I Am Not A Geek (who are they kidding) is covering some of the changes Microsoft’s upcoming Windows XP SP2 patch will bring about. They lay out some of the lesser known changes which other SP2 articles passed over, some…
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AnandTech has some news on Intel’s purported change in processor naming. Up until now it was useful for them to just label their processors at its clock rate, for example P4 3.2GHz, but with upcoming architecture changes seeing something like…
Read more Intel to Change Naming Scheme?
Digital-Daily had a bit of free time on their hands so they’ve compared twenty different video cards ranging from the lowliest GeForce2 MX to the mighty FX5950s and 9800XTs. Some image quality comparisons would have been nice but what are…
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New Scientist is covering the controversy over Verisign’s Waiting List Service which could seriously hamper efforts by regular folks to get expiring or expired domain names. The silly part about all of this is you aren’t even guaranteed to get…
Read more Getting Squeezed Out of Domains
X-bit labs has a bit of inside info on Intel’s future chipset plans for its Xeon line of processors. It seems the company will be moving away from a two chip platform to a three chip solution with the memory…
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CNET News has a bit of info concerning web-radio and the fees they would have to pay to broadcast RIAA member music. The terms seem reasonable which will hopefully help get a few more stations started on the “air”….
Read more Web Broadcasting Royalty Rates Set
ExtremeTech has been extremely (cough) busy with a batch of video codecs encoding and capturing frames from popular movies to show off their ability to compress video and its resulting quality. An interesting read if you’re into archiving your movie…
Read more Compression Compared
gamesindustry.biz is into some supposedly leaked details for Nintendo’s upcoming DS portable gaming system. In addition to the two LCD screens it may feature touch screen input, 802.11 wireless connectivity, and a bit of 3D acceleration. These are of course…
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Designtechnica has the details on Plextor’s newest drives, the PX-712SA and PX-712A DVD±R/RW with the former supporting SerialATA connections and the latter regular old ATA. These drives sport 12X DVD+R and 8X DVD-R writing speeds as well as 4X DVD+RW…
Read more Plextor Speeds Up +-
Asetek, known for its somewhat exotic cooling solutions, has launched a new product called the VapoChill LightSpeed [AC]. What separates this cooler from their other products is that you can, with some modifications, use this with most current PC cases….
Read more New Asetek Announced
EE Times has the story on Matsushita’s plans to launch a Blu-Ray based recorder in a few months time. With high definition video soon to take off and few portable media products in the market place able to handle the…
Read more More Blu-Ray on the Way
