Gateway EC14D Ultraportable Gains Internal DVD Drive

By Geoff Duncan Published January 6, 2010

Computer maker Gateway continues to introduce new products at CES, rolling out new entries in its EC series of notebook computers that should appeal to folks looking for portable entertainment solutions and affordable workhorse computing.

Gateway EC14D w/DVD Drive (CES 2010) — Image used with permission by copyright holder

First up, Gateway is announced the EC14D, a new entry in its ultraportable line that features an 11.6-inch screen and weighs just 3.55 pounds, but manages to cram in an internal 8× Super-Multi DVD player—which isn’t something often found in an ultraportable. The EC14D display offers a 1,366 by 768 native resolution powered by Intel GMA 4500HD graphics. The computer itself runs off an Intel Pentium ULV processor ticking at 1.4 GHz, offers 4 GB of RAM (upgradable to 8 GB), up to a 320 GB hard drive, an integrated webcam, a multi-in-one media card reader, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, gigabit Ethernet, three USB 2.0 ports, HDMI output, and Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). The EC14Ds back a six-cell battery that Gateway says should offer up to eight hours of use. The EC14D should start to land at retailers later this month for a suggested price of $629.99.

Recommended Videos

Folks looking for a physically larger screen might want to check out the EC58, which features a 15.6-inch 1,366 by 768-pixel display and will be available with ULV Intel Core 2 Duo and Intel Pentium Dual-Core CPUs, along with 802.11b/g Wi-Fi; prices for the EC58 should start around $649.99.

Gateway EC58 (CES 2010) — Image used with permission by copyright holder

Former Contributor

Geoff Duncan writes, programs, edits, plays music, and delights in making software misbehave. He's probably the only member…

Computing

OpenAI is investigating more incidents of AI agents going rogue days after hack

It appears that the "AI agents going rogue" tale has more to it than what AI giants have revealed publicly so far. Merely days after OpenAI announced that its AI agents went rogue and hacked Hugging Face, Anthropic dropped a similar bombshell. Soon, it was discovered that not just one, but multiple services were compromised. Well, it seems there are even more layers to it.

Reuters reports that OpenAI has found more incidents of AI agents escaping their software containment environment during research. Citing sources with knowledge of the incident, the outlet notes that the AI agents didn't go beyond OpenAI's software environment and affect any external service.

Computing

AI is finding Apple security flaws faster than Apple can sort through them

Apple has limited how many bug reports researchers can keep open as AI tools produce both genuine Mac vulnerabilities and a flood of questionable submissions

Lighting, Architecture, Building

Apple has capped the number of security reports researchers can keep open at once after AI bug hunting put its review process under pressure, according to the Financial Times.

Some submissions describe hallucinated or purely theoretical risks. Others uncover vulnerabilities serious enough to require patches. Bynario told the FT that it found more than 50 possible macOS flaws in three weeks, including a privilege-escalation chain that could give an attacker full control of a Mac.

Computing

Anthropic is paying $1.5 billion over pirated books, but it can still legally cut up purchased ones

The settlement addressed unauthorized ebook downloads, not the destructive scanning of lawfully bought physical copies, a distinction now alarming booksellers

Book, Publication, Indoors

A federal judge has approved Anthropic’s $1.5 billion settlement over nearly half a million pirated books. The same litigation also protected a more physical method of feeding its AI systems. Anthropic bought print books, removed their bindings, scanned every page and destroyed the originals.

The legal divide came down to acquisition. The settlement covers books downloaded from LibGen and PiLiMi, while the court treated Anthropic’s one-for-one conversion of purchased books into private digital files as fair use. Training AI models on lawfully acquired material was also considered transformative.