Cooler Master invites you to join CM Film Contest and win $1,000USD
Subject: General Tech | January 8, 2007 - 11:56 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Looking for a global outlet to express your creativity and excitement in life? Cooler Master is now offering you an opportunity for your voices to be heard. No boundaries or language barriers, simply upload your short film to any public vlog and provide us the link, you will be connected to people from all over the world in no time. The best thing is once your film is selected, it will be shown on our 2007 CeBIT booth, talking about maximum exposure!!!
A new year at the PC Perspective forums
Subject: General Tech | January 5, 2007 - 06:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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If you received a new PC for Christmas, whether in parts or fully assembled, you may have been daunted by the 63 Critical Updates a fresh XP SP2 system needs, not to mention other updates like .Net. A member here, JustinC939, has complied SP2.5 for Windows XP, incorporating all 63 updates, IE7, WMP11 and more, and you can benefit from his work by stopping in at our forums.
Razer makes some noise
Subject: General Tech | January 5, 2007 - 02:06 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Razer has expanded into 7.1 HD soundcards, with the Razer Barracuda AC-1 Gaming Audio Card. Featuring some serious digital processing hardware, and compatible with regular headphones, amplified stereo speakers, 2.1 system, 5.1 system, or 7.1 systems, you really should head to OCIA to get the full review.
GTA - FarCry style
Subject: General Tech | January 5, 2007 - 12:17 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Bjorn3D reviews Just Cause, a cross between GTA and FarCry. The game's setting parallels the US invasion of Panama to depose Noriega, and Edios love affair with tropical islands continues. Featuring an open storyline and a new engine, this game might be worth a look.
Hitachi's storage heavy weight
Subject: General Tech | January 5, 2007 - 12:02 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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At 1TB (1000GB), and an MRSP of $400 dollars, Hitachi's newly announced drive is raising a lot of eyebrows. Getting it to work in a TiVo may be a challenge, but space for 250+ hours of HD programming ought to give someone the incentive to make it work. Get more information at DigiTimes.
Introduction and Packaging
Logitech aims to solve our remote control infestation with the sleek Harmony 880 Advanced Universal Remote. We dig into this device and find that there's a lot of potential, even outside of your traditional livingroom!
Intel and CinemaNow Advance Burn-to-DVD Entertainment Experience with Intel(R) Viiv(TM) Technology
Subject: General Tech | January 4, 2007 - 01:57 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SANTA CLARA and MARINA DEL REY,
Calif., Jan. 4, 2007 — Intel Corporation and CinemaNow, a leading
Internet provider of downloadable videos, today announced a
collaboration that will allow consumers using Intel technology-based
media PCs, such as those with Intel® Viiv™ technology, to legally
download and record major motion picture movie content to blank DVD
discs for playback on both the PC and consumer electronics devices,
including most standard DVD players.
Money for nothing, and your clicks for free
Subject: General Tech | January 4, 2007 - 12:27 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Step 1 - Release free browser
Step 2 -
Step 3 - PROFIT!!!!
Well, Firefox figured out step 2, and The Tech Zone sat down with the head honcho to find out how they made over $50 million in 2005.
"Mozilla Foundation chairman Mitchell Baker on Tuesday disclosed how much money Mozilla made from their Firefox
web browser in 2005: $52.9 million. If you're wondering how Firefox makes any money, then this article will tell
you."
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Guarantee your Halo 3 Beta
Subject: General Tech | January 3, 2007 - 04:07 PM | Ryan Shrout
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Want to make sure you are in on the upcoming Halo 3 beta? Then just buy a specially marked "Crackdown" game.
On page 61 of the February 2007 issue of GamePro sits the second of two pages promoting the bright and shiny new world of destruction called Crackdown. As if this game's explosive mayhem didn't look sweet enough already, the lower right corner of the advertisement reads: "Includes invitation to Halo 3 multiplayer beta.
Game of the Year Awards at Shacknews
Subject: General Tech | December 31, 2006 - 06:50 PM | Ryan Shrout
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Head on over to Shacknews to get the scoop on their picks for this year's game awards.
It is December 31st, and that means its time to tally all the votes and present to you the Shacknews Game of the Year 2006 Winners as voted on by our audience. As we switched voting formats this year, results are based on total points per category where a game got 3 points for a first place vote, 2 for a second place and 1 for a third place vote.
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