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The Australian Federal Communications Ministry has confirmed that they will use the country’s fledging internet content filter to block the download of games that have refused classification by the country’s game ratings board. The south pacific nation is the only developed country that does not offer a classification for games suitable for those over the […] Add comment
Digitimes is reporting that lofty contract prices for 16Gb and 32Gb MLC NAND chips is expected to harm the adoption rate of SSDs throughout 2009 and 2010. The penetration of SSDs will only reach 1-1.5% in the regular notebook sector in 2009, and less than 10% in the low-cost PC segment, according to a recent […] Add comment
A Swedish appellate court has ruled that The Pirate Bay would not receive a retrial despite accusations that the initial proceedings were overseen by a biased judge. “We have reached the conclusion that we do not agree with the conflict of interest claim,” Sweden Court of Appeal Judge Anders Eka informed Swedish media. A lawyer […] Add comment
Pricing has been outed for everybody’s favorite next Windows operating system, and it looks to cost less than Vista did: The full version of Windows 7 Home Premium is priced at $199, with an upgrade from Vista or XP costing $119. The full version of Windows 7 Professional is $299, with upgrades going for $199. […] Add comment
Kingston wants to pimp your RAM with the new HyperX fan. Add comment
Hexus says the Corsair HX850 power supply is a winner. Add comment
NVIDIA revises the GTX 295 to use a single PCB now. Guru3D investigates. Add comment
Anyone anchored to a retail copy of Windows Vista or, indeed, most recent Microsoft products are aware of the surgical skill required to open the package. Microsoft has promised to ease these frustration with the vow that Windows 7’s packaging will reflect the theme of ease and simplicity; you can now put down your pocket […] Add comment
SCO, the unflappable litigator extraordinaire, has filed a proposed plan which would dump its UNIX assets onto an unknown company known as unXis Inc. SCO claims the move will favorably resolve its outstanding debt to clients, creditors, shareholders and partners. Overview unXis to Acquire SCO’s UNIX Business On Monday, June 15th, SCO notified the bankruptcy […] Add comment
A recent study is suggesting that Blu-ray’s victory in the format war has done virtually nothing to improve its prospects in the market. Amongst 2401 respondents, 93% indicated they would not be buying a Blu-ray deck. This is a 2% increase over last year. 11% of the respondents indicated that they own HD-DVD– the “dead […] Add comment
Still haven’t ponied up to the Windows 7 RC? Better get ‘er done as availability ends on August 15: http://bit.ly/7cVHs Add comment
The notebook market has experienced explosive growth over the last 18 months. Thanks to the crowded arrival of the Netbook and a new focus on mobile lifestyles, this once-boring segment has become a lifeline in a time of devastating economic loss. While Intel plans to charge ahead with a new generation of the Atom, AMD […] Add comment
I wish my hometown could find a better way to end up on Slashdot than blanketing the town in cameras. Add comment
After loose confirmations that NVIDIA’s Tegra platform would appear in the upcoming Zune HD, Microsoft has come clean and admitted that it’s true. “There’s been a lot of chatter about us possibly putting the Nvidia Tegra chip in the Zune HD,” Software Development Engineer Matt Akers said in a June 19 podcast. “Well, we’re going […] Add comment
Lamely dubbed the myTouch, the QWERTY-free handset runs Android and should hit the shelves somewhere in the late summer. [Via] Add comment
AMD’s faithful will have to jetset to the Land of the Rising Sun if they want to get their hands on Big Green’s newest; the six-core Istanbul-based Opterons 2427, 2431 and 2435 have tipped up on the legendary streets of Japan’s Akihibara district. The Opteron 2427 runs approximately $632 with today’s Yen/USD exchange rate, while […] Add comment
The acting head of the FCC announced last Thursday that the FCC would soon be examining the legality and competitive nature of exclusivity periods for new mobile phones. The announcement (PDF) comes just days after a Senate subcommittee took competing arguments considering whether or not deals like AT&T’s long-running iPhone monopoly or Sprint’s Pre exclusivity […] Add comment
Open internet advocate Free Press has gone on the offensive and alleged that Apple and AT&T are major violators of net neutrality by colluding to control what applications can and cannot run on AT&T’s 3G network. Free Press provides several instances of inconsistent policy to support their claim: SlingPlayer was forced to strip 3G support […] Add comment
We all know that there’s no such thing as too much RAM; a few years ago 2GB felt awesome but today it’s not uncommon for power users to top out at 8GB. Well, Samsung is ready to take it to the next level with their new 32GB DDR3 sticks of server grade memory. Not only […] Add comment
The events and happenings for the week of June 14th. In this episode: iPhone: ready for gaming?, Iran elections, and Expo Icrontic 2009. Add comment
They came from all over, and so it began: Icrontic Expo 2009. We’re expecting our first batch of arrivals today, so let’s talk shop. Please join the EPIC2009 Flickr group to share all your photos. On Twitter, use the #epic2009 hashtag so we can follow it all. If you post videos to Vimeo or YouTube, […] Add comment
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