Archive for October, 2005

Have a safe Halloween!

Monday, October 31st, 2005

Just want to wish everyone a Happy Halloween!
Don’t focus just on having fun and making it a happy one though. You need to do your part to make it a safe one for everyone.
I heard on the news last week that Halloween is the second deadliest holiday (after the 4th of July) for drunk driving [...]

Million Dollar Home Page copied by over 500 copycats!?

Monday, October 31st, 2005

According to milliondolloarhomepage creator Alex Tew, his Million Dollar Home Page idea has been copied, emulated, borrowed and tweaked or downright stolen by over 500 copycats for their own websites. Now, I knew there were quite a few copycats, but I would not have guessed 500. That goes to show you how uncreative people are [...]

Shuttle XPC SD11G5 Pentium M SFF review at Hexus

Friday, October 28th, 2005

According to Hexus, the Shuttle XPC SD11G5 is slightly overpriced, but it is very stylish and quiet.
One stumbling block Shuttle faces in marketing the SD11G5 is price. A search of online retailers shows it to retail at around the £340 mark. That’s a lot of wedge to pay for a motherboard, case (albeit a [...]

Flock browser developer preview available now

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Here’s the lowdown from flock.com…
Flock Developer Preview is now available.
Our code couldn’t wait any longer to be free!
But! This preview ain’t for the faint of heart! If you’re the bleeding-edge type and don’t mind a few scrapes and busted knees from time to time, feel free to give it a whirl.
We’ve got interesting [...]

Beware bird flu spam hawking medicine and stocks

Thursday, October 27th, 2005

Sadly, people have to be warned about crap like this. Why can’t people get the hint: all spam is bad and possibly dangerous, not just to your computer but possibly you! Some jerks are making tons of money off you silly people who click the links and keep these buggers in business. For the sake [...]

AMD Athlon FX-60 and X2 5000+ processors uncovered

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

Yesterday, AMD reported some price drops across much of its processor line, but Avault distracted us with a bigger scoop — an internal AMD document that reveals pricing for the first quarter of 2006 (1Q 06). The price list is definitely interesting. You can sort of get an idea of markups and such.
Today AMD officially [...]

MIT students prove Myth Busters wrong

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

There was an episode on Myth Busters where they tried to light a boat on fire to test a Greek/Roman myth. The MBs were unsuccessful, but the MIT students were not! Here’s the scoop…
Ancient Greek and Roman historians recorded that during the siege of Syracuse in 212 BC, Archimedes (a notably smart person) constructed a [...]

ASUS Introduces World’s First NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300 Based Notebooks

Tuesday, October 25th, 2005

The GeForce Go 7300 isn’t even announced yet, but hey, that didn’t stop ASUS. I wonder if NVIDIA is upset? Here’s the press release rundown…
A6Vm and A6Km Notebook Series offer beautiful graphics, enhanced computing and faster connectivity
Taipei, Taiwan; October 24, 2005 - ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (ASUS), a leading provider of high-performance notebook computers, today [...]

Evesham ebox is a sexy HTPC

Monday, October 24th, 2005

I don’t live in the UK, but if I did and wanted to purchase a HTPC instead of building my own, I’d definitely take a glance at Evesham’s ebox². I try not to call gadgets and tech stuff sexy, but this is a sexy little beast. Well, any PC with a slot drive is 99% [...]

Milliondollarhomepage closes in on $500k

Monday, October 24th, 2005

Dang! He’s about to reach half a million clams! Guess it’s not called the Million Dollar Home Page for nothing, eh?
I had my doubts that people would be silly enough to make him this rich, but he just might hit that million dollar mark at this rate.
I don’t know about you, but I don’t feel [...]