The week in hardware: AMD, antitrust, and 3G in the Far East

Posted on January 3rd, 2009 by admin
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The past week has been a holiday season in North America, which means we haven't seen that many major announcements. There were, however, a few notable events, including Cisco's plans to take at least a baby step into the consumer electronics market, AMD's writedown of ATI goodwill, China's plans for 3G, and NVIDIA's new Ion [...]

U.S. Number 1 in Malware-Hosting Sites

Posted on December 24th, 2008 by admin
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It looks like here in the good ol’ U.S. of A. we’ve got one more thing to add to the “we’re good at this” list, and that one thing is hosting malware on our websites.
A recent study by ars technica that tested what countries are hosting malware has the United States in [...]

China's “Human Flesh Search Engine” Probably Isn't What You Think It Is

Posted on November 26th, 2008 by admin
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In some respects, MySpace, FriendFinder, and every other social networking site could be considered a human flesh search engine. So could Google, Yahoo, and the rest of the online search portals, particularly when combined with incognito-based browsing. But in China, the seemingly sexual term takes on a completely different meaning than the first [...]

Pirates Selling Fake Blu-ray Movies on DVDs

Posted on November 19th, 2008 by admin
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It’s an all to common story; boy gets Blu-ray player, boy wants Blu-ray movies, boy doesn’t want to pay full price for said movies so boy goes to China to snag bootlegs – we’ve all been there. But should you find yourself caught in this conundrum wait a moment before you do anything. [...]