Giving an old game a new look
Subject: General Tech | March 10, 2006 - 12:11 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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It has probably been a while since you last played Quake 3, but there are still people who are. Maybe you aren't impressed that they can only get around 15 fps, and have to turn off some of the lighting effects to get it that high, but what if they were doing it on 24 monitors? The Inquirer links to pics of that, and a Warcraft 2 setup which shows the entire game map.
"A Bunch of techies at www.plastk.net have been playing around with a 24 monitor display wall andmanaged to get a game of Quake Three runn
Intel has plans of domination for 2006
Subject: General Tech | March 10, 2006 - 11:58 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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While AMD has held the performance crown for a while now, Intel has never been out of the game. At the IDF they revealed the core architectures they hope will regain the speed title for them. Designtechnica has posted their views on the IDF, and what it is that they took away from it, drop by and see what you missed.
"Clearly, Intel has been in a funk lately. AMD has been hitting them so regularly that the old
Intel Bunny Men are looking more like punching bags than mascots.
Meet America's Brightest Young Scientists at the Intel Science Talent Search
Subject: General Tech | March 9, 2006 - 12:48 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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The Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) is the nation's oldest and most prestigious science competition. Take a glimpse into the future of science in America as 40 of the brightest young scientists assemble in Washington, D.C. to showcase research that examines human audio processing, which can be applied to speech recognition technology and cochlear implants; a study of mosquito-borne equine illnesses; development and optimization of a remotely piloted Micro Air Vehicle; and a new method for determining the age and mass of brown dwarf stars.
If you don't buy it, it won't come
Subject: General Tech | March 9, 2006 - 12:00 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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In an editorial on Malware, PC Mechanic hits on the real solution to spam and adware. Those pop-ups appear because someone is hoping to make money, and if everyone stops buying from spammers and pop-up ads, they just wouldn't exist.
" "My computer is running really slowly and I'm getting tons of pop-ups." It probably wouldn't be
hyperbole to say that this is the most commonly uttered computer-related comment.
Coming Sooner Than You Think: Intel NextGeneration Enterprise Platforms
Subject: General Tech | March 8, 2006 - 11:26 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, San Francisco, March 7, 2006 — Pat Gelsinger, Intel senior vice president and general manager of the Digital Enterprise Group, today showed how Intel will deliver superior computing performance and energy efficiency this year while reducing the total cost of IT ownership.
Intel & Microsoft Outline Plans for Advancing Benefits of New Management and Virtualization
Subject: General Tech | March 8, 2006 - 11:24 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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NTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, San Francisco, March 7, 2006 — Intel Corporation and Microsoft Corporation today outlined plans to connect computer network management technologies and also to work together to advance promising virtualization technology that will bring businesses new capabilities and cost savings.
In a move to bring unique management benefits to the broad number of users of Microsoft® Systems Management Server 2003 (SMS) for the first time, Intel plans to connect its new Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel®
Intel and Vmware Expand Collaboration to Accelerate Adoption of Virtualization
Subject: General Tech | March 8, 2006 - 11:19 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, San Francisco, March 7, 2006 — Intel Corporation and VMware, Inc. today announced a broad collaboration to bring the benefits of virtualization to enterprises and new market segments. In a keynote at the Intel Developer Forum, Intel Senior Vice President Pat Gelsinger and VMware President Diane Greene announced expanded product support and a global joint marketing campaign to increase awareness and adoption of the technology.
S1 and AM2 and F, Sockets galore from AMD
Subject: General Tech | March 7, 2006 - 11:52 AM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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If you have no clue what the title means, the quick and dirty is, S1 (754 pins) is aimed at notebooks, AM2 (940 pins) is the new desktop socket and F (1207 pins) will be targeted at server applications. Read a lot more about them at AnandTech.
"The Intel Developer Forum doesn't officially start until later today, but we hit the ground
running with a handful of meetings shortly after landing in San Francisco.
That's not a subwoofer ... this is a subwoofer!
Subject: General Tech | March 6, 2006 - 06:34 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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There is such a thing as a 5 foot tall subwoofer. You might want to consider getting it before your neighbour does, or you will lose every stereo fight you get into. If you haven't seen this monster floating around the web yet, head over to Digital Grabber to get the scoop.
"The 60-inch subwoofer absolutely has the capability to produce SPL levels well above 180 dB.
Nut'n'Honey
Subject: General Tech | March 6, 2006 - 12:04 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
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Big Bruin reviews the Stealth Switch Desktop Cloaking Device. It is a USB device with a kind of enhanced ALT-TAB, which hides that important program you were writing when someone comes snooping by and starts shoulder surfing. (Cause that's the only thing you could possibly be hiding, right?) Read the full review to see if it can get you in even more trouble than you would be without it.
"Maybe the boss walked by as you were playing Solitaire?
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