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Computers

27-inch iMac Benchmarks: Core i7 Vs. Core i5

11:09PM Danny Allen | The Core i5 iMacs are fast, but early benchmarks of the Core i7 model suggest a 35 per cent performance boost, even though upgrade only costs $US200 extra. Timon-Royer’s telling graph uses results from the Geekbench Website. [Timon-Royer via MacRumors]
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Convicted Hacker Paralyses Prison Network. Duh.

1:12PM Chris Oaten | We can think of a whole bunch of things belonging firmly in the headslap category. There’s that recent silliness with iSnack 2.0, for starters. But this one strains plausability. It seems the management at a certain English prison thought it would be a good idea to save a few dollars on technical services by borrowing the skills of an inmate. Turns out the inmate was a convicted hacker. Left alone. With a computer. Duh. [Switched] via [Digg].
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This Laptop Thief Has Balls Of Steel

1:20AM Sean Fallon | According to a police report, 19-year old Jesse Phoutthaphaphone…pppppthft was sitting by a cracked window in his home, typing on MySpace when a thief suddenly popped in the window and stole the laptop right out of his hands. More »
Business

RIAA Member Settles Suit After Defendant Proves She Did Even Not Own A Computer

3:30PM Dan Nosowitz | RIAA member Universal Music Group was forced to settle a piracy suit it had brought against Mavis Roy after suffering a bit of a setback in their prosecution: Mavis Roy did not own a computer when UMG first brought suit. More »