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  1. Rob Williams

    How Not To Steal a Computer

    From our front-page news:I'm no experienced thief, nor do I aspire to be, but if I were to steal a slew of computers, I'm quite sure I'd be smart enough to wipe the hard-drives before turning them on. According to a story at BoingBoing, an unnamed individual (and perhaps others) stole a slew of...
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    IDF 07 SF: Skulltrail, QX9650, 45nm Performance Preview

    During a closed-session demonstration of Skulltrail and 45nm processors, we saw first-hand what 45nm offerings will deliver when compared to current products. We walk away with assurance that Skulltrail is extreme and also that SSE4 can make a huge impact in multi-media tasks. You can read the...
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    IDF 07 SF: PCI-Express 3.0 and USB 3.0

    Both USB 3.0 and PCI Express 3.0 have been unveiled at IDF, with both having fresh feature-sets and upgraded architectures. USB in particular is quite exciting, as the potential bandwidth is well over 10x from current USB 2.0. We are relaying what we've learned about PCI-Express and USB 3.0 in...
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    IDF 07 SF: Skulltrail - High-End Has New Meaning

    Intel believes high-end gamers will be in a state of euphoria once their Skulltrail platform hits the market later this year. How does dual Quad-Cores, SLI 8800 Ultra's and 4GB+ of RAM sound? You can read the article here and discuss it here.
  5. Rob Williams

    IDF 07 SF: Paul Otellini Keynote

    Paul Otellini opened up the Fall IDF in San Francisco with a keynote focusing on all upcoming technologies including the 65nm to 45nm process, Penryn and Nehalem, power efficiencies, WiMAX, Havok benefits and more. You can read the article here and discuss it here!
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    TG at IDF in SF

    From our front-page news:Yes, I had fun in creating that title. Just a note to everyone that Greg and I will be attending the Intel Developer's Forum in San Francisco and will be delivering you news on what's new and notable as the conference progresses. The first few days are filled to the brim...
  7. Rob Williams

    Is the iPod touch the Buggiest Apple Product Ever?

    From our front-page news:Normally when Apple releases a new product, it's gobbled up by fans everywhere, with little known about bugs and oddities. However, with the iPod touch there was no such thing. This is one of the few Apple products in recent memory that has had an insane amount of...
  8. Rob Williams

    Ouch... MediaDefenders Entire E-Mail Database Leaked

    From our front-page news:In what's being called the "Biggest Ever BitTorrent Leak", MediaDefender's entire e-mail database has been leaked onto BitTorrent networks. For those who are unaware (and neither was I), MediaDefender is a company that is hired by various companies to help protect their...
  9. Rob Williams

    Colin McRae and Son: Rest in Peace

    From our front-page news: As revealed over the weekend by numerous sources, Colin McRae, of Rally Racing fame, has died in a helicopter crash along with his five-year-old son. McRae was 39 years-old and leaves behind his wife and 9-year-old daughter. McRae was certainly a legend in what he did...
  10. Rob Williams

    Is AMD Planning On Triple-Core Processors?

    From our front-page news: According to The Inq, AMD is readying three-core processors, which immediately prompts the question of.. why? The Inq insists this is not a rumor but solid "fact", but three-core CPUs just doesn't seem to make much sense. What I could see resulting from this is bad...
  11. Rob Williams

    New iPods Require iTunes, Breaks Linux Support

    From our front-page news: Planning to pick up a new iPod Nano/Classic/touch? You might want to re-think that purchase if you are a Linux user, as the latest models break support with all of the popular iPod synching applications. This was done due to changes in the iTunesDB, which likely means...
  12. Rob Williams

    Intel To Acquire Havok

    From our front-page news:Intel has signed an agreement to acquire Havok Inc., which will become a wholly owned subsidiary. Havok is no stranger to anyone interested in PC or console gaming. They've been part of huge games in various ways with such titles as Half-Life 2, Tony Hawk's Project 8...
  13. Rob Williams

    Need to super-size your DS?

    http://home.comcast.net/~olimar/DS/jumbotron/ That link is all you need. It's impressive. Looks like a time consuming project, but impressive regardless.
  14. Rob Williams

    Sega Dreamcast Iomega Zip Drive On eBay

    From our front-page news:Sega's Dreamcast was undoubtedly my favorite console ever, and it's really too bad that they decided to pull the plug so early. It could easily keep up to the PS2 in terms of graphics and audio, so I will still never understand why they gave up so as if it were no big...
  15. Rob Williams

    Intel X48 Chipset Before Year-End?

    From our front-page news:According to DigiTimes, Intel will soon begin shipping X38 chipsets to customers so that mass production can begin. This means that motherboards should arrive around the same time as ATI's RD790 chipset. Notable features of X38 is of course Penryn support, 1333FSB...
  16. Rob Williams

    Microsoft Allows Students To Steal Office... For $59.95

    From our front-page news:If you are a student who's planning to steal Microsoft Office 2007, then why not steal it directly from the source? For a $59.95US fee, of course. Yes, if you are a student and can prove it, Microsoft will <strike>sell</strike> let you steal their top-end Office 2007...
  17. Rob Williams

    Winamp 5.5 Beta Released With Numerous Updates

    From our front-page news: If any MP3 player can be considered a true classic, it would have to be Winamp. I first found out about the player around version 0.93, when a family member proved to me that he had hundreds of song files on his computer. At the time, I couldn't wrap my head around it...
  18. Rob Williams

    PS3 1.93 Firmware Available, Store Updated

    From our front-page news: We knew it was coming, and now it's finally here. Both the PS3 1.93 and PSP 3.71 firmware have been released and you can update via usual means. The PS3 firmware only fixes up a few bugs that were launched with 1.92, while the PSP firmware adds theme support and video...
  19. Rob Williams

    Popular Gaming-Mice Technologies Debunked

    From our front-page news: Think all gaming mice are the same? SteelSeries doesn't think so, and they help prove it with a new blog entry. We posted just a few weeks ago about their announcement of the Ikari Optical and Laser gaming mice, which are truly developed for gamers, with the help of...
  20. Rob Williams

    NVIDIA Releases Top-To-Bottom Quadro FX Cards

    From our front-page news: Graphic designer on a budget? NVIDIA has you covered. Up until now, NVIDIA's Quadro FX offerings have been high-end and far too pricey for the novice or intermediate graphic designer. Yesterday, they took care of that problem with the release of the Quadro FX 370, NVS...
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