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- 3.05GHz AMD faces off 3.68GHz Core Extreme -
The Core2 Extreme goes up to
3.68GHz and the Athlon FX 64 up to 3.05GHz. AMD's performance increased by
just over 7% while the Core went all the way up by nearly 17%!
- Core Duo - Core 2 Duo Laptop CPU Swap -
PCPerspective has taken the new
Core 2 Duo T7400 processor and slapped it in a Dell XPS M1710 laptop that
originally came equipped with a T2600 Core Duo processor. Is it worth the swap
or should you just leave well enough alone?
- Conroe Heatsink Group Test -
It's easy to recommend the Freezer
7 Pro!
- Alphacool Cool Answer III All-in-one water-cooling -
No
external boxes, no difficult installation procedure, you mount a
waterblock on the processor, mount the Cool Answer III unit, connect it
towards a Molex connector and you are good to go bro ...it's even pre-filled
with coolant and everything.
- BFG Announces GF 7300 GT OC PCIe -
The 256MB
card is SLI ready and will be sold at major retail outlets like Best Buy,
CompUSA, Wal-Mart, Fry’s Electronics, Newegg.com and more
- Corsair Introduces Power Supplies -
Both power supplies have two PCI
Express power connectors and have been tested with ATI CrossFire and NVIDIA
SLI system configurations. Efficiency is rated around 80% with an active
PFC. Power supply cooling is provided by a single 120MM double ball-bearing
fan for silent operation while keeping the ambient temperatures at around 50
degrees Celsius.
- Plexeraser, Erase your DVD and CD's permanently -
Plextor will soon ship a new kind of DVD/CD combo, the PLEXERASER, which
has ONLY one function, to destroy the data stocked on the DVD/CD. Plextor
state that you will only need 6 minutes to completely erase ALL data on a DVD
or a CD.
- Software RoundUp (August 2) -
Alcohol 120% v1.9.5.4327, AC3
Filter 1.06a, AnyDVD 6.0.4.2, QIP Build 7960, mIRC 6.2, Opera 9.01 Final,
Total Commander v6.55 Final, Realtek Audio Driver v3.90...
- Firefox 1.5.0.6 Final - Mozilla has released
version 1.5.0.6 of Firefox, fixing
the issue with playing Windows Media content. In other news,
Firefox Portable, which runs from a USB flash drive, iPod or CD, has also
been updated.
- Virus Writers Create PowerShell Worm -
Virus writers already have created
a proof-of-concept worm that targets the Microsoft's scripting shell,
formerly code-named "Monad." PowerShell is slated to debut as part of Exchange
Server 2007 in late 2006 or early 2007.
- Apple Patches 26 Security Flaws - Apple has released
a security update today repairing 26 vulnerabilities in OS X and its
bundled applications. In related news, The
Washington Post has an interesting bit on a couple guys who can hijack a
MacBook Pro in 60 seconds or less and have total control of the machine.
- Windows on Mac: BootCamp vs Parallels Desktop -
BootCamp will always deliver the maximum performance to your Windows apps,
but Parallels Desktop offers greater flexibility and an easier, safer
installation process. It's also the better product for quickly dipping in and
out of Windows - or any of the other x86-based operating systems it, unlike
BootCamp, supports.
- Microsoft introduces revamped MySpace rival -
Dubbed Windows Live Spaces,
the site replaces MSN Spaces, which Microsoft claims is the world's most used
blogging community. Windows Live Spaces is integrated with other Windows Live
services, as well, including Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Mail.
- AOL to offer free software, services -
AOL will become more similar to
Yahoo, offering a media portal with free content and communication tools.
- The Megapixel Myth -
This is a
great article that explains why a 5 megapixel camera isn't necessarily
better than a 3 Megapixel camera.
- Sharp to Ship Solar Powered Glowing Glass in 2007 -
The solar panel collects solar
energy and conserves it until things get dark which is when the panel
begins to glow. We could compare this to one of those glow in the dark plastic
molds we used to find in boxes of cereal or even glow in the dark stickers.
However, this is a much more advanced product.
- X-rays reveal Archimedes secrets -
Texts written by the Greek mathematician Archimedes are being read for the
first time in 800 years.
- The Best: Deadly Poisons, Ingested or Inhaled -
check it out!
- Extreme conditions create rare Antarctic clouds -
Known as nacreous clouds, the spectacular formations showing delicate
wisps of colors were photographed in the sky over an Australian meteorological
base at Mawson Station on July 25.
- George Clooney In Pet Sematary? -
It appears that George Clooney is in talks to appear in
a Pet Sematary
remake.
- The Grudge 2 Trailer -
Moviefone has your first peek at the new trailer for Columbia Pictures and
Ghost House Pictures' The Grudge 2, coming to theaters on October 13.
- Carter & Hooper Confirmed for Harry Potter 5 -
Warner Bros. Pictures has confirmed that Helena Bonham Carter has joined
the all-star cast of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Bonham Carter
will play Bellatrix Lestrange, Sirius Black's cousin and a Death Eater, who is
one of Lord Voldemort's followers. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
will be released on July 13, 2007.
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