Take time out of your day today, to just sit

Subject: General Tech | September 11, 2006 - 09:34 AM | Alex Marsters
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Today is one of those rare days in my life where I have to sit back and relax for a long while and just think.  It has been five years since that fateful day we now know simply as "9/11" and too many, the thougths of the day are still ripe in our minds.  I am one of those people; not because I lost a loved one in the event or lived in NY or anything like that, but just because I am usually one of the most patriotic people I am around.  The attacks made me angry, MAKE me angry, and all the constant bi

Killer NIC Goes on Sale

Subject: General Tech | September 9, 2006 - 10:17 AM | Ryan Shrout
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If you haven't heard about the Killer NIC, then you are missing out on one of the biggest debates in hardware community right now.  It is a network card, that has an on-board version of Linux, used to supposed improve ping times while playing games.

Newegg is the first to have the item in stock, and to

There is always a good reason to visit our forums

Subject: General Tech | September 8, 2006 - 03:49 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Spyware keeps getting smarter and harder to defend against, which is why a few of our members are trying to figure out

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