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Last Updated on Thursday, 18 March 2010 08:33 Written by Chris Hunter

Following an early report, high quality copies of a Canadian show will be uploaded the day after airing on TV, and without any of those "friendly" DRM restrictions.

The CBC is not alone, European broadcasters, such as the BBC, are currently working on a bit torrent client of the next generation kind, allowing broadcasting companies to distribute their media online. By using bit torrent, productions costs are reduced dramatically, and are distributed in a form the public are consistently using.

Approximately 50% of all bit torrent downloads are of TV-shows, and episodes of popular shows such as "Lost", "Prison Break" and "Heroes" get up to 10 million downloads per episode, spread over thousands of sites.

It is promising to see broadcasters coming around to the benefits of both dropping DRM additives on their media, and using Bit Torrent for low-cost distribution. Last month Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) made the popular TV-show "Nordkalotten 365″ available in a DRM-free format. This experiment turned out to be a huge success, while the distribution costs were close to zero. Thumbs are going up all over the community for these companies willing to brave the possible losses, and try their hand at offering legitimate sources of media that people will actually use.

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 March 2010 08:14 Written by Chris Hunter

PC Perspective has an excellent interview with John Carmack on id Tech 6. It is Well worth the read and provides insight on the future of none DX gaming. In other news, ars technica has an analysis from IDC on digital information vs. actual storage capacity. For those that are interested in Starcraft II, head over to tom's games for an image preview set.

ASUS Rampage Formula @ [H]Enthusiast

Pentax K20D First Impressions @ AnandTech

Image Preview: More StarCraft II @ tom’s games

MSI GeForce N9600GT OC Graphics Card @ TweakTown

Scythe "KAMA FLEX" 92 mm Silent Case Fan Review @ DSM

Razer Piranha Gaming Communicator Review @ Hardware Logic

BFG Tech NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB @ Modders Inc

BFGTech GeForce 9600 GT OC 512MB graphics card @ bit-tech

Crucial Ballistix 2GB PC3-12800 BL2KIT12864BA1608 @ ASE Labs

Asus Striker II Formula nForce 780i Motherboard @ Hot Hardware

OCZ 2x2048MB PC8000 DDR2 (OCZ2P10004GK) @ Overclockers Online

XIGMATEK HDT-D1284 and Scythe ZIPANG: CPU coolers @ X-bit Labs

Study: amount of digital info > global storage capacity @ ars technica

John Carmack: Tech 6, Ray Tracing, Consoles, Physics @ PC Perspective

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 March 2010 08:15 Written by Chris Hunter

[H]Enthusiast and AnandTech have review coverage of four GPUs in CrossfireX. Their results paint a good picture of the efficiency of the drivers from AMD/ATI . In other news, CeBIT ends tomorrow on the ninth.

ChipChilla - Chipset Cooler @ Modders Inc

Coolink GFXChilla VGA Cooler Review @ DSM

OpenLDAP Installation On Ubuntu @ ASE Labs

Auras TwinW (SMF-660) CPU Cooler @ TweakTown

HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 TurboX 512MB @ bit-tech

ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 CrossFireX @ [H]Enthusiast

Microsoft Wireless Laser Mouse 6000 @ Hardware Logic

Seagate Barracuda ES.2 1TB Hard Drive @ Hot Hardware

ATP Electronics ProMax II CompactFlash Card @ Big Bruin

GMC Noblesse AVC S-7 Home Theatre PC Case @ Techware Labs

Cooler Master Cosmos S Full-Tower Case Review @ PC Perspective

CrossFireX Arrives: 3 and 4 GPUs in 2 Card Setups @ AnandTech

Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT: Worthy Rival to ATI Radeon HD 3000 @ Xbit Labs

Last Updated on Friday, 07 March 2008 03:17

While planning an afternoon treat, we went over to the website of our regional ice cream chain. Instead of seeing delicious ice cream to pick from, we saw "ownz u AntiFA!" It looks like only their home page was hijacked, because the rest of the site works. Braums, started in 1968, services the US states of Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas. AntiFA is usually associated with anti-fascist and anti-racist groups in Germany. How a US regional ice cream chain became a target simply baffles us. File this one under random disobedience.

**Update** the server for their website is now down up, we are guessing the admin caught on. Pictures are below.

Last Updated on Thursday, 25 March 2010 09:42 Written by Chris Hunter

AMD has lived up to their word and are releasing their 780G chipsets H1 2008. They announced availability at the CeBIT 2008 event in Hanover, Germany. Manufacturers out of the gate include ASUS (M3A78), Gigabyte (GA-MA78GM), and ECS (A780GM), ranging from $70-100USD. Read on for the full article.

Last Updated on Thursday, 18 March 2010 08:16 Written by Chris Hunter

CeBIT 2008 starts today and ends March 9. This week will be hectic with a multitude of press releases and new products being released and announced. In other news, bit-tech wrote a spot on article about "Misinterpreting the Enthusiast." Richard lays out the problems with the industry today and how diluted the market has become. Well worth the read.

b-Envi Micro Case @ Modders-Inc

Samsung YP-P2 @ Overclockers Online

A 9800GX2 looks like this @ theInquirer

Misinterpreting the Enthusiast @ bit-tech

Palit GeForce 9600 GT Sonic @ [H]Enthusiast

Thermal Compound Round-Up @ Hardware Logic

Noctua NH-U12P Heatpipe CPU Cooler @ Big Bruin

Norwegian broadcaster: P2P experiment @ ars technica

Patriot Memory PC2-6400 4GB LL DDR2 Kit @ TweakTown

Albatron 8800GTS-512X Graphics Card Review @ X-bit Labs

Gigabyte GeForce 8800 GT GV-NX88T512HP @ Hot Hardware

ASUS U2E 11" Ultra-mobile Notebook Review @ PC Perspective

Scythe "KAZE MASTER 5.25" Multi Channel Fan Controller Review @ DSM

Kingwin RVT-9225, RVT-12025, and RVT-12025D CPU Coolers @ Techware Labs