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Weekend tech reading: What's a fair penalty for piracy?
- This week a federal jury handed down the verdict in the third file-sharing trial against a Minnesota mother of four who has been fighting against the charges brought by the RIAA since 2005. The jury found Jamie Thomas-Rasset guilty of pirating 24 copyrighted songs from six different record labels and awarded the plaintiffs $1.5 million in damages, or an astounding $62,500 per song.
Weekend tech reading: Help us win a photo contest!
- Happy weekend everyone! We have a favor to ask for those of you on Facebook. Shawn Knight, the fine individual behind many of our hardware reviews, needs your help to win a photo contest. The giveaway ends tonight at midnight…
Weekend tech reading: Diablo III, Cataclysm, HotS detailed
- Blizzcon 2010 news roundup Blizzard's gigantic annual fan conference, Blizzcon, just took place on the 22nd and 23rd of October – and out of it (besides the live performances, insane costuming and playable demos) came a whole lot of news…
Weekend tech reading: AMD HD 6800 series listed, pictured
- AMD's HD 6800 series gets listed Thanks to early listings of HD 6850 we can see initial pricing and confirm the clocks that were already leaked a while back. The listing, which was noticed by the guys from Dinoxpc.com, comes…
Weekend tech reading: Google cars can drive themselves
- What we're driving at Larry and Sergey founded Google because they wanted to help solve really big problems using technology. And one of the big problems we’re working on today is car safety and efficiency. Our goal is to help…
News around the web: Skype now available for Android
- Skype now available for Android phones @ Skype October 4 (great news) @ CargoCollective Black Ops to support stereoscopic 3D @ BigDownload Why The PC Is Not Dead @ Forbes See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: Nokia to include Antivirus on Smart…
Weekend tech reading: Installing Duke Nukem 3D on your PC
- How to install and play Duke Nukem 3D on your PC After 13 years in development, Duke Nukem Forever is finally coming to consoles and PCs in 2011. What better way to celebrate than by playing through Duke Nukem 3D?…
News around the web: Plants vs. zombies quest in WoW
- Plants Vs. Zombies Quest In WoW: Cataclysm @ rockpapershotgun Make a Hardware Chess Set @ DollarStoreCrafts ‘No Shooting’ Signs Seem To Attract Bullets @ Everydaynodaysoff StarCraft II 1.1 patch goes live via auto-updater @ BigDownload See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: Toshiba…
News around the web: China has not done enough on yuan
- Obama says China has not done enough on yuan @ Reuters Red Devil Lounge, the iPhone of Nightclubs @ Sfist 102-Year-Old Lens Plus Canon 5D Mark II Equals Instant Vintage Photos @ PetaPixel Frankenfood, Coming Soon to a Store Near You? @ Fox…
Weekend tech reading: Intel selling $50 'upgrade' cards to unlock built-in CPU features
- Intel wants to charge $50 to unlock stuff your CPU can already do Hold onto your hyperthreaded horses, because this is liable to whip up an angry mob -- Intel's asking customers to pay extra if they want the full…
News around the web: Password reuse
- Password Reuse @ xkcd 11 Infamous Software Bugs @ PCWorld Google Engineer Fired for Spying on Minors @ FoxNews It's all about quality @ Skype See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: GameBoy Micro sells well in Japan
News around the web: Facebook users have low self-esteem
- Facebook users have low self-esteem @ The Times of India Free Admission to 1200 Museums on Museum Day @ Ben's Bargains Great Comic (good read) @ SinFest Happy 25th Birthday, Super Mario Bros. @ Kotaku See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: The…
Weekend tech reading: Only IE 9 offers full GPU acceleration
- Microsoft: Only IE 9 will offer full hardware acceleration With various browser makers touting their half-baked attempts to add some form of limited hardware acceleration to their products, Microsoft today fired back with a detailed explanation of why its upcoming…
News around the web: Ecomagination challenge opened
- Ecomagination Challenge Opened $10 billion invested @ Ecomagination Workers of the World, Innovate @ BusinessWeek 30% of PS3 owners own more than 20 games @ Joystiq iTunes costs Apple $1 billion a year to maintain @ Neowin.net See more articles and reviews. Five years ago…
News around the web: Sony to animate Marvel characters
- Sony Pictures to animate Marvel characters @ Reuters Walking makes you smarter @ Y100 'Magic mushrooms' ingredient may ease end-of-life anxiety @ CNN Anime Bento @ Danny Choo See more articles and reviews. Five years ago in TechSpot: Sony revives the Walkman
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