Hacking IT gullibility at Defcon

Defcon A hacker competition that challenges contestants to trick employees of large companies into divulging potentially sensitive information aims to show how human gullibility is the biggest security vulnerability of all. During its first day at the Defcon hacker contest in Las Vegas, it had clearly achieved its goal.?

The camel's nose under Google's tent

A trio of Apple filings seek to patent mobile-application "systems and methods" for travel and online shopping ? and to move us three steps closer to a Google-free world.?

Dressing up what you kill

Microsoft is so committed to the cloud that it's throwing everything at rivals like Google to crack open the door on sales and gain momentum online.?

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* - offensive humor may vary

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is preparing to launch an iPad competitor in November, and it will be called the BlackPad, according to a report citing two people familiar with the company's plans.?

Gate not closing

When AMD spin-off GlobalFoundries broke ground on its fab in upstate New York last year, the chip manufacturer boasted it was "closing the gap" on Intel. "We were a year behind Intel at the 45nm node, and that difference will be cut significantly at the 32nm generation," said vice president of manufacturing systems technology Tom Sonderman. "By 22nm, there will be no difference. It will be in the noise level."?

Judas Phone 'death grip' proven fatal

More evidence has surfaced that Apple's beleaguered Judas Phone does, indeed, have serious reception challenges ? and today's facts and figures come from a sophisticated source.?

Attacks on rise

Warning of an uptick in attacks, Microsoft plans to issue an emergency update to patch a critical Windows vulnerability that hackers are exploiting to seize control of PCs.?

Hunts down Japanese FTC

Microsoft will try to stop Yahoo! from hooking up with Google in Japan.?

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Take a peep

Leaving aside the creepy privacy aspects, Street View is one of Google's most valuable services. The ability to familiarise yourself with somewhere strange, before you arrive, is genuinely useful.?

Dust up over supposed evil particles

A futurologist has defended his controversial warning that "smart dust" is liable to become a future information stealing threat.?

A ClearPath to the development skies

A mainframe cloud may seem oxymoronic like a lead Zeppelin ("a" included on purpose), or intuitively obvious (given the virtualization and metering capabilities that have been in mainframes for decades). But Unisys has nonetheless fluffed up a mainframe cloud for its ClearPath mainframe customers.?

$20 million

BlueArc, the hardware-accelerated NAS array supplier startup, has pocketed another $20m in a seventh funding round, taking total funding to around $225m.?

Render foreign beatdowns unenforceable

The US House of Representatives has passed a law which will render libel rulings from the English courts unenforceable there. The bill has already been passed by the Senate and will go to US President Barack Obama to be signed into law.?

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No touching

Spar is going contactless, attracted by the four pence per transaction the company could save by not asking shoppers for their PINs.?

Capitalism and open source

Open...and Shut When the mouthpiece of American capitalism calls a company a dog, it's time to re-evaluate that company's chances.?

...it's a... yes, one of those!

Mozy says that the bugs reported by users concerning repeated full backups were not bugs at all, instead reflecting a feature of the product.?

What happens in Vegas...

Security shortcomings in Black Hat's newly established streaming media service allowed a security consultant to hack into the system and see presentations for free.?

Na zdraví!

Beer drinkers in the Czech Republic, and that's most of country, will be raising a glass today to celebrate a local victory against Anheuser-Busch, the maker of US "beer" Budweiser.?

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HDD & SSD hybrid craftsmanship?

Word has reached us of a development project codenamed Katana inside Xiotech, with hints that the project involves HDD and SSD hybrid craftsmanship.?

Quickest crypto off the mark

The UK's Cyber Security Challenge has announced the winner of its prologue crypto puzzle, as well as the solution - for anyone still struggling to find an answer.?

Signs Voda UK for heavy lifting

TalkTalk is to launch its own mobile phone service, thanks to a deal with Vodafone UK.?

Stunned web developers die a little inside

Computers in Whitehall will largely continue to run Microsoft?s Internet Explorer 6, which will make web coders spit out their cheese?n?pickle sarnies this lunchtime.?

Shaves tariffs

Last month, we reported T-Mobile UK's price-plans for the iPhone 4. Today the telco start shipping the iphone, and has come in with lower tariffs .?

