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Canadian ISP Ready To Name Music Swappers

Videotron's lawyer says he's bewildered why others fight the motions from the music industry.

“We do it on a regular basis.  It’s not very complicated,” said Serge Sasseville.  Lawyers for the Canadian Recording Industry Association argued the identities of 29 people they claim they need are considered “large scale uploaders”.  Out of 5 ISPs named in the case (Shaw Communications, Rogers Cable Communications, Bell Canada, Telus Communications and Videotron) Videotron is the sole ISP that is not fighting the request from the CRIA for the names of their customers.  The other ISPs wont hand over the information argueing they are looking out for the interests of their customers.

“We just want to make sure CRIA proves its case, not just merely allegations that something has gone on,” Jay Thomson, a lawyer for Telus, sais Thursday.

“We’re not in a position to make a determination if some activity is legal or illegal.”

The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.

The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.

Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.

"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.

I've spent a good amount of time digging into the spec sheet of the new M6 MacBook Pro (14-inch), and for all intents and purposes, this is a classic Apple "chip and connectivity" refresh. It's not a full redesign. The chassis, Liquid Retina XDR panel, speakers, ports, and battery, all of them carry over unchanged.

However, the M6 brings more cores, stronger on-device AI, higher memory bandwidth on the larger configs, and modern wireless. Here’s the practical rundown of what actually improved, and whether those gains are worth your money.