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Published: Monday, May 13, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
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Pentium 4 Celerons
Published: Monday, May 13, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
This could be an overclockers dream. Though if anything the cheaper processor will mean higher sales for Intel. Here are some quick specs on the processor, 400MHz FSB 128k Level-2 Cache running at 1.7 and 1.8GHz. This will most likely be a Willamette core.
Also proof that ZDnet only reads their news.
"Although the two companies' chips are often close in terms of performance, Intel's run at faster speeds when measured in megahertz. The new 1.8GHz Celeron is faster than AMD's top Athlon chip, the Athlon XP 2100+, which runs at 1.73GHz."
Eidos a Takeover Target?
Published: Monday, May 13, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
It would seem that poor sales have made the company a target of a possible takeover by Ubi Soft. 
Old Computers Never Die
Published: Monday, May 13, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Raise your hand if you have at least one dusty old computer stored away in your house or garage. 
I think the numbers might surprise you.
On a side note I can still remember typing away on the old Tandy back in day and even doing 1200 baud file transfers with Breakdown just so we could play a game against each other.
HP Trade Secret Theft
Published: Monday, May 13, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
HP is charging 3 businessmen with trade secret theft for disabling the password protection of an HP program. Their defense had this to say.
"since the men legally possessed the software they had the right to modify it."
I think they might be up a creek without a paddle.
HP/COMPAQ Product Roadmap
Published: Monday, May 13, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Basically the HP PC's will be phased out and/or moved under the Compaq name. The Jornada handheld will be phased out in favor of the "HP" iPaq handheld. The Unix OS battle is a no brainier.
"Compaq's Tru64 Unix operating system will be eliminated in favor of HP's HP-UX, which will incorporate some Tru64 features. HP-UX's larger installed base and broader ISV (independent software vendor) network led to the decision, HP said. "
Unfortunately 15,000 employees will still lose their jobs or will transfer to other divisions.
Cable Modem Hacking Goes Mainstream
Published: Friday, May 10, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
I will not take kindly if anybody does this on my node, though according to the article it doesn't take long before the head office finds you.
NV30 Rumors from Nvidia?
Published: Friday, May 10, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Memory running at 900MHz (maybe DDR II) and claiming 200 million polys per second, now that is fast. I'm thinking we will need some larger monitors. Towards the end of the post they speak of ATI's R300 and had this to say.
"it's going to destroy everything else that's coming out."
Granted no numbers yet though here is to hoping.
533MHz Pentium 4 Review @ hardCOREware
Published: Thursday, May 09, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
More Intel 533MHz Pentium 4 lovin'. Not much in the way of Pentium 4 tech but they do have a few benches to look over.
SkyHawk ATX-4396 Aluminum Case Review @ Tweakers Australia
Published: Thursday, May 09, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Here is another one of those "hybrid" aluminum cases but the construction and cooling design isn't that bad. They even include a "blower" similar to what is found in the Antec Gemstone Cases.
[i]Star Wars: Episode II ? Attack of the Clones[/i] Building Hype
Published: Thursday, May 09, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Personally I'm prolly not going to wait in line to see this movie on opening day like I did for Episode 1 but you never know, it is still a few days off. The reason I even mention it was for the quote factor. "John Challenger, chief executive of the firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas, says that could mean more than $319 million in lost wages for businesses. He says technology firms will take a larger hit than other companies because of the high number of geeks on their payrolls." 
Xbox ModChip
Published: Thursday, May 09, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
There have been reports that this is a fake but according to Tweakers Australia and the similar looking ipKonfig.com a new set of pics and videos have been released showing what the modchip can do.
I don't think modding the xbox will be in my future anytime soon.
Gigabit Ethernet for the Desktop
Published: Thursday, May 09, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Gigabit Ethernet has been gaining in popularity in recent months. Though with a limited amount of hubs and switches that support Gigabit it hasn't been a viable solution for the desktop. It would appear that might change.
Gully's Aqua Tank
Published: Thursday, May 09, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
This is actually a pretty cool mod though depending on the fish and how hot your computer got you might be in for some trouble.
"Since I forgot to take more pictures of the construction process, here is a pair of hotties in thongs to even things out."
I'll have to use that excuse in the future.
DDR333 Chipsets from Intel in September
Published: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Intel is re-enforcing their DDR presence with two new DDR333 chipsets due to be launched in September, though it seems like a long time to wait considering that SiS and VIA already have DDR333 solutions out or in the works.
This Digi article also speaks of the new Springdale chipset due to be launched sometime 2Q of 2003 sporting a 600MHz FSB and twin-bank DDR333.
i845E Review @ Finclockers
Published: Monday, May 06, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Based on the specs the i845E looks to be an i845D with support for the new 533MHz Pentium 4 processors. Most of the content is not in English but there are plenty of photos.
Akiba has Photos of the GeForce4 Ti4200
Published: Monday, May 06, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
For us english speaking peeps only a select few of the words will make sense but the pictures speak volumes. I even spy a Gainward GS towards the bottom.
Angelina Wants to Pole Dance
Published: Monday, May 06, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
She also wants to walk around half-naked, hummm
"The 26-year-old said: "Nothing is as sexy as the pole will be. I'm sure that I will experiment with it. I'm really excited.""
Intel 533MHz FSB Northwood Processor Launch Today
Published: Sunday, May 05, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
Just about everyone with a website and a connection will have a review of this new processor from Intel, and once again I'm not part of the "everyone" group so instead I'll be posting the short list of who is.
[H]ard|OCP
SimHQ
TweakTown
Anandtech
Of course more will surface as the day wears on, if you know of any let me know.
Holes in .Net??.. but of course
Published: Friday, May 03, 2002 - By: DennisNews Source: Ninjalane
With a complex framework of systems such as .Net you get many convenience features that make building applications quick and easy. With that you also have to be careful how you configure and program your systems. The bad part is the documentation is teaching insecure programming.
""Most developer resources are wrong!" he wrote in a slide, adding that each of the five most popular ASP.Net books fails to mention at least one of several common .Net security problems."