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Fun retro-snapper revived

Review The news that Polaroid has a new instant camera, after we thought it was done with all that frivolity, is likely to be greeted with squeals of nostalgic joy. While digital is superior in almost every sense there's a real warmth about those 80s prints that we remember adorning fridges and noticeboards. The Polaroid 300 (tsk, these unwieldy techie names) takes you straight back to your childhood, making a spontaneity-encouraging break from all that DSLR refinement.?

So who gets the DVD collection?

A year after leaping into bed with O2, NatWest is no longer backing the operator's pre-paid credit card offering, citing differences in strategic goals as the cause of the breakup.?

Generosity knows no bounds

YouTube has bumped its upload limit to 15 minutes for users of the Google-owned video sharing website.?

Parliamentary privilege claim kicked out

The four politicians facing fraud charges over their expenses today failed in their bid to avoid prosecution by using ancient Parliamentary privilege laws.?

Hey, Mr Trampoline Man... what's that in your hand?

A 55-year-old described by the BBC as a 'man' and by Scotland's Daily Record as a 'pervert' has avoided jail after being spotted by neighbours having too much fun with too few clothes on a trampoline.?

Android in spaaace

If you've ever wondered what happens when you stick a Google Nexus One phone in a rocket and blast it to 28,000ft from the Nevada desert, then here's your answer:?

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Fat dollar spent on health advice sites

Four Whitehall departments gave Google and similar search engines more than £6m in two years to encourage web users to do more exercise, emit less CO₂ and stop smoking, among other initiatives.?

Watch where you click

Online con artists have developed a strain of scareware that poses as a Firefox update.?

Today's the day to pat yourselves on the back

It?s the last Friday in July, so that can mean only one thing - happy SysAdmin Day!?

Launch? What launch!

Apple's iPhone 4 went on sale today in New Zealand. But Vodafone NZ's handling of the launch left much to be desired, with hundreds of customers left in the lurch.?

Sitting pretty - but for how long?

In a lot of ways, Nvidia is the belle of the GPU/accelerator ball these days. (Make your reservations early for the upcoming "GPU Fancy Dress Cotillion" later on this year; tuxedo t-shirts encouraged.) Intel withdrew Larrabee, IBM isn't pushing Cell, FPGAs aren't gaining a lot of traction yet, and AMD is late to the party with Fusion.?

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Dismissed with a 'non' and a Gallic shrug

Updated French network operator SFR is thumbing its nose at Apple by telling customers to think carefully before upgrading to iOS 4.?

Expense accounts

Starcraft 2 was released this week and at the hefty RRP of £45. Many games sites are hopping mad at this, although typically retailers are selling Blizzard's strategy game at £10 less than RRP.?

Orwellian black Opel scoots past infamous murder site

Until now, we at El Reg have assumed that Google's Street View spymobiles are as fearless as they are all-seeing, but it appears this may not be entirely true.?

In time for US welcome?

PartyGaming and Bwin have agreed to merge, just as moves to make online gambling legal in the US get a little closer.?

Running the stack from one screen

Hitachi's Unified Compute Platform (UCP) integrated IT stack idea is gathering momentum.?

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Raw info may be too confusing

The head of the government's website for the release of public sector data has said it is a challenge to ensure that users can understand the statistics.?

Pure and simple

Review If a recent survey for HP is to be believed, Britons remain committed to packaged media, with 75 percent wanting hard copies of films in a box. So despite the advance of video streaming and downloading, perhaps it?s not yet time to write off conventional disc players, like Pioneer?s latest Blu-ray offering, the BDP-330.?

It's fully blocked!

Google's China search is working just fine, despite breathless claims from countless news organizations that it's "fully blocked."?

Up to 4 million downloads

An Android wallpaper application that collected data from users' phones and uploaded it to a site in China was downloaded "millions of times", according to mobile security firm Lookout.?

Forever is a mighty long time

Underscoring the permanence of data published on the internet, a security researcher has compiled the names and URLs of more than 100 million Facebook users and made them available as a BitTorrent download.?

DoJ doubles down on whistleblower suit

The US Department of Justice has filed a fresh lawsuit against Oracle, three months after intervening in a whistleblower suit that accuses the software giant of overcharging the government by "tens of millions of dollars."?

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'Job-one urgency'

FAM Microsoft's chief executive has come very close to telling investors he screwed up after years of writing off, belittling and underestimated Apple's potential success in touch-based computing.?

