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(hx) 01:13 PM CEST - Oct,16 2007
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- Intel shows off 45nm Core 2 Extreme with 1.6GHz FSB -
Intel
commissioned Charles 'Fugger' Wirth to overclock the QX9770, and the
chip reportedly managed a whopping 5.6GHz!
- Intel Core 2 Duo basic overclocking guide for beginners - HEXUS
published
a
basic overclocking guide for Intel Core 2 Duo
- CrossFire Comparison: Intel X38 vs. P35 -
So I'm sure that
one question on your mind is //what should I buy?. In related news,
DigiTimes, quoting sources from the motherboard industry, claims that
the upcoming X48 chipset may hurt sales of X38 based motherboards.
- Tiny 'fit-PC' draws 5W, is smaller than a paperback -
It is based on
AMD's 500MHz Geode LX-800 processor, and it includes 256MB of DDR RAM, a
40GB 2.5" hard drive, dual 100Mbps Ethernet ports, two USB ports, two audio
jacks, RS-232 port (RJ-11), and a graphics controller (VGA) capable of
driving a display with a resolution up to 1920x1440
- New drive head to allow 4TB hard drives by 2011 -
Desktop hard
drive capacities will have quadrupled from today's 1TB to 4TB in four
years!
- Windows Home Server in depth - With Windows Home Server,
Microsoft wants to simplify how your files and backups are stored. So
far, so good, but what about the additional features: remote access, media
sharing, etc.? Are they a tacked-on afterthought, or does Windows Home
Server make everything play nicely together?
- Google increases Gmail storage -
As of October
23rd, users will get 4321MB of storage, and from January 4th next year,
will see 6283MB of storage
- Google.com designed for Google -
What would Google.com look like if it had to be designed for Search
Engine Optimization In Google ;-)
- Google Unveils YouTube Antipiracy Tool -
But get this,
movie studios and other content owners are required to provide the company
copies of the content first. Hah? :-) I'm not sure movie studios are going
to be very eager to cough up copies of all their movies to YouTube, do you?
- AOL Lays Off 20% of Work Force - AOL told employees Monday that
it would lay off 2,000 workers, which amounts to about 20 percent of its
total global work force.
- Pirate Bay Takes Over Anti-Piracy Domain - In yet another snub to
anti-piracy efforts,
infamous Swedish BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay has taken over IFPI.com,
a domain formerly owned by the recording industry group by the same name.
IFPI, previously known as the International Federation of the Phonographic
Industry, pushes for anti-piracy enforcement in 75 countries.
- Record Labels Planning Subscription Music Service? -
Universal has
its own catalog, and is apparently taking to Warner Music Group about
putting that label's music on the service. It has reportedly already signed
up Sony BMG.
- BBC online to go free over wi-fi -
The BBC's online services will be made available free of charge at
thousands of wi-fi hotspots.
- Fish Poison makes Hot Things Feel Icy and Cold Things Feel Burning -
While not tech related,
imagine being
poisoned in a way that you could no longer differentiate hot and cold.
When you touch something cold, it feels burning hot and vice versa.
- Volkswagen Working on sub-$11,000 RWD Vehicles for 2010 -
Variants of the
uber-compact three-door are expected to come in at about 3500mm long,
sporting a price tag under 8,000 Euros, with a five-door version, stretched
by 80mm and priced around 9,450 Euros
- Live Free or Die Hard DVD To Include Free PC-Mobile Copy -
Special-edition
DVD of "Live Free or Die Hard" will come with an electronic copy of the
movie that can be played on a computer and select portable video players
- The Devil's Chair Uncensored (video) -
check it out
- Family Guy Star Wars Special (video) -
part #1 /
part #2
- The Office: Screensaver scene (video) -
Great clip from The Office. Everyone is in the conference room watching
the DVD player screensaver, waiting for the block to hit the corner. I think
it's save to say we have all done this ;-)
- What Really Happened At The X-Wing Launch (video) -
The Totally
'unedited' video of the X-Wing rocket launch, and what really happened
to it ;-)
- What TOP GUN is really about by Quentin Tarantino (video) -
Tarantino
explains what the film TOP GUN is really about :-)
- Wingsuite mountain swoop (crazy video) -
That's the
craziest shit I've seen in a while!!!
- Tunnel of Death (Lefortovo Tunnel, Russia) -
The 2.2km long Lefortovo Tunnel in Russia is also called as "Tunnel of
Death". There is a river running over it and water leaks at some points.
When the temperature reaches minus 38 degrees like it did last winter, the
road freezes and the result is the attached video taken during a single day
with the tunnel camera. Congratulations to the driver of the dual bus!
- Holly Valance does Australian Men's Style Magazine -
check it out!
- Sexy Jennifer Walcott Pictures -
Yay! :-)
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