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A Canadian research group called Citizen Lab, which is associated with the University of Toronto, has turned up a publicly available Chinese database that not only contains literally thousands of politically sensitive words blocked by the state, but also the names and details of Skype subscribers, meaning that the state has been censoring and blocking VoIP Skype calls and texts, according to the BBC. Citizen Lab says the Chinese system… Read More

If building a BattleBot is a little too violent for your tastes, a new robot-building challenge may just give you a more civil outlet for your constructive impulses. The company that produces the Roomba floor-cleaning robot, iRobot, has teamed up with Tom’s Hardware Guide and Instructables to sponsor a contest, beginning Wednesday, which challenges builders to build their own open-ended creations for a $5,000 prize. Contestants must… Read More

Online auction juggernaut eBay has announced (PDF) it is repositioning itself in the Chinese market, rolling its operations into a minority stake with a new partnership with Tom Online, an Internet and wireless company controlled by Hong Kong entrepreneur Li Ka-shing. The move marks a major repositioning for the company, which has previously heavily invested in creating a Chinese version of its auction business, only to see its grand hopes… Read More

Warner Bros. has announced it will be buying a 10.3 percent stake in SCi Entertainment Group, the parent company of Eidos Interactive Ltd., developers of the Tomb Raider,Deus Ex,Hitman,Carmageddon,Just Cause, and Conflict gaming titles. And the deal doesn't stop there: Warner Bros. and SCi have forged an agreement to develop and distribute game based on selected Warner Bros. Entertainment properties, including some of the… Read More

Google has taken the wraps off Google Calendar, a free, beta-release online calendar service, enabling registered users to manage their schedules and share events with others. Known for it's ambitious online interfaces (as well as services which seem to stay in perpetual beta testing!), Google Calendar enables users to move events via drag and drop, and utilizes natural language processing to streamline event creation. Creating an… Read More

It was announced yesterday that the U.S. took home the gold from the 2005 World Cyber Games' Grand Final in Singapore as they won two gold medals and one silver in Counter-Strike, Halo 2 and WarCraft III: Frozen Throne against a field of 700 competitors representing 67 countries. Kyle Miller (Washington DC), Ronald Kim (Dallas, TX), Sal Garozzo (New York, NY), Josh Sievers (Des Moines, IA), and Mike So (Los Angeles, CA) comprise Team… Read More

"Our previous motherboards featuring NVIDIA nForce technology have proven to be very successful, and has helped ASUS win numerous editorial accolades, including Tom's Hardware Guide coveted Reader's Choice Awards for two years running," said Joe Hsieh, Vice President at ASUSTeK. "With NVIDIA nForce4 SLI, we are ushering in a whole new level of performance and features and quickly establishing our new A8N-SLI motherboard as… Read More

Resulting from the continuing maturity of the digital media player market, Omnifi announced today that it is dropping suggested retail prices for its DMP1 mobile digital audio streamer and DMS1 home digital audio streamer. The DMS1 will now be offered at a suggested retail price of $199, down from $299, and the DMP1 is being offered at a suggested retail price of $349, down from $599. Omnifi's General Manager, Tom O'Mara,… Read More

AMD's products currently appeal only to the upper segments, such as the desktop replacement and thin-and-light market. The company has little to offer when it comes to the emerging segment of small notebooks which are dominated by Intel processors. This scenario could change soon. A PDF document which apparently was accidentally published on AMD's website reveals plans for a “Mobile Athlon 64 2700+”. Dated… Read More

A Florida city is determined to pass a law restricting children's access to violent computer games despite legal challenges to similar attempts elsewhere, and charges of censorship, its mayor said onFriday. The ordinance proposed by North Miami City Council was prompted by fury in Miami's large Haitian American community at Rockstar Game's top-selling “Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,” in which players are urged to… Read More

Coming on the heels of a successful launch of the GeForce FX 5900 series, top hardware editors worldwide have praised the new NVIDIA GeForceâ„¢ FX 5900 Ultra graphics processing unit (GPU) as theundisputed leader in performance, image quality and compatibility for the enthusiast PC gaming market. Based on the groundbreaking GeForce FX architecture, the award-winning GeForce FX 5900 Ultra GPU combines a new 256-bit memory interface with an… Read More

With its industry-leading performance and unmatched cinematic feature set, this radical new GPU has advanced the state of PC gaming by transforming the PC into the ultimate gaming platform. "We are committed to building the best technology for the game enthusiast," stated Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO at NVIDIA.  "With the new GeForce FX 5900 series, gamers can experience games at the highest resolutions with the highest visual… Read More