Cuda be an enterprise contender

Nvidia announced some new CUDA stuff last week, a new developer kit (3.1) and the Parallel Nsight Visual Studio plug-in, both designed to make it easier for ISVs and other coding types to support Nvidia GPUs in their apps. Our pal TPM has a typically detailed story here.?

The Poland of international conflict

Black Hat Fighting wars that target computer networks is fraught with risks that don't exist in traditional warfare, raising the stakes for future conflicts, a retired US general told security professionals Thursday.?

Turner promises 'great' story

FAM The beta version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 will hit in September.?

September previews planned

Linux users on Gnome must wait a full year before their favorite desktop is updated ? the first such delay in the project's short history.?

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Teijin Chemicals Limited, the core company of the Teijin Group's plastics business, has begun manufacturing and selling transparent conductive films that are expected to be used in new versions of electronic paper that are lighter and thinner than conventional products on the market.

Fujifilm has made its first overseas introduction of the "Fujifilm 3D Print System", which offers an instant printout of high-quality and natural 3D photographs, to the "Universal Studios Singapore" theme park that soft-opened at Sentosa Island, Singapore, on March 18, 2010.

Panasonic Electric Works and Teijin announced their joint development of a highly heat-resistant polylactide (PLA) molding compound made 80% from plant-based renewable feedstock and providing significantly reduced molding cycle time of around half that of conventional PLA compounds.

Tokio Marine Life Insurance Malaysia Bhd. ("TMLM"), a subsidiary of Tokio Marine Holdings ("TMHD")), has reached an Exclusive Bancassurance Agreement with RHB Bank Bhd., one of the largest commercial banks in Malaysia.

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ("SMBC") announced today an agreement to take an ownership interest in, and a Memorandum of Understanding for business cooperation with, Kotak Mahindra Bank, the 4th largest private sector banking and financial services player in India by market capitalization.

Mizuho Corporate Bank and Mizuho Corporate Bank (China), Ltd. have signed a Cooperation Agreement on Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection with the Qingdao Municipal Government (Qingdao Municipal Development and Reform Commission, Qingdao Commerce Bureau, and Qingdao Environmental Protection Bureau) of the People's Republic of China.

Germany's SGL Group and Hitachi Chemical will extend their comprehensive and mutual cooperation to supply anode material solutions for lithium-ion batteries for the European automotive and industrial markets. SGL Group and Hitachi Chemical already have a long-lasting relationship in the consumer battery market (mobile devices).

ITOCHU has announced a business collaboration with Yantai Jieke Inspection Service of Shandong Prefecture, a food inspection company under the control of Longda Foodstuff Group, one of the leading manufacturers of foodstuffs in China. ITOCHU and Longda Foodstuff Group have capital relations in a number of businesses.

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) has produced polyolefin encapsulants suitable mainly for uses with crystalline silicon photovoltaic (PV) cells.

Asahi Kasei Chemicals' Microza hollow-fiber membrane system was selected for Asia's largest membrane-process water clarification plant, a drinking water plant in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.

JFE Shoji Trade Corporation and Summit Corporation Ltd. have announced a joint venture, Steel Alliance Service Center Co., Ltd. (SASC), a steel processing center mainly serving the automotive industry, located in the Hemaraj Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate in Rayong Province in southeastern Thailand.

Olympus Corporation has announced that an agreement with Spiration, Inc. of the US in which all shares of Spiration will be acquired by Olympus Corporation of the Americas, a North American subsidiary of Olympus. As a result, Spiration will become a consolidated subsidiary of Olympus.

Dentsu Inc. has established a new management strategy consulting company, Dentsu Consulting Inc., to strengthen the Dentsu Group's ability to provide integrated solutions. The new company will begin operations on July 1, 2010.

Japan's leading diversified materials manufacturer Nitto Denko Corporation and its U.S. water treatment technology subsidiary Hydranautics is pleased to announce it has been contracted to supply its SWC6 MAX and ESPA2+ elements to the Victorian Desalination Project, currently under construction on the Bass Coast, near the town of Wonthaggi.

Dainippon Screen Mfg. Co., Ltd. announced today that it has developed the CW-1500 compact wet station, a batch-type automatic cleaning system suited to the manufacturing of eco-friendly products known as "green devices."

Ube Industries has announced that its Spain-based subsidiary, Ube Chemical Europe S.A., will open a second production line for polycarbonate diol (PCD) in response to rising global demand.

