General Gaming Article

General Gaming Article

Sub-$400 Sandy Bridge Notebooks Hit The Market

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 08:54 AM PDT

ToshibaNetbook sales have pretty much fallen off a cliff compared to this time last year, and Intel appears to be gearing up to drive another nail in the coffin. New Sub-$400 notebooks have begun appearing on Best Buy's website, and they are actually pretty compelling. These cheap and cheerful little machines are rocking new stripped down Sandy Bridge parts that put last generation Atom chips to shame.

The $349 HP Pavilion g4-1004dx sports Intel's new B940 Dual Core 2Ghz processor, 4GB of Ram, and a 320GB hard drive, and a 14-inch display. When you compare those specs with last year's standard netbook that sold for around the same price, it's not hard to see why this is a category is in deep trouble when compared to current and upcoming low cost notebooks. 

The HP machine is the lowest cost Sandy Bridge laptop we've seen so far, but if you're a Toshiba fan with an extra $30 to spend you can also pick up the nearly identical Satellite L755-S5216 with a slightly larger 15.6-inch display, and an extra hour of battery life. 

Anti-Piracy Lawyers Find A Cheaper Way To Identify BitTorrent Users

Posted: 24 Jul 2011 07:52 AM PDT

LawsuitBitTorrent is a great way to move large royalty free files around the web, but it's also a great way to get sued if you happen to stumble upon the wrong link. Since 2010 close to 200,000 people in the US have been sent pay-up-or-else-letters for alleged copyright infringements as a result of using torrents, and this number could explode exponentially based on a new ruling that would allow these cases to spill over into state courts. 

Copyright cases have typically always been the mandate of the federal courts, however anti-piracy lawyers have now successfully pushed several cases through state courts, allowing them to subpoena Internet service providers for subscriber information by jumping through far fewer hoops than ever before. If the trend continues, this could mean significantly more settlement letters being sent out, and more importantly for the lawyers, cost far less to pursue.

TorrentFreek reached out to prominent anti-piracy lawyer Marc Randazza for comment, and he responded by confirming the recent developments. "What is going on here is a complaint for pure discovery — in other words, all the lawyer is asking the court for is for the court to give him the right to figure out who the defendants are. This seems to me to be a proper way to do things," Randazza told TorrentFreak, admitting that he also has also filed a few cases in state court.

"In my torrent cases, my defendants have to pay pretty high figures to get out of the case — because we put a lot of money and effort into the case. If there were an easier way to get in contact with the torrenters, then they would likely all get off much lighter. Food for thought for potential defendants."

Anti-piracy lawyers are in the business of suing, and what I can I say, business is good. 
Posted by Shri Krishna

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