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  • Warez Crackdown

    Published: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 | By: Dennis

    For those of you that do not know what Warez is I will elaborate. Think of a digital flea market of software without the exchange of money. Well as it would turn out the software companies are starting to get pissed off about these "markets" and want them shut down. Here is a clip: "Operation Buccaneer, a 15-month undercover investigation into an alleged community of pirates known as Warez."

  • Intel i845D Release

    Published: Monday, December 10, 2001 | By: Dennis

    A couple of days ago it would seem that few new P4 DDR motherboards where released and as always AKIBA had the scoop. Of the boards listed on the website one of them caught my eye, it was a sexy red one from MSI. I?m not sure what to make of the release since according to the translation via Netscape 6 AKIBA is calling the release a "premature start" for the i845D.

  • 802.11a Fast Wireless

    Published: Monday, December 10, 2001 | By: Dennis

    Someone needs to talk to these wireless guys about their number scheme. You would think that 802.11a would be slower than 802.11b but we stand corrected, actually 802.11a operates at 5GHz and is about 5 times faster.

  • Silver PCB Video Card

    Published: Sunday, December 9, 2001 | By: Dennis

    In a quest to be a little different than the competition Triplex has produced a series of video and sound cards with Silver PCB's. AKIBA has the press release and a few photos.

  • Elite Guard Mod

    Published: Saturday, December 8, 2001 | By: Dennis

    Vandal, not related to my schools mascot, has some pretty cool .pak files for RTCW that make the Elite guards either topless or fully nude.

  • Soltek KT266A Mainboard SL-75DRV2 Review @ HARDiNFO

    Published: Friday, December 7, 2001 | By: Dennis

    Well the site isn't in english so I can't really comment on what they have to say but I will say this, Aren't Soltek motherboards usually red?

    I did find that LostCircuts has an English review of the same motherboard posted on their site, so check them out and compaire. cool smile

  • Hacker Finds Flaw in WorldCom Network

    Published: Friday, December 7, 2001 | By: Dennis

    A well-known hacker discovered a routing flaw in the WorldCom network that allowed access to their employee database. Of course the flaw was fixed shortly after it was brought to their attention but still begs the question of why nobody on the inside saw it first.

  • Anandtech Looks at the GameCube

    Published: Friday, December 7, 2001 | By: Dennis

    I won't be buying a GameCube any time soon but it's nice to know what is inside. The GameCube is based around a 485MHz RISC processor and ATI graphics, kind of sounds like a MAC to me. To find out more about the GameCube head on over to Anandtech.

  • nForce Performance Uncovered

    Published: Thursday, December 6, 2001 | By: Dennis

    The information contained in this GamePC article probably was not intended to be addressed until after the nForce release to market but all things considered I'm glad it is. It would appear that Nvidia included a "Superstability" mode into its dual channel DDR memory design thus providing system integrity with all types of DDR memory modules. In "Superstability" mode the memory clock is reduced to 200MHz, but only if you fill the third memory slot with a double-sided DDR memory module. Get the full story at GamePC.

  • Take Your Stupid With You

    Published: Thursday, December 6, 2001 | By: Dennis

    I'm a big fan of Real Life Comics and todays is worthy of a news post happy smile. You may notice the Pepsi can in the comic, much like me they love Pepsi.