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Ziff Davis To Close Print PCMag, Focus On Online; Still Looking For Options For Gaming Division
Ziff Davis, the tech/gaming media company that recently exited Chapter 11 bankruptcy, is now taking the brave but inevitable step of closing down the print
The Lazy Man’s Guide to Getting Things Done
What if I told you that you could be totally lazy and irresponsible, and still accomplish just as much? What if you could slack off, ...
Android G1 jailbroken within a week
It took weeks for a whole team of hackers to jailbreak the iPhone 3G, but it seems Google's Android platform isn't quite as robust as ...
Veterans Day
On Veterans Day, we pay tribute to the service and sacrifice of the men and women who in defense of our freedom have bravely worn ...
Songbird 1.0 music app soars
In a desktop media realm dominated by iTunes and Windows Media Player, Songbird is an open source player that dances to its own beat. Built ...
Latest Wii update blocks homebrew
Nintendo has used its latest Nintendo Wii firmware upgrade to continue its battle of wills against hackers, homebrewers and pirates. The Wii’s unauthorised Homebrew Channel ...
Just got back from PhreakNIC
I just got back from PhreakNIC in Nashville, TN. It was great and there were some pretty good talks this year and a great movie ...Pirate Bay Tricks Anti-Pirates with Fake Peers
The Pirate Bay has always made it clear that they don’t obey takedown requests from content owners. That doesn’t stop Hollywood from going after the Pirate Bay’s users, however, and they do so on a large scale. The Pirate Bay is well aware of these pirate tracking outfits, and does what it can to give them a hard time. Reporting fake peers is one of the tricks they use....
Hacker is 'too sick' to survive US extradition
The Home Secretary has backed the extradition of a UFO-obsessed computer hacker, despite hearing expert argument that it would be in breach of the European ...
Ed Diment finishes HMS Hood — in 20-foot-long minifig scale!
Ed Diment has completed his minfig-scale HMS Hood. Packed with incredible details, this is my favorite of the big ship builds, which have included the ...
New machine prints sheets of light
On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces ...Almost half of Google products -- including 4-year-old Gmail -- remain in beta: Why?
The question has been kicked around by the technology press for some time now: Why does Google keep products in beta for so long?Beats me, ...
‘Are they baby-eating monsters or what?’
Pirates, pioneers, or petty thieves? Majsan Boström meets Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij, two of the leading figures from file-sharing giant The Pirate Bay...
Is Facebook Distracting Us From Porn? No
Porn is and always has been a key component of the Internet -- 10% of all Web searches, according to Hitwise. But it used to ...
Debunking the "Halo" Death
We all no the real truth and are sad to admit it. It was a suicide and the parents are to busy convincing themselves it was because of Halo to actual sift through the facts. Case closed. ...
IE 8 consumes more RAM than Windows XP
exo.performance.network is declaring IE 8 to the be one seriously bloated piece of software. Not only is it fatter than IE 7, it's also more resource-intensive...
RealNetworks soon to bring DVD Copier
On Monday, RealNetworks, the digital media company in Seattle, will introduce RealDVD, a $30 software program for Windows computers that allows users to easily make a digital copy of an entire DVD — down to the extras and artwork from the box....
The Cyber Crime Hall of Fame
Rules are made to be broken the same way networks are made to be hacked into. These are nine of the most infamous criminal hackers to ever see the inside of a jail cell. ...MIT model helps computers sort data more like humans
Humans have a natural tendency to find order in sets of information, a skill that has proven difficult to replicate in computers. Faced with a large ...Mozilla Extends Lucrative Deal With Google For 3 Years
Mozilla, the organization behind the popular Firefox web browser, has extended its search deal with Google for another three years. In return for setting Google ...