NYK Line has announced that it will install a ballast water management system called JFE BallastAce, developed by the JFE Engineering Corp., on one of its pure car carriers, Emerald Leader.

NTT Data Corp. will acquire U. S. information system firm Intelligroup Inc. as part of its global expansion. If NTT Data succeeds in obtaining all Intelligroup shares through a tender offer, the acquisition will cost about 18 billion yen (US$196.6 million). The bid could start this week, with the offer price at US$4.65 a share.

Fujitsu Ltd. will own Toshiba Corp.'s struggling cellphone handset business, aiming to take a leadership position in the domestic market while coping with challenges from foreign rivals such as Apple's iPhone.

Sony Corp. said Chairman Howard Stringer earned a 410 million yen (US$4.5 million) salary last year as Japanese regulators begin to force companies to reveal the compensation of their top executives.

Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries today announced that they have reached a basic agreement calling for the three companies to initiate concrete discussions toward consolidation of their hydroelectric power generation system operations in a quest to strengthen and expand related business.

Sharp Corporation has developed and will introduce the new LR388G9 LCD controller for mobile devices that enables simultaneous display on two different screens at half-XGA (480 x 1024 pixels) resolution, an industry first(1).

Toyota Motor Thailand Co., Ltd., which produces IMVs for sale in 109 markets around the world, marked the milestone in a ceremony today in Chonburi Province, Thailand, from where the vehicles are shipped overseas.

Sharp Corporation has signed an agreement with NED(2) to establish one of the world's largest(1) solar power generation plants with a power generation capacity of 73 MW, and to supply thin-film solar cell modules and surrounding systems for the plant.

Mitsubishi Corporation invests in Solar PV Power Generation Project in Thailand Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) has invested in the Changwat Lop Buri power generation project in Thailand.

NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) announced today the beginning of shipment of Low power Radio Equipment (LRE) for NTT DOCOMO, INC.'s (Headquarters: Tokyo, President and CEO: Ryuji Yamada, DOCOMO) LTE base stations.

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC), Hino Motors Ltd. (Hino) and Showa Shell Sekiyu K. K. (SSSKK) announced today they plan to begin trials on July 1 of a diesel-electric hybrid transit bus fueled by a CO2 emissions-reducing mixture of Fischer-Tropsch diesel (FTD) and hydrogenated biodiesel.

Honda Vietnam Co., Ltd. (HVN), a Honda motorcycle and automobile production and sales joint venture in Vietnam, announced plans to expand the annual production capacity of its motorcycle production plant by 500,000 units in order to meet rapidly growing demand in Vietnam.

JCB Co., Ltd. (JCB), the brand holder of the JCB international payment brand, today announced the appointment of Takao Kawanishi as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at its shareholders' meeting in Tokyo held on June 28, 2010 with immediate effect.

Toho Tenax, the core company of the Teijin Group's carbon fiber business, announced today that its European division, Toho Tenax Europe GmbH, has been awarded a contract to supply carbon fiber material for major primary and secondary composite structures on Bombardier's new CSeries aircraft program.

Toho Tenax, the core company of the Teijin Group's carbon fibers business, announced today the conclusion of a long term framework agreement with EADS and its subsidary Airbus SAS regarding the direct supply of carbon fiber and carbon fiber-based materials for a range of Airbus aircraft.

Toho Tenax Co., Ltd, the core company of the Teijin Group's carbon fibers business, announced today that in an effort to expand its carbon fiber business, the company is significantly strengthening its strategic initiatives in the global aerospace market.

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. (TMUK), Toyota's production company in the United Kingdom, plans to hold a line-off ceremony today to mark the start of production of the "Auris Hybrid", the first hybrid vehicle mass produced in Europe.

Next week, water leaders, industry players, investors and experts are expected to converge at Singapore International Water Week's highly anticipated country forums to advance top level exchange of knowledge and insights, and formulate possible solutions that could address the world's pressing water challenges.

Building on the global momentum of initiating concrete action to address water security issues, the first-ever Asia-Pacific Water Ministers' Forum brings together influential public sector leaders for a constructive and informative dialogue session chaired by Singapore's Ambassador-at-Large Prof Tommy Koh during the Singapore International Water Week.

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces the appointment of local personnel to senior management positions at its overseas affiliates to enhance its global management structure.

