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Germany’s Bundestag has succeeded in passing a bill which will establish a content filter for the country aimed at stopping child pornography. The legislation requires that ISPs display an interstitial warning page when end users attempt to access content flagged on the Government’s clandestine blacklist; the verboten content would remain available for the nation’s truly […] Add comment
If you can’t win by providing a legitimately superior product, apparently it’s perfectly okay to bribe consumers into supporting you. In other news, the Organization of Desperation Exporting Companies (ODEC) has recently announced that the price of its commodity will be pegged at $10,000 AUD. Add comment
Stances taken in several recent interviews suggest that Microsoft chief exec Steve Ballmer is remaining soft on his firm’s revamped search engine called “Bing.” Despite intentions to shovel billions into the search furnace over the next five years, Ballmer has been wary to appear excited, much less exuberant as usual. In an interview conducted by […] Add comment
Balking at the cost of professionally-administered silicone injections, this mad stupid woman injected her face with 100% silicone lube. Add comment
While not everyone on Icrontic is as big an iPhone fan as I, some of the recent moves by AT&T — the only iPhone carrier in the US — has soured the experience for me and disappointed countless other iPhone users eager to receive the improvements to their favorite platform. When iPhone OS 3.0 was […] Add comment
Last week we mentioned that Japan had finally built a 1:1 scale replica of the RX78 Gundam. It was all in jest, of course; we all knew Japan would be the first to build one of these things. And it’s cool to look at, for any normal fan of giant robots. This Gundam, however, might […] Add comment
Update 31 July, 2009: In the time since Intel announced its new branding initiative, the firm has wizened and kicked the impending 32nm Gulftown under the “Core i9” banner. While the rest of their branding scheme remains inane as ever, it’s nice to see some clarity bubbling to the surface. Original story follows: Yesterday Intel […] Add comment
We’re baffled that PC Perspective didn’t see the value in their early June confirmation that the Zune HD would be powered by NVIDIA’s Tegra SoC, but that appears to be the case. The tech blog has gone global with the announcement that Microsoft’s upcoming Zune HD product would represent NVIDIA’s first major design win for […] Add comment
With a strong forehand swing, Palm has turned the veiled threat back onto Apple’s side of the court: Palm’s media sync works with the current version of iTunes. If Apple chooses to disable media sync in a future version of iTunes, it will be a direct blow to their users who will be deprived of […] Add comment
NVIDIA has taken the wraps off of the newest driver revision for GeForce 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000, GT 100 and GTX 200-series GPUs. Weighing in at roughly 100MB, this WHQL Windows XP/Vista/7 driver delivers the following changes: NVIDIA control panel settings are now saved when using a GeForce 9500 GS on Windows 7. The SLI […] Add comment
If you want second opinions on the NZXT Beta case after reading Icrontic’s review, look no further than Tweak Town, RB Mods and HWC. Add comment
The ASUS EN9400GT video card is aimed at the HTPC market because that’s about all it’s good for. Add comment
Apple’s iTunes is an undeniable force in music, and the lone repository of digital music for thousands of people. The Cupertino firm takes pride in its isolated microcosm of hardware, software and services that have traditionally rejected outsiders. Palm’s new savior, the Pre, encroaches on the shiny happy universe by offering seamless music sync support […] Add comment
HWC covers the GIGABYTE Open Overclocking Championship 2009. Two USA teams made it. Add comment
Britain’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport has released the final version of their Digital Britain report (PDF) which assesses how the state might remain a force in creating and distributing content on the internet. The report casts a wide net and includes topics such as online privacy, mobile spectrum allocation, education in media and […] Add comment
Until recently I have been a staunch critic of the Web 2.0 movement. I have seen it as something of a fad, a trend, or a passing fancy. Sure, I thought social networking and interactive media were amusing to a degree, but I also found sites like MySpace to be a shallow experience that could […] Add comment
German Minister of Family Affairs Ursula von der Leyen has caved to every politican’s overwhelming need to jerk the establishment in the name of “protecting the children.” As a result of her efforts and a coalition between rival social democrat and conservative parties, German parliament will soon vote to implement an internet censorship mechanism. Discussions […] Add comment
ATI acknowledges that they can’t keep up with the demand for HD 4770 video cards. Add comment
The Mozilla Foundation has announced today that the next major iteration of Firefox, version 3.5, is due by month’s end. Firefox 3.5 has risen from humble origins as the minor 3.1 update, codenamed Shiretoko, into the vastly more ambitious project seen today. Though Shiretoko looked compelling when it was first announced, the subsequent introduction of […] Add comment
Lets face it: Most people don’t need expensive computer cases. But they sell because they’re status items loaded with neat gadgets, bells, whistles, in a box of exotic materials and strange shapes. The majority of folks don’t need anything as fancy as what we often regard as the de facto standards in cases. Then again, […] Add comment
RIM has announced the BlackBerry Tour which offers EV-DO 3G in the new Curve form factor, but as it has no WiFi, nobody actually cares. Add comment
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