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There’s no way to fully describe the limitless potential of Ubiquity, today’s Firefox addon of the day. Therefore, we shall do it in one sentence: Customize the internet. There. One sentence that describes what it does. Just go look at the video and download it. Add comment
Here’s a heads-up. CrossOver Mac and CrossOver Linux will be free tomorrow thanks to the US’s suspiciously low gas prices. Add comment
The Microsoft PDC 2008 is in full effect, and Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie just officially announced Windows Azure as a web-facing/cloud-facing operating system. The new operating system will allow first and third-party development in jointly building the ground level for Microsoft’s new cloud strategy. Permitting communal, professional and Microsoft-developed modules, the OS is […] Add comment
It’s well-known that Apple’s Quicktime software likes to get its shifty fingers all up in Windows’ business. What should be a simple application for media playing throws itself to all corners of your hard drives and tries to take over like a mother-in-law on an uninvited visit. Thankfully, there’s Quicktime Alternative which pares down Apple’s […] Add comment
In response to outstanding criticism to alleged violations of human rights, three of the biggest internet giants are set to adopt a voluntary code of conduct. Yahoo!, Microsoft and Google are preparing to unify their approach to operation in China where assisting authorities can lead to censorship or protracted imprisonment for Chinese citizens. The two […] Add comment
If there’s any doubt that it was a slow weekend, the inclusion of (perhaps) the world’s ugliest MP3 player in this list should answer that question. Without further ado, the Monday edition of everyone’s favorite way to spend the Benjamin: It has a circular screen, costs $2000 and comes from Motorola. If that wasn’t enough […] Add comment
In testing, bit-tech.net has discovered that some of the new ATI Radeon 4830 cards have 80 stream processors inadvertently disabled in the GPU BIOS. The breaking information came to light when a 4830 was pitted against a 4850 and fell well short of its performance projections. Further comparing of the card alleged to be defective […] Add comment
NVIDIA has released a beta OpenGL 3.0 Linux driver. Add comment
In an update to the official Windows 7 developer blog, Microsoft has put an end to recent speculation regarding the state of Windows Vista’s second service pack to date. Microsoft blogger and employee Mike Nash cited Microsoft’s continued commitment to improving Windows in the announcement. “We are committed to continually improving Windows, and we’ve been […] Add comment
The Coolmax 950W power supply works well enough. Add comment
The Apevia X-Master HTPC case holds ATX boards and regular ATX power supplies. Heck yeah! Add comment
My goodness, this game is good. I’m hesitant to say that I like — even love — this game because I didn’t buy into the hype of Far Cry 2 until, well, four days ago. I just couldn’t get excited about it. I was a huge fan of Far Cry when it was released, but […] Add comment
The Inquirer was right, and they’ve got photos to prove it. EVGA has ditched NVIDIA as the chipset supplier for their motherboards and has moved to Intel’s camp. They’ve gone so far as to show off an upcoming mid-range X58 motherboard today, unlike every other company who’ve only shown off their Maximum Overclock Extreme Type-R […] Add comment
In what seems to be an ongoing question of Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ health status, the rumor about his being rushed to the hospital after a heart attack was started by none other than an 18-year-old. Nothing like seeing an 18-year-old attempt to pull one over on the populace. Add comment
In working with Sam’s Club to create an incredibly-valuable new hardware bundle, Microsoft has provided further evidence that it’s going all-out to beat the PS3 this holiday season. The list of goods? One 60gb XBox 360 console One copy of Lego Indiana Jones One copy of Kung Fu Panda One full retail copy of Guitar […] Add comment
In an internet landscape of meaningless, compulsory registrations, wouldn’t it be nice if we could simply avoid them and get straight to the desired content? For many years, the BugMeNot service has provided the solution for that wish by providing communal logins for the sites that require free registration to access complete content. Common offenders […] Add comment
Intel’s newest cooling technology, aimed squarely at increasingly-svelte notebooks, is designed to keep the exterior of these hot devices cool to the touch. Cited as a primary impediment for the further reduction in notebook thickness, Intel describes a point where thinness meets temperature-related user discomfort and progress halts. The cooling technology, know as laminar jet […] Add comment
But it’s all in the name of science. Honest. Add comment
For users of J2ME-enabled or BlackBerry phones, the official Google mobile blog just announced the immediate availability of Gmail 2.0. The update supports multiple mail profiles, drafts, shortcuts, offline support, and refinements to the application’s performance. Be sure to delete your existing installation of Gmail prior to installing the new version. Add comment
Today AMD announced that former executive VP and CFO Bob Rivet has been elevated to the position of chief operational officer. The current senior VP and general manager of sales for AMD Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has also been picked to head AMD sales in the CSO position Citing the recent advancement of […] Add comment
Microsoft has recently released an emergency patch for Security Bulletin MS08-067 which outlines a vector that leaves NT-derived operating systems vulnerable to attack. Published on Thursday, MS08-067 outlines a flaw in the Windows Server service which would allow malformed RPC requests to execute remote code without notice. Under the terms of the bulletin, Microsoft describes […] Add comment
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