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Comment Re:DNS is the problem (Score 1) 207

DHT. Thanks for asking. Efforts are already underway, quietly, so ICANN doesn't notice and cannot co-opt it. Oh, and name and address shortages? Thing of the past.

The end of an era where artificial scarcity to promote a monopoly to make the insiders very wealthy is nearly at an end. http://forum.icann.org/lists/bc-gnso/msg00134.html

I'm shocked nobody is asking "what have all those poeple done for 10 years and many many millions of dollars".

Comment Re:Intel Atom (Score 1) 219

Yeah it does take a lot of power when it's running... but here's the trick.

You can hit a keyboard shortcut in Windows Vista / 7 that will put your netbook in discreet mode. It doesn't use as much power when it's operating in this fashion.

So you turn off your GPU acceleration when you're not watching HD video or running a game.
Google

DOJ Confirms Google Antitrust Investigation 186

An anonymous reader points to Digital Daily, writing "Looks like the fireworks have begun early in Mountain View. On Thursday afternoon, the Department of Justice officially notified Google that it is investigating its book deal for violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act."
Real Time Strategy (Games)

Blizzard Confirms No LAN Support For Starcraft 2 737

Kemeno writes "Blizzard has announced that they will be dropping LAN support for Starcraft II, citing piracy and quality concerns. Instead, all multiplayer games will be hosted through their new Battle.net service. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised by this move, but wasn't LAN play how the original Starcraft became popular? Blizzard said, 'More people on Battle.net means ... even more resources devoted to evolving this online platform to cater to further community building and new ways to enjoy the game online. World of Warcraft is a great example of a game that has evolved beyond anyone's imagination since their Day 1 and will continue to do so to better the player experience for as long as players support the title. ... We would not take out LAN if we did not feel we could offer players something better.'"
Businesses

Tesla Nabs $465M Government Loan To Build Model S 505

SignalFreq writes "Tesla Motors, based in San Carlos, California, was approved yesterday for $465M in loans from the Department of Energy's Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing program. Tesla plans to use $365M of the money to finance a manufacturing facility for the Model S (review, Letterman video) and $100M for a powertrain manufacturing plant in the SF Bay Area. 'Tesla will use the ATVM loan precisely the way that Congress intended — as the capital needed to build sustainable transport,' said Tesla CEO and Product Architect Elon Musk. Tesla expects the Model S to ship in late 2011 and the base cost to be $57,400 ($49,900 after a federal tax credit). Ford received $5.9B and Nissan received $1.6B under the same program."

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