AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 & Quad FX Platform Review

AMD's much hyped "4X4" system today brings dual socket Athlon 64 FX processors to the desktop allowing two dual-core AMD processors to be used. This in effect gives us a quad-core system and paves the way for a true octo-core desktop platform next year.

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AMD Athlon 64 FX-74 & Quad FX Platform Review

AMD's much hyped "4X4" system today brings dual socket Athlon 64 FX processors to the desktop allowing two dual-core AMD processors to be used. This in effect gives us a quad-core system and paves the way for a true octo-core desktop platform next year.

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16 Hidden Windows XP Goodies

16 Windows XP commands you may never heard of

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Optimus 103 keyboard demands $1,200 pricetag -- yes, you read that right

You read it right...

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Intel supporting Overclocking - Bad Axe 2 Motherboard

Today we look at Intel's very own Bad Axe 2 motherboard based on their 975X chipset for Core 2 processors, including Quad Core. Could it be Intel are actually starting to support overclocking in their "Desktop" line of motherboard?

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How to Quiet Your PC

From ExtremeTech: Rubber grommets, sound-dampening material, quiet power supplies
—will this stuff really quiet down your PC? We take a typical high-end system and case and try to get the sound levels down.

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Universal to seek money for each iPod sold

And so it begins. Universal Music Group exec Doug Morris told the Reuters Media Summit that his company is interested in receiving a cut of the profits from each iPod sold.

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Xbox 360 Wireless Wheel Hands-On (Verdict: Driving 2.0)

Gizmodo got their hands on the new 360 wireless wheel and are impressed. Check out the gallery for great pics.

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Radeon X1950PRO vs. GeForce 7900GS with Zalman coolers

Gigabyte has created some new graphics cards which use funky aftermarket Zalman coolers. We check out the X1950PRO and 7900GS at stock and overclocked.

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Mozilla vs. Debian: A Crazy Dispute

Unless you have been living under a rock, by now most of you have likely heard about the trouble between Debian and Mozilla with regards to the Firefox logo. In many ways, the argument is stupid and valid at the same time.

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Optimus-103 will NOT have color display keys!

It seemed too good to be true. There will not be color on this model. The next keyboard will have color. Looks like I am going to have to wait another 1.5 years.

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Amazon says even iPod USB Power Adapters are Outselling Zunes!....Ouch!!

Demand for iPods so outstripped that for Microsoft's rival Zune product that even an iPod accessory was outselling Microsoft's media player. Microsoft's new Zune media player, despite heavy marketing, came in only at No. 75 on Amazon's list of 100 best-selling electronics, trailing items such as Apple's $29.99 iPod USB power adapter, at No. 65.

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Absolutely Stunning Spiderman 3 Case Mod

This gorgeous case will at least get you your Spiderman fix until may 4th. I just can't wait for this movie!

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Xerox Seeks Erasable Form of Paper for Copiers

"The printed information on the document “disappears” within 16 hours. The documents can be reused more quickly by simply placing them in the copier paper tray. The researchers said that individual pieces of paper had been printed on up to 50 times, and the only current limit in the process appears to be paper life."

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Sonar Blu-ray Laser: How They Make It

Very cool pics give you insight on how the blue-ray laser is made

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256GB of data on a sheet of paper

An Indian student invents a way to store 256 GB on a sheet of A4 paper. Imagine re-writable paper.

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Ubuntu Tutorials

A tutorial on how to setup parental control, multimedia support and Acrobat Reader with Firefox support on your Ubuntu Breezy, Dapper, or Edgy.

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iStumbler - Search WiFi With Ease

I can't believe I have never heard of this application. I also recommend the dashboard widget that shows a spectrum analyzer of available wifi bands.

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GNOME 2.16.2 Released!

The latest release of GNOME is here: GNOME 2.16.2! This is the second release in a series of point releases for the 2.16 branch.

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Adobe Photoshop CS 2 Tutorial - Repair Old Photos

Perhaps one of the most useful uses for photoshop has got to be repairing all those old photos that are slowly rotting up there in your attic. You now have the chance, not just to maintain alive a piece of history (which by itself is important enough), but also to learn more about your old, old folks, and let me tell you, you'll be amazed..

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Zune Hacked - Share songs without DRM

Title says it all.

