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With Firefox 3.0.4 and Opera 9.62 leading the pack of losers, today’s top browsers all failed more than 66% of tests designed to evaluate password security. The extensive battery tested more than 20 different vectors that could be exploited to steal passwords from users through direct or phishing attacks. Tests include the “method checked on […] Add comment
While Linux and Mac OS clients remain MIA, Google has lifted the beta tag from their Chrome browser. According to the statement made by Engineering Director Linus Upson and Sundar Pichai VP of Project Management, this fifteenth version will reach more than 10 million users who have downloaded the browser in just 100 days. “In […] Add comment
Hexus talks to AMD about the company’s strategy for taking on the notebook market. Add comment
Hexus highly recommends the Crucial 6GB DDR3-1066 CL7 kit for a X58 build. Add comment
TechReport takes a closer look at the Intel Core i7 940 processor. Add comment
TweakTown analyzes the various improvements gained from the ATI Catalyst 8.12 driver update. Add comment
Hey neat! The Vizo Orbiter is a bigass fan you slap on your hard drive to keep it cool. Add comment
Charging an establishment with the dissemination of child pornography should not be done lightly. Pornographic material containing minors is a despicable and reprehensible tack that should be snuffed out with the strongest beatstick the law can muster. The serious implications that such an allegation carries notwithstanding, the UK-based Internet Watch Foundation recently decided to level […] Add comment
Stalwart R&D bastion IBM has recently demonstrated (PDF) carbon-based graphene transistors operating at an impressive 26GHz. Graphene, a planar sheet of hexagonally-aligned carbon only one atom thick, has been lauded for having the highest electron mobility of any substance known to man. Electron mobility describes the relative ease at which electrons are compelled to form […] Add comment
The Vizo Armada II RAM cooler is two tiny clip-on fans to keep your DDR cool. Add comment
Phoronix spent $50 total on a CPU and video card to try and get HD playback using NVIDIA parts under Linux. It works. Add comment
VR-Zone has published slides from AMD suggesting the Phenom II’s improvements will give 20 percent better performance over the existing Phenoms. Add comment
Lian Li breaks with its normal reserved styling with the newly introduced TR-5F LCD fanbus. Add comment
Tech Report reviews the Gigabyte M192, the world’s first nettablet. Add comment
TweakTown reviews the Gigabyte GM-M7700 wireless laser gaming mouse. Add comment
Hardware Canucks looks at this season’s hottest games and how they stack up with different GPUs. If you’re considering buying a video card, this should help. Add comment
Today’s quirky and obscure download of the day, VirtualScreenMaximizer, really maximizes a window by stretching the window to hide everything but the application’s controls and workspace. If you happen to use multiple monitors, VSM will make sure that every ounce of your enviable screen real estate is dedicated to displaying that application. Add comment
Yesterday Google added free SMS messaging features to their chat interface, saying they’ve finally “ironed out the bugs” in the new feature. You might recall that this is a feature that has been promised numerous times before. While the text message you send from chat is free, your friend may still get charged the outlandish […] Add comment
Following the recent tragedy in Mumbai, India, the Bombay High Court has been petitioned to request a blurring of sensitive areas leading up to an outright ban of Google Earth. Advocate Amit Karkhanis uses the petition to allege that the popular satellite imagery program “aids terrorists in plotting attacks,” and played an active role in […] Add comment
With Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 fresh in the hands of beta testers and Google Chrome 0.4.154.33 already on the prowl, JavaScript benchmarking shows that these new versions are faster — and more closely matched — than ever. As the dust settles, Firefox 3.1B2 clocked in with a score of 2,110 to Chrome’s 2,140 on the […] Add comment
ATI’s new Catalyst 8.12 drivers are out today for 32 and 64-bit XP and Vista systems. The new drivers bring performance improvements across the board and enables Stream processing in the newest cards. Users opting for the full driver package will receive the Avivo video converter which allows the HD 4600-series and higher Radeons to […] Add comment
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