Cussing and pain relief
Scientific American reports swearing may relieve pain. Give it a damn try, Bobby. 😀 Add comment
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Chrome OS Into Context
Putting What Little We Actually Know About Chrome OS Into Context. Add comment
In defense of web developers
Zeldman responds to the “XHTML is bullshit” crowd that has been vocal since the announced demise of XHTML 2. Add comment
The good old days of overclocking
Long-time member Gargoyle waxes nostalgic about the dusty hardware surrounding him and the deep, senseless need to tweak and push it to its limits. Add comment
TMPGenc 4.0 XPress: Allow me to XPress my satisfaction…
When my favorite band announced a concert to make them a music video, I could barely contain myself. Despite my renowned lack of creativity, I promptly went down to my local university and checked out a Canon HG10 camcorder, all set to start filming my disaster (A note to readers–the finished disaster will be available […] Add comment
OCZ halts use of Elpida Hyper ICs
OCZ Technology has joined Corsair in halting further production of DDR3 SDRAM modules based on Elpida’s MNH-E Hyper IC. Corsair announced on Wednesday that DDR3-1866 and DDR3-2000 parts based on Elpida’s Hyper memory chips were suffering an abnormal failure rate. While customers were advised to continue using their products as normal, the firm opted to […] Add comment
WhipTail promises 6TB SSD
Enterprise SSD maker WhipTail has recently announced the introduction of a 6TB SSD which sounds fabulous until you hear that it’s all jammed into a 2U enclosure. Talk about buzzkill. SUMMIT, N.J. – July 8, 2009 – Today, WhipTail Technologies Inc., a provider of solidstate drive (SSD) tier 0 storage appliances, announced availability of its […] Add comment
CoolIT Domino A.L.C. review
One of our very first stops at CES 2009 was at the CoolIT booth to meet CEO Geoff Lyon and finally see the Domino A.L.C. all-in-one water cooling system. Mr. Lyon gave us a great tour of the company booth, showed us some of the sweet things they had in the works, and left us […] Add comment
Fallout LARP
Grab your Pip-Boy and head to the Fallout LARP. Add comment
Thracks: The Win 7 family pack officially slashes the p
The Win 7 family pack officially slashes the price of three Win 7 Home upgrade licenses from $360 to just $149: http://bit.ly/win7fp Add comment
OCZ launches Vertex Turbo SSDs
OCZ Technology has announced an upgrade to their popular Vertex line of SSDs. The new Turbo-branded parts boost read speeds from 230-250MB/s to 240-270MB/s, while write speeds have jumped from 135-180MB/s to 145-210MB/s. The performance boost is owed to a pair of improvements: New proprietary firmware for the flash transition layer enhances access times and […] Add comment
DDR3 plagued by Elpida IC failures
Performance memory manufacturer Corsair has revealed an abnormally high failure rate amongst Elpida MNH-E Hyper DDR3 ICs featured in DDR3-1866 and DDR3-2000 kits from many of today’s biggest names in performance DRAM. We have seen a number of reports across various forums about failures of modules (from Corsair as well as from other memory manufacturers) […] Add comment
Recording industry cripples webcasting
In response to a new webcasting royalty agreement reached yesterday, the streaming music site Pandora will now offer users just 40 hours of free music per month. The new agreement is the result of more than two years of negotiations, lobbying and pleading with lawmakers to save webcasting. However the fight is not yet over […] Add comment
Google announces Chrome Linux… err… Chrome OS
If you read the comments from an old Yahoo story, you will see that a “Google OS” has been expected for years. Yesterday the big G announced their Chrome OS initiative. Any internet denizen worth their salt should completely fail to be shocked at this news. Chrome OS will run as a layer of lightweight […] Add comment
VLC Media Player turns 1.0
When it comes to media players, you’ll be hard pressed to find a more flexible solution than the VLC Media Player. We’ve always liked VLC because it will play just about any kind of video you throw at it, regardless of the platform, often without the use of external codecs. VLC may not have the […] Add comment
Thracks: Google drops the beta tag from Gmail, a chorus
Google drops the beta tag from Gmail, a chorus of yawns follows: http://bit.ly/eZ5GI Add comment
Symantec spears free AV solutions
The proliferation of free anti virus solutions has clearly started to worry annoy Symantec which recently shoved an executive mouthpiece on record to denounce the efficacy of such products. Symantec’s Product Manager for Asia-Pacific Consumer Products and Solutions (zzz) David Hall said that free solutions cannot keep up with retail offerings. “If you are only […] Add comment
US broadband stimulus package shores up net neutrality
Telecom hopefuls looking to grab a slice of the Obama administration’s $7.2 billion broadband stimulus package will have to wrangle with net neutrality clauses baked into the grant guidelines released last Wednesday. The grant guidelines include the FCC’s internet policy statement drafted last year in response to Comcast Corporation’s clandestine program to derail customers using […] Add comment
IE dips below 60% of market
According to Neowin, IE’s marketshare has dipped below 60% while Firefox has risen to over 30% after the release of 3.5. Add comment
Psystar exits chapter 11 bankruptcy
Psystar, the gutsy Mac Clone maker out of Miami, has recently exited chapter 11 after Apple successfully lifted the stay in proceedings that occurred as a result of Psystar’s bankruptcy. Apple blog AppleInsider offered details on the stay: Psystar’s request for bankruptcy threatened to delay its case against the official Mac maker because the proceedings […] Add comment
HIV/AIDS vaccine begins phase I human trials
An HIV/AIDS vaccine developed in a nation that isn’t seedy as all hell will soon begin phase I human trials. [via] Add comment
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