Panasonic Corporation, a leader in electronics technology and innovation, announced today that its EVERLEDS LED light bulbs (standard E26 base and compact E17 base) received the gold award, top award at the International Design Excellence Awards 2010 (IDEA 2010) sponsored by the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA).

Sony today announced the development of an energy storage module using lithium-ion rechargeable batteries made with olivine-type lithium iron phosphate as the cathode material.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE:HIT / TSE:6501) today announced that they have entered into a basic agreement to work cooperatively in the field of intra-city railway systems for overseas markets, with the goals of strengthening competitiveness in global markets and expanding business as a result.

Panasonic Corporation announced today it has succeeded in the development of a new catalyst using an alkali metal compound to decompose and purify particulate matter in diesel engine exhaust gas[1], and has begun shipping its samples this month.

Jordan Telecom Group has said its net profit in the first six months of 2010 had dropped 10.9% to JD45.6m ($64.3m) due to the cost of launching a 3G service, Reuters has reported. Revenue at the firm's integrated mobile, internet and fixed-line business was unchanged at JD196m ($276m). Subscriber base grew 6.3% to 2.93m, compared to 2.75m at end of 2009 due to its aggressive marketing policy, JTG said. [AMEInfo.com]

Egyptian Co. for Mobile Services (MobiNil) has said it has posted a 29% fall in second-quarter net income because of increased competition, Bloomberg has reported. Earnings after taxes and minority interests stood at EGP381m ($66.8m), compared with EGP536m a year earlier. "During the first half of 2010, Mobinil faced a massive intensification of the regulatory and competitive pressures," CEO Hassan Kabbani said in a statement. "We still expect those adverse conditions to continue in the foreseeable future." [AMEInfo.com]

The UAE Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has ruled out plans to stop BlackBerry smartphone services in the country, Zawya Dow Jones has reported. "We are studying all options to regulate the services...but we don't have plans to stop them," Mohammed Gheyath, executive director of Technology Development Affairs at the TRA told the Dubai-based Al Arabiya television. The UAE's telecoms regulator has said that the Blackberry, made by Canada's Research In Motion, operates beyond the jurisdiction of national legislation, and poses a risk to the country's national security. [AMEInfo.com]

Qatar's telecoms regulator, ictQATAR has said that Qtel faces an unspecified fine and possible further legal action over violations during its launch of Virgin Mobile services into the country, Reuters has reported. "Qtel should be compelled to pay an appropriate fine for its unlawful actions during the period from 13 to 18 May 2010 and has referred this matter to the Office of the Attorney General for assessment of an appropriate penalty," the regulator said in a public ruling. The ruling asked for changes in Virgin Mobile's launch by Qtel, but said that Virgin would not be a third operator. [AMEInfo.com]

The UAE's telecoms regulator has said that the Blackberry, made by Canada's Research In Motion, operates beyond the jurisdiction of national legislation, and poses a risk to the country's national security, Wam has reported. "It is the only device operating in the country that immediately exports its data off-shore and is managed by a foreign, commercial organisation," the Telecommunication Regulatory Authority (TRA) said. The country is working to find a solution that protects consumers and operates within the boundaries of UAE law, TRA said. [AMEInfo.com]

Apple annonce la mise sur le marché de l'iPhone 4 dans 17 nouveaux pays mais l'ambiance n'est pas toujours détendue sur place.

IBM a racheté la start-up israélienne Storwize, spécialisée notamment dans la compression à la volée des données actives primaires.

Le Department of Justice a déposé une plainte contre Oracle pour fraude dans l?Etat de Virginie. L?éditeur est accusé d?avoir vendu ses produits à des prix trop élevés à l?administration américaine.

Black Hat Security : Selon Lookout, des applications présumées anodines sur Android Market cachent des mauvaises surprises comme la collecte de données à l'insu des détenteurs de smartphones.

WebOS devient le système d'exploitation stratégique pour HP et ses appareils connectés (smartphone, tablette, imprimante...). Mais le constructeur conserve une petite place pour Windows 7 de Microsoft.

Pendant plusieurs heures ce 29 juillet au soir, les services Internet de Google, sauf Gmail, sont restés inaccessibles en Chine. Censure ou simple incident technique ?

L'iPhone est perçu comme une poule aux oeufs d'or pour les opérateurs mobiles et de nombreux développeurs d'applications premium. Pourra-t-il aussi améliorer les revenus des éditeurs d'outils gratuits financés par la publicité ?

