cover, or how to build a troubadour. Add comment
Yahoo to lay off 10%+ of workforce
The reporters of the tech industry are up in arms as rumors of mass layoff at Yahoo were confirmed. Analysts estimate that between 10-20% of the workforce will get the axe in 2008, affecting 1,400-2,800 people. Although sure to be reported as a bubble-esque indicator of weakness in the tech sector, compnies like Yahoo periodically have to do such purging of redundant personnel, a side effect of mass acquisitions of smaller companies. via Mashable Add comment
Time Warner to offer downloadable HBO, chargable bandwidth
Time Warner, the same company that has announced plans to charge overage fees to "heavy users", has just announced that it will now be offering free streaming HBO content. So let's get this straight. Free streaming HBO, but overage fees for bandwidth usages from the same company. Kthx. The alternative here is if they choose not to charge overages for their own content, a blatant slam to Network Neutrality, which Comcast currently is learning about from the Justice Dept. Add comment
zAlternator haxes your Zune's planet
Force a Zune to be recognized as a generic mass media device! This allows you to sync with Winamp, WMP11 or even iTunes. Add comment
Bands making real money via electronic distribution
USA Today reports that bands are cashing in on downloads of their music. This time it's with the game Rock Band, where gamers can download a track for $2 and "play" the new music in-game. The game has facilitated five million dollars of music purchases in its first two months of sales. Add comment
Spammer sues, wins case for posting of public information
An anti-spam activist has lost a case in which publicly-available DNS records for a well-known spammer were published. The Judge has fined the anti-spammer US$60,000 for "hacking", plus lawyers fees, for looking up the domain name of the spammer and re-publishing the public registration information. For those who aren't familiar with DNS, this is like being sued by someone for looking them up in the phonebook and "making their personal information known" by re-publishing the data. However, this case is even more ludicrous, as the data being published was supplied by the spammer when they purchased the domain name. via The Register Add comment
Russia feels justified in premptive nuke option
"We are not going to attack anyone, but we believe all our partners in the international community should understand clearly and have no doubts that, in order to protect its and its allies' sovereignty and territorial integrity, Russia will use its armed forces, including nuclear weapons, and it can do it preemptively," Baluyevsky said at a scientific conference in Moscow. via Interfax Add comment
Interview with AT&T legal about filtering
AT&T's VP of Legal Affairs gives a rare interview about their take on packet shaping. Add comment
Ford: don't take pics of your own car
Ford has once again taken action against an enthusiast group, this time for the Mustang, for publicly displaying a calendar featuring the members' own vehicles. Suing your best customers... I've heard this before... Add comment
Ultra-capacitor-based plug-in hybrid is first to reach positive ROI
AFS Trinity has developed the world’s first plug-in hybris drive system that actually is worth the price of producing it. For the first time, a purchase of a plug-in hybrid actually makes economic (an addition to environmental) sense. The unit is currently being tested on the Saturn VUE Green Line SUV, and specs on the […] Add comment
MS gives green light to virtualized Vista
Performing the ol' 180, Microsoft has changed its EULA to permit virtualization of Windows Vista Add comment
US has stellar 3Q-4Q PC shipments
Despite the perceived recession, US shipments of PCs are phenomenal. Add comment
Anti-piracy agency's stock down 70% in Dec07
700MB of emails leaked, shady and anti-consumer attitude prevalent. Add comment
Gordon Freeman calls radio show
Gordon Freeman calls a national late-night radio show. (via Ars) Add comment
Valley electric car intiative hitting the brakes
Martin Eberhard, co-founder of the electric car independent Tesla Motors, reports of mass firings within the company, following his own removal in the fall. Add comment
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