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Apple to offer Blu-ray-equipped Macs by Febuary

Apple might be making a significant step forward for newer Macs next year, with the possible inclusion of Blu-ray drives as a stock feature of the machines. Probably partially due to Vista's built-in readiness for HD DVD drives, there are some rumors flying about that as early as February, Macs with Blu-ray drives may be surfacing.

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How To Login From an Internet Cafe Without Worrying About Keyloggers

"We tested five shareware or commercial keylogging programs: HomeKeylogger 1.70, GhostKeylogger, KG-BKeylogger, Spytector 1.2.8 and ProBot. None of them captured passwords entered using the trick we describe."

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At least Two iPhone Models (3G and GSM) from Apple to Debut in March 2007

Apple is preparing at least two versions of its forthcoming iPod mobile phone, popularly known as the 'iPhone', according to reports from component suppliers in Taiwan and Japan. A 3G version and a GSM version of the iPhone will be available by March 2007, sources have told analysts in Taipei

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Apple ready to rock the phone world

Renewed reports that Apple is to launch its long awaited iPhone in the first half of next year may prompt a lot of people to delay the purchase of their next phone.

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The visual design of Web 2.0

Most Web 2.0 sites come across as friendly, approachable and small-scale, using subtle design decisions to gain our trust. Gradients, colorful icons, reflections, dropshadows, and large text all got a mention.....

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Google Requests Wi-Fi Perch

Company wants access to San Francisco light poles for separate test while building citywide net.

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Microsoft vs Google Heats Up

Google CEO Eric Schmidt wrote an article for The Economist, in which he takes aim at Microsoft... And now Microsoft is talking tough in return via a Reuters article.

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Google Book Search is a plagiarist's nightmare.

Will Google Book Search uncover long-buried literary crimes?

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HD-DVD vs Blu-ray: The format war

Whether you're new to Hi-Def or looking to improve your current set-up, you've undoubtedly heard rumblings about HD-DVD and Blu-ray. So what's the format fuss all about? Carry on reading to see the light...

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5 Laptops You Can’t Buy

Our editors have compiled a list of five laptops you can
’t buy — or at least anytime soon. If we happened to miss any, please leave us a comment. “Continue reading” for the entire list.

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GoogleOS: What To Expect

Read/WriteWeb offers 3 scenarios for a GoogleOS and suggests it could be less than 6 months away. They say it may be a web based desktop (i.e. operating system), a full featured Linux distribution, or a lightweight Linux distro and/or BIOS.

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PS3 - If production doesn't ramp up quickly, Sony will be left in the dust

Independent reports have been coming in saying that Sony missed it's revised goal of 400,000 units at launch by more than 50%. Indications are that the system can not being made any faster and Sony will struggle to get 400,000 by the end of the year. At that rate, even if every system is sold, they will never catch up with Nintendo or Microsoft.

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Adobe may sue Microsoft over "PDF-killer"

Adobe is unhappy about Microsoft's new XML Paper Specification, especially after Microsoft decided to submit it to a standards-setting body after Adobe cried "foul" to the European Commission.

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Extend your Wii warranty for free

If you register your Wii on nintendo.com, you will get an extended 90 days of warranty protection.

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Nikon Announces $600 SLR

With the new D40 single-lens reflex camera, Nikon is clearly aiming its sites at shutterbugs looking for their first SLR. Priced at just $600 with a lens, the 6.1-megapixel D40 is one of the least expensive SLRs we've tested.

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Pirated Vista May be Useless

Microsoft says supposedly pirated copies of its new Vista computer operating system "will be of limited value" to those who use them.

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Five things to know when you switch to Linux

If you have just installed GNU/Linux on your computer, and have only ever used Windows before, here are five things you need to know to get going rapidly.

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UK RFID Passports Cracked Already

There's been an odd rush by governments to move to RFID passports, even though there are serious concerns about how secure they really are. Over in the UK, where many RFID passports are already in use, a security researcher and a reporter were able to crack some aspects of the passport.

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Queen of England Honors Apple iMac, iPod Designer

The British born designer of both the iMac and the iPod picked up a CBE from the Queen. Jonathan Ive, who was born in the UK in February 1967 and studied industrial design at Newcastle Polytechnic, became a Commander of the British Empire in the Queen's New Year Honors

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If Linux violates Microsoft’s patents, let’s see the proof !

