A firm of London lawyers claims it’s “stepping up the fight” against people who illegally share computer games.

We revealed in May how legal firm Davenport Lyons was demanding in excess of £600 from people accused of illegally sharing a single game.

At the time, Davenport Lyons refused to discuss the issue with PC Pro. Now it’s hired PR agency Bell Pottinger Business & Brand to trumpet its crackdown.

The firm says it will launch proceedings

against 100 people from the UK “suspected of illegally uploading a number of copyright works.”

It further claims “several thousand names and addresses have already been ordered by the High Court of London to be released by the internet providers concerned” and that another application waiting to be issued is demanding an additional 6,000 addresses.

Until now, there has been precious little evidence that Davenport Lyons was prepared to follow through on its demands for payment if accused file-sharers refused to pay up (read our investigation here).

However, the company claims a recent decision at the Central London County Court resulted in four people being ordered to make an interim payment of £750 and pay costs, in advance of a final judgement. PC Pro has been so far unable to verify these claims.

Daveport Lyons’ clients include Topware, makers of Dream Pinball 3D, and German game company Zuxxex.

Author: Barry Collins

Amazing technology from Japan
but can you guess what it is ?

Look closely and guess what they could be…

Are they pens with cameras?

Any wild guesses? No clue yet?

Ladies and gentlemen… congratulations!
You’ve just looked into the future… yep that’s right!
You’ve just seen something that will replace your PC in the near future.

Here is how it works:

In the revolution of miniature computers, scientists have made great developments with bluetooth technology.. .

This is the forthcoming computers you can carry within your pockets .

This ‘pen sort of instrument’ produces both the monitor as well as the keyboard on any flat surfaces from where you can carry out functions you would normally do on your desktop computer.

One laptop is lost every two days by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) with 659 reported stolen and 89 lost by the department in the past four years.

The 659th stolen laptop belonging to an MoD official and containing sensitive information was taken from the Britannia Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool on Thursday.

An MoD spokesman said the laptop was encrypted and Merseyside Police were investigating the theft.

Last week defence secretary Des Browne issued revised laptop figures after “anomalies in the reporting process” were discovered.

He confirmed that 658 laptops had been stolen and 89 lost since 2004, almost double the previous figure released by the MoD. Only 32 have been recovered. The latest theft brings the total number of computers lost by the MoD in the past four years to 748,

The ministry also revealed last week that 121 of its USB memory sticks have been either lost or stolen since 2004.

Information on three was secret and 19 carried data classified as restricted.

Defence minister Bob Ainsworth gave the information on the memory sticks in response to a parliamentary question tabled by Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather.

“It seems this government simply cannot be trusted with keeping sensitive information safe. It is frightening to think that secret MoD information can be lost or stolen,” she said.

The MoD has recalled 20,000 laptops to be encrypted. The move comes after last month’s Burton report found that although MoD policies and procedures are “generally fit for purpose”, there are a number of areas in which it “needs to do better” to protect personal data.

Rapidshare Premium Account for sale

SALE RATE
Rs.700/month - (New Rates from 8th July, 2008 onwards..)

Original Price
6.99EUR = 6.99 x 112.8 = Rs.788.472

I have MONTHLY based accounts. (I cannot renew your existing account, Every month you will have to buy a New account.)

Euro Rate - as per rates available on http://www.forexpk.com on 5th July 2008
1 EUR = Rs.112.8
Previous Rates
19th Feb. 2008 EURO Rate was Rs.93.15 - RS Cost was Rs.651 … My Rate was Rs.550
21st Mar. 2008 EURO Rate was Rs.97.35 - RS Cost was Rs.680.4765 .. My Rate was Rs.620
5th May 2008 EURO Rate was Rs.103.35 - RS Cost was Rs.Rs.722.4165 .. My Rate was Rs.660

How to Make the Payment?
Way - 1
Contact Person : Tahawee Masood …OR… Taha Masood …OR… Haseeb ur Rehman
Address : GAMX Cafe (upstairs Saleem Fabrics), Kareem Block Market. Allama Iqbal Town. Lahore.
(On a piece of paper please leave your name, email and phone number, and I will email you your account details)

Way - 2 (For people living outside Lahore)
Bank Transfer
You can deposit me the money in either of the two following banks.
- Allied Bank Limited
- Standard Chartered Bank
Contact me for the bank account details.

My Contact Number
Name: Talal Masood
Cell: 0321-4443990
Email:

Frequently Asked Questions
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A: 1- You cannot download a files at the same time using two different IP Addresses.
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Yesterday, there was an electricity flictuation and my computer’s 250gb harddrive stopped working. The boot partition of the harddrive damaged due to short circuit and all data was lost.

I bought a new 500gb (Western Digital - SATA II) harddrive today and then recovered my data from the damaged Harddrive using Easy Recovery software.