Tech News
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Linux for PlayStation2
Published: Saturday, March 2, 2002 | By: DennisThe rumors are true; there is a linux project for the PS2. By the looks of it this site is an independent project since the rumors pointed to Sony actually building the destro but I could be wrong.
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Anandtech, IDF Day 4
Published: Friday, March 1, 2002 | By: DennisPersonally I think this is the best IDF info thus far, We have not only Serial ATA but Serial ATA II, Fiber LCD monitor connections, and a pretty red ServerWorks dually board on page 4.
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Britney Email Worm
Published: Friday, March 1, 2002 | By: DennisIt would appear that Briteny Spears is in the spotlight again this time with an e-mail worm named after her.
"The bug, labeled variously as "VBS/Britney-A" and "VBS_BRITNEYPIC.A," is considered low risk because it has infected a small number of computer users in Europe since it was initially detected on Thursday morning, computer experts said." -
Casemoddin, The way it should be
Published: Friday, March 1, 2002 | By: DennisThis guy salvaged some SGI Iris Indigo cases from the trash and converted it into a PC case for his home.
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New heat dissipation methods unveiled by Intel
Published: Thursday, February 28, 2002 | By: DennisIn a way this sounds like a AVC "Sunflower" design with a fan shroud. Without seeing a photo it?s hard to tell. If anyone happens across one please send it in.
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Anand Impressed wth the "Hammer"
Published: Thursday, February 28, 2002 | By: DennisWhen I saw the processor package the first thing I thought of was the P4. AMD is using a similar heat spreader on the "Hammers" to help dissipate heat and reduce the chance of cracked cores. They also have quite a few more pins, 754 on the ClawHammer and 940 pins on the SledgeHammer.
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Rambus Finally Kicked to the Curb
Published: Thursday, February 28, 2002 | By: DennisIMO Rambus was introduced to early at a premium cost with poor performance. The Pentium 4 was released, performance increased, the price came down slightly but DDR was still better in some regards. Now that I think about it there was really no significant technology increased in the Rambus platform since its release back in the early P3 days, what a way to stay on top of things.
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4GHz Pentium 4 by 2003
Published: Thursday, February 28, 2002 | By: DennisThis announcement comes directly from Intel during their Intel Developers Forum. Prescott is the name, remember it.
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Denied A Computer By Dell
Published: Thursday, February 28, 2002 | By: DennisThe owner of Weigand Combat Handguns Inc. went online and ordered a new Dell laptop. A few days later he received an email from Dell saying the order was canceled without a reason given. "They told me they were afraid I would use the computer for illegal purposes. Somehow I was singled out". In a way this sux but I also commend Dell on paying attention to who orders their products.
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Internet History Lession
Published: Thursday, February 28, 2002 | By: DennisThis link was sent in via email my the second string newsman Breakdown, as to why he didn't post it himself is beyond me
Anyhow there is some old video on this page showing off some new computer and Internet technologies that we now take for granted.
