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- DDR2 Memory Roundup Summer 2007 Part #1 -
They take a look
at the performance numbers of 9 DDR2 2x1Gb Kits from OCZ, Kingston,
Mushkin, Team Group and Corsair on the Intel P965 platform
- Intel Updates vPro Platform Technology w/ New Chipset -
If you're
unfamiliar with vPro, it's not a singular product or chip. Like Centrino
for example, vPro is an Intel platform technology that's comprised of a CPU,
chipset, network controller, and proprietary software, that when combined,
offer powerful hardware-based security and management capabilities for the
enterprise
- Toshiba R500 Notebook Tested -
Its size and weight make it the perfect tool for the frequent traveler.
The cursor control could use work, but the keyboard is not bad, the LCD is
LED backlit, and the optical drive is downright impressive. Throw in a 2.5"
hard drive, possibly a 64GB solid state drive, and you have all the makings
of a Sony TZ-killer.
- Samsung SyncMaster 940UX 19-inch LCD Monitor -
This is a 19-inch standard ratio LCD that boasts a feature you probably
won't find on most other monitors: it can connect to your computer using
USB.
- Acer to acquire Gateway for $710 million - Taiwanese computer
maker
Acer is planning to acquire its U.S. rival Gateway.
- RivaTuner v2.03 released -
The new
RivaTuner v2.03 adds support for ForceWare 162.18, 162.22, 162.50,
163.16 and 163.44 as well as ATI's Catalyst 7.7 and 7.8 drivers.
- JkDefrag 3.17 - the best free defrag program -
I don't usually
think about hard drive defragmentation programs as being exciting, but
this one is an exception!
- Yahoo Adds Features to Popular E-Mail - Among the new features is
a program that
allows users to send text messages from their PC directly to cell phone
users.
- Windows Genuine Advantage suffers worldwide outage -
Isn't it
interesting that the US government doesn't consider systems like WGA a
threat to national security? :-)
- Rootkit in Sony MicroVault software -
Sony is the face
of a new malware threat that deals with fingerprint-authenticating USB
drives
- German Government PCs Hacked - Germany's Federal Data Protection
Office
found Trojan horse programs on computers used in several government
agencies.
- TorrentSpy shuts down in the U.S. -
TorrentSpy.com
is shutting down access to users in the United States.
- Godfather of the Internet Predicts the End of TV - Vint Cerf -
one of the handful of researchers who helped build the internet in the
1970s, laid out
his vision of where our online future might be, including a time when we
download entire TV series in seconds - and even surf the web from Mars
- AT&T Cracks Down On Commercial iPhone Unlocking Groups -
Unsurprisingly,
AT&T is going after the mercenary group trying to profit from the iPhone
unlocking
- Researchers Crack KeeLoq Code for Car Keys -
Research groups are claiming they cracked Keeloq, the security system
used in key fobs by Toyota as well as GM, VW, Fiat, Chrysler, Daewoo, Honda,
Jaguar, and Volvo. Seems some things were leaked to a Russian hacking
website allowing the researcher to open the door and start the car. It takes
an hour, so if you see a college kid with a lap top hanging around your
Prius... for a really long time, he might be trying to steal it.
- Poop Warning! (pic) -
Really makes you think.... and then MOVE!
- The biggest bloody piranha you'll ever see? (pics) -
check it out
- Günther Weidlinger 3000m Steeplechase Osaka 2007 (video) -
There is
Austrian steeplechaser (?) Guenther Weidlinger at the World Athletic
Championships yesterday. This is a textbook example of perfect face plant
technique, and you shouldn't feel bad about laughing, because he's just fine
:-)
- Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question (video) -
A classic answer
from Mrs South Carolina on why only 20 percent of Americans can identify
the United States on a world map
- Julie Benz - Misc sexy photos -
This sexy babe
played Darla in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
- Lauren Pope Hot Photoshoot -
check it out
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