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Submission + - Intel Launches Core 2 Extreme QX6800 Quad Core

Submitted by TrackinYeti on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @12:48AM

TrackinYeti writes: Intel officially launched its next Extreme Edition quad-core desktop processor today. The new Core 2 Extreme QX6800 has frequency parity with its dual-core counterpart, the Core 2 Extreme X6800 — sans the "Q". At 2.93GHz this makes the Core 2 Extreme QX6800 Intel's highest clocked quad-core desktop processor to date. Due to its 2.93GHz clock speed, the QX6800 is as fast as the Core 2 Duo Extreme X6800 while running single-threaded applications. However, running multi-threaded applications that can fully utilize the additional processing resources afforded by the quad-core design of the QX6800, the new Core 2 Extreme QX6800 shown here puts up significantly better performance numbers than any other desktop PC processor currently available.

Submission + - Internet Radio May Stream North to Canada

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @12:13AM

An anonymous reader writes: With U.S. copyright royalties threatening to kill Internet radio in the U.S., Michael Geist explains why webcasters considering a move to Canada will find that the legal framework for Internet radio trades costs for complexity. There are two main areas of concern from a Canadian perspective — broadcast regulation and copyright fees. The broadcast side is surprisingly regulation-free, but there are at least three Canadian copyright collectives lining up to collect from Internet radio stations.

Submission + - Kremlin Seeks to Control Online Media

Submitted by

reporter

on Tuesday April 10, 2007 @12:11AM

reporter writes: "According to a disturbing report just published by Bloomberg, "As the Kremlin gears up for the election of Putin's successor next March, Soviet-style controls are being extended to online news after a presidential decree last month set up a new agency to supervise both mass media and the Web." However, unless the Kremlin pursues Chinese-style/Turkish-style blocking of the Internet-Protocol addresses of web sites like SlashDot or "The Economist", even the Kremlin cannot control the online media. If Putin pulled the plug on an anti-Putin web site inside Russia, the anti-Putin web site could simply be migrated offshore to a server in, say, the United States."

Submission + - Woman Tries to Sell It All on EBay

Submitted by 10Heart on Monday April 09, 2007 @10:30PM

10Heart writes: Lisa Perry wants a fresh start. So she's decided to sell nearly all of her belongings in one massive auction on eBay. Perry, 45, said the top bidder in the auction, ending Thursday, will get more than 300 items — including snowshoes, a futon, a bed, a Village People album, seashells and more.

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