Tech News
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Slackware 13.37 released
Published: Thursday, April 28, 2011 | By: DennisI may not always use linux, but when I do, I choose Slackware.
Stay smart my friends
Yes, it's that time again! After many months of development and
careful testing, we are proud to announce the release of Slackware
version 13.37!
We are sure you'll enjoy the many improvements. We've done our best
to bring the latest technology to Slackware while still maintaining the
stability and security that you have come to expect. Slackware is well
known for its simplicity and the fact that we try to bring software to
you in the condition that the authors intended.
Slackware 13.37 brings many updates and enhancements, among which
you'll find two of the most advanced desktop environments available
today: Xfce 4.6.2, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and
easy to use desktop environment, and KDE 4.5.5, a recent stable release
of the 4.5.x series of the award-winning KDE desktop environment.Patrick always does a good job with Slackware, and while it might not be as easy to use as some of the newer distros you can't ignore that you have more control over what the OS does when using Slackware.
Support the author, buy the disks, buy the shirts, and drop a dime or two into the donation plate. Lets make version 13.37 the most popular ever!!
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NL: Review Block - Video Cards and Motherboards
Published: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 | By: DennisVideo Cards
- Sapphire Radeon HD 6570 512MB Video Card Review @ ThinkComputers
- ASUS GTX 570 and GTX 580 DirecCU II @ PureOverclock
- GIGABYTE Radeon HD 6990 @ Bjorn3D
- Sapphire Radeon HD 6670 and Radeon HD 6570 Graphics Cards Review @ HardwareHeavenMotherboards
- GIGABYTE G1.Assassin G1-Killer LGA1366 Motherboard Review @ Hardware Canucks
- iXBT Labs Review: ASRock E350M1 MotherboardPlease don't forget to check out our latest motherboard review of the Asus P8P67 Evo for the Intel Sandy Bridge line of Core processors.
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Cooler Master Storm Spawn @ LanOC Reviews
Published: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 | By: DennisThis is a great mouse but sometimes great mice don't fit everyones gaming style.
Gaming mice are quickly approaching the point in which a unique look is in itself a cliché. Visual appeal was once a new, exciting feature that attracted the attention of the demanding gaming crowd. It has become so standard today that sometimes functionality is sacrificed for a novelty design. The Spawn was on display for us this year at CES, a unique device that did, indeed, catch our eye. Does it fall victim to vanity, or prove its value in one of the harshest gaming genres?
We did review the Spawn mouse not to long ago, be sure to check it out and stop by the gallery for higher resolution images.
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Arctic Freezer 13 Pro Cpu Cooler@ Rbmods
Published: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 | By: DennisOk so this looks like a monster of a heatsink, and if you can get past the "buy this at newegg" affiliate links it is a good (and short) read.
Today we will test a CPU cooler designed to bring a massive heat dissipation capacity of 300W. ARCTIC’s Freezer series is undoubtedly a reference mark in the world of CPU coolers.
Arctic’s Freezer 13 Pro is the younger brother of the original Freezer 13 and the Freezer 7 before it. As far as I can tell, the Freezer 13 Pro is bigger and utilizes a few promising technologies which should bring superior performance together with a whisper-quiet operation.
Let’s find out if these promising features would give us what is guaranteed on the paper.Can't even tell you if the cooler is any good, but given the 4 heatpipe configuration and large radiator I highly doubt it can dissipate 300w.
btw in case you were wondering, 300w is about what a Core i7 920 puts out at 5Ghz and is also what my single stage phase cooler is rated at.
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Creating Bootable Linux Thumb Drives with Universal USB Installer @ Techgage
Published: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 | By: DennisWill the uses for flash drives ever end? Here is a handy guide explaining how to create a bootable flash drive to install Linux from.
A great thing for Linux is that its popularity is rapidly growing, and thanks to the countless number of "Live CDs" out there, anyone can download and burn an image to allow them to test drive a distro with no risk to their PC. But, what about those who either don't have blank CDs lying around, or don't have an optical drive installed in their PC?
I have heard of PendriveLinux before but never really took them serious, until now.
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Acer to launch notebook with ultra-thin LG Shuriken panel
Published: Monday, April 25, 2011 | By: DennisCouldn't resist posting this.
