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Your daily dose of wallet-burning doodads: Further lay the hax on your jailbroken iPhone by slapping in an external GPS dongle. Update the speed of your DSLR with the CFMulti adapter, which allows for the use of SD cards in CF cameras. This 8GB flash drive is not only pretty swank, it’s incredibly small. Nuclear-powered, […] Add comment
China’s Orwellian “Cultural Law Enforcement Taskforce” officers are set to ramp up plans to snap pics of any person who patrons one of China’s sundry internet cafes. Apparently the free-thinkers, Falun Gong, anti-Communists and other pesky dissidents like to use the hip hangouts as a place to do their evil. The decision conveniently alleges that […] Add comment
Long-time Icrontic member Jared just sent us this shot of his Newegg cart which was inspired by Icrontic’s $600 US stimulus check PC which we refreshed this month. Using some slick combo deals at the egg, he managed to shave about 50 bones off the cost of our box while adding a bigger hard drive […] Add comment
Over the past few weeks, Icrontic has extensively discussed the corporate and consumer relevancy of cloud computing given its infancy. The general concensus has been that yielding information to external control is a source of worry both for privacy and the integrity of the data. It is well-known that enterprise is much more fond of […] Add comment
While Microsoft has spent the months subsequent to January 2006 taking an aggressive stance on Vista’s prosperity, cracks in the dam are appearing as obstinance yields for the need to market. Larry Osterman, the third longest-standing Microsoft employee and a down-in-the-trenches developer for the upcoming Windows 7 promises that it will be Vista, but better. […] Add comment
At age 79, AMD co-founder Ed Turney has died of brain cancer at his home in Cuptertino, CA. Though he left AMD in 1974, his legacy lives on in a company that is in a position to become stronger than it has ever been. The Korean War veteran, startup consultant and manager for the firm’s […] Add comment
An Australian software firm called Brilliant Digital Entertainment has developed a tool that can scan every file that’s sent or received on a customer’s ISP. While it has attracted the New York attorney general’s attention, we can all be safe in knowing that this tool is really to protect the children who might become sociopaths […] Add comment
Today’s DotD is a shout out to all the owners of multiple computers who desperately wished they didn’t need VNC or a legion of peripherals to control those PCs. The incredible and cross-platform Synergy allows a single keyboard and mouse to operate across multiple computers with independent screens. Perhaps you have a Linux box and […] Add comment
xkcd’s Munroe vs. New Yorker’s Katz in a cartoon-off. Add comment
Today’s AotD is another workflow and usability-enhancing addon that will save some of the fingers on your left hand. Michael Lidman’s AutoCopy automatically copies text to the clipboard as soon as it has been highlighted inside Firefox. The functionality of how the text is copied — whether it overwrites existing clipboard contents or appends to […] Add comment
Quote of the day: “Windows 7 will be Vista, but a lot better.” Add comment
It’s no secret that Intel’s upcoming Nehalem processor and X58 chipsets are going to be a departure from x86 norms. To date, one of the most publicized challenges faced by companies hopping on the Nehalem bandwagon is the problem posed by its memory requirements. It likes fast DDR3, but it doesn’t tolerate the high voltages […] Add comment
While newly-annointed Microsof CEO Steve Ballmer hoped that big IT would come back to Windows Vista, his speech at Thursday’s Gartner’s Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, FL said that it was okay if firms waited until Windows 7. While Ballmer went on record to say that he’d definitely deploy Vista, “if people want to wait [for Windows […] Add comment
For the tidy sum of $125.8 million AUD, Australia will be treated to the world’s first nationalized internet content filtering in a democratic first-world nation. Under the terms of the new plan, Australian residents will be forced onto a nationally-mandated blacklist that filters illegal content at the ISP level. Users would further have the choice […] Add comment
Upcoming Forceware drivers should enable multi-monitor SLI support. It’s about time. Add comment
ATI has released the Catalyst 8.10 driver suite for Windows today. Tweaks include fan controls for HD 4000-series cards, the ability to force component video out, and compatibility enhancement for Vista. Reported performance gains include a 15 percent boost in Unreal Tournament 3 and Prey on HD 3800 and HD 4000-series cards. Add comment
Apparently it’s John McCain day with the news that both AT&T and Verizon Wireless have installed free portable cellular towers on one of the McCain estates. This project superceded a nixed plan to erect a stationary tower to improve coverage in the McCain neck of the woods. While the notion of US telecom groveling before […] Add comment
The MSI Radeon HD 4850 brings a double-slot heatpipe cooler to the mix and costs $165 after rebates. Add comment
TweakTown tests the first Gigabyte EP45-UD3P motherboard to roll off the production line. It features the company’s new Ultra Durable 3 technology. Add comment
The MSI P7NGM Digital , based on the new NVIDIA GeForce 9300 MPGU, offers a jack-of-all-trades board for users on a budget. Add comment
It’s a Thursday. Hump day is done. What’s left but to fill the remainder of your week with a smorgasbord of gadgets? T-Mobile’s G1 is officially out in the wild. Take another look at it. Asus returns to its cheap netbook roots with the $300 701SDX. How about a rapid prototyper for the desktop? 3D […] Add comment
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