Tech News
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The Many Different ThermoEngines
Published: Sunday, September 30, 2001 | By: DennisBack when this heatsink first came out it had a hollow core though in the interest of cutting manufacturing costs ThermoSonic filled up the core at the cost of a slight decrease in cooling performance. The Overclockers crew looks back at this interesting heatsink and reviews the different styles and configurations.
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Quake3 1.30 Final
Published: Friday, September 28, 2001 | By: DennisQuake3 PointRelease 1.30 has been released and can be downloaded just about anywhere. I put fileplanet down since they will give you some information about the release before you download it.
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Super Fast RDRAM by Samsung
Published: Friday, September 28, 2001 | By: DennisSamsung has taken the leap and improved RDRAM by using the 0.12 micron process. So, just like processors the die shrinks and the speed increases. Here is a quote
" In the new chip, the density will increase to 567 megabits per chip and the speed will rise to 1,066MHz, vs. today's maximum of 256 megabits and 800MHz."
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Intel vs. Via, The Expansion
Published: Thursday, September 27, 2001 | By: DennisNope its not a new Lucas film title but Intel getting really pissed off.
"Intel expanded its legal fight with Via Technologies on Wednesday by filing patent infringement suits in Germany, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong."
This lawsuit could set one of two companies quite a few years back. The question is which one will it be? -
Sound Blaster Still Sux
Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 | By: DennisThis is kind of funny. ViaHardware has been following the issues behind the new "Audigy" sound card from Creative and it looks as though the same sound quality issues exist when used with a VIA enabled motherboard.
The really interesting thing is that GameSpot gave the card a 9 out of 10. -
Freeway FWD-A7KA Motherboard Review
Published: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 | By: DennisI just got done putting the finishing touches on our latest review the Freeway Design FWD-A7KA. This board is very similar to the FWD-CUPA in product features.
Plus being that it is a Freeway Product it has that Sexy Red PCB!.
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SSL to be imbedded
Published: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 | By: DennisA new world of auto-encryption and basic network safety awaits you in the near future. Everything from Network cards to Switches will have the ability to encrypt/decrypt every packet that flows through those wires. No more sniffing with abandon.
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Back door proposed for encryption programs
Published: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 | By: DennisThe ever thinking lawmakers seem to think that putting a back door into encryption software will prevent terrorist attacks. Well, there seems to be no evidence that the terrorist used encryption, actually they used Steganography, also known as hiding messages in pictures.
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Retail Future for AMD not looking good
Published: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 | By: DennisIt would appear that another computer company has decided against using AMD processors in their systems. This one is pretty big too, Gateway.
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leaked version of Unreal 2??
Published: Monday, September 24, 2001 | By: DennisThe running rumor is that floating around the net is a pre-Alpha version of Unreal2. I cannot disclose if this is real or not but I have the means to find out.
