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- Intel Crestline chipset will run DirectX 10 -
The platform is
on track for a May release and it looks like that it will come with a
quite capable graphics engine - the Crestline chipset, core of Santa Rosa,
will be DirectX 10 compatible. So, don't buy a new notebook yet :-)
- 400GB Hard Disk Drives in RAID Arrays: Performance Analysis -
Interestingly,
the 'professional' hard disk drives haven't showed any great advantages
over 'desktop' HDDs in terms of performance.
- ARP's Updated Bios Guide - TechARP is at it again with
another update
to their Bios Guide. This time they have added the Asynclat BIOS feature.
- Windows XP PCs Hard To Find -
So what are your
options? You could buy a PC aimed at business customers. You could buy a
Vista machine, buy a boxed copy of Windows XP online, and install it on the
new machine--with the added bonus of getting rid of the "crapware" that
accompanies a new retail PC. In Vista related news, there is now
a petition on a government site that is requesting lower prices for a
copy of Vista. The sole reason for the petition is to ask Tony Blair to
speak to Microsoft about a lower price point
- ImageShack Hotspot 0.2 - With
ImageShack hotspot you can upload images directly from your desktop to
ImageShack.
- 13 Things to do immediately after installing Ubuntu -
Article shows 13 Things to do , programs to install immediately after
installing Ubuntu 6.10 to make it rock.
- BitTorrent opens digital media store -
They first
showing of this new outlet will house 5,000 movies and TV shows as well
as games and other media.
- AACS cracked again: WinDVD key found! -
Today a third
method has appeared, as poster ATARI Vampire reports they were able to
find the 'sub device key' of the WinDVD 8 playback software.
- How thieves clone your credit card - Video -
Check out the
video which shows Jess a waitress at a coffee house stealing peoples
card details using a hidden device.
- European PS3 Loses Emotion Engine, Backwards Compatibility Suffers
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The European PS3 will lack the Emotion Engine and Graphics Synthesizer
(EE+GS) chip necessary to provide hardware-based backwards compatibility for
previous-generation titles. Instead, Sony plans to accomplish compatibility
with older games through software emulation-a trickier and more fickle feat
than simply including and utilizing PS2 processors.
- New cyrogenic refrigerator offers rapid cooling -
Targeted at industrial space and military applications, the "cryocooler"
is able to achieve extremely cold temperatures (-370 degrees Fahrenheit)
quickly, by using helium gas. The cooler operates at 120 Hz, which is twice
the speed of normal cooling devices. Accordingly, a smaller oscillator is
used to generate the gas flow, cutting back on the size of the cooler.
- The Beginning of the Internet -
Awesome TV documentary from 1993 (!) talking about a new phenomenon -
the "so called internet".
- Pregnant 14-Year-Old Says Having a Child Is the Newest Fashion Among
Teens - British teen Kizzy Neal says she's been approached for advice
from other pregnant girls her age ever since she conceived,
reported London's Daily Mail. "When my friends see my bump they say they
wish they could have a baby, then three weeks later they're pregnant and
don't know what to do," Neal said. "It seems to be fashionable to get
pregnant. ... Teenage girls think babies are cute, but they forget the
physical side of being pregnant, then having to give up your own childhood
to look after a baby," she told the paper. Okay.. I am man, i dont know what
girls are thinking at the moment(and I don't have a daughter yet...ha! :-)
- Sin City 2 Begins Filming -
Co-director of "Sin City," Frank Miller, told SCI FI Wire that
"Sin City 2"
is a go. Miller and Robert Rodriguez (Grindhouse) will once again share
directing duties and are hoping to be in Texas to shoot the film by late
spring. Wow.
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