Chad Weirick
Chad Weirick
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InformationWeek is reporting that there's a new e-mail scam to look out for and the gist of it is quite frightening: Pay up or a reluctant assassin will kill you. "According to SecureWorks, the scammer tells the recipient that he has been hired to "terminate" them but for a fee, he is willing to not go through with it."I have being paid...
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It's amazing the lengths that some people will go to in an attempt to steal private data. Ars Technica has an article that might make you think twice about doing your online banking over an open WiFi connection: “Open wireless networks are rapidly becoming an important part of urban culture as modern digital nomads increasingly eschew offices...
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Are you holding off on buying RAM because prices keep going down, while at the same time major players continually release faster modules? If so, you'll want to read this article that ExtremeTech wrote on the subject: "A new report from market research firm DRAMeXchange says that DRAM contract prices may finally hit bottom sometime during...
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Who says DirectX 10 isn't for Windows XP? Apparently not Cody Brocious of San Diego, who has been hard at work on getting DX 10 to run on XP, Linux, and OS X. Mr. Brocious blogged the following just recently: "As a fitting start to this blog, I'm proud to release a preview of our DirectX 10 compatibility libraries. These libraries allow...
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Motherbards XFX 680i LT SLI @ Motherboards.org. Sapphire HDMI PI-AM2RS690MHD @ Virtual-Hideout. Memory Crucial 2GB DDR2-1066 Ballistix Tracer Kit @ Techgage. Micron PC5300 2x1gb ECC Kit @ EclipseOC....
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Motherboards Biostar TA690G AM2 AMD 690G @ PCSTATS.com. EVGA nForce 650i Ultra @ PC Perspective. Fatal1ty FP-IN9 SLI & MSI P6N SLI Platinum are compared @ The Tech Report. Graphics Cards MSI 8800GTX OC Liquid @ XSR. Sapphire X1650XT...
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Dell is joining the growing list of companies that are now offering Solid State Drives (SSDs). Though this particular drive is a customer installable PATA drive, it's still a SSD. At press time Dell doesn't seem to have added this to their notebook configuration tool, but we'll keep an eye out for you. One would think it'd be just a matter...
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Amiga is releasing new computers powered by PowerPC CPUs: "After months of designs and negotiations Amiga, Inc. and ACK Software Controls, Inc. are pleased to announce that new hardware is on its way for Amiga users. “I have been working on these designs with Amiga for almost 12 months and have been able to create two new designs that will...
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Just in case you forgot, or were hoping that Microsoft would forget, MS provided a reminder today about the looming expiration date for all installations of Vista RC1 and RC2. "On 31 May 2007, all Customer Preview Program (CPP) pre-release versions of Windows Vista will expire. If you are running a pre-release version of Windows Vista...
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Microsoft has teams of engineers working on all kinds of interesting projects. Some are never meant see the light of day; others have to be seen to be believed, like Photosynth. Photosynth is a technology that takes multiple pictures and not only stiches them together (with angle correction) but also allows the construction of 3D environments...
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IBM has really been on a roll this year. They've been working on ways to improve thermal efficiency of microchips, ways for blind users to have better control of online content, and now InformationWeek claims IBM is going to announce a type of MRI device that can actually see nanoscale objects. "Researchers at IBM's Almaden Research Center...
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Motherboards Gigabyte N680SLI-DQ6 @ Neoseeker. MSI K9AGM2 @ t-break. Memory OCZ 2GB PC2-9200 Reaper HPC Edition @ Techgage. Kingston KHX9600D2K2/1GB Memory Kit Review @ Hardware Logic....
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Just about everyone in the world knows about the iPhone by now, but why do consumers seem so interested? Does it go well with their iRack or is it the 8GB of storage? InformationWeek has some thoughts: "The iPhone isn't available yet, and it's certain to have its limitations, yet Apple has managed to create a pretty loud buzz among consumers. A...
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The Inquirer's Charlie Demerjian has some interesting insight to recent actions by Dell and Microsoft... "With two overlapping events, Microsoft admitted what we have been saying all along, Vista, aka Windows MeII, is a joke that no one wants. It did two unprecedented things this week that frankly stunned us. Dell announced that it would...
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InformationWeek is reporting that Intel CEO Paul Otellini let slip that Vista will get its first service pack sometime in October or November: "Microsoft isn't saying when, but in an apparent slip of the tongue during an earnings call with analysts, Paul Otellini, president and CEO of Intel, said the first Windows Vista Service Pack is scheduled...
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Dell has reacted to the market’s general unhappiness with being locked-into a purchase of Vista with a new PC and has started offering XP on their home machines again: "Amid significant customer demand, the computer maker said on Thursday that it has returned to offering the older Windows version as an option on some of its consumer PCs.Like...
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There is some debate as to whether or not hacker MaddoxX actually managed to hack Valve's STEAM, but DailyTech is reporting the following: According to a posting made on an anti-STEAM website, MaddoxX has bypassed Valve's security system and accessed a significant chunk of data, including: • Screenshots of internal Valve web pages...
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Warning: After reading the following story from ZDNet, you may never be able to watch funny flash videos on the web without worrying: "Cybercrooks who rig Web sites to break into PCs are getting better at hiding their malicious code, a security expert said Wednesday. Increasingly the actual code, often JavaScript, used to attack PCs is...
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Welcome to the daily hardware round-up, let's see what is being reviewed around the web:CPU: AMD 5600+ vs. Intel E6300 @ Legit Reveiws. Graphics: XFX GeForce 8600 GT XXX @ Neoseeker. PowerColor...
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The shooting at Virginia Tech is big news, and it's certainly bad enough without the pond scum of the net impersonating charities and swindling you out of your hard earned cash. Information week is running a story that warns users to steer clear of any such emails or other online solicitations: "Security researchers are warning people...
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ZDNet is reporting that PC makers are finally getting the message that putting too much crapware (i.e. toolbars, trial products, etc.) on PCs puts return business at risk: "While adding software, setting default search engines and including toolbars can all put money in PC makers pockets, the practice has also alienated some consumers...
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If you're a gadget person, really petite, or a British MI6 operative, you'll really appreciate Intel's new UMPC platform: "Today, Intel officially confirmed its new platform at IDF. The McCaslin platform, which is now called the Intel Ultra Mobile Platform 2007 (IUMPC2007), will be used on both UMPC and MID platforms. Given their smaller...
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