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- Intel Core i7: Dual-Channel vs. Triple-Channel
Memory Mode - After all these tests you need to ask
yourself: What the heck is that triple channel mode
useful for anyway,
when it is obvious that is doesn't provide performance boost that is
expected? Maybe in the future and with some new versions of memory
controllers, triple channel mode will provide better performances so
transition to this platform will make more sense.
- How to turn your Geforce 9800GTX+ into a GTS250 - Using
Nvflash and a generic GTS 250 BIOS, Guru3D describes you how
to flash
your Geforce 9800GTX+ into a Geforce GTS 250. What's more, with this
technique, you can get yourself another GTS 250 and run both cards in
SLI mode!
- SSD versus Enterprise SAS and SATA disks - Testing
shows
that choosing the "cheaper but more SATA spindles" strategy only makes
sense for applications that perform mostly sequential accesses. Once
random access comes into play, you need two to three times more SATA
drives - and there are limits to how far you can improve performance by
adding spindles. Finally, to get the best performance out of your
transactional applications, RAID 10 is still king, especially with the
Intel X25-E.
- Patriot Warp V3 256GB 2.5-inch SSD Tested - Patriot
had a great run with the first two Warp drives and we had high hopes
for the V3. Performance wise, the V3 is not that much of an improvement
over the V2,
but it does bring a capacity that was unobtainable with the previous
series. Since the V3 is only available in 256GB capacity, we can live
with that; but think of this version as the Warp 2.5 when it comes to
performance.
- Side by side: UI changes from Windows 7 beta to
build 7057 - There
is almost three months difference between the two builds:
the beta was compiled on December 12, 2008, at 2:00pm and the leaked
build 7057 was compiled on March 5, 2009, at 8:00pm, so there's a lot
of work to cover. This post is about tracking every noticeable visual
change; although I do mention some fixes here and there, I'm mainly
focusing on tweaks that are "tangible" as opposed to the thousands of
bugs that have been fixed. As before, the screenshots are lined up like
this: build 7000 on the left and build 7057 on the right, or build 7000
above and build 7057 below. Also, remember that the "Send Feedback"
link has been removed in build 7057, so that's an easy way to remember
if there is a window title bar visible."
- Gmail Lets You 'Undo' Sent Messages
- Another day, another
new feature in Gmail Labs. This one could be more useful than
most, as it's something you probably have a reason to use with some
frequency
- Exploit code targeting major Intel chip flaw - This
is the scariest, stealthiest, and most dangerous exploit
I've seen come around since the legendary Blue Pill! No, I'm not just
trying to sensationalize this or spread fear, uncertainty and doubt.
This is serious and represents a massive new security threat for us all.
- Google Designer Quits and Tells All
- A designer at Google used
his blog to explain why he quit his job as a designer for the
search giant.
- Ballmer dishes on Apple
- Steve Ballmer, never at a loss for words, had a
few choice things to say about Apple during his speech at
Media Summit 2009 in New York.
- Banned hyperlinks could cost you $11,000 a day - The Australian communications regulator says
it will fine people who hyperlink to sites on its blacklist, which has
been further expanded to include several pages on the anonymous
whistleblower site Wikileaks. Wikileaks was added to the blacklist for
publishing a leaked document containing Denmark's list of banned
websites. The move by the Australian Communications and Media Authority
comes after it threatened the host of online broadband discussion forum
Whirlpool last week with a $11,000-a-day fine over a link published in
its forum to another page blacklisted by ACMA - an anti-abortion
website. In other news, the secretive Internet filter
blacklist held
by the communications watchdog ACMA has been leaked, revealing the government
has understated the amount of banned Web pages by more than 1000.
- Apple Announces iPhone 3.0 Software
- Apple has unveiled a pile of new features
aimed more at consumers, including copy and paste, and stereo
Bluetooth! Double-tapping a block of text in an email brings up a text
selection tool. Drag a cute blue text selection tool over the text you
want to copy, then hit either the copy, cut or paste button that
magically appears above the text you selected. This will work within
email, Safari, SMS and between all three, as well as within any 3rd
party applications that want to use it.
- Phone Sized Projector Demo (video)
- Check out this prototype pico
projector that is the size of a cell phone.
- NTT DoCoMo's vision of the future puts Minority
Report to shame (video) - NTT
DoCoMo Vison of 2010 enables richer communication between
people!
- The worlds most advanced door features a LCD and
runs on Linux - Korea based company Elivision has developed a
high-tech wooden door
which comes with a 17 inch display and speaker. It has a Linux based DD
board for playing various media files which can be loaded via a USB
port.
- Extreme Sheep LED Art (video)
- A bunch of sheeps running around
with remote controlled LED lights.
- Even More Terminator Salvation Eye Candy -
International distributor Columbia Pictures has released a batch of new promotional photos
for Terminator Salvation
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Trailer Online
- Sony Pictures Animation has released the
movie trailer
for Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. Inspired by the beloved
children's book, the film tells the story of a scientist named Flint
Lockwood, who while trying to solve world hunger who encounters a
problem of global proportions, as food begins to fall from the sky like
rain.
- Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre Trailer
- The trailer
for Reykjavik Whale Watching Massacre has arrived, and it's about as
odd and creepy as you can get for a horror/thriller set on the open
sea. This will hit theaters in Iceland courtesy of Sam Film in
September of 2009, though it doesn't have a US distributor just yet.
- Sorority Row Horror Trailer - Summit
Entertainment has debuted the
trailer for their Halloween slasher film Sorority Row,
a remake of the 1983 film The House on Sorority Row. Summit
Entertainment is bringing this newest Sorority Row to theaters
everywhere on October 2nd this year.
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine TV Spot - The
TV spot
names all the main characters: Wolverine, Sabretooth, Emma Frost, Agent
Zero, Cyclops, Silver Fox, Blob, and Gambit. Fox will debut X-Men
Origins: Wolverine in theaters everywhere on May 1st.
- Crazy What's in the Box? Short Film!
- The info on the YouTube page has a link to
this website
- whatsinthebox.nl. There is not much there besides a glowing,
pulsating box with a question mark. Definitely, worth looking video!
- Hayden Panettiere in InStyle -
Hayden Panettiere looking awesome
for the InStyle UK 2009 Photoshoot.
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