• 8-Core Intel Xeon 'V8' Sneak Peek - Dual Quads - The Processor Arithmetic and Multimedia benchmark scores are more than double those of a Core 2 Duo QX6800!!
• GeForce 8800 Ultra is just an overclocked G80 -  The GeForce 8800 Ultra comes with 768MB of GDDR-3 memory clocked at very aggressive 1.175 GHz in DDR mode, or 2.35 GHz. According Fudzilla, the card will score about 14.000 marks in 3DMark06. Nvidia might drop their prices when ATI releases their cards. Let the price war begin!
• Team 16GB 2.5-inch IDE Solid State Drive tested - So, is SSD for you? Probably not just yet but as transfer speeds improve and cost per GB comes more in line with regular hard drives, it will slowly but surely start to dominate the aging hard drive over the following years.
• Hitachi ships hard drive with 1TB capacity -  Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has finally started shipping its Deskstar 7K1000 hard drive ($399)
• Windows Vista Beta 2, RC1 and RC2 set to expire - Between June 1 and August 28, customers who continue to use pre-release versions of Windows Vista will be able to log in for 2-hour sessions to retrieve data.
• Wikipedia On CD? - I’m not saying anything is wrong with the idea, it just seems to run counter to the whole concept of an online encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone. What do you  think?
• Adobe Photoshop CS3 reviewed - Adobe has axed ImageReady completely and has instead replaced it with Fireworks CS3, which is sold in a separate web suite package or as a standalone program. But don't worry-you don't need to get Fireworks to do simple animated GIFs since the ImageReady frame-based animation palette is incorporated into Photoshop CS3 Standard. Still, not everything from ImageReady made it in, and some beta users were already lamenting the loss of JavaScript rollovers for slices. It also seems that you can't open an animated GIF to show the animated frames anymore-you have to have the source PSD file.
• Learn to professionally slice in CSS with this 9 page full-featured guide -  check it out
• Complete Live CD List - Here's an extensive list of all linux distros, with direct link to download page, wikipedia article, and distrowatch page, its worth a look.
• Acer finally gets sucked into Sony battery recall - The lithium-ion batteries can overheat, posing a fire hazard to consumers, according to a release. About 27,000 units are affected by the recall.
• RIM Goes Global with CDMA + GSM BlackBerry - The 8830 is RIM's first CDMA device with the company's new generation of hardware, featuring a thin design (0.55 inches), four-way trackball navigation, and a microSD memory card slot.
• Sam's Club Xbox 360 HD DVD Drives for $72 - If you're looking for a great deal on HD DVD drives for the Xbox 360, now's the perfect time to hit up Sam's Club.
• Folding@Home Now at 700 Teraflops - With the one month anniversary of the PS3's contribution to Folding@Home it has now been announced that any one moment Folding@Home is producing 700 Teraflops of processing power, 400 of which is currently contributed by PS3 consoles.
• i-Bean Tele glass make you look like a Cyborg - Unlike iPod glasses which have LCD's and are opaque the i-Bean projects the video over transparent glasses creating a floating image.
• Mathematicians set Chinese test - The UK's Royal Society of Chemistry is offering a L500 prize to one lucky but bright person who answers the question below correctly.
• DVDs Drop To Lowest Sales Level Ever - In a day where massive digital HD TVs, High Def formats and the best home sound systems in the history of mankind... more people are going to the theater, and home movie sales have droped. Odd.
• Woman gets $26,000 cell phone bill - Cingular Says "File Bankruptcy" - How they can justify charging $26k for anything on a single line personal phone is beyond me. Shit service like most phone companies :-(
• Spyker to present its sports car 'C8 Couble12' - It can accelerate from 0 to 100km/h in 4.5 seconds and reach a top speed of 300km/h. Whoa!
• Nissan Plans To Offer A $2500 Car - The price could be as low as $2500, which is 40% less and that the least expensive sub-compact car available today.
• Enur ft. Natasja - Calabria 2007 - hot clip! - Nothing is better than good music with a sexy video :-D
• Gwen Stefani: 4 in the morning (video) - She looks absolutely gorgeous and this single will be big for her no doubt. Enjoy and have a great evening :-D

• Intel Chops Dual, Quad-Core Prices Almost 40 Percent! - The 2.66-GHz E6700, Intel's fastest offering in the Core 2 Duo lineup, now costs $316, down 40 percent!!!
• ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT Performance Benchmarks - Impressive numbers indeed, though FEAR numbers somehow seem too low in comparison to 8800GTS, may be some driver issue holding back performance there. Tto be honest  I was hoping for a larger margin of victory. Here's hoping that the XTX tools the GTX.
• OCZ StealthXStream 600W PSU For Gamers - The StealthXStream is kept supremely cool with a large 120mm fan features a standard ATX power supply form factor resulting in a compact footprint to accommodate virtually all computer towers.
• ASUS WL-700gE Wireless Router - Techgage posted a review of the ASUS WL-700gE router, which includes a 160GB hard drive.
• Autumnwave OnAir USB HDTV Creator - Unlike most other analog / digital TV tuners for the PC, this device is able to receive digital HD signals over a cable connection and not just over the air.
• PKWare releases free version of SecureZIP - PKWare on Monday released a free version of SecureZIP, encryption software designed for use on PCs, portable devices and laptops
• Foobar 0.9.4.3 Final - A nice audio player (download) made by Peter Pawlowski with simple graphical user interface.
• Winamp 5.34 - Nullsoft Winamp (download) supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc) and video types (AVI,ASF,MPEG,NSV), and more
• QIP Build 8020 - QIP (download) is a free unique closed source computer program for immediate cross-Internet communication (ICQ etc.)
• WLM Lite v8.1.0178.00 - Run Windows Live Messenger without installing, modifying the system, or unpacking anything, even as a guest user, or a computer with restricted access, with all functions enabled such as winks, animated backgrounds, packs, handwriting, etc.
• Microsoft Patent Reveals Future Multi-Component Gaming System - A number of you sent me this link to a patent filed by Microsoft for a gaming system that acts as a hub for other console devices such as dedicated handheld gaming systems, PDAs, cell phones and smart phones. Anyone willing to take a guess as to what it is?
• Blu-Ray Blows Away HD-DVD In First Quarter Sales - It looks like sales of Blu-Ray disks blew away sales of the rival HD-DVD format.
• Spiderman 3 Most Expensive Film Ever? - Looks like Spiderman 3 costs are piling up like a mountain above the clouds...$600 million or $700 million?!  Yeah, the cost of films keep going up, I am guessing in an attempt to create the bigger blockbuster...
• Saw IV Synopsis and Photos! - FEARnet has the very first stills from the set of Saw IV! Director of Saw II and III, Darren Lynn Bousman is helming Saw IV, which is now in its early stages of production in Toronto.
• 6 Degrees of Computer Science - Pretty graph of differences between Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, and other thesaurus terms that confuse University bound students.
• Google vs. God - Google can't satisfy every search!
• Beautiful Woman Showing Cleavage - Here's something to soothe your tired eyes :P

• Super Talent T1000UX2G4 2GB PC2-8000 Memory Kit - The kit performs great at its advertised speed of 1000MHz and fairly relaxed (5-5-5-15) timings.
• ViewSonic VX2245wm Black 22inch Widescreen LCD Monitor W/ViewDock - This monitor games very well with not even a whiff of ghosting noted throughout my two hour gaming stint. But as noted earlier, the lack of contrast and brightness does leave a little to be desired.
• 21-Way Mousepad Roundup - Madshrimps tested 21 mousepads from RatPadz, Allsop, Compad, Nuke, Rantopad, Raptor-Gaming, Sharkoon and Steelpad, comparing their gliding performance, characteristics and overall look and feel...cool, I plan to publish similar round-up soon too :-)
• Ubuntu 7.04 - Time to Switch? - Was it worth the wait? And more importantly - Is it finally time to 'Make the Switch'?
• Compression Comparison Guide Rev. 2.0 Part 2 - Tech ARP posted part 2 of their Compression Comparison Guide.
• Upgrade Xbox 360 with cheap 120GB PC drive - This is a good hack and saves almost $100.
• Mac Hacked Via Safari Browser - A zero-day vulnerability in Safari allowed two attendees of CanSecWest security conference to walk away with a 17” MacBook and $10,000 prize for exploiting two MacBooks in the Pwn-2-Own contest
• IE7pro 0.9.14 - IE7pro is an add-on for IE 7 which adds lots of features and extras, that make your IE easier, more useful, secure and customizable.
• Man Gets 5,000 Calls for YouTube Posting - The 20-year-old Fitzgerald posted a video on YouTube with his cell phone number, after which he received more than 5,000 calls and text messages.
• Size Comparison of Nuclear Bombs - The Tzar Bomba built by the Soviets makes Hiroshima look microscopic.
• Former Russian President Boris Yeltsin dies - Former President Boris Yeltsin has died, a Kremlin official said Monday. He was 76. Kremlin spokesman Alexander Smirnov told The Associated Press that Yeltsin died, but gave no cause of death or further information.
• Gatorade Destroys Your Teeth Faster than Coke - Gatorade erodes teeth faster than Coke, a new study shows. On the enamel, Gatorade was significantly more corrosive than Red Bull and Coke
• Citroen to present its hybrid concept car 'C-Metisse' - The C-Metisse is a four-door sports car whose front wheels are powered by V6 diesel engine with 205 horsepower, and the rear by two electric motors.
• Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix International Trailer - The second trailer for Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix is now online, running at about 2 minutes in length. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix opens to theatres on July 13th.

