http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c1415 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:53:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c1415 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c1394 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:51:15 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c1394
M$ changed to an AMD GPU as well as an AMD x86 processor...the original XBox also used an x86 CPU that was made by intel.

Have fun rebuying your games fanboy.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c1370 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:45:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c1370
Or, i could go back to PC gaming.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c1188 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:44:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130505/14372422951/court-finds-fantasy-stories-obscene.shtml#c1188
Judge did not review the whole work, only a sample, which is a classic error always resulting in an overturned verdict upon appeal.

Judge substituted his own views for the testimony of an expert witness.

Judge misinterpreted the legal standard - it's not serious artistic, literary, political AND scientific value (if it was, all four would have to be present). The standard is that it's legal if there is serious artistic, literary, political OR scientific value. The expert testimony shows that there is serious literary and political value.

This is a heavily biased judge who flagrantly disregarded the law in order to inflict the financial costs of an appeal on the innocent defendant. Judicial misconduct at its worst.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c1347 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:35:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c1347
If Xbox One requires digital registration and a fee in order to play used games, PS4 will as well. No way would something like this be exclusive to only one platform, otherwise users could circumvent the process simply by buying software on the competitor's console.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16293423122/think-doj-spying-reporters-was-unprecedented-think-again.shtml#c92 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:35:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/16293423122/think-doj-spying-reporters-was-unprecedented-think-again.shtml#c92
Interpret THIS DOJ!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/00412423167/fair-use-me-not-thee.shtml#c297 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:33:50 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/00412423167/fair-use-me-not-thee.shtml#c297 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c1164 Sat, 25 May 2013 06:24:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c1164 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c1127 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:53:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c1127 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02021423169/defense-digital-freedom-its-time-to-get-beyond-cyber-hyperbole.shtml#c327 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:46:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02021423169/defense-digital-freedom-its-time-to-get-beyond-cyber-hyperbole.shtml#c327 One key point she makes is that we need to have a fact-based, careful look at the issues

Yeah, that's not gonna happen. 90% of Congress is just barely smart enough to remember to breathe. Reason and logic aren't going to work, otherwise they never would've bought all those stupid arguments in the first place.

What we need is a strategy that works on dumb people. Really, really dumb people. People dumb enough to think "cyberhackers" is a term someone familiar with computers would actually use unironically. That mind-bogglingly dumb.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c1117 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:45:48 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c1117
The only xbox that ever had an nvidia chip was the first one which had a pentium 3 derived CPU and a nvidia geforce 3 based GPU

the only "next gen" console with an nvidia chip was the PS3 with a geforce 7800 derived GPU.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02021423169/defense-digital-freedom-its-time-to-get-beyond-cyber-hyperbole.shtml#c310 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:37:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02021423169/defense-digital-freedom-its-time-to-get-beyond-cyber-hyperbole.shtml#c310 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02021423169/defense-digital-freedom-its-time-to-get-beyond-cyber-hyperbole.shtml#c295 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:21:45 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02021423169/defense-digital-freedom-its-time-to-get-beyond-cyber-hyperbole.shtml#c295
Internet freedom is about defending the right to free speech on the internet. So long as certain types of speech (copyrights) are treated like property, our freedom of speech is being infringed upon. It goes against very core concept of freedom of speech to say that there are certain speech I can't use because someone "owns" it. If speech is the natural right of every human being, then applying property concepts to certain speech is a clear violation of that right. But people like you will put property rights above all others.

No, these attacks aren't frequent, only their news coverage is frequent. There has been a rise in news coverage of school shootings, but guess what! School shootings are on the decline. In fact, many crimes that are such fodder for news outlets are actually declining as they crank up their coverage. There's a saying in the news biz, "if it bleeds, it leads". It's all FUD and none of it is as real as the news portrays it.

"Just because YOU CAN copy or steal something off the internet, does not make it legal for you to do that."

It may be illegal, but it sure as hell isn't wrong. It's not anybody's property, it's everyone's right to say anything and everything on the internet. That includes creative works, because they are a form of speech and nobody has the right to violate my natural right to speech just because they have the foolish notion that they can "own" that speech. To all who think they can own the content they create, you disgust me.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c699 Sat, 25 May 2013 05:07:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/01462423203/ex-prenda-lawyer-brett-gibbs-pleads-poverty-to-judge-wright.shtml#c699 bragging about the extortion racket her husband was/is involved in, I can't say I'd feel too bad if she was indeed involved to some extent, even if it was just enough to make her sweat and wonder if she was going to face the justice system in the position of defendant; maybe that would give her a little empathy for the people her 'dear' husband has been shaking down.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c1059 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:54:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c1059 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/11301723178/amazon-wants-to-sell-fan-fiction-with-it-originator-fanfic-author-all-sharing-profits.shtml#c641 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:41:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/11301723178/amazon-wants-to-sell-fan-fiction-with-it-originator-fanfic-author-all-sharing-profits.shtml#c641 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/18225323199/president-obama-is-troubled-about-chilling-effects-his-own-administration-is-causing-to-journalism.shtml#c822 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:26:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/18225323199/president-obama-is-troubled-about-chilling-effects-his-own-administration-is-causing-to-journalism.shtml#c822 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130101/16214221533/faa-facing-more-pressure-to-change-its-rules-electronic-device-usage.shtml#c433 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:22:44 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130101/16214221533/faa-facing-more-pressure-to-change-its-rules-electronic-device-usage.shtml#c433 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110311/01465413450/dailydirt-diy-soda-pop-whatever-you-call-carbonated-beverages.shtml#c108 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:20:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110311/01465413450/dailydirt-diy-soda-pop-whatever-you-call-carbonated-beverages.shtml#c108 (Sinatra fans will get it.)]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c962 Sat, 25 May 2013 04:07:37 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130524/06445123204/xbox-one-release-tons-questions-very-few-answers.shtml#c962