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Finally making good on the Obama campaign’s promise of net neutrality, the new FCC chairman Julius Genachowski has promised in no uncertain terms that he will enforce net neutrality principles. “One thing I would say so that there is no confusion out there is that this FCC will support net neutrality and will enforce any […] Add comment
Wasp-18b orbits its star, Wasp-18, at such a close proximity that it should have burned away millions of years ago. Add comment
How to hide in your office. Completely without context and in Russian to boot! Add comment
With The Pirate Bay on the skids, the torrentverse has taken another blow as a Dutch court orders Mininova to remove all copyrighted works. The Utrecht District Court has ordered Mininova to promptly remove torrents to all copyrighted works under threat of millions in fines. The decision comes as the conclusion to a case filed […] Add comment
It went something like this: “What? Poland doesn’t have minorities!” Add comment
We’ve heard that catching slim netbooks with your ass is the coolest. Add comment
Crucial recently entered the high-speed SSD game; how do their new goods stack up? Add comment
It seems no site is complete without mentioning the mythical Apple tablet, and now Icrontic has. Next. Add comment
You might be a nerd if you know at least one word from every language in this list of the top-10 geekiest languages. Add comment
Over the past few weeks, AMD has been talking up its enterprise transition to DDR3 in the form of the 12-core Magny-Cours CPU. AMD has used the multi-part “Playing 20 Questions” series of blog entries to paint the chip’s details. The processor is a dual-die solution that shoehorns two hexa-core Istanbul cores into one package […] Add comment
People who frequently multi-task are worse at it than people who rarely do. Add comment
Hardcore Computer is building the first real oil-immersion cooled consumer gaming rig. Check out the video. Add comment
Interested in spacefaring? This comprehensive article discusses potential solutions to speed travel times. Add comment
I, Robert Hallock, hereby declare victory in the Weirdest YouTube Video of the Week competition. Add comment
Propaganda, the “UR DOIN’ IT RONG” edition. Add comment
NVIDIA has taken the wraps off of the newest driver revision for GeForce 100, 200, 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000 GPUs. Weighing in at roughly 80-120MB, this WHQL Windows XP/Vista/7 driver delivers the following changes: Adds support for OpenGL 3.1 Adds support for CUDA 2.3 for improved performance in GPU Computing applications. See CUDA Zone for […] Add comment
Today the Stockholm district court that handled The Pirate Bay’s springtime case ordered the site’s primary bandwidth provider, Black Internet, to disconnect the site or face penalties. Citing compliance with Swedish law, Black Internet did disconnect The Pirate Bay, but the site has since relocated and is back online. In true Pirate Bay fashion, the […] Add comment
Official Swedish investigations into finances that could be used to pay the $4 million fine slapped on The Pirate Bay in April have revealed that The Pirate Bay has no assets to pay with. The allegation that The Pirate Bay’s founders derived significant income from the site’s operation was a critical component of the recording […] Add comment
It’s Monday! That means you’re once again chained to your desk, blearily contemplating the most creative ways to dodge the work that should be done at said desk. It also means you’re ready to reconnect to the internet for a dose of what you missed while you were being a responsible-get-projects-and-chores-done-on-the-weekend person (RIGHT?)! And, hey, […] Add comment
This week on Mind, Lynx is on the road for a special round table interview with Grimnoc and Bindle Stick. We discuss the plethora of Icrontic events such as Summer Shindig, Labor Day Weekend Bash, a camping trip in Iowa, Icrontic goes Renaissance, and of course, the beerfully excellent event Icrontic Oktoberfest. Then we discuss […] Add comment
If you’re a web developer, pre-order “Rework” from 37Signals, due out in March. You’ll be glad you did. Add comment
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