• $185 Gaming CPU's: AMD 5600+ Versus Intel E6300 - When testing in real world games, a surprise happened in S.T.A.L.K.E.R., where Intel took a beating - the 2.8GHz 5600+ AM2 processor led by nearly 18 frames per second.
• Sapphire Radeon X1950 Pro Dual tested - A pair of Radeon X1950 Pro GPUs in this configuration can deliver performance similar to Nvidia's GeForce 8800 series cards, while at the same time having similar power requirements.
• DirectX 10 backported to Windows XP! - These libraries allow the use of DirectX 10 games on platforms other than Microsoft Vista, and increase hardware compatibility even on Vista, by compiling Geometry Shaders down to native machine code for execution where hardware isn't capable of running it. No longer will you have to upgrade your OS and video card(s) to play the latest games!
• Inside The Xbox 360 Elite - There are a handful of interesting changes to the Elite's motherboard (not just the addition of HDMI) that include added epoxy around the GPU and CPU for support, less transistors around the CPU, new fan headers and more
• Windows Live Spaces Updated - Some new stuff and some interesting numbers from Spaces: it's now available in 51 countries in 25 languages, there have been 93 million spaces created since Spaces was released, and more than 111 million people a month use Spaces.
• Russians crack OpenOffice security - OpenOffice users who've locked their files and forgotten the password - or who have a document but not the password for it - can now crack their way in, thanks to a toolkit from a Russian developer specialising in password recovery.
• Adobe CS3 Replacement Icon Set  - Full icon set replacement for Creative Studio 3 based on CS3 retail product box design.
• Federal Database Exposes Social Security Numbers - The New York Times says that tens of thousands of social security numbers have been accessible online for years on a publicly available database.
• Google Profits Skyrocket By Nearly 70% - USA Today says Google posted record first quarter profits of $3.7 billion dollars, up 70% from the year before. In other news, The Electronic Privacy Information Center, the Center for Digital Democracy and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group have all filed a complaint with the FTC, asking them to block Google's acquisition of DoubleClick.
• Lowering Drinking Age May Lower Troubles Among Teens - 18-year-olds can vote, go to war, get married, adopt children, sign legal documents, etc. So why can't they sit down and have a beer? FYI, Here in Czech, you can 'officially' drink when you're 18, and have sex when you're 15.
• Friend got a hangover? - Send them this link! or this one :-D
• 10 Reasons Why You Are Not a Billionaire - People always are wondering, why am I not rich? Or, why can’t I make as much money as so-and-so? The answer is, that being rich is merely a state of mind...
• Smoking Fingers - Here's how to make smoke by rubbing your fingers together. And here's a link to the "Goop" that makes fake smoke from your fingers.
• Messi The New Maradona! - Check it out!
• New Bourne Ultimatum Trailer - The Bourne Ultimatum opens nationwide on August 3rd of this year.

• Dell leaks GeForce 8800 Ultra specs - The card still has 128 stream processors and will basically be an overclocked 8800GTX. Not much...
• DX10 is universalizing: G86/G84 complete test - Hardspell takes a very detailed look at the nVidia G86/G84 series.
• VIA introduces 'world's smallest' x86 form factor - This new form factor specifies motherboards measuring only 10cm x 7.2cm, or 3.9" x 2.8" - tiny enough to fit in somebody's palm.
• Hitachi's 1 Terabyte Hard Drive Reviewed - Not only is it the first product to store up to 1,000 gigabytes on a single hard drive - beating Seagate to the market - but it also comes with a number of innovations. In addition to its Serial ATA II interface, it is the first hard drive that carries as much as 32MB of cache memory, and it is Hitachi's first 3.5" drive to implement perpendicular magnetic recording technology (PMR).
• AMD loses $611 million in Q1 - Unsurprisingly, AMD's Chief Financial Officer Robert J. Rivet states in the revenue announcement the company's first quarter performance is "disappointing and unacceptable."
• Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) has officially been released! - Ubuntu Linux 7.04 features the latest Linux kernel, the latest version of the Gnome desktop environment, and bundled software including Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, Evolution, OpenOffice.org, Gaim/Pidgin, The Gimp, and Rhythmbox.
• Dell gives customers what they want: Windows XP, not Vista - PC maker Dell will once again let home PC buyers choose between Microsoft Corp.'s older operating system and Windows Vista when they purchase certain new machines.
• Trojan Using Tragedy As Bait - There is nothing more despicable than scammers using a tragedy as a way to trick people into downloading a Trojan horse. This just reaffirms my belief that spammers and scammers are the lowest form of life on the planet. As always, be careful what you click on.
• Pentagon Confirms: Bush Hyped False Iraq Deadline - The Associated Press has a major story out confirming that President Bush has been hyping a false Iraq spending deadline. Heh, does this really surprise anybody anymore?
• Take Two Defeat Jack Thompson In Court!  - Take Two have finally managed shut Jack Thompson's trap. He also appeared on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews yesteday to ramble incoherently further about the gossamer-thin connection between Virginia Tech shooter Cho Seung-Hui's actions and the Half-Life mod Counter-Strike. According to Jack -and no one else-Seung-Hui might have played Counter-Strike in high school.
• PlayStation Network Hits 1.3 Million Users - David Karraker has announced that the PlayStation Network now has over 1.3 million users worldwide, 600,000 of which are in North America.
• The best 2D fight: Scorpion vs Ryu - Wow, check it out!
• Alec Baldwin's Threatening Message to Daughter - An enraged Alec Baldwin unleashed a volcanic tirade of threats and insults on his 11-year-old daughter, Ireland, calling her a "thoughtless little pig," and bashing her mother Kim Basinger -- and TMZ has obtained the whole thing unfiltered and raw (MP3) OMG...
• BMW shows new sports flagship prototype in Shanghai! - It's a style prototype for a new, high-end sports flagship rumored to become the new 8-Series. It looks like a three-way between a BMW, a Maserati, and an Aston Martin. Yeah, it's pretty hot!
• Strip Poker - Things aren't what they seem to be! - check it out :-)
• Code Guardian - Pearl Harbor meets robots (movie) - This is a great CG work, storyline and action. It is like Pearl Harbor meets Rockem sockem robots meets the history channel!
• 10 (mostly) A-List Actresses As Strippers - Here are 10 clips of (mostly) A-list actresses in stripper scenes.

• Penryn performance details exposed - The quad-core Penryn's performance advantage over the current QX6800 ranges from just over 7% in 3DMark06's overall score to a stunning 53% in the Divx encoding test. Penryn is working with a faster front-side bus and processor clock, of course, but it's unlikely the extra MHz alone accounts for the 18-25% performance advantage Penryn enjoys through the bulk of Intel's results.
• OCZ PC2-9600 Flex XLC Module -  The PC2-9600 Flex modules are guaranteed to run at 1200MHz with ease thanks to the supreme component screening and thermal management of 'Flex.'
• Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide Rev. 12.4 - Tech ARP posted rev. 12.4 of their Desktop Graphics Card Comparison Guide.
• AMD-ATi Catalyst 7.4 Drivers - There are brand spanking new Catalyst drivers out today for the Windows Vista, Windows XP and Linux platforms.
• DAEMON Tools v4.09.1 - This minor release covers the small glitches introduced with latest version
• ICQ 6.0 Build #5352 - Chat with friends, send them files, or instant messages with this messaging program - changelog / download
• Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 - Mozilla released Thunderbird 2 today, a major update to its free, open source email client.
• WinZip 11.1 Final  - WinZip (changelog / download) brings the convenience of Windows to the use of Zip files and other compression formats. The optional wizard interface makes zipping and unzipping easier than ever. WinZip features built-in support for CAB files and for popular Internet file formats such as TAR, gzip, UUencode, BinHex, and MIME. ARJ, LZH, and ARC files are supported via external programs.
• AnyDVD HD 6.1.3.6 - AnyDVD (changelog / download) works in the background to automatically remove the copy protection of a DVD movie as soon as it`s inserted into the drive, allowing you then to backup the movie using a DVD backup tool such as CloneDVD and CloneDVD mobile. You can also remove the RPC region code, thereby making the movie region free and viewable on any DVD player and with any DVD player software.
• DNS Exploit Used to Plant Backdoor on Windows Servers - Security engineers are confirming that customers whose Windows servers were confirmed penetrated by a version of the recent DNS service exploit, were infected by any of three variants of backdoor worms identified by Sophos as W32/Delbot.
• Dedicated HD DVD players outsell Blu-ray counterparts - HD DVD celebrated its first birthday today, and the platform is doing better than Blu-ray when it comes to dedicated players sold. Factor in consoles and the picture is different.
• Sony admits, fixes problem with DVD DRM  - Sony has fumbled again with trying to implement DRM on its media, this time with a handful of DVDs that the company has now agreed to replace.
• eBay Profits Up 52 Percent - It  looks like eBay is doing pretty good, the company’s first quarter profits were up 52% thanks to big spending shoppers overseas and PayPal.
• World's Longest Tunnel to be built between Russia and Alaska - Russia plans to build the world's longest tunnel, a transport and pipeline link under the Bering Strait to Alaska, as part of a $65 billion project to supply the U.S. with oil, natural gas and electricity from Siberia.
• Hotdoll: The Sex Doll for Dogs - Is your dog in heat and humping anything it can wrap its horny little legs around? Are you constantly having to pry your promiscuous pooch off the legs of guests, parents and members of your church? Protect your leg from a hump attack by getting Scruffy a Hotdoll. Yes, it's a sex doll for dogs.
• Nine Inch Nails' Year Zero CD holds a secret! -  If you picked up the new NIN album today, you opened it up to find a black CD. Put upon putting it in your computer and listening to it for a while, you'll find the CD isn't black anymore when you take it out! Wow!
• Funny French Car Ad - This is the new spot for the french car renault megane l'equipe, I think this is pretty well thought and funny :)
• Ping Pong Ball Kings - These guys are unbelievable...!
• Beauty In Tube Top :-D - check it out!

