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ExtremeMhz takes a look at the importance of branding in the MP3 player market. "For the past several years, there is no doubt that the Ipod has dominated the market. So much in fact, that many small companies that have attempted to bring a competitive product to the market are now gone without a trace. However, despite that fact that many other established companies have offered a number of products to compete fairly well with the Ipod, I find they are all left in the dust at the end. Why? Well, as this article states, it's all about the brand."
If you have been interested in handheld gaming systems this article might be able to help. "There are three handheld systems that are vying for your attention. If you already have the home console(s) of your choice and are looking to get a handheld system, then you may want to peruse the following information."
Tweaktown has posted an article about mid range graphics cards. "Today we have with us a total of four mid-range graphics cards - two from AMD and two from nVidia. While all cards are mid-range, it’s clear that they sit at different end of the scales – let’s call them low-end mid-range and high-end mid-range. The Radeon X1650XT and GeForce 7600GT sits at the lower end of the mid-range scale and at the other end we have the GeForce 7900GS and the Radeon X1950PRO. While offering high-end type performance, the 7900GS and X1950PRO still in belong at the mid-range level due to their pricing."
A user over at Doom9 claims to have produced software that can decrypt HDDVD movies. Known as BackupHDDVD the software is able to crack the AACS DRM software used on the HDDVD which was claimed to be difficult to crack. The program and source code is freely available on the internet.
Yesterday an earthquake disrupted internet communications to millions of people across Asia and Australia. From frustrated traders seeking in vain for stock quotes to anxious newshounds accustomed to round-the-clock updates on world events, millions of people from China to Japan to Australia were affected Wednesday. The disruption was widespread, hitting China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and elsewhere, with knock-on effects as far away as Australia for companies whose Internet is routed through affected areas. There was no chaos on the stock exchanges or any of the other doomsday scenarios, but reports that services could be down for weeks were dramatic enough. South Korea's information and communication ministry said all six undersea fibreoptic cables off Taiwan were hit, causing major disruption. All services, except for exclusive business lines, returned to normal shortly afterwards as they were switched to other systems.
This page of the "Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design" has been updated to suit the newer styles of mistakes. You may also want to check out older lists which include mistakes like "avoid marquees" and "constant animations". *shudders*
A casino has refused to pay two men who won almost $210,000 on an electronic version of Keno on the grounds of a software malfunction. "The men were playing a computerized version of Keno last week when they matched all five numbers on the screen. The machine said the win was worth a jackpot of $209,716.40. The casino said it was a software error."
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