Articles by Matt Hodges
Matt is a long-time member of BestTechie, joining the organization in mid 2004. He is currently an administrator of the BestTechie forums--a community-driven resource for technology information and collaboration. Along with administering the forums, Matt also contributes to the BestTechie.net blog with tech news and opinions.
About two years ago, the makers of the ever-popular torrent website, thepiratebay.org, announced that they were working on a new project called “The Video Bay”.
A few weeks ago, The Video Bay opened up a test …
Logging in to our computers or various web services is a normal routine we all go through every day. Each of us probably has half-a-dozen usernames across the web, with at least double that in …
A German court has ordered the file sharing site Rapidshare.com to pay €24,000,000 ($33,600,000 USD) in fines and must now filter their content against copyright infringement.
According to a statement from GEMA, “[t]he judgment states that …
A few days ago, Mozilla released Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate, and the world’s second most popular web browser is sporting some nifty new features. Firstly, Firefox 3.5 contains addition speed improvements from the previous releases. …
It’s been a while since Blu-Ray became the victor over HD-DVD. The battle was tough, but most people agree that since Blu-Ray is the superior format, it deserves the spoils. But Sony is still waiting …
It was recently reported that Bobby Kotick—head of one of the largest video game companies: Activision—is a little discouraged with the state of Sony and the Playstation 3. Kotick says, “I’m getting concerned about Sony; …
Last month, Google grabbed 1 million phone numbers; a move that implies we may soon see the availability of Google Voice. The service from the internet giant “lets users unify their phone numbers, allowing them …
According to ComputerWorld, Microsoft is going to continue the availability of Windows XP until April 2011. The announcement came after a security expert attacked Microsoft’s plan to discontinue its sale once Windows 7 is released. …
Recently, Comcast demonstrated its network readiness for the switch to IPv6 addresses. Believe it or not, the internet is not infinite. In fact, it is running out of space rather quickly. That is, …
You may or may not be aware, but every time you log in to GMail you pass through an HTTPS, or Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure, connection. HTTPS is a combination of the regular HTTP and …
A few days ago, Opera told us to expect something big. Many speculations have come up as to what ‘reinvent the web” could actually mean—and most people scoffed at Opera’s claim. Today, Opera announced Opera …
As of late, European countries are feeling the heat to deal with online piracy. Compaines such as Logistep, ASC:Law, and Peppermint Jam are continually harassing ISPs to turn over the IP addresses of suspected pirates.
But …
It is no secret that piracy is a big problem for the media corporations and the internet service providers around the world. We are all aware of the cascading lawsuits from the Recording Industry Association …
According to sources, Microsoft is already in the trial stages of their own anti-virus software, with the beta on its way. Microsoft is calling the software “Morro” and will be its second shot at security …
After what is said to have been a year-and-a-half of work, it appears that the first driver for USB 3.0 has been born. Was it created for Microsoft Windows? Nope. How about Mac OS X? …
