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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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