Tuesday Tech Reading - Consumers sue ATI - tech
(hx) 06:03 PM CEST - May,09 2006
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- Consumers sue ATI over HDCP support -
ATI, it's alleged, said many of its
graphics card are sold as HDCP ready, or HDCP compliant. "These
representations were false and the cards cannot transmit content pursuant to
the HDCP specification.
- Botnet master jailed for five years -
Business that earned him $60,000.
- Windows Live Messenger Public Beta -
Windows Live Messenger was
previously available for beta testing by invitation only. It allow easy file
transfers based on Foldershare technology and has expanded VOIP, video, and
customization features.
- FreeBSD 6.1 released -
It
comes with many bug fixes and new drivers
- Gainward BLISS Geforce 7600 GT Golden Sample -
It is faster than the competition,
available today and can be easily overclocked to be faster than its original
clock.
- TV RoundUp - Sagem, Sony, Toshiba, Xelox -
Are you considering buying a new
TV?
- TDK Blu-ray media available in the UK -
They are Priced
at: £ 9.99 / € 14.98 or about $19 bucks US. Wow, $20 for 25GB? That makes
it $200 for 250GB!!
- Nokia E61 review - Speaking of 3G,
this is just one of the
connectivity options available in the superbly well-equipped E61. HSCSD,
GPRS and EDGE bring up the rear for data across quad-band GSM support on the
go, while Wi-Fi 802.11b/g takes care of high-speed local connectivity.
- Vodafone and T-Mobile cut European roaming charges -
T-Mobile has announced a new
service in which they will charge British subscribers a flat rate of 55
pence (about $1, or 80 euro cents) per minute to make and receive calls in 29
countries in Europe as well as Canada and the U.S.
- T-Mobile UK ships 'Super 3G' data card -
The card costs
L58.75 with a 12-month contract. In each case, users pay L19.98 a month.
Prices include VAT.
- Warner Bros. to sell films via BitTorrent - Pricing is also
undetermined, although individual
TV shows could be priced as low as $1 and movies will be sold for about the
price of buying a DVD.
- Limited Edition 50th Anniversary 2007 Mercedes-Benz SL550 -
The Roadter is powered by a 5.5
litre, 382 horsepower V-8 engine! Wow.
- Researchers Say They Can Cure Cancer In Mice - Honestly, this is
promising news, but it's a
"wait and see" for me as far as humans go.
- Color blindness - What things look like to color blind people -
Ever wonder what things look like to people with colorblindness?
Check
this out.
- Zak Penn on the New X-Men Game & Movie -
ComingSoon.net's Superhero Hype! got a chance to talk to writer Zak Penn,
who has worked on X2: X-Men United, Elektra, Fantastic Four and the upcoming
X-Men: The Last Stand. Marvel also recently enlisted Penn to write the sequel
to the 2003 Hulk movie.
- Stargate SG-1 news: Movie plans -
An interview with cast members of Stargate SG-1 about their 200th episode,
Captain Jack O'Neill's return, plans for a movie which would create a third
Stargate series and other news that confirms that Stargate is here to stay.
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