OnLive basically allows users to play the latest games on any PC (or television with an accompanying attachment) by streaming the game to their PC or tv, similar to the way shows and movies are streamed. A game would be installed on their high-end servers, while a user controls it from wherever they happen to [...]

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It sort of sneaked up on me, but it’s finally time to replace my current notebook, which is an Acer Aspire 5000. One of the fans went bust a few days ago when I turned it on. I decided to buy a notebook cooler (one of the ones that you place underneath) to keep it [...]

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According to this CNN article customs agents at the borders can rifle through your electronic devices if they feel like it. Anything is fair game, from your notebook to your blackberry. Customs agents can even copy any information they find. To add insult to injury they are allowed to keep said devices and not return [...]

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I was shocked when I checked Editor-in-Chief of PC Magazine Lance Ulanoff’s recent article entitled DRM-Free Music Spells Trouble. He asserts that a DRM-Free world is a bad thing, and this will be the downfall of all forms of digital content because artists and their conglomerate overlords won’t be getting payed, which will result in [...]

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