Software Pirate Gets 51 Months In Jail

Boston (dBTechno) - A man who goes by the name of Bandido was sentenced to 51 months in prison for internet piracy.

He is the leader of the world’s oldest and most renowned internet software piracy group.

The man is Hew Raymond Griffiths, a 44-year-old British man who lives in Bateau Bay, Australia.

He was sentenced to one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement. The sentence was read to him in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Virginia where he was extradited to back in February.

He pleaded guilt to the charge back on April 20th. He led and orchestrated the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in copyrighted material.

the secure data tunnel

Hamburg (dBTechno) - The abbreviation VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. It is a kind of data tunnel set up to transport private information across a public network like the internet.

The technical aspects of constructing such tunnels have become easier lately, since the software required for the VPN is included in operating systems like Windows Vista.

Non-corporate or organizational users who want to erect a VPN require a server for use with the secured connection. The benefit of a VPN comes through its combination of economical use of open networks alongside the transmission security of private connections.

Intel Joins $100 Laptop Movement

Boston (dBTechno) - Intel Corp. has announced that they are joining the One Laptop Per Child initiative which was founded to bring low-cost notebooks to developing countires.

The ONPC group signed on with Intel rival AMD for the chips for the notebooks making this move a very strange one to say the least.  OLPC expects to begin volume shipments of its XO laptop this coming September which will be priced very reasonable at $175.  Intel has been selling a similar laptop called the Classmate since March for $225.  A price drop could lower that to $200 by the end of the year.

The Classmate has already been sold in many countries including brazil, Nigeria, Mexico, Pakistan, etc.

Nicholas Negrponto though who is the founder of the OLPC is happy about the partnership stating that “Collaboration with Intel means that the maxiumum number of laptops will reach children.”