Taiwan-based notebook brand Acer is set to launch a 14.1-inch notebook featuring LG Display's ultra-thin Shuriken panel as soon as May 2011 and the model will be manufactured by Compal Electronics, according to sources from upstream panel makers.
Although the notebook will feature a 14.1-inch panel, the body of the machine will only have a size of a 13.3-inch model, benefiting mainly from the panel's technologies, which significantly shrink the panel frame's width from 1.2cm to 8mm and reduce the thickness of the device to only 4mm, the sources noted.Based on the description I really want to see it. Maybe they will have it on display at Computex.
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Ninjalane HWBot Ranking Update - 5th in the USA
Published: Sunday, April 24, 2011 | By: DennisSome of you may be familar with HWBot, (http://www.hwbot.org). It is a website dedicated to finding out the limits of computer hardware by taking a community approach and awarding points to members that score well. While you can use standard hardware and get a result the real fun is getting points by overclocking your hardware.
This weekend HWBot Team Ninjalane moved up and is currently ranked 5th in the US and 56th in the World!!
The HWBot team is an open enrollment so if any of you are curious about the fun you can have overclocking your gear stop by the forums and we'll let you know how to get started. Likewise if you currently overclock and your team is gotten a little "meh" lately give us a look.
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NL: Review Block - Massive Motherboard Roundup
Published: Friday, April 22, 2011 | By: DennisNormaly I like to break out the motherboard reviews into seperate postings but anymore it just makes sense to post up a review block and let you decide what to read.
Mini Motherboards
- ASRock E350M1 AMD Fusion APU Motherboard @ Pro-Clockers
- Sapphire Edge-HD Mini PC @ LanOC Reviews
Full Sized Motherboards
- ASUS P8P67 WS Revolution @ Bjorn3D
- ECS P67H2-A2 @ Phoronix
- Gigabyte G1.Sniper X58 review @ Guru3D
- OC3D: Gigabyte X58-OC Preview
- Asus P8P67 Deluxe Motherboard (B3) Review @ KitGuru
- ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional Motherboard Review @ Madshrimps
- ASUS Rampage III Formula Intel X58 Motherboard Review @ ThinkComputers
- iXBT Labs Review: Foxconn P67A-S Motherboard
- MSI P67A-GD65 Socket 1155 Motherboard @ Pro-Clockers
- ASRock Fatal1ty P67 Professional Review @ ocaholic
- Funky Kit Review: MSI Big Bang Marshal (B3) Motherboard
- Gigabyte G-1 Assassin Gaming Motherboard @ LanOC Reviews
- GIGABYTE G1 Assassin X58 Motherboard Review @ Legit Reviews
- ASUS P8P67 PRO P67 Motherboard Review @ APH NetworksMore to come including something new from Ninjalane
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Bears Slam OCZ After Fraud Allegation - Seeking Alpha
Published: Thursday, April 21, 2011 | By: DennisThis seems like a really big deal.
OCZ has misrepresented its SSD growth and has financial irregularities that are nearly impossible to reconcile," a short seller at Copperfield Research wrote, referring to solid-state drives. The report also alleged CEO Ryan Petersen has failed to disclose a criminal background involving charges of theft, drug violations, and forgery.
Keep in mind these are just Allegations, and as they say in the industry. Everything comes out in the wash.
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Leaked Roadmap Reveals Multiple Enthusiast Sandy Bridge-E Processors
Published: Wednesday, April 20, 2011 | By: DennisNothing like a leaked roadmap to get the juices flowing.
The first class are the 6-core chips at the very top of the pile, probably branded "Extreme Edition", which feature both unlocked BClk multipliers, and have 15 MB of L3 cache, among several other features enabled. Traditionally these processors cost around US $1000. The first of such chips will be clocked at 3.30 GHz.
The TechPowerUp news posting goes on to talk about the quad memory channels and ability to run 4 graphics cards without a bridge chip. This is basically mirroring my thoughts that the Sandy Bridge-E is two current generation Sandy Bridge chips smashed together on a single processor.
Considering the high end features 6 cores, do you think there is 2 cores disabled on there someplace? Knowing Intel. No.
Be sure to check out the "Source" for the roadmap or visit TPU for the English version.
