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Latest News - December 2007
- Malware Outpacing Anti-Virus Development
- Rumor: Next Generation Eee PC Specs Leaked
- AMD > NVIDIA...IGP
- End of an Era as Bill Gates to Step Down in '08
- Happy New Year!
- Hardware Round-Up
- Australia Moves to Censor the Internet
- Lithium Batteries And Flying Don't Always Mix
- The RIAA Isn't Suing Over Ripping Purchased CDs
- What's Worse Than A Porn-Laden iPod?
- Young Girl Gets Porn-Laden MP3 Player for Xmas
- Hardware Round-Up
- RIAA Goes After Fair Use
- End of an Era: Netscape Browser Dies
- Another Front Opens In The Blu-ray / HD-DVD Wars
- Wal-Mart Hears The Sound Of One Hand Clapping
- Windows Home Server File Corruption Issues
- Goodbye X2s, Hello Phenom 6000 Series
- Intel Skulltrail Motherboard Sneak Peek
- Amazon Tops Apple with Warner MP3 Deal
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All News for December 2007
In the long battle between malware creators and companies developing and distributing anti-virus software, there seems to be a clear leader at the moment: the malware creators.This isn't entirely unexpected as one would assume that the anti-virus companies can't possibly guess all the different ways which somebody might be able to exploit...
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There is a rumor that the Eee PC is going to get a successor sometime in the new year. Keep in mind that this is just a rumor, but the upgrade could be fairly extensive. Early reports suggest that new Eee(e?) PC would feature a larger 8.9” screen, WiMAX, and could very well ride on Intel's new Menlow UMPC platform.“Should ASUS...
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The battle of the integrated graphics chips is heating up, and the latest rumor is that the AMD RS780 will offer better performance then the NVIDIA MCP 78S. A few years ago many people wouldn't care what kind of graphics performance their IGP could produce, but these last few generations of on-board video have done a great job closing...
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It was announced so long ago, in 2006, that many have forgotten. 2008 is the year that Bill Gates steps down from his day-to-day role at Microsoft.The Microsoft co-founder is scheduled to end his day-to-day executive duties at the end of June, but he will remain chairman and he's expected to continue working on selected projects.Microsoft...
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It has been another great year for us here at HotHardware.com, thanks in no small part to our awesome readers! As 2007 draws to a close, we want to take another chance to thank you all again for being a part of our extended families and making this just a great place. Happy New Year! If you’re going to be out partying tonight, be safe! ...
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Video: MSI RX3870 - Radeon HD3870 (512MB DDR4) @ CPU3D XFX GeForce 8800 GT 256MB Graphics Card @ PCPer VisionTek Black Box HD3850 Review @ OCC ZOTAC GeForce 8800 GT 512MB ZT-88TES2P-FSP @ BMR ATI HD 3850 256MB Videocard Review @ HardwareLogic.com Motherboards & Chipsets: Asus Maximus Extreme @ Bjorn3D Memory & Storage: Kingston 19-in-1...
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Australian Telecommunications Minister Stephen Conroy today announced a requirement for ISPs to provide a "clean feed" for all homes, schools and any public PCs accessible by children. This follows up on a pre-election Nov. 19th Labor Party press release which first announced a proposed Cyber-safety plan.Telecommunications Minister Stephen...
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If you've been stashing extra lithium batteries in your luggage when flying, the Transportation Department would like a word with you. Wary of short circuits that could cause a fire, they're limiting the amount you can transport, and specifying the type of packaging required for the little lithium friends you carry to keep your electronic...
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Let's all calm down, shall we? There are a lot of news reports about the RIAA suing Jeffery Howell for ripping copies of his legally purchased music CDs for his own use. But according to engadget, that's not the case at all; he's being sued for the plain old-fashioned crime of participating in illegal downloading.As we're all unfortunately...
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What's worse than a little girl receiving a porn-laden iPod for Christmas? How about one with a bizarre rant that looks like something out of a Batman movie?The message is more or less a rant about “capitalist garbage” and “reclaiming your mind from the media shackles” according to reports."Jay Ellis, the girls father, returned the ipod...
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Another grinch appears as a ten-year-old in Tennessee received a decidedly unwelcome present.Hill bought three of the players as Christmas presents for his children. He said one of the devices had apparently been returned to the store from a previous owner who loaded sex clips and songs with lyrics about using drugs."Within 10 minutes, my...
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Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512MB Overclocking Guide @ TechARPXFX 8800GT 512Mb Alpha Dog Edition XXX @ CPU3DZOTAC GeForce 8800GT AMP! Edition @ TweaktownAsus EAH3870 TOP Review @ NeoseekerLeadtek WinFast PX8800GT 256MB (GeForce 8800 GT 256MB) @ HardwareZone Motherboards & Chipsets: ASRock 4Core1600P35-WiFi+ P35 board @ OCWorkbenchECS...
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Ripping CDs that you own for your personal use should be OK, right? Not according to the RIAA.Now, in an unusual case in which an Arizona recipient of an RIAA letter has fought back in court rather than write a check to avoid hefty legal fees, the industry is taking its argument against music sharing one step further: In legal documents...
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It's a sad day and the end of an era. Development is to cease on the Netscape browser, which at one time held the largest market share of all browsers, and was the first browser to gain mass popularity.While internal groups within AOL have invested a great deal of time and energy in attempting to revive Netscape Navigator, these efforts have...
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One or the other of the two high-definition formats has to get an edge eventually, doesn't it? This might help Blu-ray. Panasonic has started shipping samples of the world's thinnest internal Blu-ray drive -- just 9.5 mm high.Now available to PC manufacturers, the new sample 9.5 mm high BD drives, were accomplished by combining Panasonic's...
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You can't be missed until you go away, but it's unlikely that Wal-Mart's online video download service will be missed even now that it has gone away. Less than a year after it began, Wal-Mart quietly closed it up four days before Christmas. No one even noticed until now. A message at www.walmart.com/videodownloads said the service was stopped...
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What good is a file server if you can't store files on it? Uh, huh. Microsoft has posted a Knowledge Base article, KB946676, which warns of file corruption issues with Windows Home Server. "When you use certain programs to edit files on a home computer that uses Windows Home Server, the files may become corrupted when you save...
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The latest rumor doing the rounds is that AMD's Athlon X2 may replaced by a dual-core K10 by the end of the first quarter of 2008. This is just a rumor, but we've been expecting AMD to transition their dual-core offerings from the now 'old' K8 designs to the newer K10 for some time. “AMD will launch a new series of dual-core products...
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A few months ago, at the fall Intel Developer’s Forum, we got some hands-on time with an Intel Skulltrail system and were able to snap a handful pictures and document a few benchmark scores. At the time, Skulltrail was still in it the pre-production phase as Intel had a few changes in store for the platform, but it was mature enough...
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iTunes, Wal-Mart, and Amazon's "Amazon MP3" service sell DRM-free music downloads, but so far only from EMI (along with a "test" by Universal Music Group). Today Amazon.com announced it has beaten Apple (!) to the punch; it's signed a deal with Warner Music Group to sell MP3 downloads, giving customers the choice of more than 2.9 Million songs...
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In a move that will no doubt send double-door armoire makers into a death spiral, Sony announced today that they would stop manufacturing rear-projection televisions next year. Sony said it would focus its resources on liquid crystal display (LCD) and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) technology to address the flat-TV market, which...
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Apple has inked a deal with 20th Century Fox to offer an on-demand video rental service through their iTunes interface. Perhaps as interesting as that tidbit, Apple is also offering their Digital Rights Management system to Fox for their DVD releases.Apart from letting people rent online, Apple will also for the first time extend its...
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