• Quad-Core Mobile Penryn In 2008 - ITWorld says that Intel has plans for a quad-core Penryn mobile processor for high end gaming and mobile workstations.
• GeForce 8600 GT and GTS Shootout - The new mainstream flagship is the GeForce 8600 GTS, which takes the spot previously held by the GeForce 7900 GS. NVIDIA slots the GeForce 8600 GTS below the GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB, which currently occupies the $299-$329 price points. GeForce 8600 GTS based products fill in the $199-229 price points. However, if you own 7600 GT, 7900 GS, or X1950 Pro, then don't upgrade to GeForce 8600 GTS!!! Check out this STALKER benchmark and you will understand why :-( Looks like I'm waiting for the R600.
• Intel introduces 9 TB quad-core storage server - With 750 GB currently the highest capacity available, the SSR212MC2 tops out at 9 TB capacity which, however, will soon increase to 12 TB with 1 TB hard drives already knocking on our doors. The storage server supports both Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS, up to 300 GB per drive)) or Serial ATA (SATA) hard drives. Sweet! :-)
• Auzentech to Develop Sound Card Based on Creative X-Fi Chipset - It will fully support EAX 5.0 and have the same expandability as the Auzen X-Meridian 7.1. Support for Dolby Digital Live real time encoding for Vista is scheduled for Q4 of this year. The billion dollar question: who will provide the drivers? Auzentech or Creative?
• NVIDIA GeForce 8xxx ForceWare Drivers 158.19 - The driver package adds support for the GeForce 8600 GTS, 8600 GT, 8500 GT, 8400 GS, 8300 GS GPUs and weighs in at just under 40MB. Heh, who comes up with these absudb driver numbers ? :)
• Realtek High Definition Audio for Vista 1.65 - Realtek High Definition Audio drivers for Vista.
• REALTEK 10/100M Fast Ethernet Driver for Vista 6.103 - Drivers for Realtek 10/100/1000 network cards for Windows Vista.
• Firefox gets a new Windows Media Player plug-in  - Microsoft's Open Source Software Lab has released a new plug-in that allows Windows users to view embedded Windows Media 11 video inside Mozilla Firefox.
• Hack Attack: Supercharge your Gmail - Better Gmail is a Firefox extension that integrates the best Gmail user scripts under one easy-to-manage Firefox extension
• Top 12 Vista Tweaks - The coolest, most-useful tweaks
• Ubuntu 7.04 To Arrive April 19 - This new v7.04 release encompasses five versions: Ubuntu Server, Ubuntu Desktop, Edubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu.
• Crysis - Gamer TV April Video Preview - The clip features EA's Director of Technology, Charlie Skilbeck who spends most of his time promoting CryEngine2.
• Six Funny Life Lessons - I somehow don't think you'll regret reading them :-)
• Fast Food: Ads vs. Reality - Check out the difference in how they advertised the product and what you really got. Each item was purchased, taken home, and photographed immediately
• Hello dear, I found this diskette that you were so frantically looking for  - Hah, check it out!
• Save Internet Radio! - The founder of Pandora and others have created the SaveNetRadio coalition. The Copyright Royalty Board has raised rates by 300 to 1200 percent. Sign the petition to stop this madness!
• Rush Hour 3 (2007) Fight Scene Clip - This one's a clipping of fight sequence from the upcoming comedy Rush Hour 3, arriving in theatres on August 10, 2007.
• 300 vs. The Army of Darkness - A great little trailer mixup that stages our favourite zombie killer Ash with the trailer soundtrack from 300. Cool!

• Core 2 Duo On Steroids - Intel has revealed new details of its forthcoming Santa Rosa PC platform, including a significant revision of the Core 2 Duo processor.
• GeForce 8800 Ultra confirmed - NVIDIA is aiming for 10-15% improvement in benchmarks, so we can expect a ~ 650-700MHz core clock.
• NVIDIA GeForce 8500, 8600 Clocks, Pipes - NVIDIA's GeForce 8600 GTS, 8600 GT and 8500 GT graphics processors are here, so let's go over the exact specifications
• Intel's MID UMPCs: So long XP/Vista, hello Linux! - Unlike UMPCs which target mobile professionals, MIDs will target 'consumers and prosumers' and feature a range of screen sizes from 4.5 to 6-inches with resolutions from 800 x 480 to 1024 x 600.
• DAEMON Tools v4.09 - This program allows running backup copies of SafeDisc, Securom, or Laserlock protected games. Also included is a Virtual DVDROM drive enabling you to use your CD images as if they were already burned to CD. This new version adds support for StarForce 4.70 and more.
• Enforced Ads Coming to Flash Video Players - Adobe is releasing new player software which will allow websites that use their Flash video player (such as YouTube) to force viewers to watch ads before the video they selected will play. In other news, CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed that Google is very near enacting a filtering service that would prevent copyright content from being uploaded to video-sharing site YouTube.
• New patent hints at Apple TV 2.0 - The patent is for a "Multi-media center for computing systems" and describes a system involving a central multimedia hardware hub that can make use of a number of external "modules," all controlled through a centralized menu system on the device.
• New Sony DVDs Not Working In Some Players? - This doesn't appear to be covered by the major media yet, but this link to a discussion over at Amazon gives a flavor of the problems people are experiencing. A blogger called Sony and was told the problem is with the new copy protection scheme, and they do not intend to fix it. Are any of you experiencing this problem?
• Make Internet TV -  Make Internet TV (MITV) is a massive resource full of step-by-step instructions for shooting and creating internet video. The site features screencasts, tutorials, illustrations, and more.
• Mac Vs Bloated PC (video) - check it out
• Xbox 360 Trade-In Deal! - Gamestop will indeed have a special trade-in deal for your current Xbox 360 system! Xbox 360 Premium: $250, Xbox 360 Core: $200, Xbox: $50. Yes, you even get fifty bones for your original Xbox. Pretty awesome, isn’t it?
• RUF CTR 3 Supercar Borrows Porsche Parts and Looks - Powering the beast is a 3,746cc twin-turbocharged flat six engine, pumping out 700 glorious horses of power (515kW) and over 656 lbs-ft of torque. According to RUF, this is enough to propel the GT 3 from zero to 62mph in 3.2 seconds before topping out at 235mph!
• Design of the New U.S. e-Passport - The new U.S. e-passport will incorporate updated security features and a new design. This design will reflect the varied landscapes of our country and each page will include a quote reflecting the hope and success that is the United States of America.
• The Most Beautiful Bridges In The World - There is a collection of the most beautiful bridges in the World.
• Watch 6 Minutes of David Arquette's THE TRIPPER Online - Here are the first six minutes of David Arquette's horror film The Tripper.  I personally loved it, especially when the kid went to town on the hippie with the chainsaw :-D
• Massacre at Virginia Tech School: 31 Confirmed Dead - A gunman opened fire in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing at least 30 people in the deadliest shooting rampage in U.S. history, government officials told The Associated Press.

• AMD's Athlon 64 X2 5600+ tested - In case you aren't familiar with the specs of the X2 5600+ ($190!), it runs at 2.8GHz, just like the FX-62, and sports a 2MB L2 cache, also like the Athlon 64 FX-62. Unlike the FX processor, the X2 5600+ doesn't have an unlocked multiplier, instead its clock multiplier is fixed at 14.0x and its TDP is just 89W.
• Socket 775 Roundup - Driver Heaven put up Socket 775 Roundup
• R600 card to be named Radeon HD 2900 XT + Scores 12K in 3DMark06 - The Radeon HD 2900 series features 320 stream processors and supports 128-bit HDR rendering, 24xAA, physics processing. Other features include integrated HDMI output capabilities with 5.1 surround sound. . It looks all decent for a US$399 card. Does this sound like a hope for ATI? It does to me...
• Top 10: Free Computer System Recovery Tools - Don't pay the extortionists at the computer repair shop 800 bucks to get your data back or start up your dead computer.
• Microsoft Delays the Release of Viridian - Microsoft has pushed back the release of the first public beta for Windows Server virtualization, code-named Viridian.
• Apple postpones release of MacOS X 'Leopard' - Apple has postponed the OS's release in order to focus on the upcoming iPhone launch. In other news, Apple plans to launch new iPods featuring Wi-Fi in the second half of 2007.
• Crooks Exploiting New Windows DNS Flaw - The attacks target Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 systems through a hole in the Domain Name System, or DNS, service.
• Cisco Patches Wi-Fi Vulnerabilities - Cisco has issued two sets of patches to fix vulnerabilities found in its wireless networking software earlier this week.
• Google Buys DoubleClick for $3.1 Billion - Google reached an agreement today to acquire DoubleClick, the online advertising company, from two private equity firms for $3.1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the deal.
• Piracy Investigators Infiltrate Private Torrent Sites - An internet piracy investigator has admitted that his organisation has successfully infiltrated private BitTorrent trackers and is actively collecting information.
• Researchers Explore Scrapping Internet - BusinessWeek says that researchers are kicking around the idea of scrapping the internet and starting from zero.
• Samsung Launching Dual Blu-ray HD DVD Player - Samsung has announced that it will create a dual format player that plays both Blu-ray and HD DVD movies. The move is somewhat surprising because Samsung has been such a big supporter of Sony’s Blu-ray format in the past.
• Net reaches out to final frontier - A programme that could see the extension of the internet into space is announced by the US government.
• Scarlett Johansson Has The World's Sexiest Body - Scarlett Johansson has topped a poll for the sexist body in the world. The stunning 22 year old was voted number one in a poll amongst 5,000 women for Glamour magazine.  Actress Jessica Alba and supermodel Gisele Bundchen came second and third respectively.
• Transformers TV Spot - Optimus Prime Speaks! - check it out

