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Thursday, 11-March-2010 21:45:11 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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New Zealand's internet filter has gone live. O'Brien says there is no compulsion for ISPs to tell their customers their internet service is being filtered. "It's a voluntary system and there's no legislation," he says, adding he understands the ISPs currently on the system have informed their customers.
Closer to home, the Labor Party will reportedly vote within two weeks to decide if mandatory filter plans will become legislation in Australia, thanks enigma. The move puts Senator Lundy up against Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, and the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, both of whom have publicly backed the filter. Senator Conroy is known to be a strong advocate and has rejected public protests as well as political opposition from Independent Senator Nick Xenophon and the Australian Greens.
Meanwhile the European Parliament has strongly opposed the ACTA. A strong majority of MEPs (663 against and 13 in favour) today voted against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), arguing that it flouts agreed EU laws on counterfeiting and piracy online. In addition, the Parliament's decision today states that MEPs will go to the Court of Justice if the EU does not reject ACTA rules, including cutting off users from the Internet "gradually" if caught stealing content.
Gearlog got their hands on one of the fake Intel Core i7-920 CPUs, thaks mpot. They are, err, very fake. When turned it over, we quickly discovered that this was not a real processor. It looked and felt a lot like lead. Oh, yeah, this looks legit.
You've probably seen them in the CPU reviews linked below, but in case you're only interested in the new gargantuan stock cooler from Intel, there's some photos here. Text isn't English but the pictures are pretty good.
iiNet are in a trading halt, probably due to another acquisition, most likely Netspace. iiNet has pursued an aggressive acquisition strategy over recent years in a bid to cement its position as the nation’s third largest ISP. In 2005 the ISP spent $100m to buy OzEmail and in 2008 acquired Perth-based Westnet. Over the past four years, iiNet has bought out about 30 small ISPs.
William Shatner has launched a science-fiction themed challenger to Myspace, kinda. Myouterspace.com (and can you see what they’ve done there?), is not quite the Next Generation of websites. It’s essentially a nicely constructed portal where creative professionals who have a love of the arts – and in particular science fiction, horror and fantasy – can talk with each other, network, and find jobs.
Guru3D took a look at USB 3.0 performance, while iGadgetLife checked out two USB 3.0 34mm Expresscards. Today for review I’ve got two USB 3.0 34mm Expresscards, each feature two USB 3.0 ports and they’re basically the same really. One is from Unitek and the other is a no-name or generic one. Is there really a difference between them? Read on to find out.
Gamepron report on a police raid going wrong and ending up with some game developers in handcuffs, thanks KF. Y’see, the gamers, who are currently hard at work on golf/thug-life release Ghetto Golf, have offices right next to a medicinal marijuana store. One evening, an alarm was triggered in the store, and police were dispatched to check out the ‘break-in’. Hangon, hangon.. Ghetto Golf? Seriously? Apparently so.
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