According to a study by Australian consumer group Choice, video game consoles such as Sony Playstation 3 consumes five times more energy than a medium sized refrigerator.
They found out that a medium sized refrigerator of about 12 cu. ft. volume (60 inches in height) will cost $50 a year while Sony Playstation 3 will cost $250 a year…

They found out that a medium sized refrigerator of about 12 cu. ft. volume (60 inches in height) will cost $50 a year while Sony Playstation 3 will cost $250 a year even if it is not in use and only turned on. Microsoft XBox came second…

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Akamai Technologies, Inc. in its report has said that China and US are the leading sources of hacking attacks, especially against Windows systems.
According to the report, of all the attacks during the first quarter of 2008 31 percent were originated from China and US. Chinas share in attacks was 17 percent followed by US 14 percent.

viruses and trojans. Around one-third of the attacks (30 per cent) targeted port 135, which is used for remote procedure calls in Windows. The port was used by the infamous Blaster worm to spread onto unpatched PCs back in 2003. Port…

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According to the news by SANS Internet Storm Center, Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.124.0 has a vulnerability which is being actively exploited. Some earlier versions may also be affected.
This was also confirmed by Symantec that there are reported incidents of Remote Code Execution Vulnerability? being exploited.
There are 20,000 confirmed

We are aware of today’s report of a Flash Player exploit in the wild. We are working with Symantec to investigate the potential SWF [the Flash file format] vulnerability and will have an update once we get more information.

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First it was TorrentSpy and now this.
A US court has convicted Barry Gitarts, from Brooklyn, New York of music piracy who now faces a fine of $250,000 and five years in jail. He is 25 years old.
The court in Eastern District of Virginia found Gitarts guilty of criminal copyright infringement. According to the details he was a…

aPC was a major MP3 warez organization founded by two individuals known under the pseudonyms acid^rain and Viper in May of 1997. aPC operated well into the mid 2000s and was subject to raid during Operation Fastlink ' a coordination of four…

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GameStop, worlds largest video game and entertainment software retailer, has recently announced that it will stop selling Microsoft Zune due to lack of demand.
It will continue to sell units that are currently in store and once that stock dries up, they have no plans to sell it further.

We have a set of great retail partnerships that give Zune a strong presence at retail including Best Buy, Target, Wal-Mart, and others. We will continue to invest in deep retail partnerships, and have seen good momentum online and at retail…

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The US State Department has lost over 1000 laptops according to an audit report. Some of the laptops contain high security data.
Nita M. Lowey, a representative on the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees State Department operations, told Congressional Quarterly that she is concerned? about the security revelations.

Nita M. Lowey, a representative on the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees State Department operations, told Congressional Quarterly that she is “concerned” about the security revelations.

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Wall Street Journal has reported that Microsoft and Facebook are in talks with each other over possible merger.
A Microsoft source claimed that its financial team is in contact with Facebooks team to see if they are willing to sell or not. The talk is in early stage and no time frame could be given for the deal.

A Microsoft source claimed that its financial team is in contact with Facebook’s team to see if they are willing to sell or not. The talk is in early stage and no time frame could be given for the deal.

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