• RV630 & RV610 delayed again + R600 claims free FSAA -  It looks like AMD will have to skip one more deadline. It is likely that it won't launch the RV630 and RV610 alongside the highly anticipated R600. In other news, Fudzilla reports that the R600 might feature free FSAA and AF in some modes.
• Nvidia GF8600/8500/8300 details revealed -  In a nutshell, G84 has 32 scalar shaders, G86 has only 16. It will be interesting to see how Nvidia's simplistic, but highly effective scalar design cope with less, but more complex vector units hidden inside R610/630/600/650 chips.
• Vista slower than XP at start-up, shutdown, gripe users -  A number of Vista users are none too happy about Vista boot-up times.
• Windows XP OEM to be phased out by year's end - January 2008 is the cutoff date for OEM Windows XP. Could 2008 be "The Year of the Penguin"? ;)
• OLPC Operating System Available for Free Download - The Linux-based OS powering the One Laptop Per Child's XO laptop is now available for free download.
• Apple TV Review - PCPerspective have spent some quality time with the new Apple TV.
• Marvell New Bluetooth 2.0 w/ EDR Chips - The new 88W8689 Bluetooth single-chip solution features a Bluetooth Core Specification Version 2.0 + Enhanced Data Rate (EDR)-compliant baseband, a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, and a worldwide FM radio receiver.
• Sony: 1,000,000:1 OLED TV on sale in 2007 - Sony is finally ready to move an OLED TV into production sometime "within 2007." Sorry, it's not the 27-incher, yet, their first production unit will throw 1024 x 600 pixels across that wee 11-inch, 1M:1 contrast panel capable of 8-bit RGB color and covering more than 100% of the NTSC color gamut. Oh, and it's only 3-mm thick
• Toshiba Offers Sub-$500 1080p HD DVD Player -  Toshiba HD-A20 HD DVD player will actually debut at a price of $499. Toshiba's HD-A20 supports full 1080p resolution unlike its cheaper HD-A2 brother which only supports up to 1080i. Unfortunately, the HD-A20 doesn't feature the HDMI 1.3 interface and instead relies on HDMI 1.2. Without HDMI 1.3, the HD-A20 misses out on xvYCC support, Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio and automatic audio syncing.
• Sony Studies Commercial PS3 Supercomputing Grid - Sony is currently kicking around the idea of offering product discounts and other incentives to PlayStation 3 owners that use their consoles to be part of a supercomputing grid for research.
• Top Tower Defense Games - Check it out
• The 25 Best Beers In America - If you are an American that has never tasted anything else than American beer, you probably think American beer is really good :-D Pilsner Urquel rules :-))
• Geek Squad Sued For Videoing Customer In Shower - A woman and her mother Wednesday sued Best Buy Stores after a technician from a computer company allegedly recommended by an employee of the electronics firm videotaped the woman taking a shower. Hmmm...So, where's the tape?
• BMW to present its motocycle 'F 800S' - BMW's F 800S motocycle is powered by 80 bhp 2-cylinder in-line engine with 85 horsepower and can accelerate from 0 to 100km/h in 3.5 seconds.
• Shakira Beyonce - Beautiful Liar video clip - It's totally off-topic here, but the long anticipated duet Shakira-Beyonce finally has a video! :-)

• Turion 64 X2s to get a die shrink soon - AMD will reportedly introduce a new top-of-the-line Turion 64 X2 with a TL-66 model number that will run at 2.3GHz and feature a 65nm core as well as DDR2-800 memory support.
• R600 Pictures Emerge - PCinlife posted pictures of what they claim to be ATI's next generation R600 video card.
• Intel On Future CPU Architectures - The article has some really good info and over two dozen slides from the presentation.
• AMD to drive high-end graphics card prices down? - Sounds good to me. I'd definately love to be able to get a top end card for 150$ less than current price brackets. It might even tempt me to actually buy one, instead of shooting for the upper-midrange cards.
• Laptops With 250GB Hard Drives Shipping - Dell and its sister company Alienware are both shipping laptops that can come with a 250 GB hard drive
• Toshiba, Matsushita Bringing OLED to TVs - Toshiba and Matsushita have announced that, within three years, they plan to introduce OLED panels for use in TVs
• 3D objects from your printer for under $2,500 - Three-dimensional fabrication tools have been common in industry for years, but their high cost have put them out of reach of hobbyists... until now.
• 20GB PS3 Discontinued - Straight from Sony, the 20GB PS3 will no longer be offered to retailers for sale in North America. The decision was made based on consumer and retail demand favoring "the 60GB model 10 to 1"
• Opera 9.2 released - Finally! 9.2 is launched today. 9.2 is not only an important update with bug fixes and the new Speed Dial functionality, it's also a milestone in spreading Opera to new users around the world: Opera 9.2 for Windows ships with 31 languages.
• VistaGlazz 1.0 - VistaGlazz (download) is a small program that allows you to patch your Windows Vista system files. After the patch is applied you can use custom styles and themes. The tool also contains a small option to patch your Aero style to keep your glass transparent when maximized.
• Wikipedia is no longer reliable, says co-founder - Larry Sanger, who helped to found Wikipedia in 2001, said that the site was 'broken beyond repair' and no longer reliable.
• Apple Adds MGM Movies To iTunes - Those of you that like to watch movies on your iPod will be delighted to know that Apple has added MGM’s movies to the iTunes store.
• Most Dangerous Internet Sites - Researchers set out to chart the Internet's worst domains. Their report looked at 265 top level domains (TLDs) worldwide and came up with some telling numbers
• The end of the dollar??? - The Current Account Deficit in the USA is over $800 billion a year. That means that they are spending more than they are making and savaging the dollar in the process. Presently, they need more than $2 billion of foreign investment per day just to keep the wheels from coming off the cart. In other news, the poll of 1,373 adults conducted for the Los Angeles Times and financial news wire Bloomberg found that 60 percent of those surveyed said recession was somewhat or very likely within the next year.
• Bill Gates Headed For Space, Says Cosmonaut - During a live interview on Russian state television, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin revealed that American billionaire and former Microsoft engineer Charles Simonyi aboard the International Space Station told him Microsoft’s chairman is planning a space flight: "Charles said that Bill Gates is also preparing to visit space.”
• The Singles Map (picture) - A map of where people are single in the the U.S. Men compared to women.
• Keepon Dancing to Spoon (video) -  It can also track the rhythmic motion of a person or another object and move in time to that. Inside the hollow robot's silicone body are motors, wires and a mechanical device called a gimbal that tugs it like a reversed marionette.
• Final Spider-Man 3 trailer - check it out!
• Redline The Movie - In Theaters Friday! (new trailer) - Shot in Las Vegas and L.A., the movie revolves around high-stakes underground street racing. Although the acting looks typically passable, the cars alone make this a must see. In trailers, I've spotted a Ferrari Enzo, Saleen S7 Twin Turbo, Koenigsegg CCR, Ford GT, Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster and Mercedes SLR McLaren, among others.

• GeForce 8600 GTS to have 32 stream processors? - It looks like the GeForce 8600 GTS and GT will both have only 32 stream processors. That's a third as many as Nvidia's existing GeForce 8800 GTS and GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB cards, which both have 96 stream processors.
• Microsoft Security Updates for April 2007 - Three of the critical Windows patches should be installed as quickly as possible, security vendors say.
• Microsoft: XP SP3 is still on the schedule for first half 2008 - Microsoft confirmed that  SP3 for Windows XP Home Edition [and Professional] is currently plannedfor 1H CY2008.
• AVG gives away free anti rootkit  - They completed a six month beta test and now offer the software available for free
•  for Viodentia!!!
• Online Converters  - Online converters always come in handy. Once you need to perform some operation with your files, they can save your time achieving the same results online, without installing some specific software.
• Google invests in Maxthon - Multiple sources are confirming that the Chinese/Israeli startup behind the Maxthon Browser has sold a minority stake to Google. The total investment size is rumored to be around $1 million
• DVDFab Decrypter 3.0.9.6 & HD-DVD and Blu-Ray Versions  - DVDFab Decrypter is a simple version of DVDFab Platinum. It copies entire DVD movie to hard disk, and removes all the protections (CSS, RC, RCE, APS, UOPs and Sony ARccOS) while copying.
• Norton Removal Tool 2007.2.07.3 - The Norton Removal Tool (download Vista/XP/2k || WinME/9x) uninstalls all Norton 2007/2006/2005/2004/2003 products from your computer. Before you continue, make sure that you have the installation CDs or downloaded installation files for any Norton products that you want to reinstall. Also, if you use ACT! or WinFAX, back up those databases and uninstall those products.
• Firefox Bankcard! How cool is that? - That's really cool :-)
• Sun Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 1 - release notes / download
• Cracked HD-DVD and Blu-Ray app keys revoked - Yeah, they can patch and patch, but hacks and exploits _will_ be found. No code is perfect :-)
• Microsoft drops case against FairUse4WM creator Viodentia - For those not in the know, Microsoft charged Viodentia with "copyright infringement" after they showed the world how easily FairUSE4WM could circumvent its PlaysForSure DRM. Microsoft's reason for dropping the charges? Simply enough: they couldn't find Viodentia. Ed.note: V
• Intel gets an extra week to find missing e-mails - The courts have granted Intel an extra seven days to explain why it lost e-mails to a judge. AMD alleges that the missing e-mail could provide proof that Intel used anticompetitive practices to force companies to buy its products.
• New Apple TV Commercial - check it out
• Nokia Starts Selling N95 Superphone in United States - Key features include a dual-slider designer, integrated WiFi, GPS functionality, 3G connectivity, quad-band GSM radios, and a five-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics. They're also nice enough to bundle in a 1GB microSD card as part of the package.The asking price at this time is a cool $749.
• New PS3 Owners Discover Noisy, Defective Console Batch - Some new owners of PlayStation 3 are complaining that a recent batch of 60GB consoles is exhibiting a high-pitched 'whine' noise.
• Water Found in Extrasolar Planet's Atmosphere - Astronomers have detected water in the atmosphere of a planet outside our solar system for the first time.
• T.A.T.U. The Movie; One of Postal's 9/11 Jokes Leaks - Woot?! :-)

• AMD Cuts Desktop CPU Prices - The biggest cuts went to the fastest X2 CPUs, with the 6000+ going from $464 to just $241, while the 5600+ is now priced at $188 (from $326).
• GeForce 8800 Ultra on May 1st & Costs $999 - The $999 price point suggests the 8800 Ultra may actually be two 8800-series cards in one package.
• Western Digital intros drives for A/V recording - The new Western Digital AV drives are based on a 3.5" form factor, and WD says they provide higher reliability, cooler and quieter operation, and lower power consumption than other models.
• R600 renders a stone, pictured  - Fudzilla managed get a screenshot from a yet to be shown R600 demo. Punters who are invited to the R600 launch event in Tunisia in two weeks time will get to see this first hand.
• Windows Vista Revisited - For gaming, Vista was better off with the current 100.65 drivers from NVIDIA, although performance in most titles will likely be behind Windows XP.
• Did Lawsuit Make Microsoft Alter Vista Description? - Now the Seattle Times is reporting that Microsoft may have altered their language on their web site as to how Vista works on PCs.
• Apple sells 100 millionth iPod - Apple has announced it has sold the 100 millionth iPod - the first iPod was sold five and a half years ago, in November 2001.
• More than 25,000 video games, and counting - Henry Lowood, curator for the history of science and technology collections at Stanford University libraries, is in charge of a major project involving the archiving of 25,000-plus video games. (thanks Tom Woodward)
• Difference Between Prison And Work - 10 differences between being in prison and working.
• Capturing the imprint of a 2.2 million volt lightning strike - These guys managed to capture a 2.2 million volt lightning strike using just a thick piece of Plexiglass.
• Roadster getting 600 HP from lithium batteries - Watching a car burning off an inch or two of rear rubber in almost dead silence is eerily unnatural. But 0-60 times of 3.1 seconds could help ease us into the future.
• Karl Urban Sets Sail on Pathfinder - Movieweb has an exclusive interview with the star of the film Karl Urban ~ Inspired by actual events, and shot as a graphic novel, Pathfinder follows Ghost from a young Viking, the only survivor of his ship; he's adopted by the local Indian tribe, who raised him to become a skilled hunter and warrior..
• Sunshine trailer - In 2050 the Sun begins to die, and Earth is dying as a result. A team of astronauts are sent to revive the Sun, but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team are sent to finish the mission as they are Earth's last hope.

• Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6800 Impressions - In Stalker,  the quad-core CPUs were slightly behind dual-core ones.  Do not expect the same thing to happen with Crysis, Age of Conan, and Hellgate: London or Unreal Tournament 3. All of these games are multi-threaded and will squeeze every bit of juice left in your quad-core or dual-core CPU, so having extra-power ready is more than welcome. 
• Mid-range GeForce 8000-series in 10 days - The bulk of these cards, the GeForce 8500 GT, GeForce 8600 GT and GeForce 8600 GTS will launch on April 17, with the GeForce 8300 GS and GeForce 8400 GS following soon after
• Asus EN8800GTS/HTDP/320M tested - Unlike a few other 320MB GTS cards, the Asus EN8800GTS/HTDP/320M is not pre-overclocked from the factory. It does ship with a decent accessory bundle, however, that includes a couple of full version games
• 10000 Watt Power Supply?! - Wow, it is bigger than the case!
• Speedup Windows XP in Minutes - A useful guide to speedup Windows XP without upgrading your hardware. FYI, much more detailed guide can be found here.
• Ubisoft Wants Feedback - If  you ever wanted to voice an opinion or concern with a major game company, now is your chance. The folks at Ubisoft have asked for your feedback, so help them help us all in making great games.
• YouTube Video Ripper - A script that will download all the videos uploaded by a specific YouTube user where the title matches a pattern (regexp compatible). The final output is flash videos named after the unique video ID.
• Google Faces Plagiarism Questions Over Chinese Software - Google's laboratory in China has launched its first product, a Pinyin Input Method Editor. The software allows the romanized characters to be translated to more traditional Chinese symbols , via entering on a QWERTY keyboard. Users soon discovered that the data Google used for the product was unusually similar to the data used by a Chinese rival, Sogou.
• Gaming Handheld Device and PCs Being Planned by HP - Hewlett-Packard is planning to foray into the video gaming industry in a big way as it has unveiled plans about a new handheld PC-based device, which is codenamed as 'Mscape'
• Top 5 AppleTV Hacks - Gizmodo has a collection of easy to perform modifications on your AppleTV unit + Great RSS Plugin for Apple TV was released
• Voters Approve Funding For Spaceport America - Voters in Dona Ana County, New Mexico went to the polls to make the state a launchpad for space tourism.
• Ten Egg Shaped Gadgets - PC Magazine has 10 interesting products that will surely give you a laugh
• Easter's Peep Show - Hah, check it out :D
• Jelly Jumper -  In this follow up online game to the hugely popular Ball Balancer you have to bounce around the levels collecting green targets. There's 50 levels in this online game and it's incredibly addictive! No-one has ever reached 100% so will it be you?
• Dern Confirms Jurassic Park 4 - Rumors have been swirling around the internet for some time that their would be a Jurassic Park 4. Today thanks to confirmation in an interview with Laura Dern, it appears that it is a go.
• Top 15 "HOLY SH*T" movie moments - A collection of video clips showcasing some of the greatest jaw-dropping moments in film history.
• Rob Zombie's Halloween Trailer - The new Halloween trailer has finally hit the net!
• What Have I Done - Linkin Park (video) - check it out

• Full GeForce 8500 and 8600 scores are here - It looks like a decent spread, the 8500 is pretty weak, but it is the low end card...
• Does ReadyBoost Really Improve Performance? - How ReadyBoost works and whether it can really improve performance is a total mystery it seems :-)
• Windows XP Service Pack 3 Not Coming - The company has completely abandoned Windows XP, and it has absolutely no plans to ever ship an XP SP3
• A Proof-of-Concept Virus for iPods Running Linux - The virus, which has been named Podloso, is a proof of concept program which does not pose a real threat. The virus is a file which can be launched and run on an iPod, the company said in a statement, published on its web site.
• Microsoft Pressures Vista SP1 Site - The legal team over at Microsoft has sent a website that claims to be hosting a number of patches intended for release with Vista service pack 1 a cease and desist order. The owner of Hotfix.net has removed the download links for the patches but there is still plenty of information available on them. He claims to have gotten most of his information from Microsoft’s own Knowledge Base.
• ASUS Website Compromised? - Viruslist.com is claiming that the ASUS website has been compromised by the recent animated cursor exploit. Although I haven’t had any issues with the site, this just serves as a reminder to make sure you patch your system if you are running Windows.
• Google Launches Free 411 Service - Google threw a new product called Goog-411 into Google Labs today - a free telephone based information service that could replace toll 411 calls. About 2.6 billion 411 calls are made in the U.S. each year, and it is a $7 billion/year market.
• Nokia N95 Mobile Choice Review - check it out
• Space 'nerd' readies for lift-off - Billionaire Charles Simonyi, who led development of Microsoft's Word, will lift off from Kazakhstan at 1731 GMT.  The $20m ride will make him the 450th person to enter orbit and by his own admission "the first nerd in space".
• Durex XXL Condom Ad - Wow :-)
• How did David Copperfield make the Statue of Liberty disappear? - The trick may be old, but people still wonder -- how did he do it?
• 2008 BMW M3 Coupe officially revealed - Its 403 horsepower V8 weighs less than the outgoing M3's six-cylinder, and it goes like stink, all while cocooning the driver in the expected level of luxury. Also cool: regenerative braking provides the power to the car's on-board network!
• Hostel 2 Trailer - check it out
• Jessica Alba Looks Smokin in Good Luck Chuck Trailer - She's a certified hottie, and the number one reason to see this movie

• AMD Launches 3.0GHz Opteron Processors - The two new models will both run at 3.0GHz and offer 2MB of Level 2 cache and the same integrated memory controller and HyperTransport technology.
• ATi R600 Series Pricing? - Bootdaily says they have confirmed pricing on ATi's upcoming R600 series video cards including the R600, R630 XT, R630 Pro and the R610 - R600 ~ $499.00?
• Internal ReadyBoost USB Drive -  The drive operates at 3MB/s for 512KB random read/write and 5MB/s for 4KB. These numbers meet the requirement set out by Microsoft - 2.5MB/s for 4k random read and 1.75MB/s for 512k write. InnoDisk did its own testing, reporting an overall performance improvement ranging from 18 to 26%
• Laser TV to Take On Plasma and LCD - Laser TV technology is suited for projection (either front or rear), and is likely to become the replacement for the UHP lamp currently used in today's projection displays
• Real 3D may Phase out HD TV - check it out
• Windows Vista SP1 HotFixes - complete list - A HotFix.net blogger today published a collection of individual Windows Vista hotfixes as a supposed Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) preview.
• Cursor hackers target WoW players - World of Warcraft players are being targeted by hackers exploiting flaws in how Windows handles animated cursors.Windows users can get the patch via automatic updates or visit Microsoft to download it manually. The patch does plug the hole, but also doesn't get along with Realtek networking and integrated audio software. Microsoft was aware of it and even put up a support article and a hotfix, but it decided to release the patch anyway. (thanks xxxx)
• VeriSign Increasing Domain Fees - VeriSign has announced that it is planning to raise the cost of registering .com or .net domain names to generate more money for infrastructure improvements.
• Denmark Rated Top 'Network Ready' Country - Denmark at the top in terms of 'network readiness,' naming the country as best able to 'leverage the opportunities offered by information and communication technology for development and increased competitiveness.' Sweden, Singapore and Finland follow, while the United States loses ground in networked readiness, falling six places to seventh position. (FYI - my country is #34)
• Ford CEO Mulally Gets $28 Million for 4 months work - Ford CEO Alan Mulally gets paid $28 million even though Ford posts a $12.7 billion loss. Wouldn't you like to get paid to suck at your job?
• What the hell is Hillary looking at!?  - OMG!!
• Best Use for Recycled CD Spindle? - Very clever, but I wonder if there are toxicity issues.
• iPod Saves Soldier's Life - A soldier's life was literally saved by his iPod when it took a round from an AK-47, slowing the bullet before it hit his body armor
• Transonic Jet Gathers Clouds - check it out
• Mac Chick Of The Month April 2007 - check it out!

