Red Orchestra: A mod grows up and moves out

Subject: General Tech | September 8, 2006 - 11:45 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Fragging Frogs spent a bit of time playing this mod for Unreal Tournament 2005.  It is a very realistic game, you shoot using iron sights, not a magic crosshair, and there are a limited number of the various rifles, so not everyone can be a sniper or heavy gunner.  It has now become it's own standalone game, and Gamehelper takes a look at how it has matured.

Lost your laptop? Hope you secured your files!

Subject: General Tech | September 8, 2006 - 11:31 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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PC Mechanic examines several ways to protect your data through encryption, including the My Private Folder from Microsoft that never took off.  Drop by for an overview of several good ways to keep your personal files personal.

Intel® vPro(TM) Technology Poised to Redefine Business PCs

Subject: General Tech | September 7, 2006 - 05:16 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2006
- Intel Corporation today introduced Intel® vPro™ technology, a package
of hardware and software that marks a major change in what businesses
can expect from their PCs, providing IT workers with unprecedented
levels of computing performance and more proactive control of security
and costs. Intel also said early trials with select Fortune 500
companies showed an average potential cost savings of 40 percent.

Preorder your flying car, only 5% down!

Subject: General Tech | September 7, 2006 - 11:40 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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CNet has links to both preorder your Terrafugia and a flight simulator so you can practice while you are waiting for it to arrive ... in 2009ish.   More of a light aircraft you drive to the airport to fly away in, than something you can launch from your own driveway, it at least makes some efforts to get us into the flying cars we were all supposed to have by now.

Wireless Digital Music Network

Subject: General Tech | September 6, 2006 - 05:55 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Sonos Digital Music System is difficult to describe.  The ZonePlayers are the hub of the system, one is connected directly to your router, the rest (up to 32 in total) can then connect to that one ZonePlayer wirelessly.  Designed to play music files from a PC, with a NAS device, you don't even need that.  The ZonePlayers come in 2 flavours, one with a built in  amplifier, and a cheaper one that does not.  Once they are hooked to the network, the ZonePlayer is then attached either directly to speakers, or to an existing stereo setup, and it is all run through one re

Feast your eyes on Episode 2

Subject: General Tech | September 6, 2006 - 03:34 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Want to get a peek at HL2 Episode 2?  What are you waiting for, get over to OCMODSHOP and start downloading the new videos!

"OCModShop brings you two new downloadable videos of Half-Life 2: Episode 2 that show off some of the

gameplay features, and reveal a little of the technical updates to the Source engine."

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Blu-ray Diode Supply Problems and Apple Debuts Core 2 Duo Line-up

Subject: General Tech | September 6, 2006 - 11:59 AM | Jonathan Hung
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It appears that Sony is delaying their European launch of the PS3, and reducing initial shipments of the new console in the North American and Japanese markets. The article cites the delay caused by a meagre blue-laser diode supply which is causing other OEMs to start grumbling. Lite-ON (aka.

The Google cache expands to dead tree versions

Subject: General Tech | September 6, 2006 - 11:35 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Google's new tool is the ability to search 200 years worth of scanned in print pubilcations over the web.  For a small fee, which goes straight to the original publisher you get to read the full article.  If you don't want to pay, you will have to be satisfied with a synopsis.  Head to Slashdot to read more about it. (this article is free)