I Am Not A Geek grabbed a copy of the recently released Release Candidate 1 version of Microsoft’s Service Pack 2 for Windows XP and has some insight to share. Looks to be a great patch that needs to hurry…
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March 2004
There hasn’t been much web coverage of Cebit which is currently being held in Hannover, Germany. Awfully odd since previous years you could count on numerous sites posting indepth info. Well here are a pair of links, first to HardwareLuxx’s…
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eWeek tossed a few questions at Microsoft’s Senior Vice President for their Windows Server Division Bob Muglia concerning topics such as security and on their planned release of an updated Windows Server before Longhorn, their next generation OS, ships….
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VIA has launched one of its smallest all-in-one creations to date, the VIA EPIA N. This Nano-ITX motherboard crams onboard video, audio, ethernet, an embedded processor, and much more into a space about 4.8 inches square….
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internetnews.com has a bit of news on AMD’s latest processor launches including the Athlon 64 FX-53 which many sites reviewed yesterday and a new entry, the Athlon 2100+ XP-M Mobile, which just may be their most energy efficient processor available….
Read more AMD's Latest Batch of Chips
AnandTech takes a look ahead at DDR2, which will become the high speed memory favored by both Intel and AMD later this year and on into next. No performance numbers as of yet since no motherboards use the memory, just…
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eWeek has the story of a survey that finds fewer people trust email due to problems such as spam and more users are cutting back on their usage of it at least in the U.S. It’s sad to see it…
Read more Email's Trust Issues
Microsoft Watch goes over some of the changes in the latest release of Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 2. The newest build is now release candidate 1 which means it’s pretty close to what we can expect when the final…
Read more XP SP2 RC1 Details
HP is entering into the niche rugged portable computer segment with its Rugged Notebook nr3600 and Rugged Tablet PC tr3000. The only other large PC manufacturer that markets similar products is Panasonic with its Toughbook line so this will be…
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The Athlon 64 FX-53 will be the last “consumer” chip made for the good old Socket 940 platform which has served the high performance and server sectors well. With its launch there is, of course, major coverage so here are…
Read more Athlon 64 FX-53 Launch Coverage
CNET News has info on Sony’s upcoming DVD RW+- drives which will be able to burn to DVDs that contain two layers effectively doubling storage capacity in discs. The usual +- format debate is thrown in but no mention of…
Read more Sony's Double Layer Burner
