Archive for November 17, 2009
China Rules Microsoft Violated Intellectual Property Rights
Nov 17th
The Beijing Number One Intermediate People’s Court this week ordered Microsoft to stop selling versions of Windows that use the Chinese fonts, state broadcaster CCTV said. Microsoft plans to appeal the case, a company representative said in a statement.
EU cracks down on mobile services
Nov 17th
Websites mis-selling mobile ringtones and other services have been forced to clean up their acts, following a European Union crackdown. Some 301 sites were investigated, resulting in the closure of 54 and the correction of 159.
Bing Captures Almost 10 Percent Search Share In U.S.
Nov 17th
Remember all that talk about Bing starting to fizzle in September? Well it didn’t happen, and now October numbers and Bing gained another half a point to reach 9.9 percent market share of U.S. searches, according to comScore’s qSearch service. Five months after launch, Bing has steadily gained two points of market share.
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/16/bing-10-percent-search-shar/
How to Upgrade a Supercomputer, 37,376 Chips at a Time
Nov 17th
Engineers replaced quad-core AMD processors with six-core chips (see below for a video showing the upgrade process). The nearly $20 million upgrade has created a high-performance computing system that is now deployed by the Department of Energy and housed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Jaguar beat IBM’s “Roadrunner” supercomputer to the top list, according to a ranking of the top 500 supercomputers in the world that will be unveiled Tuesday at a conference.
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/11/most-powerful-supercomputer/
The Pirate Bay Tracker Shuts Down for Good
Nov 17th
Today marks the end of an era, as The Pirate Bay team announces that the world’s largest BitTorrent tracker is shutting down for good. Although the site will remain operational for now, millions of BitTorrent users will lose the use of its tracker and will instead have to rely on DHT and alternative trackers to continue downloading.
http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-tracker-shuts-down-for-good-091117/