Selon plusieurs témoignages, l?utilisation d?iOS 4 sur un iPhone 3G entraîne une baisse des performances et de l?autonomie de la batterie. Apple réfléchit au problème?

YouTube accorde à ses membres cinq minutes supplémentaires par dépôt de vidéo (15 minutes au lieu de 10). L'occasion de proposer à chaque internaute son "quart d?heure de gloire".

Selon une étude Barracuda Labs, Google présente deux fois plus de malwares que Bing, Yahoo! et Twitter réunis. Mais il faut aussi rester vigilant sur l'outil de micro-blogging.

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Le fameux « Ballot Screen » proposé par Microsoft pour régler définitivement les problèmes du choix du navigateur Internet avec Windows 7 semble soulever l'enthousiasme des autorités européennes. L'éditeur, étonné de cette réception si positive, semble désormais prêt à adopter cette méthode pour tous les problèmes à venir ...

L'histoire se répète une nouvelle fois, c'est à croire que les ayants droit oublient trop rapidement les leçons du passé. The Pirate Bay suit en effet très exactement la même destinée que feu-Napster. Très populaire, le service peer-to-peer Napster avait été rapidement mis en difficulté ...

La loi n° 20009-669 du 12 juin 2009 « favorisant la diffusion et la protection de la création sur Internet » a été promulguée au Journal Officiel ce samedi 13 juin. Cette loi n'est rien d'autre que la fameuse loi Hadopi, amputée des articles censurés par le Conseil Constitutionnel cette semaine ...

C’est la semaine des joueurs, puisque le salon E3 vient d’ouvrir ses portes à Los Angeles. Face aux échecs des versions précédentes, l’ESA (Entertainment Software Association) a décidé de revenir à la configuration d’origine, passant de 38 exposants et une surface de 3000 m² en 2008 à quelque 150 exposants et 67.000 m² cette année ...

Comme ils l’avaient annoncé, les députés socialistes, verts et communistes ont déposé un recours commun auprès du Conseil constitutionnel contre la loi Hadopi, en soulevant onze points d'inconstitutionnalité ...

15.000. Ce serait le nombre d'exemplaires vendus du jeu Grand Theft Auto : Chinatown Wars sur Nintendo DS en France en 3 semaines, alors qu'il s'agit pourtant d'un des jeux les plus réussis sur cette console. La faute à un piratage massif ? Sans doute, mais c'est loin d'être la seule raison ...

Déjà l'édition 400... et une newsletter une nouvelle fois consacrée en grande partie à la loi Hadopi, dont le vote solennel est attendu ce 12 mai. Alors, que va nous réserver l'après-Hadopi ? Si l'on en croit la ministre de la Culture, les plates-formes légales vont, comme par miracle, connaitre une croissance vertigineuse ...

Non, je ne suis pas la première victime de la loi Hadopi, ma connexion Internet n'a pas encore été coupée. L'absence de newsletter pendant ces quelques mois était seulement due à un planning un peu compliqué depuis le début de l'année. A propos de la loi Création et Internet, le feuilleton comique du moment, il faut constater que plus le temps passe, et plus les opposants sont nombreux ...

Dans le contexte de lutte contre le piratage, il fallait oser : la page d'accueil du site Internet du Tribunal de Grande Instance de Bonneville (Haute-Savoie) a été modifié le 26 décembre dernier, pour être transformé en "Stro", autrement dit un espace de stockage hébergeant 23 Go de contenus warez (films récents, logiciels, jeux Xbox360…). Le site, qui connaissait une telle affluence qu’il était souvent inaccessible, a finalement été mis hors service ce 5 janvier, puis remis en ligne peu après ...

Première newsletter de 2009 oblige, je vous adresse tous mes vœux pour cette nouvelle année. Avant de débuter, jetons un rapide coup d'œil sur ce qui s'est passé en 2008 : un processeur Phenom d'AMD loin derrière les Core 2/Core i7 d'Intel et un Phenom X3 pitoyable, le succès du processeur Atom, une chute vertigineuse des prix des chips mémoire, un chipset nVidia GeForce 9400M réussi (mais un nForce 780i SLI pathétique), une remontée spectaculaire en termes de ratio performances/prix chez AMD avec la gamme Radeon HD 4xx0 ...