Brett Thomas

MPAA gets caught laying torrent traps

One of the admins over at btjunkie has found a way to identify fake torrents put up by the MPAA.

January 12, 2007 | 17:14

Mac Safari has critical vulnerability

In an effort to prove that Mac users are nowhere near as secure as they think, Secunia has been taking a look around the OS lately. Turns out Open Safe isn't very safe at all.

January 12, 2007 | 15:59

Philips makes wireless HDMI

CES 2007: Philips has managed to do what many said wouldn't be done for years - uncompressed, wireless HDMI.

January 12, 2007 | 14:29

Seagate talks data portability

CES 2007: There's only so much you can do with storage - of course HDDs are shooting for bigger and faster and more reliable. So if you're the industry leader, where do you look? Your pockets.

January 10, 2007 | 21:45

SilverStone diversifies cases

CES 2007: SilverStone is at it again with a new lineup in 2007. Rather than rehashing the Lascala and Temjin lines, though, the company is generating some new ones.

January 10, 2007 | 21:08

Modded cases galore at Cooler Master

CES 2007: A new range of limited edition airbrushed cases make up the eye candy at the CM stand here in Vegas. There's also a sweet NVIDIA green machine!

January 10, 2007 | 15:54

Samsung turns 2007 into 3000 (to 1)

CES 2007: We reported at the kickoff of CES that Samsung was hitting 3000:1 contrast ratios. Is it real? The answer is a jaw-dropping "@(!# YES!"

January 10, 2007 | 01:24

Sandisk shows off Flash hard disks

CES 2007: Sandisk has created the world's first 32GB Flash HDD. Coming to a notebook near you?

January 9, 2007 | 23:29

Panasonic releases 1080p projector

CES 2007: Panasonic unveiled its 1080p projector at CES this year. Impressive? Yes. $4,000 USD impressive? Quite possibly.

January 9, 2007 | 23:17

EVGA announces ACS3 line of 8800 cards

We sat down on Monday with EVGA to discuss graphics, motherboards, life, the universe, and everything. And they had a couple interesting things to say - and show.

January 9, 2007 | 17:01

AACS may be broken, but not BluRay

A week ago, cracker muslix64 gave us the "Merry Chrimbo!" present of HD-DVD cracking. It looks like BluRay may take a bit more, though.

January 5, 2007 | 14:22

Seagate releases 1TB information

January 4, 2007 | 20:51

LG releases hybrid HD-format player

It's big news in the format wars today. On one side we had the hybrid discs - now LG has announced the first hybrid player.

January 4, 2007 | 16:37

Want in the Halo 3 beta?

If you've been itching to get into the Halo 3 beta, there may be a new way - if you're lucky.

January 4, 2007 | 16:06

SiNful delights

The rumoured cancellation of SiN episodes has left a hole in the concept of episodic content that"s wide enough to pilot the Titanic through. The body isn't even cold, but the industry as a whole is already shrugging its shoulders in indifference. Brett Thomas takes a look at what went wrong and why we should care.

December 30, 2006 | 10:50

A new year, new congress, and new laws?

We're only a few days from the new year and a new US Congress. As the House and Senate change hands, could we see some changes in internet policy?

December 29, 2006 | 16:03

SEC considers looking into Apple

Months after a shake-up was uncovered with Apple's stock option plans, it looks like the government is finally taking notice. The SEC is looking into investigations of fraud.

December 28, 2006 | 21:13

AllOfMP3 responds to lawsuits

A week after AllOfMP3 was the target of a $1.65 trillion lawsuit, the company's parent retorts.

December 28, 2006 | 19:30

Microsoft says it doesn't want to own RSS

Microsoft has decided to defend its patent claims on RSS technology, stating that it "doesn't want to own it." Which begs the question, why file patents then?

December 28, 2006 | 16:36

HD-DVD copy protection cracked

A YouTube user is said to have cracked the AACS protection on HD-DVDs. Merry Christmas, MPAA!

December 28, 2006 | 15:06

Samsung goes 80nm with mobile DRAM

Samsung has raised the bar on mobile DRAM - the company has announced its new, upcoming 80nm chips for 2Q2007.

December 28, 2006 | 14:23

iTunes swamped for the holidays

It appears Apple has had a wonderful holiday - there were so many people making use of their new iPods and iTunes gift cards that the servers ground to a halt.

December 28, 2006 | 14:04

Won't you be my neighbour?

Have you ever noticed how intricate and complex your virtual life really is? We spend hours each day talking to people we've never seen before, and yet don't know the names of many on our own streets. Columnist Brett Thomas takes a look at the virtual world of Web 2.0 and its effects on our real society.

December 21, 2006 | 16:21