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- Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz Nehalem Processor Tested
- The overclocking ability of the chip alone
makes it a must have
and for $280 it is not an expensive investment for the future. Windows
7 is supposed to be even more multithreaded than Vista was, so we may
see even more potential from this chip in the near future.
- Gigabyte AMD core unlocking (video) - Gigabyte
has added some special BIOS feature to
motherboards
based on AMD's 770 chipset with SB750 and SB710 south bridge
components. (MA770T-UD3P, MA770-UD3 2.0, and MA770-US3 2.0.). The
feature is innoccuously titled "Hybrid Mode" in the BIOS, and it works
like so:
- ASUS EN9400GT GeForce 9400GT HDMI Video Card
Tested - At idle, the ASUS EN9400GT drew only 13 watts
of power while drawing 33 watts at full load. Talk about saving some
green, literally and figuratively. No need to worry about what your
next electric bill will look like, that is assuming you don't have
another PC in the house with a triple SLI GTX 285 setup.
- ATi Radeon HD Price Drops - There
are some pretty damn good deals out there today on ATI Radeon
HD video cards
- Microsoft Readies Free
Antivirus App - Microsoft is readying a
public beta of Morro
for users of Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP Service Pack 3.
The antivirus program, which is code-named Morro, will replace Windows
Live OneCare, Microsoft's retail security suite, which will be
discontinued at the end of this month.
- Microsoft patches 31 Windows, IE, Office security
holes - Microsoft's batch of patches this month is
a big one: 10 bulletins covering a total of 31
documented vulnerabilities affecting the Windows OS, the
Internet Explorer browser and the Microsoft Office productivity suite
(Word, Works and Excel). Five of the 10 bulletins are rated 'critical,'
Microsoft's highest severity rating. Among the patches this month are
fixes for a pair of IIS WebDav flaws that were publicly disclosed last
month and cover for the CanSecWest Pwn2Own vulnerability that was used
to exploit Internet Explorer on Windows 7.
- Windows 7 build 7227
leaks - Last week it was 7201 and this time around
it is 7227. According to Neowin,
the build tag is 7227.0.winmain_sp.090602-2110 indicating that the
build is just over a week old. As ever the build is available at the
usual places. According to Russian site Wzor, sometime between June
10th and June 15th, the last build handed out to corporate partners
will be distributed. The build will be 6.1.7229.0.winmain.090604-1901.
After this only RTM candidate builds will be compiled. None of these
builds will be distributed externally to partners. Officially Microsoft
has targeted mid to late July as the RTM date for Windows 7. It's
possible that if the build quality of the RTM candidate builds is very
high over the next few weeks then we could see Microsoft sign-off on
RTM by month end.
- No Internet Explorer in Windows 7 version for
Europe - Microsoft is planning on shipping a version of
Windows 7 to Europe that will not include Internet Explorer.
This is according to a confidential memo that was sent to PC makers and
obtained by .
- S.H.Y.N.E.S.S. - Internet Explorer 8 Ad (video) - Let's
all agree on something.... Internet Explorer completely
sucks :-))
- The Sims 3 Graphics Performance Guide - Neoseeker takes an extensive look
at the graphic engine powering The Sims 3, with a focus on how to run
the game best when limited to low-end video cards.
- Novell to Launch Free Apps Store - This may be of interest to those of you
running Linux on your PC or netbook; PC Pro is reporting
Novell plans to launch a free open-source apps store.
- Apple's Snow Leopard Hitting in September for $29
- Apple is packaging Snow Leopard as an 'upgrade' for Leopard users,
which explains the $29 price (previous versions of Mac OS X have
retailed for $129). Snow Leopard includes a rewritten Finder;
performance improvements to Mail, Time Machine, and Safari 4; and a new
version of QuickTime called "QuickTime X" with a redesigned player.
Snow Leopard will also take better advantage of 64-bit CPUs, with full
64-bit support built in to Mail, iChat, Safari, and the Finder. There's
also full support for Microsoft Exchange built in.
- 100,000 websites destroyed by hackers - Most of the VPS systems hosted by Vaserv,
and its sister companies CheapVPS and FSCKVPS were taken offline, with
data on some of its servers destroyed without backups, when the hackers
exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the LxLabs HyperVM software to
gain root access to its servers. The hackers were then able to run
commands (such as "rm -rf", Linux parlance for "remove everything, all
files and folders, no questions asked,") to destroy both user and
system data, preventing the servers from booting, and preventing users
from recovering data. Vaserv has estimated that almost half of the data
hosted on their servers has been destroyed by the attack.
- Chinese Company Sells Windows XP-Powered
Smartphone - The Windows XP phone
is meant to combine a mobile phone, GPS, and a notebook, giving you a
'pocketable mobile internet terminal.' In many ways, you could say that
it's almost a MID/UMPC that also happens to function as a phone. Going
through the spec sheet, you'll find a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 120GB
hard drive, 7 hours of battery life, some sort of AMD processor, Wi-Fi,
WiMAX, and GPS. However, it also happens to have a 4.8-inch display
with a 800×480 resolution, so it's not quite as 'pocketable'
as most
other phones. Expect it to hit the Chinese market in about three months
and later be marketed worldwide.
- iPhone OS 3.0 Hits June 17th, Makes iPhone Gaming
Even Better - Apple is launching iPhone OS version
3.0 next week, bringing
with it a slew of new features, including cut and paste, undo, MMS
support and more.
- The iPhone 3GS Hardware Exposed & Analyzed
- The iPhone 3GS' graphics chip
can produce 7 million triangles and render 250 million pixels per
second running in its lowest configuration, representing "7x the
geometry throughput of the iPhone 3G and 2.5x the fill rate."