• Intel launches a pair of new quad-core chips - The E5335 and E5345 are both members of Intel's Clovertown Quad-core Xeon family, offering 8MB of cache and a 1,333MHz front side bus.
• Intel Centrino Pro Announced - Centrino Pro laptops will feature AMT support, and Intel boasts that administrators will be able to manage the machines over both standard wired connections and Wi-Fi networks
• OCZ releases 1.15GHz RAM with heat pipe - The PC2-9200 Reaper HPC modules are optimized for the latest cutting edge motherboards and will be available in 2GB (2x1024MB) dual channel kits.
• Nvidia Warns about 1.20GHz modules - 2.4V Voltage for DDR2 is Deadly - The company noted that failure is caused not by the nForce 680i SLI core-logic, but by tremendously increased voltage for memory modules, which cause DRAMs malfunction at any mainboard running any chipset that can handle the clock-speeds of the high-speed DIMMs.
• Asus P5N32-E SLI Plus vs Abit IN9 32X-MAX - The P5N32-E SLI Plus defeated the nForce 680i SLI based IN9 32X-MAX in all gaming related tests and SLI tests.
• Radeon X2900 XTX to have a dedicated audio chip? -  Nevertheless, it's unclear at this point whether this is an actual audio codec, or just some sort of pass-through for HDMI audio. I'd take a wait-and-see attitude until real cards are released.
• Geforce 8600GTS vs Radeon X1950XTX Benchmark Results - In this forum post, the new 8600GTS outrunning the X1950XTX! (thanks MadShrimps)
• ATI Catalyst 7.3 Performance Analysis (WinXP) -  The performance gains would seem to be pointed more at an increase in OpenGL driver architecture, so games like PREY, Doom 3, Quake 4, Dark Messiah and more utilizing OpenGL should see a gain.
• Samsung's silent and speedy SpinPoint S166 series of disks - The new series of SATA 3.0Gbps drives feature a 7,200rpm spin, 8MB buffer, and manage to damp the noise level down to a mere 24/27.5 decibels at idle/seek.
• VESA approves DisplayPort 1.1: kiss those DVI and VGA ports goodbye - The wee size allows the interface to be included in smaller handheld electronics while enabling direct-drive LCD panels thereby eliminating the need for non-panel LVDS electronics in the monitor designs. Of course it also supports pass-through of DVI and HDMI signals via simple adapters similar to DVI-to-HDMI variety on the market today.
• Building An Affordable Gaming PC ($1500) - If you want to learn how to build an affordable gaming PC, why not let the guys at Corsair show you how they did it.
• Apple announces octo-core Mac Pro! - However, it doesn't come cheap. In its default configuration with dual 3GHz quad-core Xeons and 2GB of RAM, the Mac Pro costs a hefty $4,296.
• Apple releases cheaper Apple Cinema Displays - Apple has dropped the price of its Cinema Displays, which are now $1799, $899 and $599 respectively.
• Acccelerate Video Conversion with your video card's GPU - The ATI AVIVO Video converter only works with the latest ATI video cards. It supports the X1300, X1600, X1800 and X1900 series of cards.
• MS Forced To Pull European TV Ad - Microsoft has been forced to cease broadcasting a television ad for the Xbox 360 by the Advertising Standards Agency.
• WEP security totally broken - Boffins at Darmstadt Polytechnic  say that the hack makes WEP as useful as a chocolate teapot in sensitive environments. Since most wireless equipment vendors provide support WPA1 and WPA2 punters should shift to that, they recommend.
• New brain implant can recreate thoughts! - Ted Berger has spent the past decade engineering a brain implant that can recreate thoughts. The chip could remedy everything from Alzheimer's to absent-mindedness - and reduce memory loss to nothing more than a computer glitch.
• Play hundreds of classic Nintendo 8-bit games on-line - Super Mario Brothers, Zelda, Mega Man, Castle-Vania and most of the other classic Nintendo titles playable directly in the browser without download. Cool!
• New Die Hard Trailer - check it out!

• AMD's M690 chipset goes embedded - After announcing its mobile M690 integrated graphics chipset last week, AMD has released a new version of the core logic aimed at embedded systems.
• Overclocking the Intel X6800 with Liquid Nitrogen (LN2) - MadShrimps got it running at 5300Mhz!
• GeForce 8600 GTS sample overclocked to 1GHz - It gives us an interesting clue to what is under the hood of a 8600GTS...
• Inno3D GeForce 7950 GT i-Chill edition - If you are in the market for a very decent graphics card that is totally silent (example for a HTPC) then this is most certainly one brilliant piece of hardware to pick up.
• Microsoft issues emergency Windows patch - As expected, the release patches the way Windows processes .ani Animated Cursor files - Microsoft decided to break its patch cycle because attackers were finding more ways to exploit the flaw in its Windows operating system.
• Netscape 8.1.3 - The revolutionary new Netscape Browser 8.1 (download) provides more security options, streamlines more standard browsing tasks and arms internet users with more timesaving solutions to their browsing needs.
• Paint.NET 3.05 Final - Paint.NET is image and photo manipulation software designed to be used on computers that run Windows. It supports layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.
• Windows Live Hotmail: M10 - Windows Live Mail has hit its latest milestone update, M10, and with it, Microsoft’s e-mail service has been renamed to Windows Live Hotmail, in an effort to keep the familiar Hotmail branding. Microsoft started rolling out M10 to certain users on March 22 but today seems to be the day Microsoft chose to release it to the masses.
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Tweak Guide - Give it a read through to better customize and optimize STALKER on your machine!
• Microsoft Sued Over Windows Vista Marketing - Microsoft is being sued by a woman that is upset that the 'Vista capable' computer she bought cannot run all the features that a 'Premium ready' machine can.
• Satellite circuit for Google TV ads - The Web giant announced on Monday that it is partnering with EchoStar Communications to sell commercials over the Dish satellite broadcaster's 125 national programming networks, an early indicator of how the Internet giant plans to use its $10.6 billion online-ad business to conquer television
• Google Also Bidding On DoubleClick? - Google is reportedly interested in buying DoubleClick, just to keep Microsoft from getting the company.
• Blu-ray Disc Specification Change Threatens Current Players -Blu-ray Disc Java is coming this fall, and it may be incompatible with some of today's machines.
• Xbox 360 Disc Replacement Program - Microsoft says that if, for any reason, you have a damaged Microsoft Xbox 360 game disc, the company will replace it for $20. This only applies to games published by Microsoft but it is still a lot better than having to repurchase your damaged game.
• Create your own tank in Crackdown (video) -
• Study finds stable personalities unaffected by violent games  - An upcoming study suggests that kids with stable personalities are largely unaffected by violent games, while the response of less stable children depends on primarily on how angry they are going into the game.
• Why are geeks often atheist? - Why is atheism more popular among geeks when clearly the average person is religious? Well this article might have an explanation.
• Human brain map - Explore the different parts of your brain, and discover which parts of your brain allow you to move, speak and feel anger.
• Alanis Morissette "My Humps" video - check it out!

• NVIDIA nForce 650i Ultra introduced silently - The motherboard will use the same chips as the nForce 650i SLI (C55+MCP51, while the 680i Series uses C55+MCP55) but will be substantially cheaper while the physical layout will only sport one x16 PCI-E slot.
• Gigabyte N680SLI-DQ6 Motherboard - nForce 680i done to perfection -  Its feature packed design with high overclocking potential makes it definitely a motherboard take into serious consideration.
• Seven Friends of a Gamer: GPUs vs. Games Spring 2007 - The Radeon X1900 XT once used to be a definite leader among Performance-Mainstream products, but now it is challenged by the dangerous GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB
• ViewSonic VX2235 22-inch HD Widescreen Monitor - It offers a 5ms response time, 700:1 contrast ratio, and integrated speakers
• Vista + Catalyst 7.3 = BSOD - It looks like installing AMD's latest Radeon drivers v7.3 can cause a Blue Screen of Death.
• Office 2008 for Mac hits beta - Sheridan Jones confirmed that Office 2008 for Mac has gingerly stepped out of the alpha phase of its development as Microsoft works towards a late 2007 release of its overhauled Macintosh suite.
• VistaCodecs x64Components 1.1.4 - With Vista Codec Package installed, you won't need to install any other codec or filter. Many user suggested default settings are implemented. It does not contain a media player. It does not associates filetypes. With this package installed you will be able to use any media player (limited only by the players capabilities) to play DVD's, movies and video clips of any format
• Patch for Windows cursor bug coming early - Microsoft plans to release an early patch for the animated cursor bug/vulnerability in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000.
• JavaScript Botnet Code Leaked To Internet - The software, called Jitko was written by Billy Hoffman, lead researcher at Spy Dynamics Inc. Hoffman demonstrated the code on March 24 as part of a presentation on the dangers of JavaScript malware.
• Apple To Offer DRM-Free Music From EMI - EMI Group will soon sell digital music with better sound quality and no digital rights management restrictions through Apple's iTunes Store.
• Homeland Security wants master Key for the Internet - The US Department of Homeland Security is insisting that Verisign hand over the master keys of the Internet. If it succeeds, the US will be able to track DNS Security Extensions (DNSSec) all the way back to the servers that represent the name system's root zone on the Internet. Effectively it would mean that US spooks could snoop on anyone.
• Motorola Moto Q Smartphone tested - One awkward design flaw is the placement of the backspace button which is on the top right of the keyboard, next to the navigation wheel and power button. It makes correcting typos a pain, but after a little getting used to, it will turn into a minor problem - one that Motorola will hopefully get right in the next release
• Euro programmers earn 33 per cent less than US counterparts - A new survey has revealed that the salaries of European games programmers are around a third lower than those earned by their counterparts in North America
• Microsoft's 'Deepfish' Mobile Browser Surfaces (video) - check it out
• New DreamCast emulator on PC runs games at Full Speed - After many months of coding, here is the first public beta of nullDC. (->DC archive)
• PSP Price Drop Tomorrow - The PSP Core system will have its price drop from $199.99 to $169.99.
• Man wins Wii from Stacker Machine  - The guy said he only spent $20... nice investment! I hope he enjoys his new console...:-)
• How To Make A Solar Power Generator Using Parts from Local Stores - Using parts easily available from your local stores, you can make a solar power generator. Great for power failures and life outside the power grid.
• Air Force turns 'pain gun' on AP reporter -  In the video after the break, you'll see Minor react to a brief encounter with the pain gun, and although he doesn't cry and wet himself like some might expect our colleagues in the MSM to do, he does admit that the weapon is "quite effective."
• New Transformers Photos - Yahoo! Movies has three new photos of the robots in action in director Michael Bay's Transformers, opening in theaters on July 4.
• Top 10 Torture Scenes - Te guys over at Filmwad put together a nice little top 10 list of their favorite torture scenes in movies.
• Superman II Recut Ending - check it out! ROFL!

