Archive for the 'Tech & PC' Category

AMD Socket M2 processor roadmap, including FX-62 and X2 5200+

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005

From AnandTech:
Socket M2, the 940 pin DDR2-ready Athlon 64 Socket, will launch a little bit later than we originally expected with mass production just starting in late April. However, even though the launch has been slightly delayed from the original March timeframe, there is still good news for those on DDR1; Socket 939 will stick [...]

Grandpa sued over grandson’s movie downloads

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005

Gotta love the RIAA and MPAA. I understand protecting content, but no one likes sue happy people no matter who they are or what their cause is.
Source: Yahoo News
MILWAUKEE - A 67-year-old man who says he doesn’t even like watching movies has been sued by the film industry for copyright infringement after a grandson of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]