If there is offending code, I think Microsoft should show it and prove it. Why not set up a Web site with a few code snippets that show how Linux violates Windows patents — if such snippets really exist?

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Gates praises iPod, labels Zune a "modest" competitor

Bill Gates, who recently praised Apple's iPod, calling it "phenomenal, unbelievable, fantastic" in front of an audience at Stanford University. According to Gates, the plan with Zune is "more modest" than total domination of the portable media player market.

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The unofficial eight-core Apple Mac Pro

"CNET Labs might be ahead of Apple's product release cycle, and we likely violated our Mac Pro's warranty, but we just had to see what the Apple Mac Pro could do when populated with a pair of Intel's brand-new, quad-core Xeon 5355 processors."

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A Brand New EXTENDED Wii Commercial (2:00) - "Wii for All"

No this isn't the same one posted a couple of days ago, but the extended two-minute version!! The enigmatic Japanese duo Wii all over the place!

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NZXT Adamas - World's Strongest Computer Case?

NXZT's flagship case is the all aluminum Adamas. This case is so sturdy; it can support over 300 lbs. The reviewer actually stood on top of the case and even jump up and down on it. This case is STRONG! Check it out!

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10 best extensions for Firefox 2

To use the potential features of the next version of Firefox today, install the Firefox 2 extensions that won the hearts of Download.com editors Seth Rosenblatt and Peter Butler.

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Microsoft Pushing Municipal Wi-Fi

Microsoft is moving to be the latest player to bring its formidable weight to bear in the growing Wi-Fi market. Why the focus? Content providers who capture the market will be in a better position to enjoy higher traffic and customer loyalty — and grab a greater share of the $16 billion of expected online advertising dollars this year.

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Finally! PS3 riot

Around fifty people were waiting outside BB when the store manager announced that only 35 PS3 units were available. At that point, the crowd made a rush for the door and the manager pulled down the shutters. Officers on scene labeled the crowd an "unlawful gathering," and, according to witnesses, they used batons on those who were being uncooperati

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Hiring Homeless To Wait in Line for PS3

While a TV crew was outside a store a "truck used to transport the men from the homeless shelter returned with food for the men. Abdul Salem said he and a friend came up with the idea. They said they plan to pay the men $100 a day to stand in line for a ticket to purchase a PS3 unit that costs around $600."

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Bootleg Versions of Vista and Office 2007 Appear

"Reports have surfaced that bootleg copies of Windows Vista and Office 2007 can be obtained from Web sites that offer not only the software itself, but also a working product key and a hack that circumvents Microsoft's activation system." But you guys already knew this.

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Xbox 360 HD-DVD Players works on PC with NO DRIVERS

This quick review of the HD-DVD drive that was released for the Xbox 360 this week shows it on the console, but more interestingly, working on an HTPC without the need for any drivers! Out of the box, this is the cheapest (and ONLY) HD-DVD drive for the PC!

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Apple's iPhone to arrive in early 2007 with 2MP camera

Apple Computer's much anticipated iPod cell phone is due to arrive either late in the first quarter or early in second quarter of next year and will include a 2.0-megapixel digital camera.

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Apple iPhone to be sold 'UNLOCKED'(?)..Apple Marketing thinks Different

One of the rather interesting marketing aspects I've read about is the idea that the iPhone won't be tied to any specific carrier. Instead, it will be sold "unlocked", requiring you to insert a GSM subscriber identity (SIM) card

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Ultimate Gaming Rig : Quad-Core Core 2 Extreme GeForce 8800 GTX SLI NF680i

Dubbed "The Ultimate Gaming Motherboard" by Asus, the Asus Striker Extreme, built around NVIDIA's new 680i chipset is nothing short of impressive when you look at the build quality and feature integration Asus brought to the table. With a chipset heat-pipe cooling system that looks like something out of a distillery.

Direct conversion from US Dollar to Ringgit Malaysia, this machine will cost approximately RM20,000. This rig would surely cause some drooling among gamers.

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Four People Shot While Waiting for PS3, Including Reporter

Police are investigating a drive-by shooting involving people waiting in line for a PS3, including a Lexington, KY reporter at Best Buy. Police are now on 24 hour patrol.

