Sony fights Kindle with $400 high end wireless reader
Electronics giant Sony took on Kindle today by revealing a wireless e-reader it will release later this year.
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'Heroes' tops illegal download list
Visits to torrent sites have doubled over the last year, with TV drama Heroes the most popular illegal download, according to research firm Big Champagne.
Google backs EPUB, kindles Amazon fight
Search colossus Google said that it will begin to offer downloads in
the EPUB electronic book standard, backed by Sony and a number of other
players.
Social media users invite burglars in
Twitter amounts to ‘internet shopping for burglars’, according to a UK insurance agency.
Humbled Psystar hopes to 'coexist' with Apple
Psystar has apparently adopted a radical new strategy in its legal offensive against Apple. The Mac clone manufacturer – which had previously vowed to fight Apple with ‘guns blazin’ – now claims that it wishes to ‘coexist’ with Club Cupertino as a ‘competitor.’
IBM: Malicious web links up by 508 percent
A report published by IBM’s X-Force says there has been a staggering 508 percent increase in the number of malicious Web links. X-Force Director Kris Lamb told TG Daily that web client, server, and content threats have converged to create an ‘untenable risk landscape.’
Nvidia touts rapid GPU performance boost
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang has predicted that GPU computing will experience a rapid performance boost over the next six years. According to Huang, GPU compute is likely to increase its current capabilities by 570x, while ‘pure’ CPU performance will progress by a limited 3x.
Microsoft in Photoshop scandal
Microsoft has apologized for removing a black person from a picture on its Polish site and replacing him with an unidentified caucasian male.
Gentle robot improves cancer surgery
A new surgical robot with a delicate touch is claimed to detect tumors far more accurately than a human.
Nintendo claims credit for Apple DS simulator ban
Nintendo has claimed credit for Apple’s removal of a DS simulator from its iPhone app store. The company also warned potential offenders that it would ‘vigorously’ protect itself against all forms of copyright infringement.