Aussie cops caught with pirated movies

A regular audit of computer systems belonging to the South Australian police force has revealed hundreds of movies which authorities believe could well be pirate copies downloaded from P2P networks.

According to The Australian newspaper the problem is so rife that senior police sources within the force said no official investigation would be taking place because of the large numbers of police involved.

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Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

HD movies coming to your mobile phone

Nvidia has unveiled a powerful new smartphone processor at this week’s World Mobile Congress in Barcelona. Nvidia claims the APX 2500 will allow users to stream, watch or even take movies in 720p HD, take 12-megapixel pictures and play a whole host of complex 3D mobile games.

The new chip is powered by an ARM11 MPCore and features graphics architecture similar to the company’s high-end GeForce 6 desktop version.

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Tuesday, February 12th, 2008