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Firefox 2 tops IE 7 in anti-phishing study

Two weeks after a Microsoft study found the opposite. A Mozilla-commissioned study has given the anti-fraud features in the Firefox 2 browser high marks, finding they are much more effective than those in Internet Explorer 7.

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Microsoft’s Zune Suffering Awful First Day Sales

Two boxed Zune players sat ignored on the top shelf of a Plexiglas showcase packed with iPod accessories in a Virgin Megastore and by mid-afternoon, the store had sold one Zune player and one other person had inquired about them.

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Foxconn to manufacture Apple's iPhone - report

oxconn Electronics, the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd, has secured a contract with Apple to manufacturer its first mobile handset that will also dual as a digital music player, according to an overseas report.

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Freeing Google From the Desktop

We put Google's suite of mobile programs through the ringer to see if we might let it infiltrate our on-the-go lifestyle as easily as Google search has become an everyday part of our computer's browser.

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HOW TO - Make a DVD burner into a High-Powered laser

Stephanie has an *awesome* laser project, turn a DVD burner into a high powered laser - "The laser pictured above has a peak output measured at 225 mW (average output 200 mW). It's a visible red at about 650nm. It can light matches, pop balloons, cut electrical tape, and so forth.

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New Leopard Build in Images

See some of the new features in Mac OS X 10.5, including file recovery.

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OBEY UBUNTU! Posters, print your own!

In a similar spirit of the Andre The Giant OBEY! posters, the first Ubuntu OBEY! Poster! :P Free to download, share with others, print, etc.!

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Dvorak: If anything is doomed to failure, it is the Microsoft Zune.

I have no idea who is marketing this device within the company, but from what I can tell, this is going to become a major turkey in the product mix. As far as I can tell, Microsoft should simply turn over all its marketing to the Xbox 360 folks
—at least some of the people in that group have marketing skills

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Physics promises wireless power

Researchers have outlined a relatively simple system that could deliver power to devices such as laptop computers or MP3 players wirelessly. Dreams do come true!!!

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Google Closes YouTube Acquisition

Google announced today that they have completed the previously announced acquisition of YouTube. The final price included $15 million in cash, 3,217,560 shares of Google Class A Common Stock, along with an additional 442,210 shares of restricted stock and warrants.

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CNN does not like Zune, but loves the iPod Shuffle

The New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin visited CNN's "Amercian Morning" show earlier today to visit with Miles O'Brien and Soledad O'Brien to discuss to Microsoft Zune. What ensued was a comedy of sorts - unless you're Microsoft, then it's a tragedy....

Is it just me? Or is it Apple?

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It Takes 113 Servers To Run Google Calendar

Apparently, it takes about 113 Servers To Run Google Calendar. Thanks to Tony Ruscoe who did some digging around Google Calendar, we have a "changes" file meant for internal eyes only. The file he posts is mirrored since Google removed the changes file soon after it was discovered.

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TOP 500 Most Powerful Computer Systems

The TOP500 table shows the 500 most powerful commercially available computer systems known to us.

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Vista, Office 2007 cracked. Kind of.

Microsoft has had a long history of battling against piracy, ever since Bill Gates' Open Letter to Hobbyists in 1976, long before there was even a personal computer software industry to speak of. Now, Microsoft finds itself in its latest piratical engagement, with the recent cracks of Windows Vista and Office 2007 in the wild on pirate sites.

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PS3 Linux: Dual Boot Instructions & Blu-ray disc mounting supported!

With the possibility of mounting Blu-ray discs on Linux, will it be possible to dump the PS3's game discs? It will be easier than Sony thinks...I can hazard a guess that the special Blu-ray drivers for Linux will not allow you to do so, but give it a few weeks and the hackers can easily come out with modified drivers.

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Awesome sci-fi inspired case mod

This mod, called Cold Fusion, was inspired by the modder's passion for science fiction. He says it's his first mod and the results are pretty amazing!

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The 50 Most Influential People in VoIP

The world of VoIP changes as fast as it grows. This comprehensive list represents the people, companies, and entities that Brian Provost believe will exert significant influence on IP Telephony in 2007.

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Draw bot!

Take a picture, convert it to vector art, and BAM - draw bot draws it with any pen you place in it's grasp

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Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn List of Specifications

Here are all the features, fixes and extras set for inclusion in April 07's Ubuntu release, codenamed Feisty Fawn. You can discuss and contribute to any ideas, as well as adding your own. Not only is this a great way to get to know what to expect in April, it can also help you contribute and shape the OS to be perfect for everyone.

