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The Courts

Wife of Harried Pirate Bay Witness Gets Buried in Internet Love 470

treqie writes "During the trial of pirate bay yesterday, a professor (Roger Wallis) took the witness stand. He told the court things that the prosecutors did not want to hear. The prosecutors then tried to discredit both him and his team's work in the area, as well as his title, it was a real spectacle. In the end, the judge asked if he wanted compensation for being there — he replied that he did not want anything, but they could send flowers to his wife. Many listening online heard, and began sending her flowers, from all over the world. As of this submission, the sum is over 40,000 SEK worth of flowers. There's even a Facebook group for it."
Games

EA Unveils Two New Battlefield Games 54

Electronic Arts announced at New York Comic Con that the Battlefield series would be getting two more titles. Battlefield 1943 will be focused on multiplayer, and it's due out for download this summer. It will be available through the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, and there will be a PC version as well. A website has been launched for the game, and it contains a trailer. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is scheduled for winter, and it will be available for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 also. Details for Bad Company 2 are sparse, though one exec said, "... it takes everything that players liked in the original and ups the ante — more vehicles, more destruction and more team play."
Intel

Submission + - Intel Penryn Processor is Ultra Power Efficient (pcper.com)

Vigile writes: Intel is soon going to release the Yorkfield core Penryn-based processors for desktop users though performance previews are going to start coming out today. Among the interesting architecture changes include 12MB of L2 cache, SSE4 instructions and a brand new 45nm process technology. Of course the performance of the new CPU is better, but the most exciting news might be related to the power consumption: in several cases the quad-core processor reviewed today actually uses 50+ watts LESS power than Intel's previous top dual-core processors while performing 50% or more faster!

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