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Apple has posted a public beta of the newest version of the Safari browser. Just what everyone needs on a sunny Tuesday morning, a clip from their PR: Apple today announced Safari 4 public beta for Mac and Windows. With its new Nitro engine, Safari 4 runs JavaScript 4.2 times faster than Safari 3. And […] Add comment
Microsoft has been hot to extinguish the potentially devastating worm known as Conficker. After posting a $250k bounty and assembling a cabal of security researchers, the merry band of nerds set out to block the code before it rocked the net. Unfortunately for our friendly fellowship, the new variant of Conficker can automatically retrieve and […] Add comment
Now that you’ve been lured by the sensationalist headline, you’ll be eager to learn about the technique. Thomas Russell of UMass Amherst and Ting Xu of UC Berkeley have joined forces to create self-assembling arrays of chemically-dissimilar polymers that produce 3nm “memory” cells. The technique is an environmentally-friendly approach that does not rely on the […] Add comment
MiracleManS and Lincoln would be proud to know that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull received the “worst sequel” award at the Razzies. Add comment
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne has successfully completed its third round of testing for the awesome Common Extensible Cryogenic Engine (CECE). Add comment
It has long been known that AMD’s tri-core Phenom X3 series contained a fourth processing core that was, for whatever reason, disabled at the factory. What enthusiasts have not been privy to, however, is just how “disabled” that core really is. Apparently the answer is “not very.” Overseas tech site Playwares has discovered that one […] Add comment
At the request of “content providers,” Hulu pulled the plug on support for Boxee, the beta IPTV and media aggregation service for your tele. Naturally, however, this pissed off an army of nerds who went about creating a hack to restore the Hulu/Boxee relationship. For a step-by-step on how to get the Boxee and XBMC-compatible […] Add comment
According to the Hulu blog, they will no longer support Boxee connecting to their service. Citing the requests of content providers, Hulu is removing Boxee’s ability to connect to their streaming video. Boxee is an up-and-coming media center program that allows you to connect to free video services and includes the availablity to download content. […] Add comment
NVIDIA has taken the wraps off of the newest driver revision for GeForce 6000, 7000, 8000, 9000 and 200-series GPUs. Weighing in at 75-100MB, the WHQL-certified Windows XP/Vista/7 driver delivers the following changes: Recommended for the best experience in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. Includes full support for OpenGL 3.0 on GeForce 8-series, 9-series, and 200-series […] Add comment
ATI released Catalyst 9.2 drivers today. Get them here. Catalyst™ 9.2 brings performance benefits in several cases where framerates are CPU-limited. Some measured examples are: • Crysis DX10 gains up to 20% • Crysis Warhead DX10 gains up to 20% • World in Conflict gains up to 5% Add comment
Beginning February 24, Microsoft will be deploying up to five dummy updates for users of the Windows 7 Build 7000 beta. The packages contain identical replacements for current system files as the experiment is simply an effort to test Windows 7’s update infrastructure. Windows 7 Beta users will be notified that new updates are available […] Add comment
What do you do when your startup competitor is crushing you, the age old incumbent? You send a butthurt letter like Intuit did! Add comment
tbreak reviews the plug-and-play Linksys Powerline home networking kit. Add comment
AMD has tipped its hand to unveil the world’s first demonstration of the six core Opteron currently known as Istanbul. Positioned to serve the 2P+ SMP market, the Istanbul is a 45nm design inspired by the process used to make today’s Shanghai Opteron. It is expected that Istanbul-based parts will debut with the following specifications: […] Add comment
Carrying a tag of 7048.winmain_win7rc1.090211-1625, it appears Microsoft may have compiled its first release candidate build of Windows 7 on February 11, 2009 at 4:25 PM. Some sites are reporting that this build represents Windows 7’s transition into the “escrow” phase of development which limits codebase changes to the elmination of showstopping bugs. Our prediction: […] Add comment
In the ongoing lawsuit concerning users feeling duped by Microsoft’s “Vista Capable” stickers, federal judge Marsha Pechman has decided to strip the suit of its class action status. The recent decision has no doubt brought relief to a Microsoft which stood to lose millions in the wake of successful execution by the plaintiffs. Microsoft must […] Add comment
There’s a headline I never thought I’d write. Huh. Jay Baldwin’s ErrorZilla addon rejiggers Firefox’s default 404 screen and replaces it with a useful version containing a suite of buttons to diagnose the issue or, perhaps, get you to the content anyhow. The buttons tell the tale, so put your peepers on the screencap and […] Add comment
Hello lovely! The BFG GeForce GTX 295 H20 is my new favorite water cooled video card. Add comment
At Icrontic, we are no strangers to the infamous 0x0000008E blue screen. In fact, we have discussed the issue so often that Google has pegged us as the first or second most relevant result for this particular stop error. At the time of writing, our incredibly popular thread on the topic has been viewed more […] Add comment
The Crucial Ballistix Tracer DDR3-1600 6GB kit puts bling before value. Add comment
TechReport examines the Socket AM3 Phenom II processors. Add comment
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