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- AMD Barcelona to outperform Intel Clovertown by 40%? -
Randy Allen,
AMD's corporate vice president for server and workstation products said:
"We expect across a wide variety of workloads for Barcelona to outperform
Clovertown by 40 percent," In other news,
Bit-Tech takes a further look at the Intel 45nm technology.
- Intel, IBM Reveal Transistor Overhaul -
Intel and
IBM said they have discovered a way to replace that material with
various metals in parts called the gate, which turns the transistor on and
off, and the gate dielectric, an insulating layer, which helps improve
transistor performance and retain more energy. Intel said new materials help
provide a 20 percent boost in transistor performance. IBM did not release
specifics of its project.
- DRAM Price Drops Soon? -
While some memory makers are predicting price drops of 20%, others are
saying the number will be more along the lines of 10%.
- MSI P965 Platinum Motherboard - Great OC without huge price -
P965 has native
DDR-2 800 memory support, its FSB overclocking potential is usually
higher and it supports more peripherals on the ICH8 Southbridge. With
Crossfire reorganisation from ATI, it has all the features of the 975X and
more.
- Cheaper Radeon X1950 is on the way -
The cards will
be based on a modified version of the 80nm RV570 core used in the
existing Radeon X1950 Pro, and they'll run at 500MHz core with a memory
speed of 600MHz.
- 500GB hard drive for $139.99 -
Newegg is running a $30 instant rebate on Maxtor's 500GB MaXLine Pro,
bringing the drive's price down from $169.99 to a tantalizing $139.99.
- Bella DV 3.0 Video Keyboard -
The Bella DV 3.0
Video Keyboard looks a bit more elegant than the Logitech G15 Gaming
Keyboard.
- Microsoft extends Windows XP support - Microsoft is now offering
buyers of Windows XP Home Edition and Windows XP Media Center Edition
an added 5yr
customer support for both operating systems.
- Microsoft to promote integration of Xbox 360 and Vista -
check it out
- Microsoft Word Zero-Day Attack Discovered - In the attack
scenario discovered by Symantec,
a rigged Word
document arrives by e-mail with a lure to trick the target into opening
the file. "When the infected Word document is opened, it uses an exploit to
drop some files onto the computer. These files are back door Trojans that
enable an attacker to gain remote access to your computer," the company
warned.
- News Corp. Goes After YouTube Uploader - Twentieth Century Fox
has subpoenaed
YouTube to discover who uploaded four episodes of the popular TV show 24
before they aired on television. In other news, Hollywood is saying that
Canada is responsible for 50% of pirated movies. Oh yeah, blame Canada!
:-D
- Google defuses Googlebombs -
Google has taken action against Googlebombing, the act of hundreds of
Internet users linking up specific words with certain web sites in order to
produce a desired (and usually comical) search result. To remedy the problem
Google altered the algorithm by improving the way they analyze link
structures on web sites. Google's Matt Cutts says that the algorithm scales
well and even helps prevent Googlebombs in other languages.
- Top 10 Flickr Hacks -
Thomas Hawk reviews the top 10 Flickr Hacks. Some you've never heard of,
but they all look useful.
- AACS Responds to Cracked HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc Protections -
The AACS LA, those behind the advanced access content system protecting HD
DVD and Blu-ray Discs,
today responded to
the recent defeat of its technology. "AACS LA has confirmed that AACS
Title Keys have appeared on public web sites without authorization," read a
statement from the AACS Web site. " Such unauthorized disclosures indicate
an attack on one or more players sold by AACS licensees." The AACS is taking
the stance that the exploit found is a wake-up call to all licensees to
ensure that the technology is implemented securely. PC software players,
such as WinDVD, are particularly vulnerable to hackers.
- Exposing The Mysterious PS3 Hardware Scaler -
Beyond3D is tackling the mysterious PS3 hardware scaler issue today.
Until recently, the PS3 left many older HDTV owners more than a bit upset
which, as you can imagine, sparked a lot of heated debate across the
internet. Very good reading.
- Hacker Releases Tool to Add Third Party HDD to Xbox 360 - A
hacker who goes by the handle
'TheSpecialist,' has released a tool that allows any Western Digital
BEVS SATA hard drive to be used on the Xbox 360. A quick price search for WD
hard drives find that twice the drive can be had for half the price - the
lowest-end 40GB WD Scorpio drive for $50 - a cost effective, but adventurous
alternative
- Nokia N800 internet tablet -
Reliability is a
serious problem for the N800, and would certainly test the patience of
most users. The device crashed on a daily basis, especially if disconnected
from a Wi-Fi connection while downloading data, something more likely with a
device of this kind.
- Motorola Leaks 3G Updates To Investors - The presentation
revealed a 3G KRZR, the K3, as well as
a redesigned 3G
RIZR called the Z8.
- US military unveils heat-ray gun - Called the Active Denial
System,
it
projects an invisible high energy beam that produces a sudden burning
feeling. Military officials, who say the gun is harmless, believe it
could be used as a non-lethal way of making enemies surrender their weapons.
- Bizarre Windows promo video (1987) unleashed - According to the
actors,
W-W-W-Windows/386's main selling point is that it looks "just like OS/2",
and it can even allow multitasking. It's easy to see how far we have come in
twenty years of hardware upgrades: Vista's main selling point, after all, is
that it looks just like OS/X and can it take advantage of multicore
processors to allow multitasking :-) FYI, the first independent version of
Microsoft Windows, version 1.0, released in November 1985, lacked a degree
of functionality and achieved little popularity, and was to compete with
Apple's own operating system. Windows 1.0 did not provide a complete
operating system; rather, it extended MS-DOS. Microsoft Windows version 2.0
was released in November, 1987 and was slightly more popular than its
predecessor. Windows 2.03 (release date January 1988) had changed the OS
from tiled Windows to overlapping Windows. The result of this change led to
Apple Computer filing a suit against Microsoft alleging infringement on
Apple's copyrights.
- Air traffic pattern visualizations as seen by the FAA -
The Flight
Patterns visualizations are the result of experiments leading to the
project Celestial Mechanics by Scott Hessels and Gabriel Dunne. FAA data was
parsed and plotted using the Processing programming environment. The frames
were composited with Adobe After Effects and/or Maya.
- Ford hit by record $12.7bn loss -
Ford has reported a loss of $12.7bn for 2006 - the biggest annual loss
in the embattled US carmaker's 103-year history
- Leo Laporte announces his tech radio show is to be syndicated
nationwide -
Congratulations Leo!
- Daddy's Little Girls Clip -
ComingSoon.net has your exclusive first look at a new clip from Tyler
Perry's Daddy's Little Girls featuring Lou Gossett, Jr. A romantic drama
about family, community and love against the odds, the film stars Gabrielle
Union and Idris Elba in Perry's follow-up to his number one box office hits
Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea's Family Reunion.
- Rush Hour 3 Trailer -
Check it out!
Rush Hour 3 has a target release date of August 10, 2007.
- DVDs worth buying -
24 - Season 6 Premiere (First 4 Episodes)
|| Saw III (Unrated Widescreen Edition)
|| Invincible Iron Man (2007)
|| Celtic Woman - A New Journey: Live at Slane Castle, Ireland (2007)
|| Flyboys (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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