Duke Nukem ... Arena?!?

Subject: General Tech | March 6, 2007 - 12:47 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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No, pigs haven't sprouted wings, nor has the permafrost extended that far down ... it's not DN4ever.  The Inquirer has seen a port of Duke Nukem 3D onto portable phones, allowing to you lay the mighty foot down old skool style.  If you have a BREW compatible phone, this is worth checking out, and the port of Prey as well.

30 days of Linux

Subject: General Tech | March 6, 2007 - 12:22 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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A great experiment has taken place at [H]ard|OCP.  A member has just spent 30 days using the 32- and 64-bit versions of Ubuntu on 2 different computers on fairly new and one a year old.  Everything from the installation to normal everyday use like email, IM and DVD burning, as well as a foray into getting a graphics editor like Photoshop to work, and even a little gaming.  Take a look, you might be tempted to switch, yourself.

Intel's second annual game demo contest

Subject: General Tech | March 5, 2007 - 01:39 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Win great exposure and your share of over $95,000 worth of Prizes, including:      

Short and simple security

Subject: General Tech | March 5, 2007 - 12:16 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Take a run through Tech ARP's Security Boot Camp.  There are some very handy tips for detecting, removing and preventing malware, and it is done in a very easy to understand method.  See if there is anything there the will give you a few tips, and save yourself some time cleaning your computer later.

"If you are always worrying about the security of your computer but do not know what to do about it, then this is the boot camp

for you."

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PCPerspective forums - informative & informal

Subject: General Tech | March 2, 2007 - 06:15 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Another Friday is here, and it's time to take a peek at the forums. A KVM switch can be a very handy device if you are running a Distributed Computing farm, or just have more PCs than you do monitors.

Took them long enough to figure that out

Subject: General Tech | March 2, 2007 - 12:43 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Why has it taken this long to get a Conan game; not that 2008 is exactly close yet.  Finally you can stalk the wilderness as everyones favorite Cimmerian hacking off heads and bathing in blood.  In fact, you should really head over to Strategy Informer to take a look at the 24 screenshots they've posted to get an idea just how much blood there will be in this game.

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Silicon Valley And World Leaders To Partner, Bring Technology To Developing Countries

Subject: General Tech | March 1, 2007 - 04:09 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 28, 2007 - Members of a special United Nations group met today with Silicon Valley leaders to explore how the technology industry, government and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can come together to bolster development around the world.

So you wanna be a podcaster?

Subject: General Tech | March 1, 2007 - 12:34 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Visit the Hardware Zone for a look at Behringer's Podcaststudio.  It consists of an analog mixer that supports XLR and RCA connections, a Firewire audio interface for your PC, a studio condenser microphone and a pair of high-quality headphones.  This will give you far better quality than a homebrew solution, unless you happen to have a background in sound engineering.