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Universal Music CEO: iPod owners are thieves

"The CEO of Universal Music has called iPod owners thieves. In explaining that Universal required Microsoft to pay it vig on the sale of each Zune, Doug Morris said, "These devices are just repositories for stolen music, and they all know it." (via boingboing)

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Build a Skype Server for Your Home Phone System

Build this Skype server to provide 24/7 phone service through regular phone handsets in your home—and save a bundle of money in the process!

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Non-gamers go NUTS over the Wii

"I left the party with 4 checks
….4 checks for me to pick up 4 Wii units at the Toys ‘R’ Us launch party this Saturday night. It was a HUGE hit…and everyone figured out how to play within minutes. . . Out of the 4 familes that gave me a check, 3 of them weren’t gamers beforehand."

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Your computer may be outdated, but the parts have value

Most people probably don't know that every single computer component - from the plastic housing to the glass monitors, wiring and circuitry boards - can be recycled.

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NEW startup sound of Vista... Listen here!!!!!

Microsoft seriously debated several other sounds before settling on the final startup sound about three weeks ago. The rejects included a longer, lusher clip and a quick, techno-sounding piece. While many people liked an upbeat ditty with a clapping rhythm, it was eventually nixed for sounding too much like a commercial.

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Google Earth in 4D | Googling Google | ZDNet.com

Google skipped right past the third dimension and landed directly into the fourth (time) by offering historical maps on Google Earth. Now you can travel back in time.

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CSS-Based Forms, Modern Solutions

Good examples of beautiful functional Web 2.0 forms. I know I'll be including some variation of these in my next website.

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UndoTV is here!

"Join the PikSpot Team, Leo Laporte, Don Tapscott (via conference), and Chris Pirillo (via conference) for the UndoTV & PikSpot Preview Party."

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Zune on early sale at BestBuy

By coincidence i got my hands early on an Microsoft Zune, bought as a regular customer at BestBuy in Union City Landing shopping centre.
They dont seem to care that the release day is next tuesday.

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Want to see what’s inside of the ps3?

Some one got their hand
’s on the ps3, and the first thing they did was to see what’s inside

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LimeWire to filter out Adobe products

LimeWire today announced on the company blog that from now on they will be filtering out Adobe products like Photoshop that are distributed illegally over P2P networks that LimeWire hooks into.

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Open Source Earns Legal Victory

The open source software operations of IBM, Red Hat and Novell need not fear prosecution under antitrust laws, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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Boot Windows XP from a USB flash drive

"Believe it or not, it is actually possible to install a bootable copy of Windows XP onto a flash drive and then boot a PC off of the flash drive."

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World's Smallest Satellite Phone

Satellite phones have traditionally been big, bulky monsters that look more like bricks than actual phones. But just like their cellular phone cousins, satellite phones are also getting smaller.

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How to Determine if You Are An Engineer

Are you an engineer?

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How to Determine if You Are An Engineer

Are you an engineer?

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'Skypecasts' coming

"Internet telephony provider Skype plans to offer bloggers and others the ability to hold audio chats in the next version of its Net telephone product, co-founder Niklas Zennström said Tuesday night at the Web 2.0 Summit..."

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Why linux can be updated without rebooting

One of the most frustrating things about installing or upgrading programs on certain operating systems is the constant need to have to reboot. This is especially true with drivers or system files. Why is it that linux can be upgraded without rebooting? Read on to find out.

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Nvidia's GeForce 8800: the future of graphics today

Nvidia has been working on a unified graphics architecture for 4 years. Today, they've unveiled it to the world and selling it to consumers. The GPU formerly known as G80 has arrived as the GeForce 8800, and it's anything but a conventional design. Performance and image quality blow away the competition without consuming too much power.

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Macbook Core 2 Duo Is Finally here! W00t

The new intel macbook up mto 25% faster!

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Google: We'll Begin Public Tests Of Google Audio Ads By Year's End

Web search leader Google is hiring scores of radio sales people and is spending heavily in a bid to expand its position in the $20 billion radio industry. Google spokesman Michael Mayzel said this week that the company will begin a public test of Google Audio Ads by the end of the year.

