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Corsair Labs has set a new world record for the highest achieved DDR3 frequency by reaching a blistering 2462MHz at CL=9. The record was set on an Asus P5E3 Premium motherboard based on Intel's X48 chipset paired with an E8400 Wolfdale processor. View the CPU-Z validated results here.
The RIAA won a $222,000 verdict against Jammie Thomas because, according to District Judge Michael J. Davis, making sound recordings available without permission is a copyright violation "regardless of whether actual distribution has been shown." Now Davis says he may have made a mistake. He wrote that he found a 1993 ruling from the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals that claims infringement requires "an actual dissemination of either copies of phonorecords." Oral arguments on a new trial are planned for July 1.
Microsoft last week announced an agreement with One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) to make Windows XP available on the low-cost XO laptop. Trials of the XO running Windows are planned to begin as soon as June in emerging markets and OLPC hopes to offer a version of the XO with both Windows and Linux. Read the press release here
Two weeks ago Steve Ballmer said a hostile takeover of Yahoo "would make Yahoo undesirable as an acquisition for Microsoft," but the software giant doesn't appear to be ready to let go. Instead, Microsoft said on Sunday it has proposed an alternative deal that would involve a transaction, but not an acquisition. If approved, the proposal could save Yahoo from fighting a proxy battle with financier Carl Icahn, but could also raise confusion as to who's in charge. More here.
Can't decide how to spend your stimulus check? You could (and probably should) pay off lingering bills, but if you'd rather splurge on tech toys, have a glance of InformationWeek's top picks. The author breaks downs gadgets according to your anticipated rebate, such as thumb drives and cell phones at the low end, and high tech splurges like an HDTV. To tempt yourself even further, be sure and add TechBargains and Woot.com to your daily online pitstops.
The wait is over and you can now download the first Firefox 3 Release Candidate (RC1). Mozilla has been hard at work on the Gecko 1.9 web rendering platform for the past 33 months, which includes over 14,000 updates and major re-architecting. Be sure and read the Release Notes before grabbing your copy.
Newegg could earn itself 500 geek points if its product pages could do this (Hint: Let it load and then wait a few seconds).
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Usagi
May 19, 2008 at 9:33pm
That was effin great!
Beat that, Amazon!...and the Geek shall inherit the earth.
guoruiwu1994
May 19, 2008 at 5:23pm
from what i am guessing that is ikea germany ( i can't read german, i am guessing)
Keith E. Whisman
May 19, 2008 at 3:36pm
The Nifty Website is just outstanding. Excellent. Too bad I can't read freaky deaky dutch.
