TechNews - Dual-Core Versus Quad-Core - tech
(hx) 02:34 AM CEST - May,27 2008
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- Dual-Core Versus Quad-Core - Core 2 Duo processors (especially
Wolfdale) are still the most reasonable choice in this family.
Quad-core
processors make sense only for certain applications - you must be sure
that your application can effectively use all four cores.
- AMD Phenom X3: One too little or one too much? -
Yes, gaming
performance is a little behind, but the difference is very small, games
which support multi cores will get a nice boost with the X3, unfortunately
the list of games that efficiently support more than 2 cores is very short.
- The Future - According to nVidia - Hardware Secrets posted
a report
from the nVidia Editor's Day 2008.
- How Many Monitors Should You Have? - PCMech has posted
an interesting editorial that attempts to answer the age old question
"how many monitors should you have?"
- Microsoft IE 8 Beta 2 Coming! Are your websites ready? - MS
encouraging site administrators to get their sites ready now for broad
adoption of Internet Explorer 8, as there will be a beta release in the
third quarter of this year targeted for all consumers. Well, if this means
IE finally has a level of standards compliancy up there with its opposition
then this is a very welcome move, albeit several years too late...
- DVDFab HD Decrypter 5.0.2.2 -
DVDFab HD Decrypter
copies entire DVD movie to hard disk, and removes all the protections (CSS,
RC, RCE, APS, UOPs and Sony ARccOS) while copying. It also comes with full
HD-DVD and Blu-Ray support (Removes AACS).
- XP-Antispy 3.97 Beta 2 -
Disable
all the known 'Suspicious' Functions in Windows XP -
download
- Windows Live SkyDrive Updated -
Windows Live SkyDrive is now live in 24 additional locations, bringing
our grand total to 62 countries and regions
- New MP3 Revolutionizes Way You Listen to Music -
The new format,
which has a file extension format of MT9 and a commercial title of Music
2.0, is poised to replace the popular MP3 file format as the de facto
standard of the digital music source, its inventors say
- New Audio Ads Can Target One Person in a Crowd -
The technology
works by beaming waves of hypersonic sound at a pitch that can't be
detected by the human ear. However, when those sound waves strike an object,
such as a human body, they suddenly become audible in the immediate area of
the object -- allowing personalized marketing that can target one person in
a crowd of hundreds.
- Phoenix Mars Lander Photos -
Pics of the Lander itself, from NASA and when it landed on Mars!
- Beckham 70 Yard Goal - LA Galaxy Vs. Kansas City Wizards (video) -
Where's the
goalkeeper? ;-)
- WTF (pic) -
The leaked plot of M. Night Shyamalan's new movie? ;-)
- Cell Phones Are Evil (video) - SCARY! -
Don't put your
cell phone into a microwave oven :P
- Stunning Image of an Unusual Rose (pic) -
If it's real, that's absolutely amazing. If it's photoshop, I'm still
impressed.
- I think he Can Dance - AMAZING! (video) -
You must see
this!!!
- Funny Slow Motion Punches (video) -
A bunch
of people getting punched in the face in super slow motion
- Simona Fusco Stratten - Hawaii - Mar 2008 -
check it out
- Heather Vandeven Streching Her Sexy Curved Body -
Wow, she rocks!
- Gemma Atkinson Bikini Pictures -
Here's Gemma
Atkinson at some photoshoot posing in a bikini.
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