The four defendants involved in the Pirate Bay Trial in Sweden have been found guilty. Each has been sentenced to jail time on top of being ordered to pay substantial damages. Read more
Asus has unleashed three GeForce GTS 250 models with Dark Knight fans, part of its new ENGTS250 series. Read more
Two key milestones in the settlement of digital rights management issues regarding next-generation high-definition content, took place this week: an interim agreement on the final AACS specification, and an agreement on an interoperable DRM framework by the members of the Coral Consortium. But could the fact that they happened together, cancel each other out? Read more
Pricewatch - Blu-ray Disc players from Samsung, Sony and Sharp are now the most expensive they have been all year, presumably because HD DVD's exit from the high-def disc arena has removed some of Blu-ray's pricing pressure. Read more
Once you've used a multi-monitor setup, it's almost impossible to go back to a single screen. Notebook users likely feel this pain most sharply. However, Village Tronic's ViBook proposes a USB-based solution for the folks looking for more display space. Read more
You already know how to build a PC. But do you know how to take desktop hardware components and turn them into a digital audio workstation? John Brandon discusses how he pieced together his latest musical creation, along with the accompanying software. Read more
Windows Vista was never really an option for netbook users, but the release candidate of Windows 7 piqued our interest. Can Microsoft finally retire Windows XP in the netbook space? Even now with RC1 available, the answer seems tied to driver development. Read more
If you aren't regularly backing up your data, now's a good time to start. In this piece we cover some of the basic backup strategies, a handful of available tools, and backup performance over USB 2.0 using Samsung's newest Story Station external drive. Read more