The Prenda Law offensive against random porn downloaders has been blown apart by a US judge, who accused the claimants of lying, hitting those charged with unavoidable legal fees and generally trying to profit from the US legal system by "seeking easy money" from those hit by spurious cases. Read More >>
Featured comment by Rob Dennehy:
"There's more. When you open the PDF the first line above the introduction reads:
“The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.”
—Spo..." More »
An updated McAfee product will kindly warn you should you attempt to download pirated material or visit dodgy web sites, politely offering alternative legal sources of files instead. We can see this catching on with literally three or four people. Read More >>
Featured comment by Piercy:
"I only download the stuff I do because of the stupid delay between the US airing and the UK Airing. I like getting involved in the community for show..." More »
According to stats generated by Google, the internet's generally working better for everyone in 2013, as improvement in back-end, server and browser tech managed to speed everything up. So close that Speedtest tab and stop whining. Read More >>
An indie coder has rebuilt the Halo developer's first commercial release, which is now available to download on the Mac App Store for free. But Halo it most certainly isn't. Read More >>
An Irish monastery has been having illegal DVD screener download film parties, with one priest confessing all to his local video shop owner. Read More >>
Sony used a presentation at the US Game Developers Conference last night to reiterate many of the PS4 features it demonstrated at last month's big announcement event, and although nothing hugely new was shown off, it did confirm we'll see a hard drive in every unit -- and it'll be big. Read More >>
Featured comment by Longfellow:
"No probs. Rather rushed the reply though, the thing about royalty free is the creator still has the copyright but allows a perpatual licence to use t..." More »
Microsoft's web shop has lopped a chunk off the asking price of a Windows 8 Pro upgrade, yoyo-ing it back down to £44.99 -- cheaper than the £99 price of standard Win8. Either someone's stuck a wrong number in a database or there's a new push to get us upgrading going on. If you can bring yourself to click on such a grammatically poor piece of text as "Shop this edition" it could be yours right now via download or legacy disc-in-the-post method. [MS Store via PC Pro] Read More >>
Featured comment by The_Alpha_Gamer:
"Vista and 7 looked nice with goodlooking glass effects. 8 looks half finished with one flat colour. Saying they look almost exactly the same is like s..." More »
A massive analysis of some 2.3 million online speed tests carried out over the last six months has fingered 4.00am as the time you're most likely to see your internet approach its advertised speed, as that's when your neighbour's kids aren't YouTube-ing the hell out of your local exchange. Read More >>
Featured comment by stonypaul:
"Mbps is megabits per second
MBps is megabytes per second
Which one are you referring to?
If it's megabits, which your article indicates if you're u..." More »
The UK wing of Netflix has stirred up an angry man nest with its latest update on streaming speeds, claiming it's Virgin Media users who see the highest average download speeds on the service. Read More >>
Featured comment by dja357:
"Yeah, I'm not saying that Virgin don't deserve to be at the top, just saying that those figures maybe exaggerate the differences." More »
Adobe's giving us all a late Christmas present. You can grab yourself a free, legitimate copy of Photoshop and the rest of the Creative Suite 2, right now, direct from Adobe. No catch. Read More >>
Featured comment by MagsTags:
"What does this mean?
Adobe has disabled the activation server for CS2 products, including Acrobat 7, because of a technical issue. These products wer..." More »
Featured comment by orbitpro:
"I TIVO the lot. Game of thrones, walking dead ect but I then download it all so I can watch it normally 1 week earlier and with no adds. When will the..." More »
The race to be the new MegaUpload would appear to be back on, thanks to file-sharing network RapidShare removing the 30k download speed limit it stuck on free users to stop MegaUpload refugees hammering it in the wake of the rival site's shutdown. Read More >>
Featured comment by bikerlifestyle:
"i have had a rapidshare account for a long time, and out of all the file servers it has offered me the fastest downloads
i usually also purchase acce..." More »
Headphones are annoyingly prone to twisting and snapping, especially if they're getting crammed into your bag everyday before heading off to work. And when they do break they get chucked, with all the electrical components still perfectly useable inside. Well now you can 3D print a new set with an entry level printer such as the MakerBot 'Replicator' and kit them out for just £10. Read More >>
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