Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Monday 31 May 2010 at 13:32:00
Country now owns the world’s second most powerful supercomputer
China now owns the world’s second most powerful supercomputer, according to the June Top 500 supercomputer list. The Nebulae supercomputer is at the National Super Computer Center in Shenzhen, and…
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It looks as if the largest internet service provider (ISP) in Ireland, Eircom is beginning to get tough on illegal file sharers by sending out threatening letters to those who are accused of sharing copyrighted material.
There have been rumbles around Europe from providers and governments on this practice, but Ireland has become the first country [...]
In the past law firms like Davenport Lyons have tried alleged bullying tactics to scare internet users into paying up for alleged illegal file sharing offences, but now it appears that another firm, ACS Law is trying another route.
The idea is that the firm sends a broadband user a questionnaire with a letter that states [...]
The search engine has released a table of the top 1000 most visited websites in the world, and while the top site may be a fore gone conclusion, some of the other sites may not be so familiar in the UK.
With 579 billion page views, Facebook takes the top spot, with Yahoo!, Live.com, Wikepedia and [...]
Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Monday 31 May 2010 at 11:45:00
Users vow to leave the social networking giant on Quit Facebook Day
Today is Quit Facebook Day and over 26,000 people have vowed to leave the social network due to privacy concerns….
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It has emerged that Google’s Street View cars were doing more than photographing 95% of the UK when they toured the country earlier this year.
The cars were also bristling with radio antennae, with the intention of picking up signals from wi-fi networks, which leak out beyond the home the network is based in.
Google’s idea was [...]
While we’ve had our concerns about the Mini-ITX bandwagon, it’s still a trend that we’re broadly in favour of. After all, small, potent PCs can be great.
One of the nicest – and smallest mini-ITX cases we’ve seen comes from Taiwanese company Lutec’s retail brand, SEED.
SEED is a shoehorned acronym of “Saving Energy Efficiency Directly” – the brand promotes mini-ITX and low power chassis, as well as a few 80Plus ATX PSUs and some laptop accessories too.
Our interest was perked with the MU-380: a gently rounded and elegant aluminium mini-ITX case. It measures a very tiny 315 x 215 x 63mm, which also limits its compatibility to Atom-esq products under 6cm tall.
Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Sunday 30 May 2010 at 21:20:00
Woman claims road traffic accident is search firm’s fault
A woman in the US is suing Google because its Maps service gave her the wrong walking directions. Lauren Rosenberg claims that the directions caused her to get hit by…
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Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Sunday 30 May 2010 at 17:45:00
Country reacts to ‘Everybody Draw Muhammad Day’
Bangladesh has become the second Muslim country to block citizens from accessing Facebook. The decision came after caricatures of the prophet Muhammad and the country’s leaders were uploaded to the…
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