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Time Magazine's Best Inventions of 2006

Time Magazine has released a list of what it considers to be the best inventions of 2006. YouTube is the number one invention, but they also list many winners in other categories, like cars, food, and health. For all the geeks out here, there's a Tech Toys category. (The talking head has to be my favorite.)

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How to run Gmail locally on a Pocket PC

Pocket PC users are kind of screwed when it comes to mobility software. Consider Gmail Mobile - although it's a nice pared-down interface for mobile phone users, on a Pocket PC it's horrendous to use, particularly if you don't happen to have a Windows Mobile powered phone. Here's how to make it better...

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HowTo: Set up a RAID mirror under OS X for the ultimate hard drivebackup

Back in November I wrote about setting up a RAID array on my new Mac using a bunch of external hard drives I had sitting around. RAID stands for Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks, and is a way to bind together multiple disks into one larger and/or more reliable virtual disk.

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How Much of a Geek/Nerd are You?

See how you rank in Geekiness/Nerdiness compared to others.

I can't find a good topic to put this in.

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How to Fix a Stucked Pixel on an LCD Monitor

If your LCD screen has a stuck or dead pixel , it's usually malfunctioning because the liquid in the liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) has not covered the whole screen. This can often be fixed.

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In defence of multi-core

To my thoughts, it is quit hard to bring someone to believe that Intel announced the release of their first Quad Core processor, the Core 2 Quad. But to my point of view, and as those critics has said, It may be too much at first, but what would it bring you in the near future?

Taking the PS3 and the Xbox 360 as an example. As a gamer, I'm impressed with what Sony had done, but not impressed with the delays. I'm impressed with Microsoft as how the console is made. Most of us will be in denial and being skeptical that Microsoft's early launch will bring the company's console down. But take a look at the fact again on how well are they doing now.

Okay, back to the Quad Core case. Some of us multitask like some madman with thier PCs. To be honest I do, I run 2 messenger service (Skype, Trillian), Azureus, Firefox, iTunes, Anti-Virus and maybe gaming with those stuffs on. Seeing Quad core processors is an advantage to the computer industry. Not something that will bring down or overkill the processor's industry.

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How To Compile A Kernel - The Ubuntu Way

Each distribution has some specific tools to build a custom kernel from the sources. This article is about compiling a kernel on Ubuntu systems. It describes how to build a custom kernel using the latest unmodified kernel sources from www.kernel.org (vanilla kernel) so that you are independent from the kernels supplied by your distribution.

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Microsoft to shut down MSN Music this month

Microsoft is about to shut down its MSN Music Store and redirect customers to the new Zune Marketplace. Microsoft has let down all the hardware vendors that support Microsoft's Plays For Sure as media from the Marketplace will only play on 1 device: the Zune.

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Macworld benchmarks Core 2 Duo Macbook Pros

Macworld runs comprehensive benchmarks on the new Core 2 Duo Macbook Pros. The results are kind of surprising.

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The $200 Billion Lunch - The Switch to IPv6

"We're switching to IPv6, dontcha know, and it might be worth it."

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Xbox 360 HD DVD Available for Preorder

"The 360 HD DVD player may not be available just yet, but you can get some breathing room on everyone else this Xmas by pre-ordering yours today." Nice looking drive.

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Apple Places Encrypted Binaries in Mac OS X

These "Apple-protected binaries" can serve to protect the OS from being pirated and also to make it "nontrivial" to run Mac OS X on non-Apple hardware.

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Yahoo is to launch a Food site soon

The firm of Sunnyvale in California stated yesterday that it was going to offer to the users of Yahoo thousands of receipts, councils of considered chefs, culinary guides in video and tools Internet easy to use to help the hearths to answer this highly gastronomical question: “What does one eat?. Will google follow suite?

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Ultimate Programmer Reference Resource (with Ajax search)

You can find any function/class/tag/style in 2 seconds using this search service. Works with most of the technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Perl, Ruby, Oracle, PHP, XSL, ActionScript, ColdFusion, C/C++ and more.

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Mac Mini Portable with Touch Screen

This thing is smaller than a MacBook or anything else made by Apple! It's got a 3 hour battery life and has it's own stand. Oh, and it has a touch-screen. Made by Peter Green (http://www.petergreen.org)

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Intel Core 2 Quad reviews hit the net

Reviews of Intel's new quad-core processor are rolling out across the net tonight, and this is probably the best one. Some interesting analysis and a good spread of benchmarks. Kentsfield turns out to be super for hardcore multi-tasking and has some gaming potential, as well as massive overclocking headroom.

