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The UK and 21 other European Union member states have signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, better known as ACTA.
The countries signed the treaty, which aims to harmonise copyright enforcement across much of the world, in Tokyo on Thursday. However, the signatures of the EU member states and the EU itself will count for nothing unless the European Parliament gives its approval to ACTA in June, and digital activists... [Read More] | | Valve Announces Steam Mobile App |
Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the beta release of the Steam application for iOS and Android devices.
With the Steam app, gamers around the world may chat with Steam friends, browse community groups and user profiles, view screenshots and user-generated content for... [Read More] | | Intel to Acquire Patents from RealNetworks |
Intel has signed an agreement with RealNetworks to purchase approximately 190 patents and 170 patent applications worldwide, as well as next-generation video codec software, for $120 million.
As part of the agreement, Intel will acquire RealNetworks’ foundational streaming media patents, expanding Intel’s diverse and extensive portfolio of intellectual property. The acquisition also enhances Intel's ability to continue to... [Read More] | | Poland Signs Controversial Copyright Treaty |
Poland on Thursday signed an international copyright agreement which has sparked days of protests by Internet users who fear it will lead to online censorship.
Poland's ambassador to Japan, Jadwiga Rodowicz-Czechowska, signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, in Tokyo, she told the all-news station TVN24.
Later in the day, hundreds of people took to the streets of the eastern city of Lublin to... [Read More] | | ChipHell Accuses Nvidia of Using Marketing Shills | |
Chinese hardware site ChipHell has accused Nvidia Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) of using marketing shills on its forums. "There are plenty of posts on major Chinese forums claiming that Kepler is going to be inexpensive. There are no such reports on foreign websites. All those who are spreading this information are marketing shills working for Nvidia. It is clear that Nvidia is using an army of online actors to suppress sales and momentum... [Read More] | | AMD Catalyst 12.2 Preview Driver |
AMD has released a new build of its Catalyst software suite. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and the Catalyst Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability. Catalyst 12.2 Preview brings the following features:
• Eyefinity 2.1... [Read More] | | AMD Catalyst 12.1 |
AMD has released a new build of its Catalyst software suite. This particular software suite updates both the AMD Display Driver, and the Catalyst Control Center. This unified driver has been further enhanced to provide the highest level of power, performance, and reliability. The AMD Catalyst software suite is the ultimate in performance and stability. Catalyst 12.1 brings the following features:
• Custom Application... [Read More] | | Google Updates Privacy Policy and Terms of Service |
Google has posted the following information on its blog: "In just over a month we will make some changes to our privacy policies and Google Terms of Service. This stuff matters, so we wanted to explain what’s changing, why and what these changes mean for users.
First, our privacy policies. Despite trimming our policies in 2010, we still have more than 70 privacy documents covering all of our different products. This... [Read More] | | K-Lite Codec Pack 8.2.0 |
K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codecs are required to encode and/or decode (play) audio and video. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play 99% of all the movies that you download from the internet.
• It it always up-to-date with the latest versions of the codecs.
• It is very... [Read More] | | Was MegaUpload Targeted Because Of Its Upcoming Digital Jukebox Service? |
Last Thursday the US Justice Department came down hard on Megaupload and its mega founder, Kim Dotcom. In the days since, there has been a shake-up of sorts in the digital storage realm. Several smaller sites have drastically changed their business models. Others, like MediaFire, reached out to me after I published this post attempting to distance themselves from Megaupload.
However, yesterday, a new theory surfaced that... [Read More] | | CCleaner 3.15.1643 | |
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. But the best part is that its fast (normally taking less than a second to run) and contains no spyware or adware.[Read More] | | Nvidia: We Expected More from the Radeon HD 7900 |
During CES 2012 in Las Vegas, Nvidia focused almost exlcusively on its mobile system processors of the Tegra family. The company had nothing official to say about its coming Kepler architecture, but still took the opportunity to ventilate some views on the competitor and its own coming products.
In talks with spokesperson, NordicHardware confirmed that Nvidia could not specify a launch schedule more preduce than "first... [Read More] | | AMD Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual Results | |
AMD today announced revenue for the fourth quarter of 2011 of $1.69 billion, net loss of $177 million, or $0.24 per share, and operating income of $71 million. The company reported non-GAAP net income of $138 million, or $0.19 per share, and non-GAAP operating income of $172 million. Fourth quarter non-GAAP net income excludes an impairment of AMD’s investment in GLOBALFOUNDRIES of $209 million, restructuring charges of $98 million, the... [Read More] | | Miranda IM 0.9.42 |
Miranda IM is a multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows. Very light on system resources and extremely fast, Miranda IM requires no installation and can be made to fit on a single floppy disk or USB drive. Featuring a powerful plugin-based framework and boasting over 350 plugins, Miranda IM is one of the most flexible and customisable messaging clients on the planet.
Download: [Read More] | | Intel Acquires InfiniBand Technology from QLogic |
Intel Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with QLogic to acquire the product lines of and certain assets related to its InfiniBand business. A significant number of the employees associated with this business are expected to accept offers to join Intel.
This acquisition is designed to enhance Intel’s networking portfolio and provide scalable high- performance computing (HPC) fabric... [Read More] | | CrystalDiskInfo 4.2.0a | |
CrystalDiskInfo is a HDD/SSD health monitoring utility. It displays storage device's information, monitors S.M.A.R.T. values, temperature and controls AAM/APM settings. S.M.A.R.T. is a monitoring system for storage devices to detect and report on various indicators of reliability, in the hope of anticipating failures. It is recommended to monitor S.M.A.R.T. every few months to ensure your storage device is in a healthy condition.[Read More] | | Origin Adds Games From 11 More Publishers |
Electronic Arts (EA) Inc. announced that Origin, EA's direct-to-consumer gaming platform, will soon feature PC downloadable games from Trion Worlds, Robot Entertainment and nine other game publishers. Starting today, Trion's Rift is the first new title added to Origin for purchase and download by PC gamers, with many more titles coming soon.
Additional titles from publishers CD PROJEKT RED, Freebird Games, Recoil Games,... [Read More] | | Judge Orders Defendant to Decrypt HDD |
A judge on Monday ordered a Colorado woman to decrypt her laptop computer so prosecutors can use the files against her in a criminal case. The defendant, accused of bank fraud, had unsuccessfully argued that being forced to do so violates the Fifth Amendment's protection against compelled self-incrimination.
"I conclude that the Fifth Amendment is not implicated by requiring production of the unencrypted contents of the... [Read More] |  | | Search | | | | Our Software | | | | | | | | | | | | Recent Downloads | | | | | | | | | | | | Recent Threads | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
