Archive for August 10th, 2006
This is the router for the avid software/TV/music/movie pirate. Not that we’d condone such behaviour. Just sayin’…The ASUS WL-700gE includes a 160GB 3.5″ hard drive as well as a BitTorrent client that can keep those downloads going while your PC is switched off. Because the Bittorrent client is actually embedded in the wireless router, the BitTorrent transfers don’t go over WiFi, which means your WiFi LAN speeds won’t be compromised by heavy P2P traffic. The hard drive is also shared as a home file server and can stream videos to Viiv PCs wirelessly…” (Read full article here)
August 10th, 2006
“Two of the world’s largest motherboard makers announced plans to build a new company to combine production of their desktop motherboard and graphics card products, they said late Tuesday. Asustek Computer, the world’s biggest maker of computer motherboards, the main circuit board inside a PC that connects all of its components and peripherals, will take over the production of brand name motherboards and graphics cards for Gigabyte Technology Co. The two Taiwanese companies said the deal will enable them to reduce raw materials costs since they’ll be able to buy components in bulk…” (Read full article here)
August 10th, 2006
“With Sonic recently unveiling its DVD-on-demand software to become the first to allow Content Scramble System (CSS) copy protection to be used on CSS compatible recordable media, the DVD Copy Control Association expects to soon finalise the changes to allow this to take place. Once finalised, it would allow both online movie services and retail kiosks to allow the writing of DVDs using the same level of copy protection as commercially available DVDs protected by CSS…” (Read full article here)
August 10th, 2006