- iPhone 3G vs. iPhone 3G S - If you want
to know what the difference between
the new iPhone 3GS and the iPhone 3G (aside from the fact one is $99
the other starts at $199) hit this Engadget's comparison for all the
info.
- Top 5 Reasons NOT to Get The New iPhone 3G S 2009
(video) - There
has been mixed reaction
to Apple's announcement of a speedier new iPhone and moves to cut the
price of the year old 3G model in the US. News of the updated iPhone
3GS handset was made at the company's annual developers conference in
San Francisco. Apple said improvements in the iPhone 3GS made common
tasks, such as launching applications, much faster. But veteran tech
journalist Steven Levy of Wired Magazine said: "It's not a game
changer."
- 'Find My iPhone' Tracking Can Be Turned Off - That
new "Find My iPhone" feature on your phone..it works, but
whoever pinched your iPhone can just turn off tracking right from the
phone.
- Use Your Cell Phone to Ignite a Fire (on Purpose)
- video - In a nutshell, you
will use the steel wool to short-circuit your battery
temporarily, creating a small spark and a whole lot of smoke. This
spark, in turn, can be used to ignite your kindling and start your
fire. This is probably a little easier than rubbing two sticks
together, but it's still very much a trial-and-error process.
- Doom Resurrection Announced for iPhone - John
Carmack and id Software have announced Doom Resurrection,
a new chapter in the Doom franchise that is being developed exclusively
for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Using assets from Doom 3, Resurrection
will be a first-person shooter with a twist, utilizing the iPhone's
touch screen to create a unique experience. In addition to the
announced trailer, which is featured below, Carmack also stated that
he's very excited about working on Apple's platform and that he feels
the iPhone may be an even more capable portable gaming system than the
PSP. Pricing is not yet available.
- Fed Would Be Shut Down If It Were Audited, Expert
Says - The Federal Reserve's balance sheet is so
out of whack
that the central bank would be shut down if subjected to a conventional
audit, Jim Grant, editor of Grant's Interest Rate Observer, told CNBC.
With $45 billion in capital and $2.1 trillion in assets, the central
bank would not withstand the scrutiny normally afforded other
institutions, Grant said in a live interview.
- DTV deadline is June 12, still people are
unprepared - After years of early warning to all U.S.
citizens, and dozens of TV stations broadcasting the
deadline to switch from analog signal to full digital signal for TV,
millions of Americans will be left out in the dark. The original date
was scheduled for February 17, 2009, but days before the conversion,
President Obama pushed to delay the changeover forward to June 12,
2009. Even with months of advance warning, millions of Americans waited
till the last minute to update their dated television sets to add a
digital box. Analysts still predict that millions of Americans still
use analog signal and are unprepared for the changeover. As of Friday
June 12, 2009 at 12:01am, all full-powered analog signals will
terminate transmissions, leaving alldated TV sets with "rabbit ear"
antennas in the dark.
- Kawasaki 1400 GTR to be a next generation hi-tech
bike - If you are a bike enthusiast,
then you will definitely drool over the 1400 GTR from Kawasaki. The
bike is already a hi-tech machine, hi-tech is just scaling it down,
more appropriate would be that, it is the most technologically advanced
bike on this planet.
- Russian BMW M3 Coupe-Convertible Chromed from Top
to Bottom (video) - This
BMW M3
is the creation of Russian tuning firm called Dereiter Racing - and
yes, I did notice the American flag waving outside the shop :-)
Regardless of your taste buds, the mirror-like chrome paint finish on
the M3 Coupe-Convertible seems well executed.
- Mickey Rourke suits up as Whiplash for 'Iron Man
2' - People
have been asking to see Mickey Rourke as Whiplash since he's been
talking about him kicking so much ass on Twitter. And now we have our
first look courtesy of USA Today! Rourke stars as Ivan
Vanko aka the villain Whiplash in Iron Man 2!
- Official Trailer for The Time Traveler's Wife - Warner
Brothers has finally debuted the
long-awaited trailer for The Time Traveler's Wife.
This is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble (Eric Bana), a dashing,
adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and
Clare Abshire (Rachel McAdams), an artist whose life takes a natural
sequential course.
- Trailer for Paul Bettany's Charles Darwin Biopic
'Creation' - This film
doesn't currently have a US distributor, although it's very likely it
will be picked up very soon. It's set to debut in theaters in the UK in
September
- Trailer for Old Dogs with Travolta and Williams - From
the director of Wild Hogs (which is already a bad sign) comes a
new comedy starring John Travolta and Robin
Williams.
- Accidents Happen Teaser Trailer - This
teaser is for a film called Accidents Happen, about a
dysfunctional family in 1980's New England.
- The Warrior's Way Promo Trailer - The
Warrior's Way
stars Kate Bosworth, Danny Huston, Geoffrey Rush, and Dong-Kun Jang as
Yang. It mixes westerns, martial arts, and fantasy in a way you've
probably never seen. That's the only introduction you need, because
this 4-minute long promo trailer is exhilarating to watch.
- 14-year-old hit by 30,000 mph space meteorite - Gerrit
Blank, 14, was on his way to school when he saw "ball of
light" heading straight towards him from the sky.
- Dog Swimming Underwater! (video) - I've
never seen a dog dive underwater like that
before!
- Gisele Bundchen in a Very Sexy Photoshoot - These
photos of Gisele are some of the sexiest I have seen from
her. The photographer and his assistants really liked to get up close
and personal.
- Bar Refaeli's Sexy GQ Magazine Italy Pictures - Bar
Refaeli is featured in a version of GQ magazine.
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