• Samsung SyncMaster 206BW Widescreen 20 Inch LCD Monitor - This monitor has a crazy 3000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and a 2 ms response time!
• Terabyte Seagate hard drive to arrive in April? - Chilehardware reports that the drive will become available at the end of April. They say it will be part of a new Barracuda 7200.11 series and sport four platters, eight heads, a 7200-RPM spindle speed, and 16MB of cache. It will also use perpendicular recording technology, just like Seagate's existing 7200.10 Barracuda lineup. Interesting that this has 16MB cache...whereas the new Hitachi drive will sport 32MB.
• [!] Animated cursors can take down Windows - Apparently, as soon as one drags and drops a malformed .ANI icon file onto the desktop, Windows Explorer enters a loop where it keeps crashing and restarting itself indefinitely. Microsoft says the bug can also be triggered by visiting a website or by viewing a specially crafted e-mail message.
• Inside Firefox 3.0 - Looking forward to next version of Firefox? Give this article a read!
• DVD Copy Control licence so badly written it's invalid - US lawyers have screwed up the licensing specifications designed to protect movies from being copied.
• Apple's iPhone will be released on June 11 - Assuming a two-year Cingular contract, the 4GB iPhone will cost $499, and the 8GB version of the device will cost $599.
• Sony Introduces New HDD / DVD Recorders - Available in 160GB, 250GB, and 500GB varieties, each unit comes equipped with either a standard analog tuner or an added DVB-T tuner for your Freeview needs, with the whole lot of them boasting 1080p upscaling of content.
• Charge your Cell Phone from the Air - A Pennsylvania entrepreneur has developed technology that gives you all the battery juice you need directly from the air.
• The Power of Babble  - MIT researcher Deb Roy is videotaping every waking minute of his infant son's first 3 years of life. His ultimate goal: teach a robot to talk.
• Real-world comparison shows stunning level of detail in new GTA - It's pretty surprising - and comes across as something of a loving ode to the Big Apple, especially when you consider Rockstar's HQ and influential Executive Producer Sam Houser are based there.
• Top 100 April Fools Jokes - Only 2 days until April Fools. What are you planning? Can you make it into the April Fools hall of fame?
• Grindhouse 2? - It appears that the Grindhouse may become a series of films!  Rodriguez and Tarantino want to keep the "Grindhouse" series going. For his part, Tarantino wants to shoot an old-school Kung Fu movie in Mandarin with subtitles in some countries, and release a shorter, dubbed cut in others.
• Ocean's 13 Trailer Online - Check it out
• One Dodge Viper + two honkin' turbos = 220 MPH in 24.1 sec - Wow!! Check it out!!

• Intel & AMD Price War Starting In April - AMD on April 9 is expected to announce big discounts across its entire Athlon 64+ product line and its lower-end processors. Some of the reductions will be as high as 30 percent, but like Intel, AMD is leaving some of its popular processors unaffected, such as the 4200+.
• Intel's Gelsinger reveals new Penryn details - Intel padded out plans for its upcoming Nehalem and Penryn CPUs. You may well be surprised by what's coming this way in 2008. Integrated memory controllers, new system architectures, boosted Core microarchitecture performance were just some of the topics covered. 
• New low-end GeForce 8500GT will have 128-bit controller - On April 17th, Nvidia is set to introduce 8500GT, which will feature a chip with a full 128-bit memory controller, supporting either 256 or 512MB of DDR2 SDRAM memory.
• HIS Radeon X1950 Pro IceQ3 512Mb AGP Video Card  - If you have a high end S939 Athlon 64 system this card will turn your system into a gaming rig that can handle the latest games.
• 55nm NVIDIA GPUs In H2 2007 -  NVIDIA is very likely to be the first customer to introduce production on TSMC 55nm half node geometry.
• Mempile Promises 1 TB DVD-sized Optical Discs - Israeli storage developer Mempile has demonstrated it can read and record 300 GB using over 100 virtual layers on a DVD-sized optical disc - and 1 TB discs are in the offing.
• Bioscrypt Introduces 3D Face Recognition Camera - The VisionAccess 3D DeskCam scans in three dimensions for authentication purposes.
• Quanta to make $200 laptop for first-world nations - The Financial Times reports that Quanta - the Taiwanese notebook design manufacturer giant that produces XO laptops - is planning to introduce a $200 laptop of its own design.
• Windows Vista goes to Boot Camp - Atop the list of enhancements delivered in the new version is 32-bit support for Windows Vista, support the Apple Remote (works with iTunes and Windows Media Player), and a version of Apple Software Update designed specifically for Windows XP and Vista.
• AC3Filter 1.30b - AC3Filter (download) is DirectShow filter for AC3 decoding to play .AVI with AC3 audio tracks and MPEG2 (DVD).
• OpenOffice 2.2.0 Final - OpenOffice.org is the open source project through which Sun Microsystems is releasing the technology for the popular StarOffice productivity suite.
• Yahoo To Offer Unlimited E-mail Storage - Yahoo is scrapping its free e-mail storage limit of 1GB, responding to explosive growth in attachment sizes as people share ever more photos, music and videos via e-mail. FYI, Microsoft has a 2 gigabyte free e-mail storage limit, while Google caps its Gmail service at 2.8 gigabytes.
• How TCP/IP Protocol Works - Learn how the TCP/IP network protocol works.
• HD DVD and Blu-ray Ripping Guide - HDCP free HD content - Well, first of all you need the required hardware, which is a Blu-ray or HD DVD drive. The next step is to get hold of some software that makes it easy to strip the AACS copy protection from the video files and then copy them to your hard drive.
• Microsoft releases Zune update - The software fix aims to solve an issue in which some users heard skipping when playing back purchased songs.
• U.S. 'No Longer Technology King'  - The US has lost its position as the world's primary engine of technology innovation, according to a report by the World Economic Forum. Congrats to Denmark and Sweden for taking over the top two spots.
• Mac Chick Of The Month March 2007 - Wow, check it out! :-)
• First Simpsons Screening review - The review was mostly positive, so I hope we start getting some more buzz around this film.
• Hostel: Part II Trailer - Check out this exclusive clip from HOSTEL PART II!

Resolved Issues for the Windows Vista Operating System:

• 3DMark2006: Enabling AA to 4x no longer result in an error message being displayed when running the benchmark under the 64 bit version of Windows Vista. 
• Call of Duty: Setting AA to either 2 or 4x no longer results in display corruption or the Vista operating system failing to respond when using an ATI Radeon X800/850 series of product.
• Call of Duty->United Offensive: Setting the in game video mode to 2048x1536 no longer results in display corruption being noticed when playing the game under Windows Vista.
• City of Heroes: Changing the display resolution to 2560x1600 or higher no longer results in the game failing to run.
• Doom 3: Attempting to play the game on a system running the Windows Vista operating system and containing an ATI Radeon X550/700 series of product no longer results in the operating system failing to respond.
• NBA Live 07: The full animation is no longer displayed when launching the game with AA set to 2x or higher.
• Never Winter Nights: Display flicker is no longer noticed when launching the game in a rotated mode of 90 degrees clockwise or counter-clockwise.
• Never Winter Nights->Shadows of Undrentide: Attempting to play the game under the Windows Vista operating system (64bit version) no longer results in the opening cinematic failing to play when using an LCD display device.

• Supreme Commander Quad-Core Performance - If you want the best gaming experience possible, an Intel Core 2 Quad quad-core processor will provide it. However, if you have dual-core, an acceptable gaming experience can still be achieved. With dual-core it would be more advantageous to stick with Windows XP for now since it provides faster performance
• S.T.A.L.K.E.R. performance enhancements/SLI coming for GeForce 8 users - FiringSquad reports that NVIDIA is hard at work on developing a new ForceWare driver for GeForce 8800 users that will bring performance enhancements as well as SLI support for S.T.A.L.K.E.R
• GeForce 8800 Ultra In May; G84 & G86 Firmed For April Launch - NVIDIA is pretty confident that GeForce 8800 Ultra can beat Radeon X2900 XTX. Well, we we will see how much performance can ATi engineers tweak out of the R600 launch drivers.
• SAMSUNG Introduces 64GB 1.8inch Solid State Drive - Expect this to cost well over a thousand dollars if you can buy it separately. The 32GB model added at least $900 to the laptops that offered it (mostly subnotebooks only available in Korea and Japan). Flash prices are dropping, but getting that much Flash running in parallel to offer that kind of read/write speed is still expensive, and will be for a few years yet. Unfortunately.
• OEMs fail to configure Windows XP for dual-core systems - Apparently Windows XP2 does not automatically sniff out whether or not a dual-core processor is being used and the configuration has to be done manually.
• DLP Pico-Projector For Cell Phones - The projector itself is small enough to sit on your fingertip!!
• Nintendo fights Wii modchips with new motherboard - Nintendo has changed the design of the Wii games console to combat modchips. Photographs appear to show several design changes on the latest Wii motherboards. New positioning of traces on the motherboard reduces the spacing between some contact points, making it MUCH more difficult to solder modchip connections into place, the reports say.
• Bizarre Hexagon Spotted on Saturn - One of the most bizarre weather patterns known has been photographed at Saturn, where astronomers have spotted a huge, six-sided feature circling the north pole. Rather than the normally sinuous cloud structures seen on all planets that have atmospheres, this thing is a hexagon.
• Ferrari Enzo crashed by Eddie Griffin - Actor Eddie Griffin goes behind the wheel of a $1 million Ferrari Enzo on the Irwindale Speedway for a charity event where he crashes it (video). One word 'Nasty'.

