Monty on MySQL’s future
MySQL’s founder pontificates on the future of MySQL now that Sun has been bought by Oracle. Add comment
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Take Icrontic’s laptop survey for SCIENCE!
Icrontic is on a mission to find out how every day users use their laptops and netbooks. Really, we’re just trying to figure out why so many people are getting short-changed on their laptop’s battery life claims. We have the ears of major industry players who are committed to working on this battery life business, […] Add comment
Aussie ISP Optus joins firewall trial
There must be something in the water down there in the land of kangaroo and backwards-flushing toilets, as Optus, Australia’s second largest ISP, has opted into the country’s firewall trial. The move lends credibility to a program that has suffered from poor image since ISP iiNet lambasted the firewall for casting a wider net than […] Add comment
Pirate Bay calls for retrial
A lawyer representing one of the founders of the Pirate Bay is now calling for a retrial after emerging reports reveal that Judge Tomas Norström was a member of the same copyright organizations as the prosecution. It is Peter Althin, lawyer for Peter Sunde (brokep), that plans to demand a retrial in light of the […] Add comment
AMD Phenom II X4 955
When AMD released the Socket AM3 processors earlier this year, the 900-series was left out of the mix. We found the Phenom II X4 820 and Phenom II X3 710 to be pretty potent little chips, but the range topping 900-series chips, the Phenom II X4 920 and X4 940 Black Edition were stuck in […] Add comment
Designing L4D’s box art
The development process for Left 4 Dead’s box art is a quick and fun read if design is your bailiwick. Add comment
Happy Sledgehammer Day! Opteron turns 6
Hard to believe it was six years ago today that the AMD Opteron came out. I remember fondly how excited we were to get our first Opteron. AMD was going to seriously turn the tables on their competitor and really shake up the enthusiast world, and we were all on edge for it. We owe […] Add comment
Taking our community to the next level
We’re very proud of the community here at Icrontic, and as cool as it is right now, Lincoln and I have to think all the time about where we’re going, and what’s next for us. Before I dive right in, we need to lay some groundwork. Let’s look at what the Icrontic community actually is, […] Add comment
Pulp Browsers
Say “what” again, Internet Explorer, I dare you! Add comment
Two ways to hone your Google fu
Spring is in the air, which means we’re left with a dearth of things to write about while companies fall silent to wind up for the summer months. Why not spend this quiet time improving your Google fu? Here are a few options to get ‘er done. Google Torrent Search As The Pirate Bay’s founders […] Add comment
Caprica comes this Tuesday
Caprica, set 50 years prior to the events of Battlestar: Galactica, gets an uncut and unrated pilot DVD release this Tuesday. Yesssssss. [Via] Add comment
OCZ announces SLC SSDs
OCZ is hoping to grow its market share in the server arena with the announcement of a revised Vertex solid state drive that packs up to 120GB of SLC NAND flash memory. The new Vertex EX-series drives will compete against Intel’s 64GB X-25E and SuperTalent’s MasterDrive RX-series drives, the former being the current volume leader […] Add comment
Big Brother is watching
Big Brother is watching you in the mall dressing room. Add comment
Cold fusion
Cold fusion back from the dead? [via] Add comment
The iPhone is your new newspaper
The iPhone is your new newspaper. [via] Add comment
Bad things to tweet
How to lose a job on Twitter. [via] Add comment
Thracks: The Pirate Bay adjusts the rigging and sets sa
The Pirate Bay adjusts the rigging and sets sail for the Swedish Supreme Court to deliver an official appeal: http://bit.ly/dN3rp Add comment
Microsoft’s regulatory scrutiny to end in 2011
In January, technical experts indicated that Windows 7 would be tested “more thoroughly” than prior Redmond offerings as a result of anti-trust oversight documents provided by Microsoft to a three-member federal panel monitoring Windows 7’s development. It has now been revealed that anti-trust scrutiny over Microsoft’s proceedings will end on May 12, 2011. The three-member […] Add comment
Windows 7 release candidate confirmed for May 5
UPDATE @ 3:13 PM EST, 4/18/09: It appears that the page may have been activated for TechNet Gold subscribers. Reports are trickling in that the release candidate uses build number 7200, something nobody expected. Obviously this is all hearsay at this point, but it’s an interesting piece of conjecture that we’re working hard to confirm. […] Add comment
lincolnwebs: Icrontic’s summer gaming schedule: http://
Icrontic’s summer gaming schedule: http://bit.ly/3quGSF Request an invite to our Steam group and join the crew. Thanks @geeklimit! Add comment
Fix Windows’ lame tcpip.sys
You know what BitTorrent does: It crushes your router’s will to live and opens connections to people all over the globe. But did you know that every version of Windows since Windows XP SP2 will only let you open 10 of those connections? You can see how this might be a problem when more than […] Add comment
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