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I want a Firefox Extension to ...

Alright, I know that Internet Explorers still has the most in the browser share size. But I would still say no to Internet Explorer. Even as a freelance system builder, I would install Mozilla Firefox into it, and remove Internet Explorer from the Quick Launch. Here's a link to cool Mozilla Firefox extensions. Over 200 of them to choose from. Enjoy.

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It’s official: Vista and Office 2007 to launch November 30

A Microsoft spokesperson has confirmed that the planned release dates for Vista and Office are indeed November 30 after all, fulfilling Microsoft’s promise of delivering Vista in 2006.

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Touch-screen iPod directly confirmed by Apple

Apple's iPod documentation reveals that the touch-screen iPod is coming. You can verify it yourself.

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11 Ways to Become an Outstanding Computer Technician

A detailed list of some excellent tips and habits for aspiring computer technicians, or anyone looking to sharpen their tools used when handling clients.

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Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro runs 25% cooler

"I received my brand new MacBook Pro 2.33GHz Core 2 Duo yesterday and was pleasantly surprised to learn that it runs 25 percent cooler than my previous MacBook Pro."

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OpenOffice : The Free Office Software Suite Everyone Should Know About

Thankfully, computer users can now enjoy the benefits of having free software that is actually far superior and useful to many of the products available for a hefty price in the retail market . For example, AVG Free Edition and ditto for OpenOffice.

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The PS3 and Xbox 360 equal in power

In a recent interview with the San Jose Mercury, the president of Silicon Knights, Dennis Dyak, said that the PS3 and the Xbox 360 were essentially equal in power. "
The 360 and the PS3 are equal in power in my eyes. Maybe the PS3 has more processing power. The 360 has more available memory. It's pretty much a net, net...."

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Surprises Inside Microsoft Vista's EULA

Scott Granneman takes a look at some big surprises in Microsoft's Vista EULA that limit what security professionals and others can do with the forthcoming operating system.

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Intel Kentsfield Quad Core CPUs FULLY Reviewed

Intel has just launched their first quad-core CPU, dubbed Kentsfield. The approach is simple: take two Conroe cores, and put them on the same CPU.

This review features Kentsfield clocked at launch speed - 2.66 GHz - as well as speeds that will be released in the near future, like 2.40 GHz for the Core 2 Quad Q6600 to be released this January.

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50 Open Source Success Stories in Business, Education, and Government

A rundown of success stories from all spheres that open source touches. Whether through profit margins, spreading the technology to areas thought well outside its reach, or just simply generating greater public awareness, the success of this truly world-changing technology is everywhere.

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Open Source Will Never Die, Long Live the Penguins!

No matter how hard people or companies like SCO try, nor how muchothers believe they know the commercial market, open source will never die.

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When Offline, Google Talk Now Sends Missed IMs to Your Gmail Inbox

Screenshot. You can now IM people who are offline and your messages will be left in their GMail inbox.

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How the MPAA knows where movies are pirated

The MPAA seem to know where a camcorder movie was pirated. That's how they came up with the New York city stats. But how do they do it?

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Data visualization tools for Linux

Applications for graphical visualization of data on Linux
® are varied, from simple 2-D plots to 3-D surfaces, scientific graphics programming, and graphical simulation.There are many open source possibilities, including gnuplot, GNU Octave, Scilab, MayaVi, Maxima, and others.

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How to Save a Wet Cell Phone

Ever dropped your cell phone in the sink, or even worse the toilet ? Did you ever leave it in your pocket and run it through the washer? It usually means you have to replace your phone, but sometimes if you're fast you can save the phone.

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iTunes 7.0.2 Released!

"iTunes 7.0.2 adds support for the Second Generation iPod shuffle and addresses a variety of stability and performance issues found in iTunes 7 and 7.0.1." Fire up Apple Software Update!

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Screenshot Tour: Windows Vista Mail

Screenshot tour and overview

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The Seven Phases of Owning an iPod - An Illustrated Journey

Every iPod owner passes through seven distinct phases, this illustrated guide depicts the journey all iPod owners must undertake (and does it through funny little stick figures)

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