In the past, the only real way to get a Windows machine back to its original out-of-box state has been the tedious process of formatting and reinstalling. Windows 8 promises to make the process much simpler, offering a complete reset option as well as the ability to reinstall Windows while maintaining your data.
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While the battle between Samsung and Apple has been waging on in court systems around the world, Samsung decided to take the battle to your living room. The Verge has discovered that the same girl who stars in the latest Apple 4S commercial is now featured in a Galaxy Tab 8.9 commercial in South Korea.
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AUSTRALIA'S largest privately owned broadband services provider, Internode, has been snapped up by ISP iiNet for $105 million.
The acquisition of South Australia-based Internode will add approximately 190,000 broadband subscribers to iiNet's customer base to cement the Perth-based provider as the nation's second largest DSL provider and the third-largest supplier of fixed-line broadband services in Australia.
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The New York man who admitted to uploading an unfinished copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine to the Internet has been sentenced to one year in federal prison, the U.S. attorney's office said Monday.
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Or not. Despite the fact that Congress was supposed to be out of session until the end of January, the Judiciary Committee has just announced plans to come back to continue the markup this coming Wednesday. This is rather unusual and totally unnecessary. But it shows just how desperate Hollywood is to pass this bill as quickly as possible, before the momentum of opposition builds up even further.
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Sony is making the PlayStation Vita at a Chinese factory. And, surprise, another Chinese company is releasing a new device that looks an awful lot like the Vita. Anyone remember the iPed?
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Cyber activists supporting Anonymous have passionately sought to punish the corruption they see in authority – from digital security firms to big corporations to, now, banks themselves. A hacker splinter group called TeaMp0isoN says it has partnered with supporters of the extremely loose-knit network of hacktivists and pranksters, to steal credit cards from several banks including Chase, Bank of America and CitiBank and give the money to charities and “the 99%.”
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The government of Switzerland has issued a statement declaring that it will not take action to alter current copyright laws allowing the downloading of music and movies for personal use. The statement is the result of a lengthy study conducted by the Swiss government into the impact of so-called “piracy” on the entertainment industry.
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The student newspaper of the University of Cambridge has published a new interview with Valve founder Gabe Newell, in which the mastermind behind Half-Life and Steam shares his thoughts on digital distribution, region-locking, and piracy.
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You've been patiently awaiting your crack at id Tech 4, the engine powering Doom 3, ever since id Software announced its intention to release the source code.
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Some developers choose to prevent piracy outright, often frustrating legitimate buyers in the process. In the case of ArmA developer Bohemia Interactive, they instead chose to toy with the pirates, creating an experience that would degrade overtime into an unplayable mess. Is piracy really still so widespread though? According to CEO Marek Španěl, they are recording a staggering 100 pirates for every three legitimate purchasers.
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The cat may be out of the bag for Google’s upcoming November 16 announcement. A fellow over at Spanish-language site TecnoDroidVe has come across what looks to be the Google Music Store, and some tasty sounding features look to be headed our way.
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Skyrim is currently the most popular game on Steam by a huge margin.
The stat tracker on Valve's digital download service now shows that the new Elder Scrolls game reached a peak of 274,410 simultaneous users in the past 24 hours, or more than double the number of users playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.
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Re: Last one to post wins the internets
I tried that but the raccoon always wanting to watch teen girls dancing on TikTok got to be really annoying.
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