• Nvidia's nForce 680i LT SLI motherboard - The LT's active chipset coolers are easily the board's most disappointing features.
• Nvidia to delay its G84, G86 graphics chips? - It looks like Nvidia's upcoming G84 and G86 graphics processors have slipped behind schedule.
• NVIDIA G80: General Performance Analysis - GeForce 8800 GTS generally outperforms GeForce 7950 GX2 in games at common resolutions and the cost of applying the higher levels of G80's AA ability are sufferable in many titles. Further, it appears NVIDIA are working with Microsoft to allow Direct3D to correctly expose coverage sample AA (CSAA) via the API, negating one of the criticisms we had during the initial look where we mentioned CSAA is less effective if the user has to enable it outside of a game.
• ASUS To Ship 500K Xonar D2X Sound Cards - ASUS plans to ship 500,000 Xonar D2X audio cards which adopt C-Media's solutions in 2007.
• Turn any laptop into a touchscreen - This Laptop Tablet ($130) from NAVIsis will turn any laptop into a touchscreen tablet in a matter of seconds.
• $1-Million Laptop - Would you spend $1-million on a laptop? :-D
• Gigabyte's New UMPC: U60 (video) -  A nice Windows Vista UMPC based on an ultra low power VIA processor and comes with a nice LED backlight 6.5 inch touch-screen.
• Undeterred by Blu-ray hacks, Sony unviels yet another cipher for DRM -  So far,Sony has described the technology as a 128-bit block encryption that supports key lengths of 128, 192 or 256 bits. According to the company, CLEFIA is strong enough to defend content against 'known cryptoanalytic attacks.'
• Apple TV hacked to run XviD, other formats -  Installing the SSH server Dropbear, the video container Perian, and a custom script lets the Apple TV play files outside of its normal MPEG-4 and H.264 standards
• Vista Sales Double That Of WinXP? - Microsoft just announced that Windows Vista has sold 20 million copies since its release. That is 3 million more than Windows XP did in its first two months. Is it much of a surprise for anyone considering that XP was released around a year after the Windows ME and 2000 launches, where Vista made users wait for five years? Quite frankly I would have to say no, its not much of a surprise at all. :-P
• Exploit published for gaping (patched) IE hole - If you haven't applied the 'critical' patch in Microsoft's MS07-009 bulletin, now might be a good time to hit that download-and-install button. The exploit code takes aim at a remote code execution flaw in the ADODB.Connection ActiveX control that is provided as part of the ActiveX Data Objects (ADO). This is distributed in MDAC (Microsoft Data Access Components).
• Windows weakness can lead to network traffic hijacks -Microsoft is warning of an attack that could be used to divert someone's web traffic through a malicious proxy server.
• IE7pro 0.9.11.5 Beta - IE7pro is an add-on for IE 7 which adds lots of features and extras, that make your IE easier, more useful, secure and customizable.
• Copy That DVD in a Second, IBM Says - IBM Corp. will unveil a pair of tiny chips today that can transmit huge volumes of data by beaming light pulses through plastic fibers, an approach that uses far less energy than pushing a stream of electrons through copper wires.
• YouTube 2006 Awards - In case you missed them, the 2006 YouTube Video Awards have been announced.
• Invention: Brain decoder - The machine works by measuring the signals produced by primary motor cortex – the part of the brain responsible for hand-eye co-ordination. A computer then attempts to reproduce this signal, which is used to stimulate the movement in a primate limb.
• Rambo's Last Mission in Thailand - Check it out

• Intel vs. AMD: Today's generation compared - Will a sub-$200 CPU suffice for your needs? Have price cuts allowed the Athlon 64 to catch up to the Core 2 Duo in terms of price-performance? What about power consumption and energy efficiency? Can any of these processors stand up under the weight of killer new games like Supreme Commander?
• AMD may cut prices yet again next month? - This time the chipmaker isn't getting rid of its 90nm processors as fast as it would like. While it waits for Chartered Semiconductor to begin production of 65nm Athlons-which is expected to begin 'soon'-AMD will supposedly cut prices in its entry-level 90nm lineup next month.
• Water-Cooled X2900 XTX Card Pictured - This cooling solution is probably provided by Aavid Thermalloy and coincidentally Aavid is touting their Turbo Tube cold plates with mass production in May, same time as R600 launch.
• Creative Brings X-Fi Express Card to Notebooks - The new Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Audio Notebook card forgoes the PCMCIA interface and instead uses the Express Card interface. The card itself has four ports (front, side, center/sub, and rear) and is presumably designed to hook up an analog 7.1 speaker setup.
• Conroe E6600 New World Record: SuperPI 1M 9.563s@5304MHz - Wow thats seriously impressive!
• Multi-Threaded Programming Without the Pain - Researcher Stefanus Du Toit created a program on the PlayStation 3 representing thousands of chickens, each independently tracked by a single processing core. The talk itself is interesting but the demo is golden!
• Using netcat and tar to quickly transfer files between machines - Using netcat and tar to quickly transfer files between machines, aka tar pipe. So you have gigs of data to transfer between two machines over ethernet. A nice quick and dirty method is to use netcat and tar.
• Exploit-for-sale hacker pins bug on Vista's e-mail app - A just-disclosed bug in Windows Vista's built-in e-mail program can be used by hackers to run malicious code on a victimized PC,
• Trojan horse targets Skype users - The attack is similar to threats that target instant-messaging applications. A targeted Skype user will receive a chat message with the text "Check up this" and a link to a malicious executable called "file_01.exe" on a Web site.
• Applepostpone Leopard to support Windows Vista - Apple is expected to launch its next generation Leopard operating system (OS) in April, but according to industry sources, the release of the new OS will be postponed to October to allow Apple to make Leopard support Windows Vista through an integrated version of its Boot Camp software.
• Adobe Creative Suite 3.0 bundles and Euro pricing - Creative Suite 3.0 software suite will be available in six distinct bundles with European pricing ranging from 999 euros to 2799 euros.
• Top 10 iTunes Add-Ons - Included in this list are great programs that shouldn't be missing from the computer of an iTunes user.
• PS3s Folding Power! - According to the most recent Folding@home client statistics sorted by operating system, the PlayStation 3 leads all other platforms by a huge margin. The PS3 has 367 current TFLOPS, while the next closest is Windows with 151 TFLOPS and more than ten times more CPUs. I just hope this massive distributed computer is used for good and not evil :
• Toshiba Dropping HD DVD Player Prices April 1 - New prices from April 1st are: Toshiba HD-A2: $399 (previously $499), Toshiba HD-A20: $499 (previously $599). The manufacturer has also dropped the price of its current best-selling HD-XA2 second-generation HD DVD deck, which now retails for $799 (previously $999).
• Upgrade the drive in your Apple TV - Step by step guide and pics inside.
• Nokia Launches the N95, But Not In The U.S. - As a media player, the N95 supports MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, and M4A with playlist support; there's a headphone output, along with an integrated FM tuner. The N95 also supports Visual Radio which lets users pull up song info, artist details, and participate in interactive contests and surveys. On the video side, the N95 sports RealPlayer, and can play back MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, H.263/GPP, and RealVideo media.
• Verizon Offers Fully Refundable Test Drive - The company will offer new subscribers a 30 day period to try Verizon phones and service, and will refund not only equipment costs, but all calling costs and fees to people who choose not to keep the service.
• What does the hot girl at the party think of your programming language? - Geek talking to a hot chick at a party about code language... that is as hypothetical as it gets :-)
• Bounty offered to kill pirate DVD sniffer dogs - Sounds like a Disney movie in the making...
• Like a Fish - Revolutionary Underwarer Breathing System - An Israeli Inventor has developed a breathing apparatus that will allow breathing underwater without the assistance of compressed air tanks.
• Final Spider-Man 3 Trailer - I personally think it's the best one yet.

• All Water Cooled EVGA 680i Mainboard - Innovatek's high-quality blocks are used for the CPU, PWM, northbridge and southbridge - the hottest-running parts of the board.
• IBM Unveils Super Conductive Thermal Paste - The new technology allows air-cooling systems to remove more heat and helps to improve the overall energy efficiency of computers.
• Cool Havok Behavior Video @ GDC - In this podcast with PodTech's Rio Pesino, Havok's Jeff Yates demos the Havok Behavior Tool.
• Creative updates ALchemy software for Vista - Aside from a handful of bug fixes, the new version 1.3 ALchemy software adds support for Baldur's Gate 2, Battlefield Vietnam, C & C Generals, The Chronicles of Riddick, Dungeon Siege, Far Cry, GTA 3, GTA Vice City, Hitman 2, Knights of the Old Republic 2, MDK2, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, Serious Sam 2, and Serious Sam: The First Encounter.
• Ten Must-Have Gadgets for Windows Vista Sidebar - Sidebar gadgets are basically the Microsoft answer to the Mac's Widgets—free, downloadable applets that can be useful, fun, both, or neither
• Google puts an "Easter Egg" in the Personalized Homepage - If you chose any theme other than Bus Stop and Classic, visit the homepage at 3:14 AM (your local time).
• Polymorphic computer unveiled - It performs as a single system on a chip, resulting in a significant reduction of the number of processors required for computing systems, and it performs in an array of chips for teraflop throughput. In addition to the ability to adapt its architecture for a particular objective, the MONARCH computer is also believed to be the most power- efficient processor available.
• Folding@Home - Sony Playstation 3 fights cancer - When not in use the console will join a supercomputing network researching causes of cancer, Alzheimer's and other incurable diseases.
• Wii's Opera Browser Final Version Delayed to April - But Opera promises that they've been working with Nintendo to add features that fans have requested to the Wii's Internet Channel. A fair trade?
• UK retailers say PS3 won't be in such high demand on launch day after all - Didn't get around to pre-ordering? Don't worry, there won't be a rush
• Xbox 360 Elite, 120GB HDD May Ship With Data Transfer Cable - The question on all Xbox 360 owners' minds is how they are going to transfer all their saves, videos, XBLA games and other junk over to the bigger drive. Without a specific solution from Microsoft, the only feasible way to transfer data from drives is to use a memory card—and even then, even the newly announced 512MB unit isn't big enough for some files.
• News Corp. and NBC: YouTube competitor coming - The service will launch this summer with "free" ad-supported TV shows and movies
• It's Been an 'All Out War' on Pot Smokers for 35 Years - Since 1972, U.S. taxpayers have spent well over $20 billion enforcing criminal marijuana laws and 16.5 million people have been arrested. It's time to put an end to this waste.
• France opens secret UFO files covering 50 years - France became the 1st country to open its files on UFOs when the national space agency unveiled a website documenting more than 1,600 sightings spanning five decades.
• New Bill Aims to Rid U.S. of Inefficient Light Bulbs by 2012 - The bill (PDF), which was submitted by California representative Jane Harman, indicates that light bulbs which have an overall luminous efficacy of 60 lumens per watt (lm/W) will be prohibited by January 1, 2012. The energy requirements get progressively steeper every four years. On January 1, 2016, the requirement will grow to 90 lm/W and will reach 120 lm/W by 2020.
• World's Largest Commercial Airplane Touches Down in LA, NY - The Qantas-operated Airbus A380 arrived at Los Angeles International with just its flight crew and a squad of engineers inside. Seems like a waste of space, since the giant aircraft can seat 555 people.
• Light Echoes From a Red Supergiant - This Hubble Space Telescope image of the star V838 Monocerotis reveals dramatic changes in the illumination of surrounding dusty cloud structures. The effect, called a light echo, unveiled never-before-seen dust patterns when the star suddenly brightened for several weeks in early 2002.
• SciFi Extends BSG Season Four To 22 Episodes - It won't come back until January at the earliest, but "Battlestar Galactica" fans do have something to celebrate now: A 22-episode fourth season. But the question remains whether this back-nine pickup is good for the show, or bad