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  • Sims 3 pirated 180,000 times in three days

    Beating Spore's download rate so far

    So much for Electronic Arts' open palm approach to video game piracy. The game maker nixed its draconic digital rights management (DRM) for The Sims 3, and the game's already on track to being pirated more often than Spore — counted as the most pirated game of 2008. The game's official release isn't until June 5 but leaks were …

    Music and Media 30 May 00:19

  • PC-pwning infection hits 30,000 legit websites

    And counting

    A nasty infection that attempts to install a potent malware cocktail on the machines of end users has spread to about 30,000 websites run by businesses, government agencies and other organizations, researchers warned Friday. The infection sneaks malicious javascript onto the front page of websites, most likely by exploiting a …

    Security 30 May 00:21

  • Tesla recalls Roadsters

    Leccy Tech But it's not their fault

    Each and every all-electric dreamcar-speedster Tesla Roadster built before April 22, 2009 needs to have its innards examined. In the finest bit of spinmeistering that The Reg has seen in many a moon, Telsa Motors issued a recall notice Thursday entitled "Tesla To Do House Calls." The house calls in question are visits by Tesla …

    Reg Hardware 30 May 00:26

  • Microsoft, Asus launch anti-Linuxbook campaign

    'It's Better with Windows'

    Microsoft and Asus have teamed up to present a new advertising smarm-storm intended to extol the virtues of Windows on netbooks - and smear Linux. The joint effort's spawn is a website entitled "It's Better with Windows." It's a simple site with a simple message: Windows can prevent poor, unsuspecting non-techies from "dealing …

    Music and Media 30 May 03:55

  • Google Wave - interwebs idealism in real-time

    Google I/O It's not a product. It's a user happiness pill

    When Lars Rasmussen first floated the idea, Google co-founder Sergey Brin wasn't impressed. "He came to me and he said 'This may sound kinda crazy, but we're going to reinvent communication and we just need a bunch of engineers to go of to Australia for a while and we'll get back to you after a couple of years,'" Brin remembers …

    Applications 30 May 05:40

  • Tom Tom flags down 'live traffic' XL satnav

    Video New GPS caught on our speed camera

      Can't see the video? Download Flash Player from Adobe.com

    Reg Hardware 30 May 08:02