A warning for those a little slow on the patching

Subject: General Tech | July 26, 2006 - 12:23 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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With patch tuesday now immediately followed by explot wednesday, getting those Windows updates has become a little more pressing.  CNET has some info on the 2 newest proof of concept vulnerabilities, so patch before they find their way into the wild.

The sweet sound of ... neodymium?

Subject: General Tech | July 25, 2006 - 03:23 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Think Computers gave a listen to Altec Lansing's VS2321 Powered Audio System.  It is a 2.1 system that really doesn't take much space even less money, which sounds and looks good.

Kate 3.0b shows off Linux with a mission

Subject: General Tech | July 25, 2006 - 12:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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TECHGAGE looks at a new beta for a distro of Linux release by a team of Polish programmers, called Kate.  Very colourful and running Xfce4 to display the desktop.  Although a lightweight distro, it comes with Open Office, The Gimp, Super Tux and more.  The attention getter is updateos, a very easy way to upadte the entire system.

Taking control of Vista's image based install

Subject: General Tech | July 24, 2006 - 12:16 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Slashdot has linked to an article examining Vista's new way of installation.  Instead of many .cab files and other compressed data, the Vista disk is an image of a fully functional OS install.  Read on to find out what tweaks you might expect to be able to ad to it.

AMD and ATI Acquisition

Subject: General Tech | July 24, 2006 - 11:36 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Today, in a $5.4 billion deal, AMD and ATI announced their plans to combine forces to become an industry processing powerhouse. AMD's leadership in CPUs, combined with ATI's leadership in graphics and digital media processing technologies, will enable significant new product innovations, resulting in more integrated, open standards-based solutions to address customers' needs. AMD aspires to re-invent the industry as the customer-centric technology leader and partner of choice.

iPods of the future

Subject: General Tech | July 21, 2006 - 01:45 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Join Elite Bastards as they talk about the next generation of iPods.  From the features that will definately be included, to a wish list of things that should be.

Itty bitty mice for your laptop

Subject: General Tech | July 21, 2006 - 12:31 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Get frustrated by the touchpad on your notebook?  Even worse, you have a mouse with no middle button?  ExtremeTech reviews 2 mice for laptops that migth just have what you need.

We don't need no stinkin' story line

Subject: General Tech | July 21, 2006 - 12:20 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Scantily clad female wrestlers groping each other in a quest for the championship.  I can't imaging why [H]ard|OCP would be interested in a game like Rumble Roses XX.

"Are you looking for a wrestling game that features scantily clad 3D women wearing so little it

actually makes you uncomfortable to play in the presence of real women? If so, we found your game!"

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